Admission process - IIM Indore

The Indian Institute of Management Indore (IIM Indore) was established in 1996. The institute was chosen to be set up in Indore to give an impetus to management education in central India and has ever since been acting as the pioneer in the field of management, interfacing with the industry, government sectors and Public Sector Units (PSUs). It has evolved into a contextually relevant business school (B-school) of world-class academic standard. Some of its most important programs are Post Graduate Program in Management (PGP), Executive Post Graduate Program in Management (EPGP), Five Year Integrated Program in Management, etc. There are around 453 seats available for admission into the academic session of 2014-16 at the institute.

IIM Indore PGP admission criteria and selection process (2014-16) –

Shortlisting for Written Ability Test (WAT) and Personal Interview (PI) at IIM Indore is a two step process.

Step 1:  Initial Screening:

Candidates applying for the two-year PGP offered by IIM Indore need to meet the minimum sectional percentile and overall percentile scores in the Common Admission Test 2013 (CAT 2013) to be eligible for further shortlisting, as mentioned in the Table below.

Category	Section I	Section II	Overall
General	85.00	85.00	90.00
NC OBC	75.00	75.00	80.00
SC, ST, PWD	50.00	50.00	55.00

Step 2: Final Shortlist for WAT and PI:

Candidates meeting the minimum criteria as mentioned in the Table above will be eligible for further shortlisting for WAT and PI. The merit list will be drawn category-wise on the basis of the academic performance in SSC (Class X), HSC (Class XII) and BD (Bachelors Degree). The Composite Score (CS) will be calculated on the basis of the sum of the weighted academic performance as mentioned in the Table below.

Academic Performance	Weightage
SSC (Class X)	35%
HSC (Class XII)	35%
BD (Bachelors Degree)	30%

Composite Score (100%) = SSC (35%) + HSC (35%) + Bachelor’s Degree (30%)

The number of candidates to be shortlisted category-wise for WAT and PI will be in the ratio of 1:10, as mentioned in the Table below.

Category	Planned Intake	To be Shortlisted
General	213	2130
NC OBC	122	1220
SC	68	680
ST	34	340
PWD/DA	14	140
Total	451	4510

Candidates who are shortlisted for WAT and/or PI will be informed by the end of January, 2014. IIM Indore holds admission interviews in the cities of Chennai, Bangalore, Indore, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Kolkata and New Delhi.

Final Selection:

A merit list for candidates who appear for WAT and PI will be drawn on the basis of criteria and admission offers as per reservation norms. The Final Composite Score (FCS) is calculated on the basis of the sum of the weighted performance in academics, PI and WAT, as mentioned in the Table below.

Academic Performance	Weightage
SSC (Class X)	17%
HSC (Class XII)	17%
BD (Bachelors Degree)	16%
PI	35%
WAT	15%

Final Composite Score (FCS) = SSC (17%) + HSC (17%) + BD (16%) + PI (35%) + WAT (15%)

IIM Indore’s admission rules stipulate 15% of the total seats to be reserved for Scheduled Caste (SC) and 7.5% to be reserved for Scheduled Tribe (ST) candidates, as per the reservation norms of the Government of India. Moreover, 27% of the total seats need to be reserved for the Non Creamy Layer - Other Backward Classes (NC-OBC) candidates.