IIM Raipur Admission & Selection Criteria 2025-2027: Check CAT 2024 Cut Off & PI Calls

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IIM Raipur admission criteria and selection process 2025-27 will be released soon. The qualifying CAT 2024 cut off is expected to be 94 percentile. Check here all about IIM Raipur admission and selection process.

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IIM Raipur admission criteria and selection process for PGP 2025-27 includes CAT score, PI and academic record. Last year, the minimum cut off for PI shortlist was 94 percentile for General category candidates. The qualifying CAT 2024 cut offs for this year, is expected to be the same. 

Candidates who will score as much or more than the qualifying cut off percentile in CAT 2024 exam, will be eligible for Personal Interview (PI) round of PGP admission. The minimum CAT cut off for PI shortlisting for Reserved category candidates is much lower.

Q:   How much percentile is a good score in CAT exam?

A:

The CAT (Common Admission Test) is a highly competitive entrance exam for admission to various management programs offered by top business schools in India. The percentile score in CAT exam is based on the relative performance of the test taker compared to all the other test takers.

The cutoff percentile for admission to top business schools varies from year to year and also depends on factors such as the number of candidates, difficulty level of the exam, and the number of available seats. In general, a percentile score of 90 or above is considered a good score and can help you secure admission to some of the top business schools in India. However, to increase your chances of admission to the top-tier business schools, a percentile score of 95 or above is preferred.

Q:   What is sectional cutoff in CAT exam?

A:

Sectional cut off in CAT exam refers to the section wise percentiles required by the candidate for making it to the Personal Interview round of the IIMs or other top MBA colleges. The sectional cut offs are lower than overall cut offs of any institute. To understand better, check the table below for sectional CAT cut offs for IIM Ahmedabad:

Category

VARC percentile

DILR percentile

QA percentile

Overall percentile

General

70

70

70

80

NC-OBC-Transgender

65

65

65

75

SC

60

60

60

70

ST

50

50

50

60

PwD (General, NC-OBC-cum-transgender, SC)

60

60

60

70

PwD (ST)

50

50

50

60

For sectional cut offs of all IIMs, check this article – IIM shortlist and selection criteria

Q:   How many questions should I solve to score 99 percentile in CAT exam?

A:
It is tough to give an accurate number as an answer to this questions are the number of questions have been changing in CAT in the last three years. Moreover, percentile also depends on the difficulty level of the exams and the number of test takers in a particular year. However, one can say that it is safe to solve at least 2/3rd of the total questions in each section of the CAT. So, if CAT Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension section has 24 questions, candidate must attempt 16-18 questions correctly. If the CAT Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning has 20 questions, the candidate must solve about 12-14 questions correctly. If the CAT Quantitative Aptitude section has 22 questions then candidates must solve about 14-15 questions correctly. For further understanding you can check detailed analysis here: https://www.shiksha.com/mba/articles/how-many-questions-to-attempt-in-cat-to-score-99-percentile-blogId-19639.

In the IIM Raipur selection and admission criteria for the upcoming batch, 42 per cent has been allotted to CAT 2024 score, and 23 per cent has been allotted to the PI round. The remaining 35 per cent is distributed among academic profile, work experience, gender diversity and academic diversity. In this article, you will get all the information related to IIM Raipur admission criteria and selection process for 2025-27 PGP batch.

IIM Raipur Shortlist for MBA 2025

IIM Raipur MBA admission is done through IIM CAP, which will be conducted by Kashipur this year. The institute will release the PI shortlist soon. Candidates will be able to apply by following the process given below:

  • Go to IIM Raipur website
  • Click on CAP 2025
  • Enter CAT 2024 ID and password to login
  • Enter your CAT 2024 score and other details in the PI form
  • Click on submit to close the form

IIM Raipur Selection Process 2025-27

IIM Raipur conducts MBA admission on the basis of CAT score under IIM CAP (Common Admission Process). The IIM Raipur selection and admission process 2024-26 includes three stages:

  • Short listing candidates for Personal Interview on the basis of CAT 2024 result
  • Personal Interview round
  • Final admission list for selection

In the final phase, candidates will be selected for admission on the basis of their overall performance on certain parameters fixed by the institute.

CHECK: CAT cut off 2024/2023/2022/2021/2020/2019/2018/2017

Q:   What is the CAT cut off for IIM Lucknow?

A:
The CAT cut offs for IIM Lucknow is usually around 97-99 percentile. The two courses - PGP Agri-Business Management (ABM) and PGP Sustainable Management (some) are extremely popular among MBA aspirants who wish to make a career in these areas. The institute also offers PGP programme. The qualifying CAT cut off for IIM Lucknow's Written Ability test (What) and Personal Interview PI is 90 percentile for General category students, whereas for SC candidates, it is 70 percentile. For ST and PwD candidates, it is 60 percentile. Given below are the sectional and overall qualifying CAT cut offs for IIM Lucknow PGP course. General category: 85 VARC 85 DILR 85 Quantitative Aptitude 90 (Overall) NC-OBC category: 77 VARC 77 DILR 77 Quantitative Aptitude 82 (Overall) EWS category: 77 VARC 77 DILR 77 Quantitative Aptitude 82 (Overall) SC category: 55 VARC 55 DILR 55 Quantitative Aptitude 70 (Overall) ST category: 50 VARC 50 DILR 50 Quantitative Aptitude 60 (Overall) PwD category: 50 VARC 50 DILR 50 Quantitative Aptitude 60 (Overall) Click here for detailed IIM Lucknow admission and selection criteria: https://www.shiksha.com/mba/articles/iim-lucknow-shortlist-admission-criteria-blogId-18509.

Q:   What are the qualifying CAT cutoffs for all the IIMs?

A:
Qualifying CAT cut off percentiles of Iims for Written Ability Test (What) and Personal Interview PI for the batch of 2023-25 are listed below. Candidates who MET the qualifying CAT cut off, were eligible for What-PI round. These qualifying CAT cut offs are for General Category. The cut offs for Reserved category students are lower: 1. IIM Ahmedabad: 85 percentile 2. IIM Bangalore: 85 percentile 3. IIM Calcutta: 85 percentile 4. IIM Lucknow: 90 percentile 5. IIM Kozhikode: 85 percentile 6. IIM Indore: 90 percentile 7. IIM Udaipur: 93 percentile 8. IIM Shillong: 75 percentile 9. IIM Trichy: 93 percentile 10. IIM Visakhapatnam: 80 percentile 11. IIM Rohtak: 95 percentile 12. IIM Nagpur: 85 percentile 13. IIM Jammu: 93 percentile 14. IIM Ranchi: 90 percentile 15. IIM Sirmaur: 92 percentile 16. IIM Bodhgaya: 93 percentile 17. IIM Sambalpur: 93 percentile 18. IIM Kashipur: 94 percentile 19. IIM Raipur: 93 percentile 20. IIM Amritsar: 90 percentile For complete details of IIM selection and admission process read this article: https://www.shiksha.com/mba/articles/iim-shortlist-selection-admission-criteria-blogId-18787.

Q:   Are CAT cut offs announced along with the CAT result?

A:
CAT cut offs are not announced along with the CAT result. The cut offs also not released publicaly. They are known after a few days of result announcement when the IIMs and other colleges start their shortlisting process. The IIMs will open shortlist window basis the CAT cut offs two to three days after the result announcement. The CAT percentile of candidates shortlisted for Written Ability Test (What), Group Discussion GD and Personal Interview, PI can be considered the cut off for that IIM. For example, if a candidate with CAT percentile of 99 belonging from General category is selected for the What/GD-PI of IIM Calcutta, then the CAT cut off for IIM Calcutta is 99 percentile. Only those candidates who will make it to the What/GD-PI round of IIMs will get to know the cut offs.

Q:   What is the minimum percentile required for IIM Trichy?

A:

IIM Trichy accepts minimum CAT percentile for shortlisting candidates for the Personal Interview round. For IIM Trichy MBA admission 2024, the estimated overall CAT cutoff for the General category students is 92 percentile. Candidates can refer to the table given below to check out the section-wise minimum CAT percentile required for various categories: 

Category

PVRC

PDILR

PQA

Overall percentile rank

(PT)

General

70707092

NC-OBC

45454574

EWS

40404070

SC

35353554

ST

252532.540

DAP

252532.540

Q:   What is the CAT cut off for IIM Ahmedabad?

A:
The qualifying CAT cut off for IIM Ahmedabad is 85 percentile for 2023-25 batch. However, the final CAT cut off for IIM Ahmedabad will go up to 99-100 percentile. The qualifying CAT cut off is the minimum score required to be eligible for shortlisting of IIM Ahmedabad PI round. The score on which a candidate is selected is called the final cut off and is much higher than the qualifying cut off. Given below is the qualifying CAT cut offs for IIM Ahmedabad: General/EWS: 70 VARC 70 DILR 70 (QA), 80 (Overall) NC-OBC/transgender: 65 VARC 65 DILR 65 (QA), 75 (Overall) SC: 60 VARC 60 DILR 60 (QA), 70 (Overall) ST: 50 VARC 50 DILR 50 (QA), 60 (Overall PwD (General/ EWS, NC-OBC/transgender, SC): 60 VARC 60 DILR 60 (QA), 70 (Overall) PwD (ST): 50 VARC 50 DILR 50 (QA), 60 (Overall). .

IIM Raipur Admission Criteria 2025: Minimum CAT cut-off for WAT-PI rounds

Given below are the qualifying CAT cut offs for IIM Raipur admission. Final CAT cut offs will be known after the PI shortlisting and final selection of candidates.

Category

VARC

DILR

QA

Total

GEN

73

73

73

94

EWS

50

50

50

77

NC-OBC

50

50

50

77

SC

44

44

44

60

ST

25

25

30

40

DAP

25

25

30

40

IIM Raipur and the other new IIMs -IIM Nagpur, IIM KashipurIIM RanchiIIM RohtakIIM TrichyIIM UdaipurIIM AmritsarIIM Bodhgaya and IIM Sambalpur have a Common Admission Process (CAP) in which the coordinating institute will shortlist candidates for PIs on behalf of the partipating institutes. In case, any of the older IIMs (IIM AhmedabadIIM BangaloreIIM CalcuttaIIM IndoreIIM Kozhikode and IIM Lucknow) willing to share their WAT-PI scores of candidates common to both new and old IIMs, the common candidates need not to appear for the PI round of new IIMs, separately.

IIM Raipur Admission 2025: Final Selection

Candidates selected for the second round, will be intimated through email and they will be expected to be present in person for WAT-PI round. Post this round, the candidates will be shortlisted on their overall profile:

IIM Raipur Selection Criteria

Points

CAT 2024 score

42

PI

23

Academic Profile

15

Work Experience

12

Gender Diversity

6

Personal Profile Mapping

2

Total

100

Marks scored in Class 10 will not be taken into consideration for final selection. Points allotted to performance in Class 12 and Graduation are given below.

Range of Aggregate Percentage (%)

Class 12

Graduation

Less than 50

0

0

50.01 to 60

1

1

60.01 to 70

2

2

70.01 to 80

3

3

80.01 to 90

4

4

>90.01

5

5

IIM Raipur Admission Criteria 2025-27: Weightage allotted to Work Experience

For IIM Raipur PGP admission, maximum weight of eight points is allotted to 25-36 months of work experience while minimum weight of two points is allotted to 7-12 years of experience. Work experience of less than seven months has been allotted no point.

Months

Score

3 or less

0

3-12

3

12-18

6

18-24

8

24-30

12

30-36

8

36-42

4

42-48

2

48 or more

0

Academic and gender diversity have been allotted 16 points in total. Out of 12 points, 7 points have been allotted to gender diversity, where all female candidates will get 7 points extra. Four points are allotted to the following academic streams: 

Stream

Subjects

Arts/Humanities

Anthropology, Archaeology, Economics, Education, Geography, History, Languages, Liberal arts, Law, Library and Information Science, Mass Communication and Journalism, Music, Philosophy, Performing Arts (Dance/Drama/Theatre), Literature, Physical Education, Political Science, Psychology, Public Administration, Sociology, Social Work, Statistics, etc.

Commerce

Accountancy, Auditing, Banking, Chartered Accountancy, Costs and Works Accountancy, etc.

Science

Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Biology, Zoology, etc.

Others

Medicine, Pharmacy and Management, etc.

Candidates selected for admission to IIM Raipur's PGP course will be informed through invitation email. Those seeking admission will have to confirm admission by paying Offer Acceptance Fee of INR 50,000, which will be adjusted against first term fee upon admission. In case any candidate wishes to withdraw admission, procession fee INR 1,000 will be deducted and the rest of the amount of INR 49,000 will be refunded. 

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The general category CAT percentile cutoff at IIM Raipur normally lies between 92 and 95%, though it could differ somewhat depending on the category (OBC, SC, ST) and applicant pool. At somewhat lower percentiles, candidates with a solid academic background and pertinent professional experience may

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IIM Raipur CAT Cutoff 2024 will be released soon after the declaration of the CAT 2024 result. For the past 3 years, the CAT percentile cutoff has remained 94. Looking at the past years' trend, there is a high probability of the CAT percentile cutoff to fall between 94-97. 

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Before starting the CAT 2025 registration for IIM Raipur's MBA programme, a candidate should have the following documents ready: Class 10 and 12 mark sheets, UG degree, work experience certificate (if applicable), Aadhaar card, date of birth proof, address proof, caste category certificate (if appli

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comparison between popular colleges offering MBA on the basis of placements and tuition fee is presented below:

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IIM Raipur

INR 21.04 lakh

INR 8 - 16.96 lakh

IIM Ranchi

INR 17.30 LPA

INR 16.10 lakh

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INR 15.82 LPA- INR 20.55 LPA

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After analyzing the reviews and testimonials from students and alumni, here's what emerges:

Placements:
* 100% placement record (batch of 2017-19)
* the highest salary package: INR24.06 LPA
* the lowest salary package: INR11.40 LPA
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Effectiveness of Placement Cell for MBA/PGDM Programs at IIM Raipur

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