IIM Ahmedabad Admission Criteria 2022-24: PI Shortlist (Released), Cutoff

IIM Ahmedabad Admission Criteria 2022-2024: Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Ahmedabad has released the PI shortlist for IIM Ahmedabad 2022 admission for MBA/ PGP programmes 2022-24, in online mode - iima.ac.in. Candidates waiting to know whether they have made it to the PI round of IIM Ahmedabad or not, can now check their status by using CAT 2021 login credentials. IIM Ahmedabad is one of the last IIMs to release the shortlist of PGP admission status. The PI round will be conducted later in February or March.

Recently, IIM Ahmedabad has decided to do away with the bachelor’s degree component from the shortlisting criteria and to apply it uniformly to all the candidates. Candidates whose names will appear in IIM Ahmedabad shortlist will have to appear for the AWT (Analytical Writing Test)/PI (Personal Interview) rounds on the basis of which they will be granted final admission to IIM Ahmedabad. IIM Ahmedabad has begun the admission process for a two-year post-graduate program in management post the declaration of the CAT 2021 result. Read this complete article to check out the information related to IIM Ahmedabad eligibility criteria, important dates, IIMA admission criteria, and so forth.

IIM Ahmedabad Admission Dates 2022

Students must stay updated with the events pertaining to IIM admissions 2022-24. Check the table below for the latest updates:

IIMA Admission Dates

CAT Result 2021

IIM Ahmedabad declared the result of CAT 2021 on January 3 at the official website. Only candidates who appeared for CAT 2021 can download the CAT 2021 scorecard by entering their login credentials. The scorecard of CAT 2021 mentions the sectional as well as the overall score and percentile of the candidates.

Post the declaration of the CAT 2021 result, IIMs, and other top B-schools have started releasing their respective cutoff on the basis of the CAT 2021 score. Students qualifying for the CAT cutoff will be shortlisted for the admission process of the respective institutes.

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IIM Ahmedabad Admission Criteria 2022 - Eligibility Criteria

Candidate’s aspiring to take admission to IIM Ahmadabad PGP must fulfill the below-mentioned eligibility criteria:

• Students must have a bachelor’s degree with a minimum of 50% marks in aggregate or equivalent CGPA. Students belonging to the reserved category will be given 5% relaxation.

• The bachelor's degree must entail a minimum of three years of education along with 10+2 or equivalent.

• The conversion of marks or CGPA will be followed as per the norms of the university/institute from which the student has graduated. In case the institute/university does not provide any scheme of conversion then the IIM Ahmedabad will obtain the equivalence by dividing the obtained CGPA by the maximum CGPA and multiplying the result by 100.

• Aspirants appearing for the final year examination of the qualifying exam can also apply provided they submit the required documents in the stipulated time. Such a candidate’s admission will be on a provisional basis and will be confirmed when the student submits the mark sheets and certificate of passing the Bachelor’s degree with a required minimum percentage.

Latest Changes in IIM Ahmedabad Selection Process:

In view of the fact that for the last two years due to COVID-19, many universities could not conduct exams and based on varied criteria gave pass/promotion certificates. Considering this, the CAT Committee of 2021 had allowed candidates to take CAT 2021 without requiring any minimum percentage of marks in bachelor’s degree. On account of this, the Admissions Committee of IIM Ahmedabad decided to do away with the bachelor’s degree component from the shortlisting criteria and to apply it uniformly to all the candidates. The AR now will be computed on a scale of 25 (considering class 10th marks, class 12th marks and candidate's work experience) and the points will be pro-rated to 35.

The following formula will now be used for computing the Composite Score (CS):

CS = 0.35* (Pro-rated AR Score/35) + 0.65* (Normalized overall CAT Score)

Pro-rated AR Score= [(AR score computed by taking 0 points for Bachelor’s degree)/25] * 35

IIM Ahmedabad Admission Criteria 2022-2024

The admission criteria of IIM Ahmedabad 2022 is a two-step process. In the first step, the candidates are shortlisted for Analytical Writing Test (AWT) and Personal Interview (PI) on the basis of valid CAT 2021 scores, who have applied for the program and meet the eligibility criteria for the program.

Shortlisting and Admission Criteria for PGP at IIM Ahmedabad

Process 1 - Preliminary Screening

CAT 2021 consisted of three sections namely, Quantitative Aptitude'(QA), Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning (DILR), and Verbal and Reading Comprehension (VARC). Only candidates who meet the minimum cutoff criteria both sectional and overall are considered for further rounds of IIM Ahmedabad admission 2022. Check the table below to know the minimum cutoff for CAT 2021. The cutoff for CAT 2021 is similar to that of the previous year.

Minimum CAT 2021 cutoffs

At the different stages of the selection process of IIM Ahmedabad ‘Application Rating,’ (AR) score of the student will be used. AR is the sum of rating scores based on their percentage in 10th and 12th standard, stream, Bachelor's degree discipline, and work experience. Check the table below to know the scoring of each component.

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Rating scores for 10th standard examination

Rating scores for 12th standard examination

Rating Scores for the Bachelor’s Degree Exam

Rating Scores for Work Experience

Application Rating Score= rating score (A+B+C+D)

• The normalized AR score of a candidate will be equivalent to their AR score divided by the average of the top 50 AR scores from the applicant’s pool*.

• Applicants pool= the group of candidates who have appeared for CAT 2021 and applied for IIM Ahmedabad.

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Process 2 - Shortlisting for Analytical Writing Test (AWT) and Personal Interview (PI)

The shortlisting of candidates will be carried out in two stages:

Stage 1 - From the applicant’s pool

IIM Ahmedabad will recognize a candidate’s performance in their academics as well as performance in CAT 2021. A certain number of applicants will be shortlisted based on their Composite Score (CS) subject to filling the certain criteria.

CS (Composite Score) = ARF_CS * Normalised AR score + CATF_CS * Normalised overall score in CAT 2021

• Application Rating Multiplication Factor for Composite Score (ARF_CS) = 0.35;

• CAT Multiplication Factor for Composite Score (CATF_CS) = 0.65

The upper limit for the number of applicants to be shortlisted as per RC for AC-1,2,3, and 5

The upper limit for the number of applicants to be shortlisted as per RC for AC-4

Criteria 1 to Criteria 3

Criteria 1 - Percentile of VRC, QA, DILR, and overall must not be lower than the percentile mentioned in the table above (Minimum CAT 2021 cutoffs).

Criteria 2 - The average of percentages should be more than the minimum cutoff (specific to the category and stream in the table below).

Average of percentages=P= marks obtained in 10th and 12th standard examination.

Minimum cutoff for P across different disciplines and categories

Criteria 3 - the percentage of marks obtained in the Bachelor’s degree must be greater or equal to the minimum cutoff percentage.

Criteria 4 - Total percentile ≥ 80, QA percentile ≥ 70, DILR percentile ≥ 70, and VRC percentile ≥ 70

Criteria 5 - Percentage ≥ 80 (Science), 77 (Commerce), 75 (Arts/Humanities), where P is the average of the percentages of marks scored in the 10th and 12th std. Examinations.

Criteria 6 - The percentage of marks obtained in the bachelor’s degree must be greater or equal to a minimum cutoff percentage.

Stage 2- After the candidates are shortlisted in stage 1 from each category, the additional number of candidates will be shortlisted for AWT and PI on the basis of their Composite Score (CS) as mentioned above subject to fulfillment of criteria 1 and 2.

Final Selection

In this stage selection will be strictly based on shortlisting done for each category and on the basis of final composite score (FCS), FCS will be computed as follows:

FCS = PIF * Normalised PI Score + AWTF * Normalised AWT Score + CATF_FCS * Normalised CAT Score + ARF_FCS * AR

• Personal Interview Multiplication Factor (PIF) = 0.50

• AWT Multiplication Factor (AWTF) = 0.10

• CAT Score Multiplication Factor for Final Composite Score (CATF_FCS) = 0.25

• Application Rating Multiplication Factor for Final Composite Score (ARF_FCS) = 0.15

Note- Due to the COVID-19 situation IIM Ahmedabad may modify the final selection criteria depending upon the time during WAT-PI in 2021.

Categories for bachelor's degree/integrated master's degree

Note- Dual Bachelor’s degree will be considered under AC 6. Students will be required to mention it as Bachelor Degree 1 and Bachelor Degree 2.

IIM Ahmedabad PGP-FABM

Post Graduate Programme in Food and Agri-business Management is an MBA level two-year full-time program. Authorities have released the cutoff for PGP-FABM on the basis of the CAT 2021 score. Candidates meeting the cutoff criteria will be eligible for selection rounds conducted by IIM Ahmedabad.

IIM Ahmedabad PGP Fees

The total fee payable for the PGP program academic year 2022-2024 at IIM Ahmedabad will be Rs. 23,00,000 (Approx) inclusive of Rs. 16,99,000 as tuition fee. Extra expenses will include a laptop, computer, personal expenses onboarding, travel, clothing, and laundry. The program fee for the academic year 2023-2024 will be based on the previous year's batch fee, adjusted for inflation.

IIM Ahmedabad Placement Report - Summer Internship

IIM Ahmedabad conducted the summer placement 2021 for the batch 2020-2022 in three clusters. From a batch strength of 390 students, 386 students sought internships through IIM Ahmedabad. As per the placement report of IIM Ahmedabad highest offers were made in the consulting sector which was followed by BFSI and FMCG sectors.

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