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IIM Shillong PGP (2015-17) Admissions Process

The selection of candidates for admission to PGP (2015-17) batch will be undertaken
in two phases after CAT 2014. The first phase would include declaration of shortlisted
candidates for Personal Interview (PI) and the second phase will involve the
preparation of a final merit list, on which, the candidates will be offered admission to
the PGP (2015-17) batch. The process in each of these phases will be as follows:
Phase 1: Shortlisting for Personal Interview
A. The minimum requirements to be considered for shortlisting of candidates would
be as follows:
Table 1: Minimum Performance Requirements for Consideration of Shortlisting for Personal Interview
Category SSC

Percentage
HSC

Percentage
Graduation
Percentage
Section A CAT
2014 Percentile
Section B CAT
2014 Percentile
DA 50 50 45 50 50
ST 50 50 45 50 50
SC 55 55 50 60 60
OTHERS
(OT)
65 65 60 70 70
Based on the performance specifications as given in Table 1, we shall obtain a
number of candidates who would be considered for short-listing.
B. All candidates opted (as per the CAT application) for IIM Shillong PGP 2015-17
batch will first be segregated according to their graduation discipline as reported in
CAT 2014 data.
For example,
: Number of candidates opted for IIM Shillong PGP 2015-17 batch.
: Number of disciplines as it appears in CAT 2014 results.
Then,

is the number of candidates appearing in every

discipline.
= 1, 2, 3, . . . ,
Now, let us say,
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is the Percentage of candidates opted for IIM Shillong in

discipline out
of total number of candidates as shown in Table 2.
Then,

Table 2: Percentage of Candidates Opted for IIM Shillong in Every Discipline
Disciplines
()
Number of Candidates appeared in
every discipline who opted (as per
the CAT application) for IIM
Shillong (

)
Percentage of Candidates appeared
for in every discipline who opted (as
per the CAT application) for IIM
Shillong (

)
1
1

1
=

100
2
2

2
=

100
3
3

3
=

100

100
Total 100

100; = 1, 2, 3, . . . , 0

1 .
We use the following notations to explain various candidates considered for
shortlisting.

: Number of candidates in

category
= , , ,

Where,

(),
(),
(),
() .
Hence, number of candidates in respective category will
be

.

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C. The candidates resulted through Section A in respective category i.e.

will be segregated into various sub-groups based on their

discipline status in bachelors degree as reported in CAT data. Therefore, the sub-
groups resulted would be as shown in Table 3:

Table 3: Discipline and Category wise Segregation of Candidates Considered for Shortlisting
Category (j)
Disciplines()
D T C G
1

1

2

2

3

Total Candidates

,
= 1, 2, 3, , , CAT, and
= , , ,

If,
is number of disciplines appears in category ,
is number of disciplines appears in category ,
is number of disciplines appears in category , and
is number of disciplines appears in category .

Where,
, , ,

That means,

: Number of candidates in

discipline in DA category

: Number of candidates in

discipline in ST category

: Number of candidates in

discipline in SC category

: Number of candidates in

discipline in OT category
D. The candidates in various sub-groups (i.e. candidates in {

}), would be ranked i.e.

(1,2, 3, ,

) in the decreasing order of their CAT overall percentile.

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E. Number of candidates shortlisted for Interviews.
i. Based on the candidates data in CAT 2014, the Institute will decide to shortlist
a total of X candidates for Personal Interviews. X would be decided based on
the overall performance of the candidates in CAT 2014, the number of seats
available, buffer for possible overlap and attendance trends in the past, etc.

= Number of candidates to be called for personal interview (PI)
Subsequently, the number of candidates shortlisted for interview in respective
categories would be

, = , , , .
Where,

= 3.0% of X rounded to higher nearest integer,

= 7.5% of X rounded to higher nearest integer,

= 15.0% of X rounded to higher nearest integer, and

= 74.5% of X rounded to higher nearest integer.

ii. Candidates shortlisted for interviews in

discipline of

category will be:

= Number of candidates shortlisted in

discipline of

category,
= , , , and
= 1, 2, 3, , for = ,
= 1, 2, 3, , for = ,
= 1, 2, 3, , for = , and
= 1, 2, 3, , for = ,
Then, number of candidates shortlisted in various disciplines in respective
category will be:

= max [

=1

, 1]in DA category,

= max [

=1

, 1]in ST category,

= max [

=1

, 1]in SC category, and

= max [

=1

, 1] in OT category,
A total number of candidates consisting of

candidates in DA,

candidates in ST,

candidates in SC, and

candidates in OT categories will

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be short-listed having backgrounds of different bachelors disciplines as shown
in Table 4.
Table 4: Candidates Short-listed for Personal Interviews
Candidates Short-listed for Personal Interviews
Category (j)
Disciplines()
D T C G Candidates in
Disciplines()
1

1

1

2

2

2

3


, , ,

,,,

Total Candidates
in each category

Total Candidates

These X number of students will be invited to apply for Personal Interviews.
Phase 2: Merit Listing for Admission Offer to PGP 2015-17 Batch
Scores of PI will be used along with overall CAT performance for preparation of the
final merit list for admission offer. Let us say total number of candidates will appear
in the PI process. An overall score,

for every candidate , who appears PI will be

calculated for each candidate using the following formula, which will be used for
preparing the merit list for the final selection.

=
1

+
2

= 1, 2, 3, ,
Where,

: Performance of the candidate in Personal Interview

: Performance of the candidate in Overall CAT Absolute Score.

: Total number of candidates appearing in the Personal Interviews

1
: Weight of performance of the candidates in Personal Interview (70%)

2
: Weight of performance of the candidates in Overall CAT Absolute Score
(30%)

However, there will be different cutoff scores for candidates performance obtained in
PI (

) in various categories as shown in Table 5 to prepare a list of candidates

eligible for preparation of merit list for admission offer.
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Table 5: Cut-off on the Performances of Candidates in PI for Preparation of Merit list for Admission Offer
Category
Cutoff as Minimum Percentage of Performance out of Maximum
Possible Performance in Personal Interview (PI)
DA 20.0%
ST 20.0%
SC 25.0%
OTHERS (OT) 35.0%
The candidates will be ranked based on the decreasing order of the

scores. The
admission offers will be made to the candidates in order of their rank based
on

scores.
Reservation Policy
The Institute abides by the reservation policy as per the Government of India
provisions as applicable on RGIIM Shillong.
Note:
1. The criteria for selection process as discussed in the document are decided based on the
pattern and performance trends of the past years CAT data of candidates, who had applied
to this Institute. In case, there is a considerable change in the performance and profile of the
candidates in CAT 2014 applying to the Institute, the Institute reserves the right to change
and/or modify the aforesaid criteria.
2. Any dispute concerning Admissions to PGP (2015-17) would be subject to jurisdiction of
the competent courts only.
* * This document is released by Admissions Office, Rajiv Gandhi Indian Institute of Management
Shillong (Updated on 25 September 2014).
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