IIM Kashipur - Indian Institute of Management

Yes it is offered. Enhance your profile for what?

The weights assigned are changed every year. For PGP16-18 course, please refer to the link.
http://cdn.iimkashipur.ac.in/media/admission/Admission_Policy_16_18.pdf
Yes it is possible provide one compensates for those in other areas such as WAT/PI

There is no official document which states the fact. If you consider for the interview purposes, maybe some people might have a bias. But the interviewers of IIMs are experienced enough to not let these biases affect the decision making.

The official notice will be declared soon. Till then it is impossible to judge

The first phase of the campus is ready and we have already started shifting to the permanent campus.

IIM Bangalore will conduct CAT 2016. The official notification will be out in the month of July.

It is impossible to comment on the chances as of now. Since the Wait list is dynamic we don't have previous years data. I suggest you please be patient and check for further movements. Usually the movement slows down and then picks up pace towards the end when a lot of people ask for withdrawal. All the best :)

It is difficult to say anything right now. With increased intake there might be some chances. But I suggest we wait for the second list and analyse the trend as per that. All the best!

By defend I mean either one of the two:
1. If you have reasonable explanation for the marks
2. If you can overshadow this by some achievement related to academics.
Hope this clarifies the defend part.