IIM Calcutta announces shortlisting criteria for PGP-PGDM batch 2016-18

Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Calcutta has announced the shortlisting criteria for admission to PGP-PGDM Batch (2016-18).

Till last year, IIM Calcutta gave about 77% weightage to CAT, 10% weight to Class X scores, 10% weight to Class XII scores and 3% for women candidates.

This year, the institute is giving 67% weightage to CAT, 15% weight to Class X scores, 15% weight to Class XII scores and 3% for women candidates.

According to the notification on IIM Calcutta's website, candidates will be short listed on the basis of CAT 2015 score, past academic performance and various other factors.

Candidates will first be shortlisted for Personal Interview (PI) and Written Ability Test (WAT). Then a final merit list of candidates will be created using several weightages.

The shortlisting for PI will be conducted in two stages:

Stage I: Candidates need to achieve the minimum section-wise and overall percentile in CAT 2015 as per Table 1 below:

Table 1: Minimum Cut-off Percentile for short-listing the candidates for Personal Interview (PI) stage

Category	Section – I  Quantitative Ability (QA)	Section – II  Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning (DILR)	Section – III  Verbal Ability (VA)	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

 Stage II: Calculating composite scores for short-listing for PI stage

In the next stage, the Composite Score (CS) will be calculated on the basis of CAT 2015 score, Class X and Class XII aggregate marks/percentages and gender diversity factors.

The following method will be adopted for allotting points for Class X and Class XII percentages of marks based on aggregate scores:

Table 2: Points for Class X and Class XII marks*

Class X Marks (in %)	Points	Class XII Marks (in %)	Points
≥80	10	≥80	10
≥ 75 and < 80	8	≥ 75 and < 80	8
≥ 70 and < 75	6	≥ 70 and < 75	6
≥ 65 and < 70	4	≥ 65 and < 70	4
≥ 60 and < 65	2	≥ 60 and < 65	2
< 60	0	< 60	0

Finally, candidates will be called for PI and WAT stage using the weights assigned in the following table:

Table 3: Components and corresponding weights assigned for generating category-wise short-lists for the PI stage

Components	Weights	Method of Calculation
CAT 2015 Overall Score	67	(A / B) x 67
Class X marks	15	(C / 10) X 15
Class XII marks	15	(D / 10) X 15
Gender Diversity Factor	3	3 points will be awarded to promote gender diversity.
Total	100

A = Candidate’s Total CAT 2015 score 

B = Maximum CAT 2015 Score
C = Points awarded for Class X marks as per Table 2
D = Points awarded for Class XII marks as per Table 2

In the next stage, candidates will finally be selected for PGP- PGDM (batch 2016-18), based on the following criteria:

 Table 4: Criteria and weights for final selection for PGP- PGDM

Criterion	Weights
CAT 2015 Score	35
Personal Interview (PI)	44
Writing Ability Test (WAT)	10
Point awarded for Academic Diversity at Bachelor’s degree level (Academic Diversity Factor for Bachelor’s degree (ADFB)): Candidates with any of the following bachelor’s degree in the list X below are eligible for ADFB:  List X: BA, BA(H), B.Sc, B.Sc.(H), BS, B.Com, B.Com(H), BCA, BBA, B.Pharma, LL.B, MBBS, BDS or any other Non-Engineering bachelor’s degree not mentioned above.	If (Bachelor’s degree is from the list X)  ADFB=3;  Else ADFB=0
Work Experience	08
Total	100

In case of work experience, a maximum of eight (8) points will be awarded and only managerial experience after graduation will be considered.

Points for work experience in completed months

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

 “The final selection list will be based on merit in each category; minimum qualification on the above mentioned criteria would not automatically qualify the candidate for admission into IIM Calcutta,” informed the official website.

To view more details, please visit the admission section of the official website.

Till last year, IIM Calcutta gave about 77% weightage to CAT, 10% weight to Class X scores, 10% weight to Class XII scores and 3% for women candidates.

This year, the institute is giving 67% weightage to CAT, 15% weight to Class X scores, 15% weight to Class XII scores and 3% for women candidates.

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