Selection Criteria for IIM Kozhikode
Criteria for short listing - PGP Admissions 2009
The selection to the PGP programme of IIM Kozhikode is a multi stage process which starts with the common admission test (CAT).
The following describes the procedure used for short listing and
further selection of candidates for the 2009 batch. Candidates meeting
the minimum cut offs in each section as well as in the aggregate are
selected to form an initial pool. From this pool, an index score is
computed with 90% weight for the overall CAT score and 10% weight for
the work experience of the candidate. Based on this index, candidates
are called for Group Discussion and Interview.
After the Group Discussion and Interview, again a final score is
computed with 55% weight for the overall CAT score, and 45% for the
Group Discussion and Interview together. The final selection is based
on the rank obtained by the candidate on this score.
Table 1. Sectional and Overall Cutoffs
| Category |
Section-I |
Section-II |
Section-III |
Total |
| Others |
Percentile |
92 |
92 |
93 98 |
- |
| Score |
33 |
34 |
44 121 |
- |
| OBC (NC) |
Percentile |
81 |
76 |
80 94 |
- |
| Score |
23 |
24 |
28 97 |
- |
| SC |
Percentile |
65 |
65 |
70 80 |
- |
| Score |
14 |
19 |
21 65 |
- |
| ST |
Percentile |
60 |
60 |
60 70 |
- |
| Score |
12 |
17 |
16 54 |
- |
| PWD1 |
Percentile |
60 |
60 |
60 70 |
- |
| Score |
15 |
20 |
22 73 |
- |
| PWD2 |
Percentile |
60 |
60 |
60 70 |
- |
| Score |
14 |
18 |
21 63 |
- |
| PWD3 |
Percentile |
65 |
65 |
70 80 |
- |
| Score |
14 |
20 |
21 69 |
- |
Table 2. Number of Candidates called for GDPI
| OTHERS |
1238 |
| OBC (NC) |
300 |
| SC |
329 |
| ST |
105 |
| PWD |
109 |
| PWD |
206 |
| PWD |
317 |
| Total |
2004 |
Analysis
IIM Khozikhode has used two criteria for Personal Interview calls.
- CAT Score
- Prior Work Experience
Intrepretation:
- IIM-Kozikhode has given very high (90%) weight to CAT score.
This is very significant. As there is no weight assigned to any
previous academic background, a student with mediocre performance in
the past still have equal chances for CAT call vis a vis a academic
topper. So, if a student has just started taking his studies seriously,
he/she still have a chance to make to an IIM.
- Like IIM L and IIM K, some weight (10%) to work experience means
that fresher's have lesser chances to enter vis a vis students with
work experience with same CAT performance.
- Considering only CAT score can also mean that one day wonders can enter IIM K which is not in favour of consistent performers.
To summarise, we believe that IIM Kozikhode is following the
book. CAT was introduced as a generic test for IIM selections and it is
using only that as a first step. This procedure doesn't put any weight
to any academic performance. So a student who never considered
Academics to be the only way to succeed in life (National player
cricket player etc) has a fair chance to enter an IIM. Also, a long
shot can be that this batch should produce maximum entrepreneurs. The
addition of work experience criteria would ensure that the above
student is working for last 2-5 years so that he is better equipped to
grasp management principles.
|