IIM-K new batch has unfolded new innovations

IIM-K new batch has unfolded new innovations

This year, the number of women joining the post-graduate programme in management at the Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode (IIMK) has gone up in the new batch for 2010-12. The list of candidates released by the institute comprises 30 per cent women. The largest number of female candidates are from the engineering stream (80 per cent), followed by commerce and arts streams.

It has been observed that while 25 per cent of candidates who apply for the Common Admission Test (cat) every year are women, not many make it to the IIMs. This year IIMK selected candidates on the basis of cat score and consistent academic performance of candidates for short-listing and final selection. IIMK was the first management institute to meet reservation norms before the government makes it mandatory.

This year also, the institute made calls in all categories to meet the reservation norms of 27 per cent for OBC-NC, 15 per cent for SC, 7.5 per cent for ST and three per cent for people with disability. Another notable feature of this year's list is that the number of engineering graduates has come down to 85 per cent from 90 per cent, with commerce and arts streams making up the rest.There are also six candidates with medical degrees in the list.

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