CAP 2016 for 9 IIMs over: Over 3500 attend to choose the preferred IIM; know how to decide

More than 3500 candidates participated in Common Admission Process (CAP) 2016 for admission to PGP 2016-18 batch in 9 IIMs during February 15 to March 4, 2016 in 5 different cities. The CAP 2016 round is now over and the final admission offers from all these 9 IIMs will be sent to the selected candidates shortly on the basis of their performance in WAT and PI rounds.

Out of the 19 IIMs, 9 IIMs participated in Common Admission Process (CAP) 2016 coordinated by IIM Kashipur. The scores obtained by the candidates in order of merit will be forwarded to each of these 9 IIMs who will issue the admission offers to the suitable candidates as per their admission criteria.

Sharing the unique features in CAP 2016, Dr Gautam Sinha, Director IIM Kashipur , the CAP 2016 coordinating IIM says For the first time in the history of CAP we have nine participating IIMs and the need to reconcile the older participants with the newer entrants was never greater. We took extra care to ensure that the views of all the participating IIMs were given equal weight. Other than that, there will always be some new issues while handling a process like this, which the predecessors might not have experienced before. We alsoencountereda fewthings that we had to solve on the fly. Overall, this entire process was a learning experience for us too, and we thoroughly enjoyed it.

The participating IIMs in CAP 2016 are IIM Kashipur, IIM Raipur, IIM Ranchi, IIM Rohtak, IIM Tiruchirappalli, IIM Udaipur, IIM BodhGaya, IIM Sambalpur and IIM Amritsar. Except IIM Rohtak, all the 8 IIMs shortlisted candidates on the basis of same criteria. According to the PGP 2016 Admission Notice issued by IIM Kashipur Among the 9 participating IIMs the shortlisting criteria for 8 IIMs, except IIM Rohtak are same.

Admission dilemma with offers from all 9 IIMs After the CAP 2016 round is over, each of the 9 IIMs will take the PI & WAT score of the candidates shortlisted by them and combine it with other scores like CAT score, Profile score and any other score to make their own individual merit list to make final offers to the candidates.

Only the PI & WAT are conducted commonly by the 9 new IIMs. The final merit list of candidates will be arrived at by each IIM according to its own selection criteria.

You will start receiving admission offers from one or more than one IIM in next few days. Each of the 9 IIMs will ask you to send in the acceptance of admission offer and deposit the fee by a particular date. If you have not made up your mind, which IIM out of 9 you would prefer, it is high time to mull over it and arrive at the decision. The lingering on or delaying the decision may make you lose your admission chance as IIMs would accommodate other admission seekers from the waiting list.

How to arrive at the right decision It is advisable to prepare the list of new IIMs in order of preference. The criteria and parameters on which you are supposed to decide in favour of the preferred IIMs could be the Alumni base; fee structure; faculty; placement; infrastructure among others.

Let us know about each of the 9 IIMs to arrive at the decision-

IIM Kashipur Situated in Uttarakhand, IIM Kashipur started functioning in July 2011with Post Graduate Programme in Management (PGPM). IIM Kashipur also offers a 2 year weekend Executive Post Graduate Programme (EPGPM) for working executives. The two doctoral programmes launched in 2015 and 2014 respectively are Fellow Programme in Management (FPM) and Executive Fellow Programme (EFPM).

At present IIM Kashipur is operating from its temporary campus and its permanent campus is under construction. IIM Kashipur proposes to shift to its permanent campus in a year or two.

The Institute is located in one of the most densely industrialized regions in the country with over 180 industries having plants in and around the region. This places the Institute at a vantage point when it comes to Learning by Doing via frequent industry interactions and live projects. IIM Kashipur believes in a strong industry connect and has invested in developing relationships with local industries.

IIM Kashipur is led by Dr Gautam Sinha as its Director who has put in great efforts to take the institute to new heights.

Total Intake: 140 Number of Core faculty members: 27 Fee structure for PGP 2016-18: Rs.11.03 lakhs Average Placement 2015: Rs.10.81 lakhs (Data for 2016 yet to be made available)

IIM Raipur IIM Raipur is situated in the capital city of Chhattisgarh. The IIM started operation in 2010-11. Presently IIM Raipur operates from the Government Engineering College Campus, Raipur. The Government of Chhattisgarh has allotted over 200 acres of land for the proposed IIM Raipur campus in Naya Raipur. The proposed campus will be a state-of-the-art campus presenting a blissful mix of modern architecture, culture & heritage of Chhattisgarh. It is expected that IIM Raipur would shift to its new campus from academic session 2017-18.

Professor B.S. Sahay is the Director of Indian Institute of Management Raipur Total Intake: 140 Number of Core faculty members: 20 Fee structure for PGP 2016-18: Rs.10.51 lakhs (Boarding charges extra) Average Placement 2016: Rs.12.51 lakhs IIM Ranchi Situated in the capital city of Jharkhand, IIM Ranchi joined the family of IIMs in 2010-11. IIM Ranchi currently offers 2 year PGDM in General management, which is its flagship programme. Going by the growing importance and indispensability associated with human resources, IIM Ranchi is the only IIM offering a full-time 2 year programme in Human Resources Management (PGDHRM). IIM Ranchi also offers Fellow Program in Management (FPM), a fellowship programme funded by the government and an 18-month part time Diploma in Management (PGEXP). IIM Ranchi has also launched a certified Barefoot Manger program to promote entrepreneurship and to impart livelihood skills among the school drop outs and illiterates.

IIM Ranchi started functioning from its present location in Suchna Bhawan and the permanent campus is under construction in Ranchi. It may take 2-3 years for IIM Ranchi to complete the permanent campus of the B-school.

Dr Anindya Sen is the director of IIM Ranchi

Total Intake: 120 (for PGDM, intake for PGDHRM to be announced) Number of Core faculty members: 19 Fee structure for PGP 2016-18: Rs.10.5 lakhs (tentative, boarding charges extra) Average Placement 2015: Rs.13.4 lakhs (Data for placement 2016 yet to be received)

IIM Rohtak IIM Rohtak in Haryana is the only IIM in Delhi NCR. It started functioning in 2011. Apart from flagship PGP, IIM Rohtak also conducts Executive PGP and doctoral FPM programmes.

At present IIM Rohtak is operating from its temporary campus at Maharishi Dayanand University. Its permanent campus on 200 acres of land is coming up at Sunaria near Rohtak city.

Prof. Atanu Rakshit is the Director of IIM Rohtak

Total Intake: 160 Number of Core faculty members: 18 Fee structure for PGP 2016-18: Rs.10.95 lakhs (tentative, boarding charges extra) Average Placement 2016: Rs.11.78 lakhs IIM Trichy Indian Institute of Management Tiruchirappalli (IIMT) is the eleventh IIM and was instituted on January 4, 2011. Tiruchirapalli is a prominent city for art and culture in the State of Tamilnadu. IIM Trichy is building its sprawling permanent campus spread over 170 acres of land on Trichy-Pudukottai highway, 12 km from Tiruchirappalli International Airport and in the interim the institute is functioning from NIT Tiruchirappalli. It is expected that IIMTrichy will shift to its permanent campus during the academic session 2016-17 as the campus is almost ready.

Apart from the flagship PGP at Trichy, IIM Trichy also runs Chennai Centre where Post Graduate Programme in Business Management (PGPBM) is conducted for working executives.

Dr Prafulla Agnihotri is the Director of IIM Tiruchirappalli

Total Intake: 120 Number of Core faculty members: 26 Fee structure for PGP 2016-18: Rs.11 lakhs (tentative, boarding charges extra) Average Placement 2016: Rs.13.01 lakhs IIM Udaipur IIM Udaipur situated in Rajasthan is one of the 6 new IIMs which were established and started operation in 2010-11. During the past 6 years IIM Udaipur has grown to be one of the preferred IIMs and has consistently achieved higher growth in placement despite the low sentiments in economy.

IIM Udaipur, now located in a temporary campus at Mohanial Sukhadia University is in the midst of constructing a new campus on 300 acres of land in the Balicha area of Udaipur which have been allocated by the Government of Rajasthan.

Apart from flagship PGP, IIM Udaipur also offers 1 year PGPX and doctoral FPM programmes.

Dr Janat Shah is the Director of IIM Udaipur Total Intake: 180 Number of Core faculty members: 37 Fee structure for PGP 2016-18: Rs.10.50 lakhs Average Placement 2015: Rs.10.24 lakhs (Data for placement 2016 yet to be received) 3 newest IIMs are CAP 2016 participants

IIM Amritsar IIM Amritsar one of the 6 newest IIMs and 15th among the 19 IIMs, set up so far. IIM Amritsar began operation in 2015 with its maiden PGP 2015-17 batch. IIM Kozhikode is the mentor institute of IIM Amritsar.

At present IIM Amritsar is functioning from its temporary campus at Punjab Institute of Technology near the Guru Nanak Dev University (GNDU). The permanent 60 acres campus of IIM Amritsar is being made ready about 5 Kms from City limits at Nijjerpura and Rakh Cheetha villages near Manawala on Amritsar-Jalandhar GT Road

Total Intake: 60 Number of Core faculty members: IIM Kozhikode faculty teaching at IIM Amritsar Fee structure for PGP 2016-18: Rs.10.50 lakhs (tentative) Average Placement: No placement statistics available

IIM BodhGaya IIM BodhGaya started functioning in 2015. Classes of IIM Gaya are conducted in the transit campus of the Magadh Universitys directorate of distance education (DDE) building. 90 hostel rooms at IIM Gaya have been provided for accommodation. The Permanent campus of IIM Gaya as per the decision and agreement arrived at, will also be built up at Magadh University Campus.

IIM Gaya is mentored by IIM Calcutta. It serves an opportunity for the students to get good learning from the faculty of IIM Calcutta.

Total Intake: 60 Number of Core faculty members: IIM Calcutta faculty teaching at IIM Gaya Fee structure for PGP 2016-18: Rs.10.50 lakhs (tentative) Average Placement: No placement statistics available

IIM Sambalpur IIM Sambalpur in Odisha started operation in 2015 with its first batch. IIM Indore is the mentor institute of IIM Sambalpur.

IIM Sambalpur is operating from the transit campus at Silicon Institute of Technology, Sason Sambalpur. The permanent campus is being constructed at Basantpur in Burla in Sambalpur.

Total Intake: 60 Number of Core faculty members: IIM Indore faculty teaching at IIM Sambalpur Fee structure for PGP 2016-18: Rs.10.50 lakhs (tentative) Average Placement: No placement statistics available

Decide judiciously IIM Kashipur is in the process of preparing the merit list based on CAP 2016 scores and will provide it to all the 9 IIMs who will further make the final admission offers according to their admission criteria.

While the comparatively older 6 IIMs started functioning in 2010-11, the newest IIMs are yet to establish their identity in corporate sector. The alumni base, placement and intake data in 6 earlier established IIMs are now well available and also show rising trend. However, among them also, you will find a few IIMs yet to finalise placement for their 2014-16 batch. The fee structure is more or less same with slight variation. The faculty-student ratio is also one of the important factors. At present IIM Udaipur has more faculty members than any other IIM while IIM Trichy is expected to move to its permanent campus in the forthcoming academic session which may enhance the learning experience with better facilities.

Placement among all the 6 earlier IIMs shows rising trend year after year. Now you have to decide on the IIM that offers you best ROI, teacher student ratio and better infrastructure.