IIM Calcutta announces PGP shortlist for batch 2016-18

The Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Calcutta has announced shortlisting of candidates for its PGP program for the batch of 2016-18. 

To check results, please visit:

https://www.iimcal.ac.in/check-results/shortlist-for-pi-and-wat-for-pgp-pgdm-2016-18

The complete admission process will comprise of two stages:

• Shortlisting of candidates for WAT/PI round
• Finalising candidates once the WAT/PI round is over.

 

CAT 2015 results have been declared.

Shiksha filed an RTI response to know the minimum CAT cut-off at IIM Calcutta for general candidates. The overall cut-off was as follows:

Batch	2012-14		2013-15		2014-16		2015-17
Programme	PGDM	PGDCM	PGDM	PGDCM	PGDM	PGDCM	PGDM
OPEN	62.035	55.007	64.497	58.616	60.890	52.591	59.350
NC-OBC	53.213	39.149	55.696	39.618	52.236	43.244	47.800
SC	48.706	37.916	53.032	47.931	50.887	43.140	46.510
ST	43.867	38.066	41.252	39.412	41.442	39.109	40.070
DA	39.839	39.041	48.289	49.607	44.067	46.643	45.540

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Shortlisting criteria for PGP 

This year’s shortlisting criteria saw numerous changes as compared to last year. The changes in the shortlisting criteria of IIM Calcutta is as follows:

• During the shortlisting stage, the weightage given to CAT score has been lowered to 67 points. Earlier, this was 77 points.
• Earlier, class 10 and 12 performance was given a weightage of 10 points. This has now been increased to 15 points.
• The weightage given to academic diversity at bachelor degree, earlier was 2 points. Now it is 3 points.
• The weightage given to academic diversity at PG level has now been removed completely. Until last year, weightage of 1 point was given to the same. 

CAT 2015: Understand the shortlisting criteria of all IIMs

Stage 1

Candidates satisfying the minimum CAT 2015 percentiles will be considered for further selection. The candidates must fulfill the below mentioned criteria:

Category	Quantitative Ability (QA) Section – I	Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning (DILR) Section II	Verbal Ability (VA) Section III	Overall
OPEN	≥ 80	≥ 80	≥ 80	≥ 90
NC-OBC	≥ 75	≥ 75	≥ 75	≥ 85
SC	≥ 65	≥ 65	≥ 65	≥ 70
ST	≥ 60	≥ 60	≥ 60	≥ 70
DA	≥ 65	≥ 65	≥ 65	≥ 70

Candidates who satisfy the above mentioned criteria will be called for Written ability test (WAT) and Personal Interview. These rounds are evaluated keeping in mind the following parameters:

Parameters	Weightage
Overall score of CAT 2015	67
Marks of Class 10	15
Marks of Class 12	15
Gender diversity	3
Total	100

Points calculated secured in Class 10 and 12 marks are processed as follows:

Marks of Class 10 and 12 (In %)	Points given
≥80	10
≥ 75 and < 80	8
≥ 70 and < 75	6
≥ 65 and < 70	4
≥ 60 and < 65	2
< 60	0

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Stage 2

The final selection of candidates would be made on the following considerations:

Criteria	Weightage
Score of CAT 2015	35
Personal interview (PI)	44
Writing Ability Test (WAT)	10
Academic Diversity at Bachelor’s degree level	3
Work experience	8
Total	100

The work experience will be calculated on the following basis:

Months	Points
<6	0
6 to 9	0.5
10 to 12	1
13 to 15	2
16 to 18	3
19 to 21	4
22 to 24	5
25 to 27	6
28 to 30	7
31 to 36	8
37 to 39	7
40 to 42	6
>= 43	5