A view of Udaipur (Photo credit: etrenard)
The Indian Institutes of Management (IIM) at Udaipur and Kashipur, fifth and sixth among the six new IIMs announced in 2008 have commenced admissions for their debutant Post Graduate Program (PGP) in management.
These first IIMs in the states of Rajasthan and Uttarakhand will conduct their admissions through IIM Indore and IIM Lucknow respectively.
Important information and links
IIM Udaipur
(Added later: IIM Udaipur documents seem to have been removed from the IIM Indore servers, presumably because the notification is supposed to be out on April 4. The following information is based on what was briefly visible on April 2)
IIM Udaipur notification and Eligibility criteria
According to the notification posted on the IIM Indore website, a total of 576 candidates will be invited for a Written Ability Test (WAT) and Interview between June 10 and 12, 2011 Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Delhi, Indore, Jaipur, Kolkata and Mumbai. The total PGP intake will be 72.
Admissions will be conducted using the CAT 2010 scores and those in the General category need to be at or above 90 percentile overall and 85 percentile in each of the CAT sections in order to be eligible to apply.
IIM Udaipur Application form
Admission calendar
May 25, 2011: Last date to send application forms
May 30, 2011: Release of shortlisted candidates for WAT and PI
June 10-12, 2011: WAT and PI process at eight cities
June 18, 2011: Final admissions list
July 11, 2011: PGP 2011-13 session begins
Where is Udaipur?
IIM Kashipur
Admission notification and Application Form
Admissions will be based on the CAT 2010 scores, for which a General category candidate needs to have at least 90 percentile overall and 80 percentile in each section. Those with good CAT scores can rejoice, because IIM Lucknow, the mentor institute of IIM Kashipur plans to allot 70% weight to the CAT 2010 score and 30% weight to a Personal Interview for admissions. No Group Discussion or Essay has been mentioned.
The total PGP intake will be 60 seats and the fees will be Rs 8 lakhs for the two years.
The last date to submit the application form for IIM Kashipur is April 18, 2011.
Where is Kashipur?
This takes the total number of operational IIMs to 13. The government had in 2008 announced six new IIMs, of which the ones at Ranchi, Rohtak, Raipur and Trichy are already operational. With IIM Udaipur and Kahipur rolling, the government has fully implemented its expansion plans of the state-owned business school franchise.