IIM Bangalore Admission Criteria
2020-22
IIM Bangalore has given out the short list of candidates on January 10, 2020 for final selection round for MBA admission 2020.
The admission process to IIM Bangalore is a two step process involving Shortlisting criteria for PI-WAT with 40% weight for CAT 2019 score and 50% Weight to Academics while the Final admission selection Criteria award only 25% weightage to CAT 2019 score .
The first step involves selecting the candidates who have a valid CAT-2019 score, who have applied to the programme and who satisfy the eligibility criteria for the programme for the WAT and Personal Interview (PI). Second step is the final selection criteria on the basis of which admission offer will be made.
With a reduced cut off percentile score by 5 points in the criteria for shortlisting for each category, more candidates from diverse backgrounds and candidates with work experience of 36 months or more have been shortlisted by IIM Bangalore for PI-WAT round, scheduled to be conducted in Bangalore, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mumbai and New Delhi.
The final round of selection for PGP admission 2020 of IIM Bangalore is likely to commence in the month of February and will resume till the second week of March 2020. The candidates shortlisted for PI-WAT round will receive an email for the interview call and have to attend it on their designated dates in the cities they had opted during the application procedure.
IIM Bangalore Shortlist 2020: Key Changes
IIM Bangalore has given out the short list of candidates on January 10, 2020 for final selection round for MBA admission 2020.
The admission process to IIM Bangalore is a two step process involving Shortlisting criteria for PI-WAT with 40% weight for CAT 2019 score and 50% Weight to Academics while the Final admission selection Criteria award only 25% weightage to CAT 2019 score .
The first step involves selecting the candidates who have a valid CAT-2019 score, who have applied to the programme and who satisfy the eligibility criteria for the programme for the WAT and Personal Interview (PI). Second step is the final selection criteria on the basis of which admission offer will be made.
With a reduced cut off percentile score by 5 points in the criteria for shortlisting for each category, more candidates from diverse backgrounds and candidates with work experience of 36 months or more have been shortlisted by IIM Bangalore for PI-WAT round, scheduled to be conducted in Bangalore, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mumbai and New Delhi.
The final round of selection for PGP admission 2020 of IIM Bangalore is likely to commence in the month of February and will resume till the second week of March 2020. The candidates shortlisted for PI-WAT round will receive an email for the interview call and have to attend it on their designated dates in the cities they had opted during the application procedure.
IIM Bangalore Shortlist 2020: Key Changes
• Reduced CAT 2019 score cut off to 85 Percentile in Shortlisting 2020 from 90 last year
• Cut off Reduced by 5 percentile for each category
• 8% Weightage for work experience at shortlisting stage 2020
• Sectional CAT 2019 percentile required is reduced to 80 and 75 now
• 40% Weightage to CAT Score 2019 in Shortlisting for PI-WAT
• Only 25% weightage for CAT 2019 score in final admission selection 2020
IIM Bangalore Admission Cut Off
The IIM Bangalore Cut-off 2020 has been liberalised for admission 2020.
• The candidates satisfying the minimum cut-offs in the CAT 2019 sectional percentile ranks, the overall percentile rank and obtaining a positive (greater than zero) raw score in all sections of CAT-2019 are took into consideration for all the subsequent stages.
• These cut-offs are for preparing the first short-list. However, the actual CAT 2019 cut-offs for those who are called for interview are much higher.
• No candidate in the respective category is considered for the 1st phase shortlisting without scoring following minimum CAT cut offs. The category wise cut-off are:
Category
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Section-1 VARC
|
Section-2 DILR
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Section-3 QUANT
|
CAT 2019 Overall percentile
|
General
|
80
|
75
|
75
|
85
|
NC-OBC
|
70
|
65
|
65
|
75
|
SC
|
65
|
60
|
60
|
70
|
ST
|
55
|
55
|
55
|
65
|
PWD
|
50
|
50
|
50
|
60
|
Important dates and activities at IIM Bangalore are as below:
IIM-Bangalore Admission Activity
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Important dates
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Remarks
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Admission
2020 Application Starts
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August
7, 2019 (10 AM)
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Apply
for CAT 2019- tick on the IIM Bangalore PGP programme, choose preferred
interview cities in the application form. No extra application fees to be paid.
|
Last
date to Apply
|
September
18, 2019 (5PM)
|
Last
date may be extended by a few days
|
Shortlist
Announcement for PI-WAT
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January
11, 2020
|
It
could vary by one or two days
|
Final
selection (PI-WAT) round start date
|
Last
week January 2020
|
Will
continue till March 2020
|
Final
Admission Offer
|
3rd
week April 2020
|
After
receiving admission offer, confirm acceptance by May 2020 2nd week
|
IIM Bangalore Admission Eligibility
·
The
first and foremost eligibility criteria requires the candidate to hold a
bachelor's degree, with at least 50% marks or equivalent CGPA (in case of the
candidate belonging to SC/ST/PwD category, the eligibility criterion is relaxed
to 45%.
·
The candidate should appear in CAT 2019 exam
and must score minimum prescribed sectional and overall score to become
eligible for admission at IIM Bangalore.
·
In case the candidate is awarded grades/CGPA
instead of marks, the equivalence to determine PGP admission eligibility would
be based on the equivalence certified by the institution/university from where
the bachelor's degree is obtained. If the institution/university does not have
any scheme for this, the equivalence would be established by IIM Bangalore by
dividing the obtained CGPA by the maximum possible CGPA and multiplying the
resultant by 100 to confirm the Admission eligibility of the candidate.
·
A candidate appearing for the final year
bachelor's degree/equivalent qualification examination and those who have
completed the degree requirements and are awaiting results is also eligible to
apply for IIM Bangalore Admission 2020. A certificate from the principal/head
of the department/ registrar/director of the institution/university certifying
that the candidate is currently in the final year or is awaiting final results
and has obtained at least 50% marks or equivalent (45% in case of the candidate
belonging to SC/ST/PwD category) based on latest available grades/marks, in
such a situation.
·
The
eligibility criterion further clarifies that such a candidate, if selected,
will become ineligible for the IIM Bangalore admission unless he/she submits a
certificate latest by June 30, 2020 from the principal/head of the
department/registrar/director of the institution/university (issued on or
before June 30, 2020) stating that they have completed all the requirements
(the result may, however, be awaited) for obtaining the bachelor's
degree/equivalent qualification on the date of issue of the certificate.
·
For a
final year student, who is provisionally considered eligible by IIM Bangalore
and offered admission, it is required that he/she submits the mark-sheet and degree
certificate of the final year bachelor's degree examination held on or before
June 30, 2020. The deadline to submit the mark-sheet and the certificate
is December 31, 2020.
IIM Bangalore Admission Criteria
The admission Criteria 2020 is a two step process, including shortlisting criteria for PI-WAT with 40% weight for CAT 2019 score and 50% Weight to Academics and the final admission selection Criteria award only 25% weightage to CAT 2019 score.
Over the years, IIM Bangalore has found that the students exhibit academic excellence in the PGP programme are the ones who have a consistently good academic record at their secondary school, higher secondary school and graduation level, besides exhibiting sufficiently high aptitude as measured by the CAT Exam. It therefore uses multiple parameters and award high weightage to academic performance in Class 10 and 12, bachelor’s degree as well as the section wise scores in CAT exam to judge the suitability of candidates for the PGP programme.
IIM Bangalore Admission Criteria
The admission Criteria 2020 is a two step process, including shortlisting criteria for PI-WAT with 40% weight for CAT 2019 score and 50% Weight to Academics and the final admission selection Criteria award only 25% weightage to CAT 2019 score.
Over the years, IIM Bangalore has found that the students exhibit academic excellence in the PGP programme are the ones who have a consistently good academic record at their secondary school, higher secondary school and graduation level, besides exhibiting sufficiently high aptitude as measured by the CAT Exam. It therefore uses multiple parameters and award high weightage to academic performance in Class 10 and 12, bachelor’s degree as well as the section wise scores in CAT exam to judge the suitability of candidates for the PGP programme.
1.
IIM Bangalore Shortlisting Criteria
The Admission criteria at IIM Bangalore
are usually revised every year. The Admission criteria and weights given to
various parameters in shortlisting are fixed by the admission committee at the
beginning of each admission cycle based on data from previous cycles.
The first part of IIM Bangalore Admission criteria is the shortlisting criteria before final selection round. IIM Bangalore will shortlist the candidates on the basis of CAT 2019 score, past academic performance, and other criteria as under:
• The 1st stage of shortlisting in IIM Calcutta Admission Criteria awards 50% weight to Academics, 40% weight to CAT 2019 score, 8% weight to Work Experience and 2% to Gender Diversity.
• The candidate must have scored minimum sectional percentile of 80 in ‘Verbal and Reading Comprehension' (VARC) section and 75 percentile in ‘Quantitative Aptitude' (QA), ‘Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning' (DILR) in CAT 2019. The minimum overall percentile required for PGP 2020 shortlisting through CAT 2019 at IIM Bangalore is 85.
• If the candidate does not score minimum prescribed percentile in CAT 2019, he/she will not be considered for shortlisting for final selection stage.
• The candidate with excellent academics will be awarded higher points in shortlisting criteria
• 90% & Above marks in Class 10 will be awarded top rating of 20 points out of 100.
• 90% and above marks in class 12th will be awarded 10 points out of 100.
• 20% Weight will be awarded for Bachelor’s degree marks.
• Gender Diversity will be awarded 2 points.
• Weightage to Work Experience or for Professional Graduation Degree is 8%
• Candidates with Chartered Accountancy, Cost Accounting, and Company Secretary certifications are eligible for weightage under the category of professional course. No other professional course is eligible for weightage under the said category.
• Top 10 candidates in each of the following parameters: total score in CAT, adjusted Bachelors ‘score (commerce, arts, and science disciplines), and Professional (CA/ ICWA/ CS), will automatically qualify for final selection round. These candidates are given a chance to appear for PI round due to their exceptional performance in these categories.
The first part of IIM Bangalore Admission criteria is the shortlisting criteria before final selection round. IIM Bangalore will shortlist the candidates on the basis of CAT 2019 score, past academic performance, and other criteria as under:
• The 1st stage of shortlisting in IIM Calcutta Admission Criteria awards 50% weight to Academics, 40% weight to CAT 2019 score, 8% weight to Work Experience and 2% to Gender Diversity.
• The candidate must have scored minimum sectional percentile of 80 in ‘Verbal and Reading Comprehension' (VARC) section and 75 percentile in ‘Quantitative Aptitude' (QA), ‘Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning' (DILR) in CAT 2019. The minimum overall percentile required for PGP 2020 shortlisting through CAT 2019 at IIM Bangalore is 85.
• If the candidate does not score minimum prescribed percentile in CAT 2019, he/she will not be considered for shortlisting for final selection stage.
• The candidate with excellent academics will be awarded higher points in shortlisting criteria
• 90% & Above marks in Class 10 will be awarded top rating of 20 points out of 100.
• 90% and above marks in class 12th will be awarded 10 points out of 100.
• 20% Weight will be awarded for Bachelor’s degree marks.
• Gender Diversity will be awarded 2 points.
• Weightage to Work Experience or for Professional Graduation Degree is 8%
• Candidates with Chartered Accountancy, Cost Accounting, and Company Secretary certifications are eligible for weightage under the category of professional course. No other professional course is eligible for weightage under the said category.
• Top 10 candidates in each of the following parameters: total score in CAT, adjusted Bachelors ‘score (commerce, arts, and science disciplines), and Professional (CA/ ICWA/ CS), will automatically qualify for final selection round. These candidates are given a chance to appear for PI round due to their exceptional performance in these categories.
IIM Bangalore Admission Shortlisting
Criteria 2020 Weightage Parameters are shared below:
Component
|
Weight in percentage on a scale of 100
|
Key Points to Note
|
CAT 2019 Percentile
|
40
|
Section-wise weight prescribed
|
Class 10 marks
|
20
|
90% & Above percentage
|
Class 12 marks
|
10
|
90% & Above percentage
|
Bachelors degree
|
20
|
Stream-wise weights
|
Gender diversity
|
2
|
Awarded to Female Candidates
|
Work experience
|
8
|
3 Yrs & Above awarded highest weight
|
The Weightage of 40 points for CAT
2019 percentile score is divided further into the performance in each of
the three sections to shortlist candidates for PI round as under:
CAT 2019 Section
|
Weightage Points in Shortlisting
|
Weightage percentage
|
Verbal & Reading Comprehension
(VARC)
|
14
|
14%
|
Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning
(DILR)
|
16
|
16%
|
Quantitative Aptitude (QA)
|
10
|
10%
|
Total Maximum weight to CAT 2018 score
|
40
|
40%
|
- IIM Bangalore Final Selection
Criteria
- All the shortlisted candidates
are eligible to participate in Final selection round for admission to IIM
Bangalore.
- IIM Bangalore selection
criteria after final admission round award 30% weight to Personal
Interview(PI); 10% weight to Written Ability Test (WAT); 25% weight to CAT
2019 Score; 10% weight to Class 10 Marks; 5% weight to Class 12 marks; 10%
weight to Bachelor’s degree marks and 10% weight to work experience.
- Work experience will be awarded
a maximum weightage of 10 points by IIM Bangalore in final selection round
on the basis of length of work experience and quality of work experience
as on July 31, 2019. The candidate with managerial work experience of 36
months & above after graduation will be awarded the 10 points. No
weightage will be awarded for the work experience below 6 months. Besides,
Training/Project work/work done as an integral part of curricular
requirement will not be considered.
- WAT at IIM Bangalore will be of
30 minutes duration. The performance of each candidate on the Written
Ability Test (WAT) will be scored in terms of content and style.
- All candidates will be required
to provide two confidential reference letters from their employers or from
teachers in the academic institutions where they had been students
previously before the PI round at IIM Bangalore.
- IIM Bangalore Final Selection Criteria
weights for Admission 2020 are:
Component
|
Percentage weight on a scale of 100
|
WAT score
|
10
|
Personal Interview (PI)
|
30
|
CAT 2019 score
|
25
|
10th Class board marks
|
10
|
12th class board marks
|
5
|
Bachelors degree marks
|
10
|
Work experience
|
10
|
Steps in the IIM Bangalore Admission process:
·
Step 1: The candidate must have appeared and scored the minimum
required sectional and overall percentile in CAT 2019 to be considered for
first stage screening process for admission at IIM Bangalore
·
Step 2: Candidates are short-listed for Personal Interview (PI)
and Written Ability Test (WAT) from among the candidates who have a valid
CAT-2019 score, who have excellent academics, who have applied to the programme
and who satisfy the eligibility criteria for the programme of IIM Bangalore
·
Step 3: IIM Bangalore will identify many candidates for
shortlisting for the PI round with an excellent academic record and work
experience but who may have narrowly missed the high score that would have been
required if CAT alone was the basis for the PI shortlist. Such candidates will
be preferred in the shortlisting process as against those who have only a high
CAT score but have poor academic profile and poor quality of work
experience. The emphasis in shortlisting process at IIM Bangalore is on
consistent and high performance in academics and other parameters.
·
Step 4: After the WAT & PI round, admission offers are made by
IIM Bangalore to successful candidates. The final selection is based on a
diverse set of attributes which includes performance in WAT & PI,
Performance in past academics, Performance in CAT 2019, Quality of Work
Experience among others
·
Step 5: Final Admission Offer will be made by IIM Bangalore to the
candidates in the third week of April 2020 on the basis of Final Score arrived
after awarding the weightage scores on all the components
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