IIM Bangalore - Indian Institute of Management

You need valid CAT score with minimum 50% marks in graduation and cutoff for CAT shall be 99 percentile to quality for GDPI rounds after which you can get admission.

IIMs offer a general management course (i.e. PGPM) and there is no distinction between fields. Although, once you get here you can choose to pick up courses in specific domains. So, bottom line is that the process is simple - CAT, WAT & PI and then final selection.

Its better to have work experience before going for MBA. As you will have a feel of working culture in corporate world. You will get to know the work of HR, finance, marketing,operations depending on your field. You will get to know how the team work plays an important role and managing the human resource is most important factor. Generally, B-Schools prefers work-experience people over freshers. If you score a good percentile in CAT/CMAT/XAT and have a good academic profile even than B-Schools will admit you easily.

These companies do visit colleges for placements. But with a poor score, you must have something extraordinary to show that you are an exceptional person. It's very difficult to be selected into these companies with a poor academic record.

Dear Raj,
Please check the admission criteria on IIM B site. It says, the candidates percentage scores in
the 10th and 12th board exams are initially adjusted by dividing each such score by the 90th
percentile score obtained in that board. The database of 10th and 12th scores of all CAT
applicants of the past two years is used for identifying the 90th percentile score for each 10th and
12th board for this purpose.
However, I am not sure how it works for OBC category. You can contact the admissions office to understand you are eligible or not.

No points will be awarded unless you pass CA finals.

Yes, everyone gets a single occupancy room.

You will need to do well in CAT. Typical cutoff for CAT percentile go as high as 99.5 percentile. Just ensure that you get there and you will have no problem in getting into top IIMs.

Hi Maheshwar,
You can get the details from the IIM B site. To give you a ball park, I can say we pay around Rs 3.5 lakhs per terms and we have 6 terms. This is inclusive of tuition fee and other fees like mess maintenance etc.
However, if you decide to go on an international student exchange in term 5, you will need an additional Rs 5 lakhs per annum on an average.