IIM Ahmedabad admission policy announced for PGP batch 2021-23

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The Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad has released its admission criteria for the Post Graduate Program (PGP) batch of 2021-23. The process will be conducted in view of the COVID-19 situation. The IIM Ahmedabad admission policy is similar in comparison to the one released last year in 2019.

According to the first stage of the selection process, which is the CAT 2020 score, there has been no change in the category wise cutoff. CAT 2020 will be held on November 29, 2020 and the result will be declared tentatively in the second week of January 2021. 

The institute has mentioned that the admission criteria might change as per the directives issued from time to time by the Central and State Governments. Keep reading to know more information about the IIM Ahmedabad admission policy. 

IIM Ahmedabad admission criteria

The IIM Ahmedabad admission policy has listed a series of criterias which need to be met by students. They will be carried out through the following process, which involves three steps:

Step 1: Preliminary screening

Under the IIM Ahmedabad admission policy, the first step involves the selection of students based on their CAT 2020 score. The admission policy has mentioned a minimum cut-off that the students need to meet, only after which will they be eligible to apply for the management institute. 

Step 2- Shortlisting candidates for Analytical Writing Test and Personal Interview 

Once the students successfully clear the first step, they will go through two stages in order to meet the requirements listed by the IIM Ahmedabad admission policy. The first stage involves shortlisting students with exceptional academic records and CAT scores. 

The second stage involves shortlisting the additional number of candidates for Analytical Writing Test (AWT) and Personal Interview (PI), based on their Composite Score (CS) subject to fulfilling the eligibility criteria prescribed by the authorities.

Step 3: Final selection

Selection at this stage will strictly be based on the shortlisting of the candidates done separately for each category (General/SC/ST/NC-OBC/PwD), on the basis of their ‘Final Composite Score's (FCS). According to the IIM Ahmedabad admission policy, the FCS of a candidate who appears in AWT & PI will be computed as follows:

FCS = PIF * Normalised PI Score + AWTF * Normalised AWT Score + CATF_FCS * Normalised CAT Score + ARF_FCS * AR

• Personal Interview Multiplication Factor (PIF) = 0.50
• AWT Multiplication Factor (AWTF) = 0.10
• CAT Score Multiplication Factor for Final Composite Score (CATF_FCS) = 0.25
• Application Rating Multiplication Factor for Final Composite Score (ARF_FCS) = 0.15

About IIM Ahmedabad

IIM Ahmedabad has been ranked as the most prestigious management institute in India by NIRF Ranking 2020. The B-school offers two year Post Graduate Program in Management (MBA) and two year Post Graduate Program in Food and Agri-Business Management (MBA-FABM) on the basis of candidates’ score in CAT and other components such as academic and personal profiles. You may also be interested in the following links:

1. The secret of getting into IIM Ahmedabad -By Avdhoot Waghmode, 99.44 percentile CAT 2019
2. The ultimate CAT preparation guide: How to maximise your score? -By Hemanth Reddy Varakantham, 99.13 percentile, IIM Ahmedabad - Part I
3. IIM Ahmedabad Placement Report 2019