Introduction:-
The Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIMA) was established in 1961 by the Government of India, in collaboration with the Government of Gujarat and Indian industry. IIMA today is a world-renowned institution of management education and research. It is recognised as one of the best business schools in the Asia-Pacific region for post-graduate management education.
Programmes Offered By IIM-A:-
IIMA’s activities comprise teaching, management development, research, consulting and publishing. Its major educational programmes are:
· The Post-graduate Programme in Management
· The Post-graduate Programme in Agri-Business Management
· The Post-graduate Programme in Management for Executives
· The Fellow Programme in Management—IIMA’s doctoral programme in Management
· The Faculty Development Programme—a professional development programme for faculty members of management schools, and
· Management Development Programmes—continuing education programmes for middle, senior and top level managers.
IIMA programmes which require CAT scores:-
- Post-graduate Programme (PGP)
- Post-graduate Programme in Agri-Business Management (PGP-ABM)
- Fellow Programme in Management (FPM)
Post-graduate Programme (PGP):-
The two-year Post-graduate Programme in Management (PGP) is a full-time residential course for graduates from all disciplines wishing to choose a career in management. This Programme was ranked at No.7th in the world by the Financial Times in M.Sc (Management) category in the year 2011.
Eligibility Criteria:
The candidate must hold a Bachelor’s Degree, with at least 50% marks or equivalent CGPA (in case of the candidates belonging to Scheduled Caste (SC)/ Scheduled Tribe (ST) and Differently Abled (DA) category[1], this is relaxed to 45%).
Diploma:-
Graduates of the PGP are awarded the ‘Post-graduate Diploma in Management’.
Placement:-
PGP graduates have been employed in a wide range of companies from public sector, private sector and multinational corporations. In recent years, recruiters have included Amazon, Accenture Services Pvt. Ltd., Arthur D Little, A T Kearney, Citigroup Global Markets, Credit-Suisse, Bain & Company, Barclays Capital, Booz & Company, Deloitte Consulting, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, Hindustan Unilever, HSBC, IBM India, Cadbury Kraft, McKinsey & Co, Morgan Stanley, Nomura International, Oliver-Wyman, Procter & Gamble, Reliance Industries Ltd., Reserve Bank of India, Super Max, Tata Administrative Services, The Royal Bank of Scotland Group, The Boston Consulting Group, Wipro, Yes Bank. About 8260 PGP alumni today occupy top managerial positions in industry, within and outside the country.
Admission/Selection Process:-
The selection of candidates for admission to the 2013-15 batch of the PGP at IIM Ahmedabad is a two-step process.
In the first step, candidates are short-listed for personal interviews from among candidates who have a valid CAT/GMAT score* who have applied for the programme and who satisfy the eligibility criteria for the programme. An overseas category candidate who applies with a GMAT score instead of a CAT score should have a total scaled score of at least 700.
A candidate’s prior academic record is also used in the short-listing process.
Short listing Criterion:
70% weightage is given to the CAT/GMAT score and 30% weightage is given to the Application Rating Score.
Application Rating (AR): 2013-15
Rating Score | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
(A) | Percentage score in 10th Std. Exam | <60 | 60-80 | 80+ |
(B) | Percentage score in 12th Std. Exam | <60 | 60-80 | 80+ |
(C) | Percentage score in Bachelor’s Degree Exam | <60 | 60-80 | 80+ |
(D) | Percentage score in Master’s Degree Exam | <60 | 60-80 | 80+ |
(E) | Work Experience | <1 Year | 1-2 Years | 2+ Years |
· Percentages for incomplete Bachelor’s Degree Applicants are based on their available marks.
· Only those with completed Master’s Degree are considered. For those with more than one completed Master’s Degree the highest percentage of marks obtained is to be used.
· For those candidates having cleared CA/ICWAI/CS without having Bachelor’s Degree, their average of inter and final levels marks will be treated as Bachelor’s degree marks.
· For computing the application rating, all subjects that appear in the mark-sheet of 10th and 12th Std. exams will be considered irrespective of whether the Board/University considers them for calculating the percentage. For bachelor’s degree, marks obtained in all the subjects as mentioned in the mark-sheet in all the years will be taken into account.If you have a 5 year integrated Master’s degree, percentage of marks obtained in the first 3 years will be considered as bachelor’s degree percentage and the percentage of marks for the remaining 2 years as Master’s degree percentage. If you are in the final year of 5 year integrated Master’s degree, the marks obtained in the first 3 years will be considered as bachelor’s degree Not Completed percentage.
Application Rating Score: (AxBxC)+D+E
In the second step, after the completion of personal interviews of all candidates short-listed in the first step, candidates for admission to the 2013-15 batch of the PGP at IIM Ahmedabad are selected from among the candidates who have attended the personal interviews. In preparing this list, apart from performance in the personal interview, the CAT/GMAT score*, academic performance and achievements, extra-curricular activities, and post-degree work experience are also taken into consideration.
Selection Criterion:
70% weightage is given to Personal Interview Score and 30% weightage is given to the CAT/GMAT Score. (Note: The Personal Interview Score is based on the following: performance in the personal interview, academic performance and achievements, extra-curricular activities and post-degree work experience.)
The following information is about the admission process followed by IIMA for its PGP subsequent to CAT. It is therefore, important for the candidates to read them carefully.
- Performance in CAT is an important input in the admission process. Candidates should note that it is important to perform well in each section of the test. In addition to the performance in CAT, IIMA uses academic performance, relevant work experience and other similar inputs for ranking and short-listing candidates for personal interviews (see details given above).
- Please note that IIMA short-lists candidates for Personal Interviews (PI) independent of other IIMs. Hence it is possible to observe variations in the lists of candidates short-listed by different IIMs.
- Details of candidates short-listed will be made available on IIMA website (www.iimahd.ernet.in) in the second week of January 2013. Short-listed candidates would also be sent interview call letters by IIMA. No communication would be sent to applicants who are not short-listed for Personal Interview.
- After the Personal Interview round, admission offers are made by IIMA to successful candidates. The ranking and final selection is based on a diverse set of attributes which includes performance in CAT/GMAT, performance in Personal Interview, academic, co-curricular and extra-curricular achievements, work experience etc.
- Disclosure of information about the admission process is driven by concerns which at times conflict with each other. The IIMA would like the admission process to be transparent. At the same time, IIMA would wish to protect the privacy of individual candidates and confidentiality of the process to prevent abuse. Based on these considerations, the performance of an individual is not made available to any other person. Similarly, the performance of candidates in Personal Interview including assessment of attributes mentioned under paragraph 4 above is not disclosed to anyone to prevent exercise of undue pressure on the panelists participating in the admission/selection process. IIMA exercises its own discretion in disclosing weights assigned to diverse sets of attributes mentioned under paragraph 4 above. To ensure that the perceived lack of transparency does not in any way affect the candidates negatively, adequate care is taken in formation of panel, development of objective criteria for assessment, random allocation of candidates to a panel and other such measures.
- Candidates, who appeared in Personal Interview will be able to view whether they have been offered admission by IIMA during second week of April 2013 by visiting the IIMA website. Admission offer letter would be sent to all successful candidates. Candidates, who are offered admission, need to confirm their acceptance by completing all the required formalities by first/second week of May 2013. Some candidates may also be placed on the waiting list initially during second week of April 2013. Offers to candidates on the waiting list would depend upon the number of successful candidates accepting the offer made by IIMA.
Course Fee:-
The Fees and other charges payable by the PGP students of the 2012-2014 batch for their first academic year is approximately Rs.7, 40, 000/-. Laptop computer, personal expenses on boarding, travel, clothes and laundry are extra. The fees and other charges for the 2013-2015 batch will be based on the fees and other charges for the 2012-2014 batch, adjusted for inflation.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION:-
Please note that IIM Ahmadabad conducts its Personal Interviews in Benguluru, Chennai, Hyderabad, Mumbai, New Delhi/NCR and Kolkata. Candidates short-listed for Personal Interview gets intimated by registered post.
The CAT takers applying to IIMA’s post-graduate programmes can also find out if they have been short-listed for Personal Interview by visiting the IIMA website (www.iimahd.ernet.in) in the second week of January 2013. No individual regret letters shall be sent to candidates not short-listed for Personal Interview.
For further details you can contact:
Manager (Admissions)Indian Institute of Management
Vastrapur, Ahmedabad 380015
Fax:+91-79-66324631/26306896
Leave a Reply