AHMEDABAD: Following guidelines from the ministry of human resource development (MHRD), IIM Ahmedabad (IIM-A) from the academic year 2020-21 has introduced 10 seats as a quota for economically weaker sections (EWS).
The admission process for IIM-A’s flagship PGP MBA course this year will reflect these seats, said B-school officials. Officials added that the institute had already made a representation to gradually increase such seats corresponding to infrastructure to reach the 10% mark.
On Friday, IIM-A issued 430 admission letters to the successful candidates. Officials said that this year’s batch size would be 395. Officials said that they are yet analyse how many aspirants from Gujarat made it to the premier institute.
Engineering students continued to dominate the batch. Of the successful candidates this year, 79% have engineering backgrounds. The number was similar last year, said officials. Similarly, the gender ratio has not improved much compared to past years with women forming 23% of those selected. The average work experience of successful candidates is about 22 months.
Prof Vishal Gupta, chairperson (admissions) at IIM-A, said that admission letters have been sent to 430 candidates for the PGP course and 47 for PGP-FABM. “IIM-A has over the years been trying to promote diversity in its PGP cohort. We are happy that this year also we have a healthy mix of engineering and non-engineering students and a good male to female ratio,” he said.
IIM-A officials said that the admission process remained largely unaffected by the Covid-19 epidemic and on the lines of previous years, this year also the selections have happened considering candidates scores in the CAT, application rating (that included performance in Classes X, XII and their Bachelor’s degree), personal interviews and analytical writing tests. All interviews were conducted face-to-face before the lockdown.
The admission process for IIM-A’s flagship PGP MBA course this year will reflect these seats, said B-school officials. Officials added that the institute had already made a representation to gradually increase such seats corresponding to infrastructure to reach the 10% mark.
On Friday, IIM-A issued 430 admission letters to the successful candidates. Officials said that this year’s batch size would be 395. Officials said that they are yet analyse how many aspirants from Gujarat made it to the premier institute.
Engineering students continued to dominate the batch. Of the successful candidates this year, 79% have engineering backgrounds. The number was similar last year, said officials. Similarly, the gender ratio has not improved much compared to past years with women forming 23% of those selected. The average work experience of successful candidates is about 22 months.
Prof Vishal Gupta, chairperson (admissions) at IIM-A, said that admission letters have been sent to 430 candidates for the PGP course and 47 for PGP-FABM. “IIM-A has over the years been trying to promote diversity in its PGP cohort. We are happy that this year also we have a healthy mix of engineering and non-engineering students and a good male to female ratio,” he said.
IIM-A officials said that the admission process remained largely unaffected by the Covid-19 epidemic and on the lines of previous years, this year also the selections have happened considering candidates scores in the CAT, application rating (that included performance in Classes X, XII and their Bachelor’s degree), personal interviews and analytical writing tests. All interviews were conducted face-to-face before the lockdown.
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