Shiksha RTI reveals minimum cut-offs at IIM Visakhapatnam

The Indian Institute of Management - Visakhapatnam (IIM Vizag) commenced it first batch of academic session 2015, under the mentorship of IIM Bangalore.

To know the minimum cut-off requirements at the institute, Shiksha sent an RTI query. The minimum CAT cut-off for General category students is 90.29.

In the RTI, we had requested for information in three parts:

1. Minimum percentile for CAT exam for students called for Written Ability Test, Group Discussion and Personal interview for full-time MBA across all categories (General, SC, ST, OBC and other categories too) for last five years.

2. Minimum percentile for CAT for students who are selected for full-time MBA across all categories (General, SC, ST, OBC and other categories too) for last five years.

3. Weightage given to work experience, written test, interview, GD, etc for final selection across all categories (General, SC, ST, OBC and other categories too) for last five years.

This is the response we received:

 

 

IIM Vizag’s RTI response

Questions (1) and (3): The PGP programme at IIM Visakhapatnam started only from the academic year 2015. CAT is the only examination considered for two-year fulltime MBA course (PGP) at IIM Visakhapatnam.

According to the official website, minimum percentile requirements for the first shortlist (2015) is:

Category	SEC 1 (QDI)	SEC 2 (VLR)	Aggregate
General Merit	80	85	90
NC-OBC	70	75	80
SC	60	60	75
ST	50	50	65
DA	50	50	65
* These cut-offs are not for admission offers whose scores could be much higher.

 

Minimum CAT aggregate percentile for final shortlist

Category	Minimum CAT aggregate percentile
General Merit	90.29
NC-OBC	80.04
SC	76.92
ST	-
DA	65.75