Details of IIM Calcutta Selection Criteria of Admission PGP 2017-19 batch

IIM Calcutta (IIM C) Selection Criteria Admission → The diploma in management at the Post-Graduate level has a two-tier structure: it consists of a core curriculum (compulsory credit courses and compulsory non-credit courses), a summer internship(compulsory industry training between first and second year) and elective courses (optional courses in the second year). The first year is committed to developing business fundamentals through compulsory courses spanning the areas of economics, finance, marketing, operations, systems and organizational behavior. The second year offers a plethora of electives in different functional areas that students can choose based on their desired area of pursuit. Students aspiring to delve deeper into topics can undertake term papers under faculty supervision.

Eligibility Criteria

1. A candidate must hold a Bachelor’s Degree, with at least 50% marks or equivalent CGPA [45% in case of the candidates belonging to Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribe (ST) and Persons with Disability (PWD) categories], awarded by any of the Universities incorporated by an Act of the central or state legislature in India or other educational institutions established by an Act of Parliament or declared to be deemed as a University under Section 3 of the UGC Act, 1956, or possess an equivalent qualification recognized by the Ministry of HRD, Government of India. The percentage of marks obtained by the candidate in the bachelor’s degree would be calculated based on the practice followed by the university/institution from where the candidate has obtained the degree.

2. In case a candidate is awarded grades/CGPA instead of marks, the conversion of grades/CGPA to percentage of marks would be based on the procedure certified by the university/ institution from where bachelor’s degree has been obtained. In case the university/ institution does not have any scheme for converting CGPA into equivalent marks, the equivalence would be established by dividing the candidate’s CGPA by the maximum possible CGPA and multiplying the result with 100. Candidates appearing for the final year of bachelor’s degree/equivalent qualification examination and those who have completed degree requirements and are awaiting results can also apply. If selected, such candidates will be allowed to join the programme provisionally, only if he/she submits a certificate latest by June 30, 2017 from the Principal/Registrar of his/her College/Institute (issued on or before June 30, 2017) stating that the candidate has completed all the requirements for obtaining the bachelor’s degree/equivalent qualification on the date of the issue of the certificate.

3. A candidate who has not received his/her graduation results at the time of registration will have to produce certificates and mark sheets in original together with the photocopies as soon as the respective University/Institute publishes the results, but NOT LATER THAN DECEMBER 31, 2017,failing which his/her registration as a student of IIM Calcutta will be automatically cancelled and he/she will be required to withdraw from the PGP-PGDM forthwith. Any candidate who submits University Mark sheets which do not clearly indicate that he/she has passed the Bachelor’s Degree course or equivalent, and also submits Provisional Certificate from an affiliated College/Institute would, in addition, be required to produce an authorization certificate from the University stating that such an affiliated College/Institute is authorized/empowered to issue such a certificate on behalf of the University.

Criteria for shortlisting and final selection

Short-listing for Personal Interview (PI)

Table 1 →  Minimum Cut-off Percentile for short-listing the candidates for Personal Interview (PI) stage.

Category	Section – IQuantitative Ability (QA)	Section – IIData Interpretation &Logical Reasoning (DILR)	Section – III Verbal Ability (VA)	Overall
OPEN	≥ 80	≥ 80	≥ 80	≥ 90
NC-OBC	≥ 75	≥ 75	≥ 75	≥ 85
SC	≥ 65	≥ 65	≥ 65	≥ 70
ST	≥60	≥60	≥60	≥ 70
DA	≥ 65	≥ 65	≥ 65	≥ 70

Stage II →  Calculation of Composite Scores for Short-listing for PI stage

• The Composite Score is calculated on the basis of CAT 2016 score, Class X and Class XII aggregate percentages, and gender diversity factor.

Table 2 → Points for Class X and Class XII marks

Class X Marks (in %)	Points	Class XII Marks (in %)	Points
≥80	10	≥80	10
≥ 75 and < 80	8	≥ 75 and < 80	8
≥ 70 and < 75	6	≥ 70 and < 75	6
≥ 65 and < 70	4	≥ 65 and < 70	4
≥ 60 and < 65	2	≥ 60 and < 65	2
< 60	0	< 60	0

Note → (For computing the percentage of marks obtained in Class X and Class XII, the aggregate marks of all subjects that appear in the mark sheet/grade sheet would be considered irrespective of whether the Board considers them for calculation of percentage).

Table 3 → Components and corresponding weights assigned for generating category-wise short-lists for the .

Components	Weights	Method of Calculation
CAT 2016 Overall Score	28	(A/B) x 28
Class X marks	10	As per Table 2 above
Class XII marks	10	As per Table 2 above
Class XII marks	2	2 points will be awarded to promote gender diversityTotal50
Total	50

• A = Candidate’s Total CAT 2016 score
• B = Maximum CAT 2016 Score

 Criteria for Final Selection 

Table 4 → Criteria and weights for final selection

Criterion	Weights
CAT 2016 Score	15
Personal Interview (PI)	24
Written Ability Test (WAT)	5
Point awarded for Academic Diversity at Bachelor’s degree level (Academic Diversity Factor for Bachelor’s degree (ADFB)):Candidates with any of the following bachelor’s degree in the list X below are eligible for ADFB:List X: BA, BA(H), B.Sc, B.Sc.(H), BS, B.Com, B.Com(H), BCA, BBA, B.Pharma, LL.B, MBBS, BDS or any other Non-Engineering bachelor’s degree not mentioned above.	If (Bachelor’s degree is from the list X)ADFB=2;elseADFB=0
Work Experience	4
Total	50

Table 5 →  Points for work experience in completed months

Months	Points
<6	0
6 to 12	1
13 to 18	2
19 to 24	3
25 to 30	3.5
31 to 36	4
37 to 42	3
>= 43	2.5

Reservation Policy

It  will apply Government of India reservation policy for admission to Central Educational Institutions (CEIs).

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