In the modern world of business, it is useless to be a creative original thinker unless you can also sell what you create. Management cannot be expected to recognize a good idea unless it is presented to them by a good salesman.
- David Ogilvy
The MBA level courses require CAT scores. Given below is a brief idea about the flagship Program.
The Post-Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) is among the oldest, largest and most prestigious of the Institute's teaching Programs. Ranked the best Program in the continent, and among the best in the Asia-Pacific Region, the Program emphasizes innovative problem solving, shared perspectives, applied management philosophy, and group work.
The admission process consists of the nationally administered Common Admission Test (CAT), and subsequent rounds of personal interviews and group discussions. The students are selected on the basis of their CAT scores, past academic performance and performance in the interviews and group discussion. Selected students have scholastic achievements in disciplines such as arts, commerce, science and professional streams such as engineering, technology and medicine. Many of them also have achievements in extra-curricular and organizational activities. Some of the qualities that characterise past students are high levels of initiative and energy, capacity for hard work, strong task orientation, willingness to learn, and a temperament suitable for teamwork. The PGP classes have had a mix of fresh graduates and persons with work experience.
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) category1, this is relaxed to 45%), of 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 UGC Act, 1956, or possess an equivalent qualification recognized by the Ministry of HRD, Government of India. The Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent qualification obtained by the candidate must entail a minimum of three years of education after completing higher secondary schooling (10+2) or equivalent. The percentage obtained by the candidate in the bachelor’s degree would be based on the practice followed by the university/institution from where the candidate has obtained the
degree. In case of the candidates being awarded grades/CGPA instead of marks, the equivalence would be based on the equivalence certified by the university/institution from where they have obtained bachelor’s degree. In case the university/ institution does not have any scheme for converting CGPA into equivalent marks, the equivalence 1 The DA category refers to the Differently-Abled category. This category is also known as the PWD category. It would be established by IIM Ahmedabad by dividing obtained CGPA with the maximum possible CGPA and multiplying the resultant with 100.
Candidates appearing for the final year bachelor’s degree / equivalent qualification examination and those who have completed degree requirement and are awaiting results can also apply. Such candidates must produce a certificate from the Principal/Head of the Department/Registrar/Director of the university/ institution certifying that the candidate is currently in the final year / is awaiting final results and has obtained at least 50% marks or equivalent (45% in case of candidates belonging to SC/ST/DA category) based on latest available grades/marks.
The selection of candidates for admission to the 2011-13 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 Program and who satisfy the eligibility criteria for the Program. In order to be considered for short listing, a non-overseas category candidate who does not belong to the SC/ST/DA or NC-OBC categories should have scored at least 25% in each of the three sections of CAT and at least 33% in aggregate. A non-overseas category candidate who belongs to the NC-OBC category should have scored at least 20% in each of the three sections of CAT and at least 30% in aggregate. A non-overseas category candidate who belongs to the SC/ST/DA categories should have scored at least 17% in each of the three sections of CAT and at least 25% in aggregate. An overseas category candidate who applies with a GMAT score instead of a CAT score should have scored at least 45 in the quantitative and verbal sections and should have a total scaled score of at least 700. Note that these are only necessary conditions, and all candidates satisfying these conditions are not guaranteed to be short listed, in fact the actual cut-offs used for short listing will depend on the performance of candidates in CAT/GMAT, and has traditionally been higher than the percentages and scores mentioned above. A candidate's prior academic record is also used in the short listing process. The exact criteria used to short list candidates for personal interviews will be disclosed on the CAT website at www.catiim.in and the IIM Ahmedabad website at www.iimahd.ernet.in along with the list of short listed candidates on January 22, 2010.
In the second step, after the completion of personal interviews of all candidates short listed in the first step, candidates for admission to the 2010-12 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 personal interviews, inputs such as the CAT/GMAT score, academic background and achievements, extracurricular activities, and post-degree work experience are taken into consideration.
IIM Ahmedabad short-listed 917 candidates for the next stage of admissions, i.e. Group Discussion and Personal Interview. There were 540 General Category candidates whose percentiles in each section were 94 and above, and who had an overall percentile of 99 and had an Application Rating of >= 21 were considered for personal interview.
The application rating point was given on the basis of marks obtained in Class10, 12, Graduation from which stream, Post-Graduation and Work Experience.
As per Government of India requirement, 27% of the seats are reserved for NC-OBC, 15% for SC and 7.5% for ST candidates.
IIMA had a cohort based placement system. The total batch size was 314.120 companies participated in the final placement process. Firms participated in the recruitment process across a variety of cohorts, namely global and Indian investment banks, strategy consulting, corporate leadership program, global FMCG operations, and IT services. BCG (11 offers including PPO) and EXL (11 offers) were the top recruiters on campus this year. This was followed by McKinsey and P&G, which made 10 offers (including PPO) each. Reliance Industries made 8 offers in general management roles. Amongst Indian banks, Yes Bank made 8 offers to students. This year marked an increase in the number of the Investment Banks for the Final Recruitment Process.
As a reflection of the improving market sentiment and recruiters’ confidence in IIM?A students, there was an increase in the international offers made to students.
The total fees will be around 15 Lacs for the 2011-13 batch.
Manager (Admissions)
Indian Institute of Management
Vastrapur, Ahmedabad 380015
Fax:91-79-66324631/26306896
Email ID: admission@iimahd.ernet.in
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