Indian Institute of Management Lucknow

Admission Policy
Academic Year 2016-18 (CAT-2015)
Stage 1: Generation of merit list for WAT-PI for PGP, PGP-ABM & PGP-SM programme, meeting the
(Government of India) norms on reservation.
Stage 1a: The following cutoffs shown in Table 1 will be used for selecting the eligible candidates.
Table 1: Minimum CAT 2015 Percentile
PGP
PGP-ABM
PGP-SM
Category Sec.1
Sec.2
Sec.3
Sec.1
Sec.2
Sec.3
Sec.1
Sec.2
Sec.3
Total
Total
(QA)
(DI+LR)
(VRC)
(QA)
(DI+LR)
(VRC)
(QA)
(DI+LR)
(VRC)
General
NC-OBC
SC
ST
PWD

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No
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85
77
55
50
55

85
85
90
75
75
75
80
80
80
77
77
82
68
68
68
72
72
72
55
55
75
50
50
50
70
50
50
50
50
70
45
45
45
65
45
45
55
55
75
50
50
50
70
50
50
QA=Quantitative Ability; DI=Data Interpretation; LR=Logical Reasoning;
VRC= Verbal and Reading Comprehension;

80
72
50
45
50

Total
85
77
70
65
70

Stage 1b: Merit list will be generated for calling candidates for WAT-PI using the weights mentioned in Table 2, for
PGP, PGP-ABM & PGP-SM programme.
Table 2: Weights assigned to various components for generating Merit List
Weights Weights Weights
Components
(PGP)
(PGP(PGPMethod of scoring
ABM)
SM)
CAT score
38
30
38

Candidates CATscore
* X
CS
(CS)
Highest CATscore of 2015
If Prog = PGP or prog = PGPSM then X=38
Else if prog = PGPABM then X=30

Class XII
marks(12M)

Graduation
marks(GM)

Candidates Class XII Percentile in respective Board

95.01-100
90.01-95
85.01-90
80.01-85
<=80

To be normalized as per Academic Discp., (i) Engineering; (ii) Science;

(iii) Commerce; (iv) Arts; (v) Others, using the formula below;

Marks will be amended to take values between 0 and 3. (

4

Work
Experience(
WE)

5a

Diversity
Factor :
Academic
Discipline(D
Fa)

13

50

50

50

5b

Diversity
Factor:
Gender (DFb)
Shortlist Total (A)

12M
2.0
1.5
1.0
0.5
0

=Mean and

= standard deviation of each academic discp. to be used)

(Prog.= PGP)
WE = (x)*0.1, Where x>6; Maximum (WE) = 2
ELSE (Prog. =PGP-ABM)
WE =0;
ELSE (Prof. = PGP-SM)
WE = (x-24)*.1, Where x>24: Maximum (WE) = 2
x = number of months of work experience as on 31August 2015.
(Indicate only paid and full-time work experience, acquired after
completing the Bachelors Degree. Apprenticeship, Articleship,
Internship etc., which form an integral part of a course of study, should
not be treated as work experience)
IF (Prog. = PGP/PGPSM and Academic disciplines listed in Table3,col 1)
DFa =3;
ELSE IF (Prog. = PGP-ABM and Academic disciplines listed in Table 3,
col2)
DFa =13;
ELSE DFa=0;
IF
(Prog. = PGP/PGP-ABM/PGP-SM and Gender = Female)
DFb=2;
ELSE
DFb=0;
IF

Table 3: Academic disciplines eligible for diversity factor marks for PGP/PGP-ABM/PGP-SM

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No

Academic Discipline for PGP/PGP-SM Programme

(PGP/PGP-SM) Col 1

Academic Discipline for PGP-ABM

Programme (PGP-ABM), Col 2
Agriculture:
Agronomy, Soil Science, Agriculture
Biochemistry, Agricultural Economics,
Agricultural Extension, Plant Breeding
and Genetics, Entomology, Plant
Pathology etc.
Agricultural Engineering

Arts/Humanities: Archaeology, Education, Fine Arts

(Dance, Music, Painting), Geography, History, Journalism,
Languages, Library Science, Literature, Philosophy,
Political Science, Psychology, Public Administration,
Social Work/Welfare, Sociology, etc.

Commerce/Economics: Accountancy, Auditing, Banking,

Business Mathematics, Business Organisation, Economics,
Economic Development and Planning, Public
Administration, Public Finance, Secretarial Practices etc.

Chartered Accountancy

Animal Husbandry/Fisheries

Cost and Works Accountancy

Dairy Science/Technology

Company Secretaryship

Forestry

Education (including Physical Education and Sports)

Food Technology

Law

Horticulture

Medicine/Dentistry

Pharmacology/Pharmacy

Rural Studies/Rural Sociology/Rural

Cooperatives/Rural Banking
Science: Biology, Biochemistry, Biotechnology(includes
Biotechnology
Engineering), Botany, Life Science,
Zoology
Veterinary Science

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Stage 2: Evaluation of candidates in WAT-PI for PGP/PGP-ABM/PGP-SM programme

The following weights will be assigned to the various components during WAT-PI as shown in Table 4
Table 4: Weights given to WAT-PI components
S.No.
Components
Weights
1
Written Ability Test (WAT)
10
2
Personal Interview (PI)
40
WAT-PI Total (B)
50
The minimum requirement for getting a pass in Personal Interviews is 12 out of 40 marks.
Stage 3: Generation of final admission offer list to PGP/PGP-ABM/PGP-SM programme
Grand Total (C) = Shortlist Total (A) + WAT-PI Total (B).
The Grand Total (C) will be used to rank the candidates according to their merit.

Any dispute concerning Admissions for Batch 2016-18 would be subject to jurisdiction of the competent
Courts within the territorial jurisdiction of city of Lucknow only.

This document is released by Chairman Admission, Indian Institute of Management Lucknow, on behalf of
the Admissions Committee, IIML dated 26-07-2015.