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Admission Policy for the PGP Batch (2013-15)Criteria for short listing and final selection of PGDM and PGDCM candidates for 2013-2015BatchStage: I

Candidates will be shortlisted based on CAT score and academic performance provided they achieve thefollowing minimum section-wise and overall CAT 2012 percentile scores as per Table 1 below:

Table 1: Minimum Cut-off Percentile for short-listing the candidates for Personal Interview(PI) stage

Category Section I Section II Overall

OPEN 90 90 95

NC-OBC 81 81 86

SC 65 65 75

ST 60 60 70

DA 60 60 70

Candidates in each category securing the above percentile in CAT2012 will only be considered for calculation of

their composite score in Stage II. However, please note that the actual cut-off for generation of short list for each

category for PI stage will depend on composite score calculated in Stage II, and may be much higher than the

above mentioned minimum cut-offs.

Stage: IIMethod of allotting points for Class X and Class XII percentages of marks based on aggregate scores is given in

Table 2 below:Table 2: Points for Class X and Class XII marks

Class X Marks (in %) Class XII Marks (in %) Points

81 81 5

76 and < 81 76 and < 81 4

71 and < 76 71 and < 76 3

66 and < 71 66 and < 71 2

60 and < 66 60 and < 66 1

< 60 < 60 0

Table 3: Components and corresponding weights assigned for generating category-wiseshort-lists for the PI stage

Components Weights Method of Calculation

CAT 2012 Score 77 (A/B) x 77

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Class X marks 10 (C/5) X 10

Class XII marks 10 (D/5) X 10

Gender Diversity Factor 3 To ensure gender diversity, 3 points will be awarded to female candidates only

Total 100

A = Candidates total CAT2012 score

B = Maximum CAT 2012 Score

C = Points awarded for Class X marks as per table 2

D = Points awarded for Class XII marks as per table 2

Candidates based on their performance in CAT2012 scores, Class X and XII marks and gender diversity criteria

will be called for the PI stage of selection process like Personal Interview (PI), Written Ability Test (WAT) etc. Cut-

offs for the PI stage of selection category-wise will depend upon the composite score based on components in

Table 3 and intake for the batch.

PI StageCriteria for Final Selection for PGDM & PGDCM (Batch 2013-15)

The following table indicates the criteria and their weights to be used for final selection for PGDM and PGDCM

for the batch 2013-15.

Table 4: Criteria and weights for final selection for PGDM & PGDCM

Criterion Weights

CAT Score 35

Personal Interview (PI) 44

Writing Ability Test (WAT) 10

Point awarded for Academic Diversity at Bachelors degree level (Academic Diversity Factor forBachelors degree (ADFB)):Candidates with any of the following bachelors degree in the List X below are eligible forADFB:List X: BA, BA(H), B.Sc, B.Sc.(H), BS, B.Com, B.Com(H), BCA, BBA, B.Pharma, LL.B, MBBS,BDS or any other Non-Engineering bachelors degree not mentioned above.

IF(Bachelors degree is from theList X)

ADFB=2;ELSE

ADFB=0

Point awarded for Academic Diversity at Post Graduation(PG)/Professional Qualification Level(Academic Diversity Factor for Post Graduation(PG)/Professional Qualification (ADFP)):Candidates with any of the following Post Graduation (PG)/Professional Qualification in the ListY below are eligible for ADFP:List Y: Post Graduation (PG)/Professional Qualification like ICAI, ICWA, Company Secretary.Here, Post Graduation means Masters degree like MA, M.Sc, M.Com, MS, MD, LL.M or anyother non-engineering post graduate degree not mentioned above**

IF (Post Graduation(PG)/Professional Qualificationis from the List Y)

ADFP=1;

ELSEADFP=0

Work Experience 08

Total 100

**Points will be awarded to only those candidates, who have completed their post graduate/professional

qualification as on January 31, 2013.

For work experience, a maximum of eight points will be awarded depending on the length of service as on

January 31, 2013 (Please refer Table 5). Only managerial work experience after graduation will be considered.

Training/Project work/work done as an integral part of curricular requirement will not be considered.

Table 5: Points for work experience in completed months

Months Points

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The final selection list will be based on merit in each category; minimum qualification on the above mentioned

criteria would not automatically qualify the candidate for admission into IIMC.

Reservation Policy

IIM Calcutta will apply Government of India reservation policy for admission to Central Educational Institutions(CEIs).

Any dispute concerning Admissions for the PGP Batch 2013-15 would be subject to jurisdiction of the competent

courts within the territorial jurisdiction of city of Kolkata Only.

This document was released by Chairman PGP Admissions, IIM Calcutta, on behalf of the Indian Institute of

Management Calcutta.