IIM Kashipur releases shortlisting criteria for PGP batch 2016-18

Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Kashipur has announced the admission policy for Post Graduate Programme in Management (PGP), academic year 2016-18. The admission process will consist of three stages:

1. Shortlisting based on minimum CAT 2015 scores
2. Generating merit list based on WAT, PI and candidate profile
3. Final selection of candidates

 

 

Stage 1

In the first stage, IIM Kashipur will shortlist candidates for Written Ability Test (WAT) and Personal Interview (PI) using the following CAT 2015 scores:

Minimum Cut-offs to be used for selecting eligible candidates for WAT and PI

Category	QA (Section 1)	DI & LR (Section 2)	VRC (Section 3)	Total (Overall)
General	80	80	80	90
NC-OBC	72	72	72	81
SC	60	60	60	75
ST	50	50	50	65
DAP	50	50	50	65

Candidates securing the above minimum percentile in CAT 2015 (as show in the table above) will be considered for calculation of their composite score in Stage 2. 

 

Stage 2

In the next stage, a merit list for WAT and PI will created on the basis of the following:

WAT- PI table 2a

Components	Weights
Written Ability Test (WAT)	10
Personal Interview (PI)	30
WAT & PI Total	40

Next, the following weights will be assigned to various components for generating merit list: 

Shortlist table 2b

 

Academic Discipline for PGP Programme (PGP)
1	Arts/Humanities: Archaeology, Education, Fine Arts (Dance, Music, Painting), Geography, History, Journalism, Languages, Library Science, Literature, Philosophy, Political Science, Psychology, Public Administration, Social Work/Welfare, Sociology, etc.
2	Commerce/Economics: Accountancy, Auditing, Banking, Business Mathematics, Business Organization, Economics, Economic Development and Planning, Public Administration, Public Finance, Secretarial Practices etc.
3	Charted Accountancy
4	Costs and Works Accountancy
5	Company Secretaryship
6	Education (including Physical Education and Sports)
7	Law
8	Medicine/Dentistry
9	Pharmacology/Pharmacy
10	Management (BBA)

  

Stage 3

In the final stage, the institute will select candidates based on the following:

Grand Total (C) = WAT &PI Total (2a) + Shortlist Total (2b)

The Grand Total (C) will be used to rank students according to their merit.

 

 

IIM Kashipur will also be conducting the common admission process for the six new IIMs.