Shortlisting Criteria for PGP 2015-17 batch

Based on the announced short-listing and selection criteria for PGP 2015-17 batch,

candidates meeting the following minimum cut-offs have been called for Academic

Writing Test (AWT) & Personal Interview (PI).

1. Preliminary Screening: Candidates eligible to be considered for subsequent stages as per Table 1: (Minimum CAT-2014 Percentile Rank & AR Score)

Category CAT GMAT

General 9708 11

NC-OBC 1270 -

SC 424 -

ST 56 -

DA 52 -

Total 11510 11

2. Screening for Academic Writing Test (AWT) & Personal Interview (PI)

a) Top 50 or 1% of applicants to IIMA from each categories of academic

disciplines short-listed for AWT-PI = 221 Nos.

Academic discipline category AC-1 AC-2 AC-3 AC-4 AC-5

Total No. of candidates 9931 3165 34347 107062 2944

1% candidates 99 32 343 1071 29

Top 50 or 1% candidates *51 32 *51 *58 29

Minimum %ile 99.25 94.28 98.93 99.97 97.62

*Due to tie in the CAT percentile, the number exceeded by 1 in AC-1, 1 in AC-3

and 8 in AC-4 respectively.

b) Merit list drawn and short listed for AWT-PI from the remaining

candidates based on the CAT percentiles as per the following cut offs:

Minimum CAT percentile for General category candidates : 99.67

Minimum CAT percentile for NC-OBC category candidates: 96.42

Minimum CAT percentile for SC category candidates : 90.68

Minimum CAT percentile for ST category candidates : 81.10

Minimum CAT percentile for DA category candidates : 86.76

Category No. of candidates

General 438

NC-OBC 313

SC 175

ST 56

DA 36

Total 1018

c) Overseas (GMAT) candidates Minimum GMAT percentile cut offs for overseas candidates: 97

Overseas candidates shortlisted : 10 Nos.

3. Total No. of candidates called for AWT-PI (a+b+c)

Category Nos.

General 661

NC-OBC 321

SC 175

ST 56

DA 36

Total 1249

In all 1249 candidates (CAT: 1239 and GMAT: 10) have been shortlisted for AWT-PI.