Compare IIM Kashipur vs VGSOM IIT Kharagpur

The admission to the MBA offered by the institute is through the Common Admission Test and the Eligibility criteria are the same as those for CAT.

Overseas Candidate

• CAT/GMAT score (30% weight for the score exceeding the minimum required).
• Work Experience (WE) score (20% weight).
• The score for Past Academic Performance (PAP) (20% weight).
• Scores of any other component including remote interviews over telephone/video conferencing as may be decided by the Institute (30% weight).

The selection of candidates for admission to the batch of MBA at VGSoM, PIT Kharagpur is a two-step process. In the first step, candidates are short-listed for Written Analysis Test and Personal Interview (WAT-PI) from among candidates who have

• a valid CAT score equal to or above the cut-offs as given in Table 1.
• applied for the program and satisfy the eligibility criteria for the program.

Overall CAT score out of 20 and application rating (AR) out of 20 will be added to get the marks for shortlisting candidates to be called for WAT-PI. The application rating looks at the applicants' academic performance (marks obtained) in the 10th Standard Examination, 12th Standard Examination, Bachelor's Degree and Master's Degree Examination and the candidates' work experience. Although the online application portal captures sectional scores and percentile as part of CAT, the same is not used for application rating. The scores for the application rating is provided in Table 2.

An overseas category candidate who applies with a GMAT score instead of a CAT Score should have a total scaled score of at least 750.

• The candidate must hold a Bachelor’s Degree, with at least 50% marks or equivalent
  CGPA [45% in the case of candidates belonging to the Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled
  Tribe (ST) and Persons with Disability (PwD) categories], awarded by any University
  or educational institution as incorporated by an Act of Parliament or State legislature in
  India or declared to be deemed as a University under Section 3 of the UGC Act, 1956,
  or possess an equivalent qualification recognized by the Ministry of HRD, Government
  of India.

• Candidates appearing for the final year of Bachelor’s degree/equivalent qualification
  examination and those who have completed degree requirements and are awaiting
  results can also apply. However, it may be noted that such candidates, if selected, will
  be allowed to join the program provisionally, only if they submit a certificate from
  the Principal/Registrar of their University/Institution (issued on or before the date as
  stipulated by the respective IIM) stating that they have completed all the requirements
  for obtaining the Bachelor’s degree/equivalent qualification on the date of issue of the
  certificate.

• The percentage of marks obtained by the candidate would be calculated based on the
  practice as followed by the respective University/Institution. In the case of grades/CGPA,
  the conversion to percentage of marks would be based on the procedure as certified by
  the respective University/Institution. If any University/institution confirms that there is
  no scheme for converting CGPA into equivalent marks, the equivalence would be
  established by dividing the candidate’s CGPA by the maximum possible CGPA and
  multiplying the result with 100.

Overseas Candidate

• In order to be eligible to apply for the Master of Business Administration (MBA) program, a candidate must have
  at least a Bachelor’s degree with at least 50% marks awarded by any of the Universities incorporated by an act
  of the central or state legislature in India or other educational institutions established by an act of Parliament or
  declared to be deemed as a University under Section 3 of the UGC Act, 1956, or possess an equivalent qualification recognized by the Ministry of HRD, Government of India. The equivalence of the foreign degree
  needs to be certified by the Association of Indian Universities. The percentage of marks obtained by the
  candidate for 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, the equivalence
  would be established by dividing the candidate’s CGPA by the maximum possible CGPA and multiplying the
  result with 100
• Candidates appearing for the final year of Bachelor’s degree/equivalent qualification examination and those who
  have completed degree requirements and are awaiting results can also apply. If selected, such candidates will be
  allowed to join the program provisionally, only if he/she submits a certificate at the time of joining from the
  Principal/Registrar of his/her College/Institute stating that the candidate has completed all the requirements for
  obtaining the Bachelor’s degree/equivalent qualification on the date of the issue of the certificate.

Candidates seeking admission to the MBA Programme of the Institute should have Bachelor's degree in Engineering/Technology or Master's degree in Science, Economics or Commerce (with Mathematics or Statistics at Bachelor's level)* with the following criteria:

1. A candidate must have any of the following:
   1. A Bachelor’s degree of minimum 4-year duration in engineering, technology, pharmacy, medicine, or similar disciplines;

   2. OR

   3. Master’s degree in Science/Economics/Commerce (with Mathematics or Statistics at Bachelor’s level); with:
      • GE/NC-OBC:Minimum of 60% marks (or CGPA of 6.5 on a 10-point scale)
      • SC/ST/PwD:Minimum of 55% marks (or CGPA of 6.0 on a 10-point scale)
      • For both the above cases, if the CGPA is on a different scale than 10.0, the eligibility of the candidates will be calculated corresponding to the equivalence stated above.
2. Candidates appearing for the final year of bachelor’s degree/equivalent qualification examination and those who have completed degree requirements and are awaiting results can also apply. However, if selected, the admission of such candidates to the program will be provisional, only if (s)he submits a certificate latest by May 31, from the competent authorities of his/her university/college/institute (issued on or before May 31, ) stating that the candidate has completed all the requirements for obtaining the bachelor’s degree/equivalent qualification on the date of the issue of the certificate.
3. Admission to reserved category candidates will be as per Government of India rules.
4. Applicants must be in good health. In case of any discrepancy found in the certificate of medical fitness to be submitted during registration, the opinion of the Institute Medical Officer will be final.
5. Candidates belonging to PwD category seeking admission to MBA are required to appear before a medical board on or before October 31, 2020 at IIT Kharagpur. The decision of the Medical Board is final and becomes binding to the candidate.
6. Selection of applicants whose results in the qualifying degree examination are yet to be declared will be provisional, subject to the condition that all parts of the examination must be completed in all respects before the date of joining the Institute and the marksheet/certificate as evidence of passing the qualifying examination are to be submitted latest by October 31.