INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT

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Shortlisting Criteria for PGP 2019-21 batch
Candidates meeting the following minimum cut-offs have been called for Analytical 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 given below:

Category CAT GMAT

General 23463 6
NC-OBC/Transgender 3655 -
SC 1290 -
ST 364 -
PwD 114 -
Total 28886 6

Table 1: Minimum Cut-offs of CAT-2018 Percentile Ranks & Cut offs of GMAT scores
GMAT Scores
CAT 2018 Percentile Ranks
Verbal Quantitative Total
Verbal and Reading Data Interpretation & Quantitative
Overall
Category Comprehension Logical Reasoning Aptitude
(PT)
(PVRC) (PDILR) (PQA)

General 70 70 70 80 40 50 720
NC-OBC/Transgender 65 65 65 75
SC 60 60 60 70
ST 50 50 50 60
General (PwD) 60 60 60 70
NC-OBC (PwD) 60 60 60 70
SC (PwD) 60 60 60 70
ST (PwD) 50 50 50 60

Note: Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST), Non-creamy Other Backward Castes (NC-OBC), Person with Disability (PwD)
2. Screening for Analytical Writing Test (AWT) & Personal Interview (PI)

Stage 1: Selection of exceptional performers across different disciplines (ACRC Group)

The following table shows the number of applicants and the number of candidates shortlisted for AWT-PI, applying Criteria C1-C3.

AC-3 AC-4 AC-5

Category No. of No. of No. of

No. of Minimum No. of Minimum No. of Minimum
candidates candidates candidates
applicants CS applicants CS applicants CS
selected selected selected
General 51193 100 0.641507 92186 200 0.701613 3552 79 0.424130
NC-
OBC/Tran 8136 57 0.479830 21310 114 0.589450 637 9 0.398953
sgender
SC 3197 31 0.377953 9893 64 0.516803 349 5 0.329777

ST 1044 10 0.340067 2330 32 0.439813 137 3 0.35742

PwD 265 6 0.478217 480 12 0.526373 37 1 0.44364

Criteria: C1-C3:

C1. PVRC, PDILR, PQA and PT must be greater than or equal to the minimum cut offs as specified above in Table 1.

C2. P ≥ Minimum cut-offs (specific to the category and the stream as shown in below Table), where P is the average of the percentages of marks scored in 10th and 12th std.
examinations.

PwD (General, PwD (ST)

NC-OBC/ Category
General SC ST NC-OBC/
Stream in 12th std. Transgender
Category Category Category Transgender,
Category
SC) Category
Science 80 75 70 65 70 65
Commerce 77 72 67 62 67 62
Arts & Humanities 75 70 64 59 64 59
C3. Percentage of marks in the bachelor’s examination ≥ Minimum cut-off percentage, to be set at the 80th percentile of the percentage of marks of the respective
ACRC group of the applicants’ pool (as per the table given below).

Academic Category
Category
AC-3 AC-4 AC-5

General 75.42 80.70 74.00

NC-OBC/
73.33 78.40 71.40
Transgender
SC 70.00 73.60 67.00

ST 70.30 72.50 67.13

PwD(all categories) 71.00 73.40 70.00

Stage 1: Selection of exceptional performers across different disciplines (Non-ACRC Group)

The following table shows the number of applicants and the number of candidates shortlisted for AWT-PI, applying Criteria C4-C6.

Category AC-1 AC-2

No. of No. of
No. of Minimum No. of Minimum
candidates candidates
applicants CS applicants CS
selected selected
General 55 4 0.586437 938 49 0.582047
NC-OBC/
8 36
Transgender
SC 5 5

ST 3 0

PwD 0 1
Criteria C4-C6:

C4. PVRC ≥ 70, PDILR ≥ 70, , PQA ≥ 70 and PT ≥ 80.

C5. P ≥ 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.

C6. Percentage of marks in the bachelor’s examination ≥ Minimum cut-off percentage, to be set at the 80th percentile of the percentage of marks of the respective AC
group of the applicants’ pool.

Academic Category

AC-1 AC-2

66.71 61.95

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 described above by drawing a merit list using
Composite Score (CS):

PwD PwD PwD

Category General NC-OBC SC ST (NC-OBC)
(Gen) (SC)
Number of
151 131 74 57 13 11 1
candidates
Minimum CS 0.694707 0.579813 0.504563 0.42352 0.497123 0.30738 0.339387

Calculation of Composite Score:

CS (Composite Score) = 0.3 (Normalized AR score) + 0.7 (Normalized overall score in CAT-2018)

CS = (AR*0.3/30) + (Total CAT score*0.7/300)

For definitions of Academic Category (AC), Application Rating Score (AR) and Normalized AR of an applicant, see Admissions Procedure for PGP 2019-21
batch notified on the admission page of IIMA website.

Average AR for top 50 candidates: 30

Shortlisting of Overseas (GMAT) candidates
Following the criteria C7-C8 as given below, 6 candidates have been shortlisted.

C7. V ≥40; Q ≥ 50; TOTAL ≥ 720

C8. P ≥ 80 (Science), 77 (Commerce), 75 (Arts/Humanities)

P is the average of the percentages of marks scored in 10th and 12th std. exams.

Calculation of Composite Score:

CS (Composite Score) = 0.3 (Normalized AR score) + 0.7 (Normalized total GMAT score)

CS = (AR*0.3/30) + (Total GMAT score*0.7/800)

3. Total No. of candidates called for AWT-PI

Category Number

General 588

NC-OBC 312

SC 174

ST 102

PwD 44

Total 1220

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