IIT Madras - Indian Institute of Technology

There is no specific CAT cutoff for DMS IIT Madras. The selection process consists the followings.
1. Shortlisting Process : COMPOSITE SCORE will be calculated with due weights to :-
a) CAT score
b) Past academic performance,
c) Work experience
d) Academic Diversity
e) Gender
2. Final selection : Candidates from all categories shortlisted based on the composite score shall be called for a Written Ability Test(WAT) and Personal Interview(PI) to a given location. The final selection will be based on the following with due weights to each of the components:
f) Written Ability Test
g) Personal interview
h) Composite score
i) Other Achievements
Your CAT score is quite low, but if satisfying the other parameters as mentioned above can make it possible. So good luck

Job in the core industry which is metallurgy, in this case, you have to maintain your CGPA above 7-8 depending upon the company you are shortlisted for and to the extent for my memory serves, I didn't see any core company in metallurgy in my season. Do we really have this industry in India? If you are looking for a job in any high-paying company just like 90% other IITians, you have to sit for several written or online exams where your specialisation doesn't matter at all except in some cases but they don't really constitute significantly. Mantra for getting such jobs is to build your personality and your resume. You have to maintain a decent CGPA as well so that you don't get chucked out because of their HR policies. Non-core company wise placements:-
12 LPA+:
1. Consulting: McKinsey, BCG, Brain, etc.
2. Finance & Credit Card Companies: DB, American Express, Capital One, Credit Suisse, etc.
3. E-Commerce Companies: Flipkart, Snapdeal, etc.
5-10 LPA:
1. Analytics Roles at the Big 4 (PWC, E&Y, Deloitte & KPMG)
2. Consulting Firms like ZS & EXL
3. Other analytics firms and e-commerce startups.