Institute of Rural Management Anand Answered Questions

Hello Shreyansh
IRMA offers professional management course along with some sociological perspectives. It has 3 wonderfully designed field work components of 45 days which differentiates from other B-schools. In finance, more focus is towards microfinance which is an emerging filed and IRMAns are very good at it, Marketing subjects are more like other B-schools but those 3 field work components help you understand it better. IRMAn professors make sure that you have totally different perspective than that of any other b-school student and we proudly call that IRMAn perspective
Selection is through CAT,XAT exams and then you will have to appear for Irma entrance test. If you pass through all these, you will have to appear for GD-PI.

IRMA exam or popularly known as ISC or Issues of Social Concern tests the candidate's knowledge about the existing as well as proposed government schemes for rural India. After this, the students called for the interview have to undergo a group task (generally a prioritization task in which the group has to come to a consensus), case study presentation (for which 10 min are given to read the case and 2 min to each candidate for presentation), and a final personal interview to complete the icing on the cake! The weightage changes every year but the approximate weight ages are given below
CAT/XAT score: 40%
ISC Test: 10%
Group Task: 15%
Case Study Presentation: 15%
Personal Interview: 20%
Also, reservation for OBS is 27.5% as laid down by Government of India
Best of luck

The fee structure last year was approximately INR 7.5 lakhs for the entire program including hostel. Mess food is charged differently which comes to around Rs.3500-Rs.4000 per month. The fees this year has increased to INR 8.5 lakhs because of the renovation in hostel infrastructure.

Generally, the ratio is maintained at 1:4 which means 1 student will be selected out of every 4 participants appearing for the interview. IRMA has 180 seats in its flagship PRM programme. So, every year around, 750-800 students are shortlisted for the interview.

The fee structure last year was approximately INR 7.5 lakhs for the entire program including hostel. Mess food is charged differently which comes to around Rs.3500-Rs.4000 per month. The fees this year has increased to INR 8.5 lakhs because of the renovation in hostel infrastructure. Yes, the lowest interest rates are offered by Canara bank. Please contact the bank for further details.

Yes, you have to appear in both CAT and IRMA's exam to qualify for the next round. Both exams have different cutoffs and one has to clear the separate cutoffs individually. IRMA offers a variety of career opportunities in rural marketing, micro finance etc. There are a plethora of opportunities to explore. It all depends on what you want to make out of what the institute is offering. Rest assured, the future is bright after graduating from IRMA.