IIM Calcutta - Indian Institute of Management Joka Kolkata Answered Questions

No 12th after graduation will not considered in admission in IIM-A, B& C. The eligibility criteria is given below. Eligibility : The candidate must hold a Bachelor's degree, with at least 50% marks or equivalent CGPA (in case of the candidate belonging to Scheduled Caste (SC)/Scheduled Tribe (ST)/Persons with Disabilities (PwD) category, this is relaxed to 45%), of any of the universities incorporated by an act of the central or state legislature in India or other educational institutions established by an act of Parliament or declared to be deemed as a university under section 3 of UGC Act, 1956, or possess an equivalent qualification recognised by the Ministry of HRD, Government of India. The Bachelor's degree or equivalent qualification obtained by the candidate must entail a minimum of three years of education after completing higher secondary schooling (10+2) or equivalent.

Hi. Therefore the NC-OBC Certificate issued in 2017- 2018 is valid even now and you can apply for CAT 2021 with this. The authority body says that a NC-OBC Certificate is valid even if it is issued 3 years before but with a self declaration given by the candidate as per the format mentioned in the OM.

IIM uses a special formula to shortlist candidate for IIM call. The formula is based on CAT score, 10th,12th, graduation. Final Shortlisitng depend on GD/PI, achievements & overall score. You are academic are not that high but decent enough. Also you can get call from newly opened Iims. You can also try top 25 b school based on high CAT score. Try to get high CAT score, do relevant value added courses. Also there high value low fees b school which are equally good as IIM. These are JBIMS, FMS, KJ Somaiya, DMS University of Hyderabad, DMS IIT, UBS Punjab.