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IRMA Anand Admission Dates 2025
The entrance exams accepted include CAT 2024/XAT 2025/CMAT 2024. Below are the important Institute of Rural Management Anand course admission dates:
Commonly asked questions On Admissions
Admission to IRMA Anand is entrance-based. Students must clear the relevant entrance exam in order to get admission to the institute. However, admission to Certificate courses are done on merit basis. Other factors for the candidate's admission depends on academic performance, work experience, and performance in the personal interview (PI) round, along with their score on the CAT, XAT, CMAT, or GMAT exams.
IRMA accepts CAT score for admission to the MBA programme. Candidates seeking admission must appear for CAT 2025 exam. CAT cutoff 2025 is yet to release for IRMA. However, as per the previous year data, the overall CAT percentile was 85 for the General All India category students.
Institute of Rural Management, Anand offers a large diversity of courses to students in Management field. IRMA Anand admissions are held on the basis of entrance tests. Students seeking course admissions must clear their previous qualifying examination and appear for any of the prescribed entrance exams such as XAT, CAT, CMAT, among others. Students can visit the official website to learn more regarding the course-wise eligibility and specialisation details.
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Institute of Rural Management Anand (IRMA) has concluded its placements drive for the 42nd batch (2021-23) of its flagship Post Graduate Diploma in Management (Rural Management) - the Post Graduate Diploma in Management (Rural Management). As per the latest report, the participating recruiters made 339 placement offers to the batch of 250 participants of Post Graduate Diploma in Management (Rural Management). The the highest and average package during IRMA placements 2023 stood at INR 26.50 LPA and INR 15.50 LPA, respectively. The top recruiters of IRMA in 2023 included Flipkart, Dabur, Adani Group, Godrej, ITC, etc.
There are different exams through which students can get admission in IRMA Anand. For Post Graduate Diploma in Management (Rural Management) and PGDM (RM-X), need to provide CAT 2023/ XAT 2024/ CMAT scores. For FPM (RM), the applications will be scrutinised by the allocated selection committee of IRMA on the basis of several constraints, such as past academic qualification, past test scores, research proposal, and reservation.
Candidates are selected based on their academic background, professional experience, entrance test scores, performance in personal interview round, gender diversity etc. Check below eligibility and selection criteria for PGDM at IRMA:
- Eligibility: 15 years of education with 50% or above aggregate + 5 years of full-time work experience on supervisory/ manegerial role
- Selection: CAT/ XAT/ CMAT/ GMAT scores (35% weightage) + Academic performance (10% weightage) + Exotic career (5% weightage) + PI (40% weightage) + Gender Diversity (5% weightage) + Extra Curricular or Sports (5% weightage)
Yes, it is possible. IRMA Anand offers PGDM (RM-X) course to the students and admission to PGDM (RM-X) in IRMA Anand is based on the candidate's CAT/ XAT/ CMAT/ score Sheet, academic performance, work experience and performance in the personal interview (PI) round. Those candidates who do not have a valid score in the CAT exam can appear for admission process on the basis of other entrance exam scores, such as XAT, CMAT, etc.
In order to get admissions at IRMA, the candidate need to meet the latest eligibility as per pre-defined course. However, students who want to know the eligibility criteria for MDPs, students need to visit the official website. To know the selection criteria students can check the table presented below:
Course Name | Selection |
|---|---|
Post Graduate Diploma in Management (Rural Management) | For Indian candidates- CAT 2023/ XAT 2024/ CMAT 2024 + includes IRMAWAT + PI + Academic performance + Regional and Gender Diversity + Sports Diversity / Extra-Curricular Activities and work experience |
PGDM (RM-X) | CAT 2023/ XAT 2024/ CMAT 2024 + PI + Academic performance + Gender Diversity + Sports Diversity / Extra-Curricular Activities and work experience |
FPM (RM) | CAT/ XAT/ NET, CSIR-JRF/NET, ICAR-SRF, ICAR/ ASRB-NET/ GATE or CMAT 2023 |
The admissions for Post Graduate Diploma in Management (Rural Management) at IRMA is open. IRMA will accept CAT/XAT 2024 and CMAT 2023 exam score for the academic year 2024-2026. Interested students need to valid above mentioned score to apply for Post Graduate Diploma in Management (Rural Management) for the academic year 2024-2026. Apart from this, the candidate have to be graduate with 50% aggregate (45% for ST/SC/OBC/NC General, EWS, PwD).
No, as of now the admission for PGDM (RM-X) at IRMA is not open. As per unofficial sources, IRMA will accept CAT, XAT, GMAT and CMAT exams. However, the candidate also have to meet the latest eligibility criteria and have managerial/ supervisory experience of 5 years to opt for admission.
Eligibility criteria: Graduate with 50% aggregate (45% for ST/SC/OBC/NC General, EWS, PwD. Students are advised to frequently visit the official website in order to get admission to PGDM (RM-X).
Candidates can check below the documents to submit at the time of registration:
- Scanned photograph and signature
- Copy of category certificate
- Scanned graduation marksheet
- Scanned Class 12 marksheet
- Scanned Class 10 marksheet
- Domicile certificate
- Sports certificate
- Work-related documents
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Answered 5 months ago
The following table showcases the sector-wise total offers presented to the students of the PGDM RM batch 2024:
Sector | Number of offers Accepted (2024) |
|---|---|
BFSI | 101 |
Dairy | 63 |
Consulting | 20 |
Retail | 18 |
Agro Business | 16 |
Edtech | 11 |
FMCG | 7 |
Pharmaceuticals | 5 |
Manufacturing | 4 |
Others | 22 |
Total | 267 |
Answered 9 months ago
A CAT percentile of approximately 85–90 is often required by the Institute of Rural Management Anand (IRMA) in order to have a high chance of being shortlisted for its Post Graduate Diploma in Rural Management (PGDRM) program. However, depending on variables including the volume of applications, the
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Contributor-Level 9
Answered 10 months ago
Based on previous year cut-offs, your NMAT score of 82.95 percentile, along with your B.Sc in Agriculture and your 10th and 12th standard scores, makes you a competitive candidate for IRMA. Last year, the cutoff for the OBC (Non-Creamy) category was around 79 percentile for CAT scores. Given your st
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Contributor-Level 10
Answered 10 months ago
Institute of Rural Management Anand (IRMA) has 60 seats reserved out of 240 seats for executive MBA. Admissions are accepted through entrance examinations like CAT /XAT or CMAT followed by a personal interview . Along with the entrance examination, candidate's educational background, academic achiev
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Contributor-Level 10
Answered 9 months ago
As per the report, the the highest and average package during IRMA placements in 2024 stood at INR 31.16 LPA and INR 14.17 LPA, respectively. The participating recruiters placed 267 students and presented 322 placement offers to the PGDM (RM) batch 2024 participants. The key highlights of IRMA Anand
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In which sector the highest number of students were placed during IRMA placements?