In a bid to enhance the student diversity at its campus, the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A) has made some changes in the recruitment and admissions process for the 2014-16 post graduate programme in management (PGP) batch.
As a result, the share of non-engineering students has gone up to 11 per cent as against five per cent in last three years, while that of female students is up to 28 per cent from 11-22 per cent in last three years.
The changes in admission process were brought in both the stages of applying Common Admission Test (CAT) scores as well as performance in the Written Analysis and Personal Interview (WA-PI).
Moreover, The Written Analysis and Personal Interview was conducted to form a holistic perspective on the candidates' eligibility for the PGP programme. "WA-PI scores were based on not only academic performance and written analysis but also quality of interview, extra-curricular activities, awards, and work experience," the institute stated.
"Partly as a result of these changes, and partly with greater recruiting effort by IIMA in non-traditional areas, non-engineers constitute 11 per cent of the students to whom offers have been made this year, compared to 5 per cent or less of the entering classes being non-engineers in each of the past three years," the institute further stated.
As a result, the share of non-engineering students has gone up to 11 per cent as against five per cent in last three years, while that of female students is up to 28 per cent from 11-22 per cent in last three years.
The changes in admission process were brought in both the stages of applying Common Admission Test (CAT) scores as well as performance in the Written Analysis and Personal Interview (WA-PI).
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As per the institute, In each category of candidates (General/NC-OBCCT/DA), minimum cutoffs for CAT-scores were applied to generate the list of candidates eligible for further consideration. Historically, a weighted average of CAT scores and prior academic performance has been used to generate a merit list of candidates invited for WA-PI. This year, this list was supplemented with CAT toppers (top 50 or 1 per cent of candidates from the academic stream, whichever was lower) from five broad academic classifications to arrive at the set of candidates invited for WA-PI.
Moreover, The Written Analysis and Personal Interview was conducted to form a holistic perspective on the candidates' eligibility for the PGP programme. "WA-PI scores were based on not only academic performance and written analysis but also quality of interview, extra-curricular activities, awards, and work experience," the institute stated.
"Partly as a result of these changes, and partly with greater recruiting effort by IIMA in non-traditional areas, non-engineers constitute 11 per cent of the students to whom offers have been made this year, compared to 5 per cent or less of the entering classes being non-engineers in each of the past three years," the institute further stated.