IIM-C declares Admission Policy for Admission to PGP-PGDM Course Indian Institute of Management Calcutta

IIM-C declares Admission Policy for Admission to PGP-PGDM Course
Indian Institute of Management
Calcutta

The admission policy for PGP-PGDM (2017-19) batch has been announced. Indian Institute of Management- Calcutta set the minimum cut off 90 per cent for the admission to the courses.

The candidates can now prepare for the CAT 2016, on the basis of the criteria mentioned on the official website. CAT 2016 is scheduled to be held on December 4.

Minimum cut-off for Personal Interview round:

Table 1

Category	Section - I Quantitative Ability (QA)	Section- II Data Interpretation and 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

Only those candidates who get above mentioned percentile in each category in CAT 2016 will be considered for calculation of their composite score in Stage II (described below). It should be noted that the candidates will be shortlisted for PI on the basis of composite score.

Calculation of Composite Score:

Table 2

Class 10 marks (in percentage)	Points	Class 12 marks (in percentage)	Points
80	10	80	10
75-80	8	75-80	8
70-75	6	70-75	6
60-65	2	60-65	2
Less than 60	0	less than 60	0

On the basis of CAT score, Class 10 and Class 12 aggregate percentages, and gender diversity factor, the composite score will be calculated.

The components that determine the composite score are as follows:

Table 3

Components	Weights	Method of Calculation
CAT 2016 overall score	28	(A/B)X28
Class X marks	10	As per Table B above
Class XII marks	10	As per Table B above
Gender Diversity Factor	2	Â
Total	50	Â

A- Candidate's total CAT score
B- Maximum CAT score

On the basis of composite scores, candidates will be shortlisted for PI and Written Ability Test rounds.

Criteria for final admission:

Table 4

Criterion	Weights
CAT 2016 scores	15
Personal Interview	24
Written Ability Test	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;  else ADFB=0
Work Experience	4
Total	50

A maximum of four points will be awarded for work experience depending on the length of service as on January 31

Table 5

Months	Points
Less than 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
More than or equal to 42	2.5

Reservation policy:

The reservation policy of the Government of India to Central Educational Institutions (CEIs) will be applied for admission to IIM Calcutta.

It is to be noted that the candidates will be selected for the PGP- PGDM (2017-19) course on the basis of the above mentioned criteria.

For any other query, the candidates can visit the official website.

Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta

Source : indiatoday.intoday.in/education