Eligibility for CAT based applicants | Eligibility for GMAT based applicants  

1. Eligibility conditions for GMAT based applicants

The candidates i) who are Non-Resident Indians who are not in India during CAT 2011 or ii) who are permanent citizens of a country other than India and residing outside India shall be considered for admission. Candidates must hold a Bachelor’s Degree, with at least 50% aggregate marks or equivalent cumulative grade point average (CGPA) and recognized by Association of Indian Universities (AIU) or HRD, Government of India. Candidates must hold a full time Bachelor’s Degree of at least 3 years duration. Candidates with two years of full-time work experience after graduation is preferred.

The percentage of marks obtained by the candidate in the Bachelor’s Degree would be calculated based on the practice followed by the University/Institution from where the candidate has obtained the degree. In case the candidates are awarded grades/CGPA instead of marks, the conversion of grades/CGPA to percentage of marks would be based on the procedure certified by the University/ Institution from where they have obtained the Bachelor's Degree. In case the University/ Institution does not have any scheme for converting CGPA into equivalent marks, dividing the candidate’s CGPA by the maximum possible CGPA and multiplying the result with 100 would establish the equivalence.

Candidates appearing for the final year of Bachelor’s Degree /equivalent qualification examination and those who have completed Bachelor’s Degree requirements and are awaiting results can also apply.

Note 1: Aggregate marks of all semester/years of education will be considered for shortlisting as well as final admission.

2. Selection Process

Candidates seeking admission to two-year PGP (2012-14 Batch) of IIM Indore, can take GMAT in the country of his/ her residence and apply for admission in the prescribed application form. The scores of the GMAT taken during January 1, 2010 to December 31, 2011. The last date for receipt of completed application is January 10, 2012 for the programme commencing July 2012. Candidates are required to submit the following along with duly filled in application.

Note 2: An NRI applicant who is residing in India during the period of admission process will have to take the Common Admission Test (CAT 2011) and can apply under CAT applicants’ category.

2.1 Initial Screening: Those candidates who apply for two-year PGP at IIM Indore and secured overall minimum score of 650 in GMAT will be considered for the subsequent shortlisting process. Candidates with two years of full-time work experience after graduation is preferred.

2.2 Shortlisting for WAT and PI: Candidates satisfying the criteria mentioned in step 1 will be considered for further shortlisting for Written Ability Test (WAT) and Personal Interview (PI). A merit list of candidates will be prepared based on their performance in GMAT, academic performance, work experience, professional diversity and other distinctions, if any.

Candidates shortlisted for WAT and PI will be intimated usually by the end of January 2012. Individual regret letters will not be sent to applicants who are not called for WAT and PI. IIM Indore conducts WAT and PI at Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Indore, Kolkata and Mumbai. However, IIM Indore reserves the right to change the centers at any time if the situation warrants.

2.3 Final Selection: A merit list of candidates who attend WAT and PI will be prepared based on their performance in GMAT, WAT and PI and admission offers will be made.

Note 3: If an NRI/GMAT applicant is selected for admission to the Programme, it will be the sole responsibility of the applicant to obtain and submit all the requisite clearance certificates from the Government of India at the time of joining the programme.

3. Important Timelines

Note 4: The above dates are tentative and may undergo change as required.

4. For further enquiries contact

Admissions Office
Indian Institute of Management, Indore
Prabandh Shikhar, Rau - Pithampur Road,
Indore 453331 (M.P.)
Tel.: 0731- 2439685, 2439686:
Email: pgpadmission@iimidr.ac.in

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