The CAT cutoffs for General Category candidates for the PGP, PGP-ABM and PGP-SM are 90 percentile, 85 percentile and and 85 percentile respectively. Candidates are shortlisted on the basis of their CAT performance, past academic records and diversity factors.
CAT Cutoff
| Category | PGP | PGP-ABM | PGP-SM | |||||||||||
| VARC | DILR | QA | Total | VARC | DILR | QA | Total | VARC | DILR | QA | Total | |||
| General | 85 | 85 | 85 | 90 | 80 | 80 | 80 | 85 | 80 | 80 | 80 | 85 | ||
| NC-OBC | 77 | 77 | 77 | 82 | 72 | 72 | 72 | 77 | 72 | 72 | 72 | 77 | ||
| SC | 55 | 55 | 55 | 70 | 55 | 55 | 55 | 65 | 55 | 55 | 55 | 65 | ||
| ST | 50 | 50 | 50 | 65 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 60 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 60 | ||
| PWD | 50 | 50 | 50 | 65 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 60 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 60 | ||
Shortlisting Criteria
|
Components |
Weights (PGP) |
Weights (PGP-ABM) |
Weights (PGPSM) |
Method of scoring |
|
CAT Score (CS) |
60 |
60 |
60 |
CS = (Candidates CAT Score/Highest CAT Score) * 60 |
|
Class XII Marks (12M) |
10 |
10 |
10 |
Candidates’ Class 12 Percentage in respective Board Percentage 12M 98.01-100.00 10 84.01- 86.00 3 82.01- 84.00 2 80.01- 82.1 1 <=80 0 |
|
Graduation Marks |
10 |
10 |
10 |
To be normalized as per Academic Discipline: (i) Engineering; (ii) Science; (iii) Commerce; (iv) Arts; (v) Others Marks will be amended to take values between 0 – 10. ( m = Mean and s = Standard Deviation of the respective Academic Discipline) |
|
Work Experience |
10 |
0 |
10 |
IF (Prog = PGP & x > 6) WE = min{(x – 6)×0.50, 10} Where, x = Number of months of work experience$ as on 31 July, 2016. |
|
Diversity Factor: Academic Discipline (DFa) |
5 |
20 |
5 |
IF (Prog. = PGP/PGPSM and Academic programmes are listed by the institute) DFa = 5 ELSE IF (Prog. = PGP-ABM and Academic Disciplines listed by the institute) DFa = 20 Else DFa = 0 |
|
Diversity Factor: Gender (DFb) |
5 |
5 |
5 |
IF (Prog. = PGP/PGP-ABMPGPSM and Gender = Female) DFb = 5 ELSE DFb = 0 |
|
Shortlist Total |
100 |
100 |
100 |
|
To shortlist the candidates for the selection rounds, CAT scores are given the maximum weightage followed by past academic records (Class XII and Graduation marks). IIM Lucknow has given the maximum weightage to the Academic diversity factor for PGP-ABM programme.
The shortlisted candidates will appear for Written Ability Test (WAT) and Personal Interview (PI) rounds. For the final selection, IIM Lucknow has given a certain weightage to each factor.
Final Selection Criteria
| S.No. | Component | Weightage | |
| PGP & PGP-SM | PGP-ABM | ||
| 1 | CAT | 30 | 35 |
| 2 | PI | 40 | 40 |
| 3 | Academic Performance (12M + GM) | 5 + 5 | 5 + 5 |
| 4 | Diversity Factor (Academic + Gender) | 5 | 5 |
| 5 | Work Experience | 5 | NA |
| 6 | WAT | 10 | 10 |
| Final Score | 100 | 100 | |
For PGP-ABM programme, the weightage for CAT is higher than that assigned to PGP and PGP-SM. On the other hand, while work experience is assigned five points for PGP and PGP-SM, the factor is not considered for PGP-ABM.
The minimum requirement for clearing the Personal Interview is 12 out of 40 marks. Names of candidates who do not pass in the PI round will not be included in the final merit list.