882 called for IIM-A interview

The Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIM-A) has shorlisted 882 candidates for group discussion (GD) and personal interview (PI) for admission to its 256 courses.

The students have been selected following the Common Admission Test (CAT) results announced on Monday.

The GD and PI, to be conducted by a committee comprising faculty of the institute, will be held in four cities - Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Delhi and Kolkata "" from February 18 to March 25.

The final results will be declared by end of April, IIM-A director, Bakul Dholakia, said.

The list of candidates finalised for interview is available on the institute's website.

However, students will only know if they have been shortlisted for the second round when their percentile or score card is posted on January 6.

Dholakia said the six IIMs had separate procedures to shortlist students. Names of shortlisted students have been posted on respective websites.

IIM-A had selected students for interviews based on CAT scores and academic background, he added . More than 1.58 lakh students took the CAT examination in November 2005 to make it to one of the IIMs.