IIM Ahmedabad (IIMA) All Questions

Getting into IIM Ahmedabad is a two-step process. The first process of selection will be done according to CAT score and profile and the second process of conversion requires your CAT score, profile, and AWT-PI marks. 

Generally, the declared CAT cutoff is 80 percentile for GENERAL candidates, 75 percentile for NC-OBC, 70 percentile for SC and 60 percentile for ST, with sectional cut-offs as well. 

However, to actually get a call for a GENERAL and ENGINEER candidate you must look for 99.7+ percentile in CAT with sectional cut-offs being taken care off. However, with academic diversity and for reserved category, the percentile required to get a call may fall to 97 percentile as well.

IIM A being one of the best B-school in India, always look for candidates with an excellent profile (90, 90and 85+ in 10th, 12th and undergrad). So, any deviation from thereof needs to be complemented by an increase in percentile.

Hope it helps, thanks.

Hi , 

Many Pharma companies do visit IIMA, the list of which is listed below. They have recruiter for many other companies as well. The list consist of the companies that have recruited in past. Apart from those , many other companies also visit IIMA. 

IIMA also known as Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad has full time programme in management. 

They help students develop leadership , capable of working in any sector, achieve excellance inperformance while contributing to welfare of larger society. 

IIMA is known for its depth and rigour of programme. The curriculum is one of the best in IIMA. They provide opportuniy for Projects courses  as well as courses for independent study in whole second year. 
In first year, students undertake summer training with the corporate partners of the insttitute for about nint to ten weeks. This summer internship gives a student practical approach as to how it all goes. They get to experience  the work nature and other management concepts as well as the visual marketting knowledge etc is gained. Since they have credits for that, the internship becomes necessary. 

There are elective courses as well as courses of independent study , exchange programmes and intensive courses like ones which includes eighty hours of work.
SO all these are plus points of IIMA. 

They have various recruiters that recruit students . Placements play important role. The final placemnets happen at the end of the last term. The best of companies both from India as well as all through the Globe visit IIMA to recruit students. 
Summer Internship included is an easy access to get better jobs as you will be required to ive a report to organization after completion of internship. Here , the ssummer internship will be done in the organizations itself. Hence , the new system is bought about thus creating the student recruiter fit. This system allows recruiter to evaluate students for longer duration and lets students to indulge more in thier course. 

Here are list of top few recruiters who recruited :-

• Pepsico 
• bain and Company 
• BCC
• P&G
• Hindustan Unilever Limited 
• Microsoft
• Accenture ( you do have health care sector opened in accenture )
• Nestle 
• KPMG
• Coco-cola
• TATA etc 

these are the top most recruiters irrespective of the fields. Here is the link where you can find the detailed report on the placement at IIMA. - https://bschool.careers360.com/articles/iim-ahmedabad-final-placement-report-2018 

So there are few Pharma companies which visit IIMA for recruitment. You need to experiance it if youre taking it. No matter what, since it is IIMA or any IIM for that matter, the topmost companies only do visit offering higher packages. IF at all youre taking IIMA and youre worried about placements don't be. Because you would definitely get in Pharma companies. 

hope this helped your query atleast in one bit. 

if you have any further queires you can contact back. 

GOod Luck.

Hello Ramya,

The least percentile required for an OBC female candidate to get an admission into the PGM Fabm course is to get the 70plus percentile.

And for the further details, if you have any query you can even visit our website, where there is a detailed description which would be quite helpful for you

https://bschool.careers360.com/news/iim-ahmedabad-pgp-fabm-summer-placement-2018-20-tierra-seed-science-coromandel-top-recruiters

Hello Ramya,

The final Score required to get admission in the IIM Ahmedabad college is a minimum of 90 plus percentile.

And for the further details, if you have any query you can even visit our website, where there is a detailed description which would be quite helpful for you

https://bschool.careers360.com/news/iim-ahmedabad-pgp-fabm-summer-placement-2018-20-tierra-seed-science-coromandel-top-recruiters

Hello,

For pursuing MBA, the various exams are:

CAT: Accepted by all the IIMs, MDI Gurgaon, FMS Delhi, IMT Ghaziabad, SP Jain College etc.

XAT: Accepted by XLRI Jamshedpur, XIM Bhubaneswar, IMT Ghaziabad, SP Jain, GLIM Chennai, TAPMI, IRMA 

(https://bschool.careers360.com/colleges/ranking/2018/top-mba-colleges-in-India-accepting-xat-score)

NMAT: Accepted by NMIMS, IBS, Alliance Bangalore, SDA Bocconi

(https://bschool.careers360.com/colleges/ranking/2017/top-mba-colleges-in-India-accepting-nmat-gmac-score)

SNAP: Accepted by Symbiosis group of colleges.

IIFT: Accepted by IIFT Delhi and Kolkata.

Kindly check the below link for more entrance exam details.

https://bschool.careers360.com/articles/top-12-mba-entrance-tests

Thank You.

Hi Sakshi,

Indian Institute of Management popularly known as IIMs, is the best college for doing MBA. In order to get into any IIMs or any other MBA colleges, you need to pass the Common Admission Test( CAT ). The eligibility criteria for CAT is to hold a Bachelor's degree with 50% marks or cgpa for general category and 45% for reserved category.

CAT is a highly competitive examination, so you to take preparation properly. So whether you will get into IIM or not totally depends on your CAT score in that respective year.

Hopefully this helps.

hi,

surely you wil have chances to jin IIMA provided you score good in the entrance CAT exam,

Considering you’re from General category An overall score of 96+%ile with more than 70%ile in sectionals & a background in agriculture/food industry(just to be on the safe side) will definitely give you a fair chance of securing a seat for IIM-A’s ABM program. 

fro more information check the link below

https://bschool.careers360.com/articles/iim-ahmedabad-cutoff

good luck

Yes!

If you're looking only to get into an IIM then it is possible with low academics as IIMs consider only overall performance which includes CAT percentile, work experience, gender diversity, and your academics. Getting calls is an easy process with high CAT score but getting into an IIM is a different story though. Each IIMs have their own admission criteria and the weight given to CAT percentile is also different. Some colleges like IIM Bangalore depend heavily on your academics, and thus lower academics mean you stand a low chance, but other IIMs like IIM-Calcutta go easy on the academics and weigh heavily on the CAT and this becomes your hunting ground. Thus, it becomes important for you to jot down the IIMs you are eligible for and aim for the particular CAT score accordingly. 

Since nothing can be done about the academics right now it becomes rather important for you to score as high as possible in your CAT exam. Assuming you get somewhere around 99 percentile, there is a very high chance of you securing a seat given that you do your PI-WAT very well. With a score like 99 percentile, you will certainly get calls from all the new IIMs, baby IIMs, and sometimes even the old IIMs like IIM Indore and IIM Kozhikode, but getting a call from the holy trinity (IIM ABC) would need a score of more than 99.6 percentile. I personally know students who haven't got a call at 99.5 percentile and I assume you know the cutthroat competition by now.

That being said, once you get a call from the IIMs, another obstacle to cross is the PI-WAT. The PI stories are different and again the weight varies. IIM Indore has around 60% weight and that's the maximum an IIm gives. Again, it depends upon different IIMs. Some IIMs like IIM Bangalore and IIM Indore give very less weight for your CAT percentile ( a mere 25%) and others like IIM Udaipur give 55% to your CAT score while calculating your composite score for the final admission. Thus scoring high only in CAT doesn't guarantee a seat and the real game begins only after that. 

Also, certifications don't really play a vital role while getting calls, but it becomes important during the interview phase.

Good luck. Feel free to contact for further queries.

HI,

The total programme fees of IIM Ahmedabad was Rs. 22 lakh inclusive of GST and other charges. Additionally, the application fees for IIM Ahmedabad was Rs. 2000 which was to be paid at the time of filling the application form

According to the IIM admission criteria 2019-21, candidates appearing for CAT 2018 must have a Bachelor’s Degree with at least 50 per cent marks (for General category) and 45 Percent (for SC, ST and PWD category) or equivalent CGPA from any recognised university. 

FIRST STAGE IS

.Common Admission Test (CAT)

NEXT

.Written Ability Test (WAT) and Personal Interview (PI)

After these rounds, all the deciding factors will be taken into consideration before finalising the admission.

the final selection of candidates at IIM Ahmedabad is based on different factors - Performance in CAT, AWT & PI, academic, co-curricular and extra-curricular achievements, work experience etc. Candidates need to score the below given overall percentile (category-wise) in CAT 2018 to get short-listed for the admission process.

General – 80

NC-OBC – 75

SC – 70

ST – 60

PWD (General, NC-OBC-cum-transgender, SC) – 70

PWD (ST) - 60