Direct Admission For Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Ahmedabad

Application:

Submit your application online at: www.iima.ac.in/web/epgd-aba/apply

• You need to submit the following along with your application:
• wo recommendation letters (a minimum of one should be from a practitioner who can comment on the nature of your work);
• Latest CV stating briefly the projects you worked on and are working on currently in your company;
• Self-attested copies of degree and academic transcripts; and
• Latest photograph.

Application Fee

Candidates applying through ePGD-ABA Qualifying-cum-aptitude test need to pay the application fee of INR 1000/- and for others i.e. GMAT/GRE/CAT/GATE test score holders there is no application fee.

Eligibility Criteria

• Minimum of 2 years’ work experience (preferably in the domain of business analytics); the experience criterion may be waived for candidates with exceptional academic qualifications.
• Bachelor's degree holders with strong quantitative and analytical problem solving skills; and
• A valid GMAT/GRE/CAT/GATE or the ePGD-ABA qualifying-cum-aptitude test score.

Admission Test and waiver

If you have a valid GMAT/GRE/CAT/GATE score, you do not need to take a qualifying-cum-aptitude test. The expected cut-offs for the tests are as follows:

• GMAT: Verbal (70th percentile and above), Quantitative (85th percentile and above)
•  GRE: Verbal (70th percentile and above), Quantitative (85th percentile and above)
•  CAT: Verbal (70th percentile and above), DILR (85th percentile and above), QA (85th percentile and above)
•  GATE: 90th percentile and above

ePGD-ABA Qualifying-cum-aptitude test:

• In case you do not have a valid GMAT/GRE/CAT/GATE test score, you can take the ePGD-ABA qualifying-cum-aptitude test. The test will be conducted in the last week of December, 2019 in multiple cities, and the date will be shortly announced.
• The test is expected to be of 1 hour 30 minutes duration and will comprise of three sections: (i) English comprehension, (ii) Logical reasoning and data interpretation, and (iii) Quantitative aptitude.

Personal Interview

• Shortlisted candidates will be called for a personal interview. The interviews will be held in the months of January and February at Ahmedabad, Kolkata, Mumbai, Bangalore and Delhi. On request, the interviews may be conducted over video-conference.

Selection:

• Successful candidates will be intimated through email as well as by surface mail by first week of March, 2020.