With the release of the seventh edition of the Positive Impact Rating, K J Somaiya Institute of Management has achieved Level 4 status. Check the complete details below.
K J Somaiya Institute of Management Achieves Level 4 Status in Positive Impact Rating 2026
K J Somaiya Institute of Management (KJSIM) has officially been designated as a Level 4 Transforming School in the seventh edition of the Positive Impact Rating (PIR) for Business Schools. This marks an advancement from the institute's Level 3 status achieved in the last edition of the ratings. Positive Impact Rating is a global, student and faculty-driven framework that evaluates business schools on their commitment to addressing sustainability and societal challenges. The PIR also takes into account the ability of an institute to prepare students to become responsible leaders. The 2026 edition featured 87 participating business schools across 32 countries. These ratings were based on a total of 19,789 valid student responses and 1,189 faculty responses globally.
Students of the participating B-schools assessed their respective institutions across sevent parameters as mentioned below:
- Governance
- Culture
- Programmes
- Learning Methods
- Student Support
- Institutional Role Modelling
- Public Engagement.
Commonly asked questions
If you have a very good CAT score but poor academic record it is quite likely that you may not be shortlisted for top IIMs as the institutes prefer candidates with overall consistency in academics. Class 12 scores holds a lot of importance in shortlisting of candidates for WAT-PI.
No, you cannot join NMIMS without NMAT. Candidates need to appear for the course specific entrance exams conducted by the University. NMIMS also accepts several national-level entrance tests to admits students for UG, PG and PhD courses.
The CAT cut offs for IIM Bangalore hovers between 97-100 percentile. The qualifying CAT cut off required for being eligible for IIM Bangalore's Written Ability test (What) and Personal Interview PI is 85 percentile for General category students, whereas for SC candidates, it is 70 percentile. For ST candidates, it is 65 percentile and for PwD candidates it is 60 percentile. Given below are the sectional and overall qualifying CAT cut offs for IIM Bangalore.
- General category: 80 VARC 75 DILR 75 Quantitative Aptitude 85 (Overall)
- NC-OBC category: 75 VARC 65 DILR 65 Quantitative Aptitude 75 (Overall)
- EWS category: 70 VARC 65 DILR 65 Quantitative Aptitude 75 (Overall)
- SC category: 65 VARC 60 DILR 60 Quantitative Aptitude 70 (Overall)
- ST category: 55 VARC 55 DILR 55 Quantitative Aptitude 65 (Overall)
- PwD category: 50 VARC 50 DILR 50 Quantitative Aptitude 60 (Overall)
KJSIM is among 58 business schools globally, and one of four leading Indian institutions, to receive the Level 4 recognition in 2026. According to the PIR framework, Level 4 Transforming Schools are recognised for successfully embedding a culture of positive impact within the system. Following the announcement, Dr. Raman Ramachandran, Dean and Director of KJSIM, stated that the recognition aligns with the school's core operating principle of "Transforming, Together". He shared that the institute will continue its institutional efforts toward achieving the highest PIR classification, the Level 5 status.
KJSIM is an AACSB-accredited institution located on the 50-acre Somaiya Vidyavihar University campus in Mumbai. The business school provides industry-aligned MBA and PhD programs and is currently ranked among the top 60 business schools in Asia by the QS Global MBA Rankings. KJSIM has also secured a place in the latest NIRF ranking among top 100 management colleges in India. KJSIM has 65th position in the last release of NIRF rankings.
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