IIM

Basic Eligibility Criteria. According to the IIM admission criteria 2018-20, candidates appearing for CAT must have a Bachelor's Degree with at least 50 per cent marks (for General category) and 45 Percent (for SC, ST and PWD category) or equivalent CGPA from any recognised university. All the Iims usually follow a two-step selection process. First, short-listing on the basis of CAT score and then What and PI rounds for the short-listed students. Common Admission Test (CAT)
Written Ability Test (What) and Personal Interview (PI)
Candidates who fulfill the first stage of the admission criteria CAT are called for What and PI rounds. Different Iims as per their admission criteria offer admissions to the selected students. Most of the Iims give maximum weightage to Personal Interview and CAT score for admissions. However, factors like academic cut-offs, past academic performance, relevant work experience, gender diversity etc. Also play a major role in the admission process. Each IIM has its own admission criteria which they release after the official announcement of CAT. The old Iims and some of the new Iims have released admission criteria for 2018-20. As compared to previous year, there has not been much change in terms of CAT cutoff or selection procedure and criteria of the Iims. Iims do not conduct any common counselling process. The six new Iims conduct Common Admission Process (CAP) which includes common What and PI rounds. However, the participating institutes declare separate merit lists. The recent Iims, IIM Sirmaur and IIM Jammu, both mentored by IIM Lucknow do not conduct What-PI rounds and declare merit list based on CAT score, past academic records, work experience and diversity factors.