Shortlisting Criteria for PGP 2016-18 batch

Candidates meeting the following minimum cut-offs have been called for Academic Writing Test (AWT) &
Personal Interview (PI).
1.

Preliminary Screening:

Number of candidates across different categories eligible to be considered for subsequent stages as per Table
1: (Minimum CAT-2015 Percentile Rank)
Category

CAT

GMAT

General

20190

19

NC-OBC

2592

SC
ST
DA
Total

952
292
102
24128

19

Table 1: Minimum Cut-offs of CAT-2015 Percentile Ranks

Category

Verbal and Reading

Comprehension percentile
rank
(PVRC)

Data Interpretation &

Logical Reasoning
percentile rank
(PDILR)

Quantitative
Aptitude
percentile rank
(PQA)

Overall
percentile rank
(PT)

70

70

70

80

65

65

65

75

60
50
60

60
50
60

60
50
60

70
60
70

General
NC-OBC-cumtransgender
SC
ST
DA

Note: Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST), Non-creamy Other Backward Castes (NC-OBC), Differently
Abled (DA).
2.

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

Stage 1: Selection of exceptional performers across different disciplines

The following table shows the number of candidates eligible to be considered using
Criteria C1-C3 and the numbers shortlisted for AWT-PI ( using the rule of minimum
of top 100 or 1% of applicants to IIMA) in each discipline by drawing a merit list
using Composite Score (CS)
Academic discipline
category
Number of eligible
candidates
Minimum of top 100 or
1% candidates selected

AC-1

AC-2

AC-3

AC-4

AC-5

AC-6

AC-7

10388

2804

42069

108239

2384

133

549

89

21

100

100

24

Minimum CS

0.546

0.528

0.667

0.714

0.632

0.800

0.740

Criteria: C1-C3:
C1. PT 90, PQA 80, PDILR 80 and PVRC 80
C2. P 80 (Science), 77 (Commerce), 75 (Arts/Humanities)
Where P is the average of the percentages of marks scored in 10th and 12th std. exams.
C3. Table 2: Cut-off percentage in Bachelors Degree Exam for different disciplines
Discipline

AC-1

AC-2

AC-3

AC-4

AC-5

AC-6

AC-7

Cut-off
Percentage

80

68

80

90

73

66

59

Stage 2: Category-wise selection (after removing the candidates

selected in stage 1)
The following table shows the number of candidates shortlisted for AWT-PI
fulfilling Criteria C1-C2 by drawing a merit list using Composite Score (CS):
Category

General

NC-OBC

SC

ST

DA

Number of
candidates

219

306

176

87

35

Minimum CS

0.747

0.603

0.511

0.433

0.478

Criteria: C1-C2
C1. PT, PQA, PDILR and PVRC Respective minimum cut-off (specific to the category as shown in
Table 1)
C2. P Minimum cut-offs (specific to the category and the stream as shown in Table 3).
Table 3: Minimum cut-off for P across different disciplines and different categories
Stream in 12th std.
Science
Commerce
Arts & Humanities

General
Category
80
77
75

NCOBC
Category
75
72
70

SC
Category
70
67
64

ST

Category
65
62
59

DA
Category
70
67
64

Calculation of Composite Score:

CS (Composite Score) = 0.3 (Normalized AR score) + 0.7 (Normalized overall score in CAT-2015)
CS = (AR*0.3/30) + (Total CAT score*0.7/300)
For List of Disciplines and definitions of Application Rating Score (AR) and Normalized AR of an
applicant see Admissions Procedure for PGP 2016-18 batch announced on the admission

page of IIMA website.

Average AR for top 50 candidates: 30

Shortlisting of Overseas (GMAT) candidates

Following the criteria C1-C2, 19 candidates have been shortlisted
C1. PV = 70; PQ = 70; PTOTAL = 80
C2. P 80 (Science), 77 (Commerce), 75 (Arts/Humanities)
Where P is the average of the percentages of marks scored in 10th and 12th std. exams.
3.

Total No. of candidates called for AWT-PI

Category

Number

General

568

NC-OBC

313

SC

178

ST

87

DA

36

Total

1182

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