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
General
NC-OBC
SC
ST
DA
Total

CAT
9708
1270
424
56
52
11510

GMAT
11
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 :
Minimum CAT percentile for NC-OBC category candidates:
Minimum CAT percentile for SC category candidates
:
Minimum CAT percentile for ST category candidates
:
Minimum CAT percentile for DA category candidates
:
Category
General
NC-OBC
SC
ST
DA
Total

No. of candidates
438
313
175
56
36
1018

99.67
96.42
90.68
81.10
86.76

c)

3.

Overseas (GMAT) candidates

Minimum GMAT percentile cut offs for overseas candidates:
Overseas candidates shortlisted : 10 Nos.

97

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

Category
General
NC-OBC
SC
ST
DA
Total

Nos.
661
321
175
56
36
1249

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