IIM Shillong Admission 2024: Personal Interview Shortlisting Calls Released; Selection Criteria Changed - Higher Weightage to Academics, Work Ex; Check Latest Details

IIM Shillong, the 7th IIM among 21 IIMs, is one of the highly ranked B-schools in India with Rs. 26.96 LPA Average Salary. IIM Shillong has released Shortlist for Admission 2024 on January 17. Here are latest details:

• IIM Shillong has released Shortlist for Admission 2024 on January 17.
• Shortlisted students are receiving Emails and SMSs on their registered Email ID and Mobile No.
• It seems the number of Engineers who have received IIM Shillong Calls are very low.
• IIM Shillong had changed its Admission Criteria for Admission 2024. Earlier IIM Shillong had released its revised admission policy for MBA 2024-26 batch with moderate CAT 2023 sectional cut offs at 75 percentile.
• Students can check their IIM Shillong Personal Interview Shortlisting Call Status on this link:

IIM Shillong Admission 2024: Key Highlights of Selection Process
This year IIM Shillong has brought about following important changes in its selection process:

IIM Shillong Shortlisting Criteria 2024: Key Changes

• CAT Sectional score cut off reduced to 75 Percentile  
• No Overall Cut off announced
• Class X score to be awarded Maximum 10% weight Shortlisting 2024 as against 5 % last year
• Class XII score will be given Maximum 10% weight in Shortlisting 2024 as against 5% last year
• Weightage for Work Experience (24-30 Months) increased to 14% for 2023 as against 8% last year
• Percentage Cut off for Communication Proficiency (GD) Round: 30%
• Percentage Cut off for PI Round: 30%
• GD Score will not be Counted for Preparing Final Merit List Score

IIM Shillong Final Selection Criteria 2024: Key Changes

• CAT Exam score weight increased to 40% from 30% last year
• Gender Diversity Weight goes up to 10% from 5% last year
• PI Weight goes up at 40%

Read below all the key changes in IIM Shillong admission criteria 2024, key USPs of IIM Shillong, cut offs, programs offered, Fees, Placements and more 

Table of Contents

1. IIM Shillong: Key Highlights and USPs
2. IIM Shillong Fees
3. IIM Shillong Intake
4. IIM Shillong Placement 2023
5. IIM Shillong Eligibility Criteria 2024
6. IIM Shillong Application Process 2024: How to Apply for IIM Shillong Admission 2024?
7. IIM Shillong Admission 2024-25: Important Dates
8. IIM Shillong Financial Assistance & Scholarships
9. IIM Shillong Admission Criteria 2024
10. IIM Shillong MBA Admission: Revision in Final Admission Process
11. IIM Shillong Cut off

1. IIM Shillong: Key Highlights and USPs

• 1.1 Highly Ranked: IIM Shillong is Ranked #26 amongst top 125 Management Institutes in India in GoI, MHRD NIRF Ranking 2023. IIM Shillong is Ranked # 15 in MBAUniverse.com B-School Rankings 2023.
• 1.2 Value Based Education: IIM Shillong offers value based management education and engages itself in building corporate leaders and entrepreneurs with strong ethical values rooted in the traditional Indian management system, synchronised with modern management practices. The quality of instruction, rigorous course curriculum, exposures and summer internships that the students get at IIM Shillong make them adequately prepared and confident to face the challenges of the corporate world.
• 1.3 IIM Shillong Fees: IIM Shillong PGP fees is Rs.21.50 lakhs which also offers high RoI with consistently rising placements
• 1.4 IIM Shillong Placement 2023: IIM Shillong has 100% Placement record. Placement 2023 for MBA 2021-23 batch scaled new heights at IIM Shillong. Average salary in Placement 2023 has further gone up at Rs.26.96 LPA from Rs. 23.10 LPA last year. The highest salary in Placement 2023 has shot us at Rs.71.30 LPA from Rs.55.22 LPA last year.
• 1.5 Top Recruiters: 63 Recruiters Made Placement Offers in 2023 to the batch of 238 students. Top Recruiters at IIM Shillong include AB InBev, Aditya Birla Capital, Axis Bank, Bain & Company, Capgemini, Cipla, D.E. Shaw, Deloitte,  EY, Goldman Sachs among others
• 1.6 International Exchange: IIM Shillong is fostering international collaborations with Management Institutes of repute and is committed to becoming an internationally acclaimed management institute with a global outlook grounded in Indian Ethos.  
• 1.7 Centre for Development of North Eastern Region: Generating Greater Employment Opportunities, IIM Shillong has set up a Centre for Development of North Eastern Region (CeDNER) right since the inception of the institute, under which various activities including training programmes for the youth are organised. These programmes have helped the youth of the region to either set up their own ventures or getting employment opportunities.
• 1.8 Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Centre for Policy Research and Analysis: Focussing on Holistic Development, Dr APJ Abdul Kalam, Former President of India was a visiting faculty at IIM Shillong. The institute has set up the Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Centre for Policy Research and Analysis with a focus on the development of the North East, specifically promoting Tourism, BPO, Logistics, 3H mission-Handloom, Handicraft and Horticulture along with the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (MDoNER) and North East Council (NEC)
• 1.9 Annual International Conference: IIM Shillong organises an annual international conference on sustainability (SUSCON), which attracts a large number of researchers and practitioners from across the world
• 1.10 Large Alumni Net Work:  IIM Shillong has a large alumni network across the Globe with a number of students working at senior leadership positions
• 1.11 IIM Shillong Campus:  Nestled in the lap of the serene green hills amidst the abode of Clouds in the state of Meghalaya, IIM Shillong campus provides the perfect ambience for serious academic pursuits of the best global standards. IIM Shillong offers Experiential Learning outside the classrooms with industrial interactions, sports competitions, cultural activities, entrepreneurial pursuits.  
• 1.12 Global Standards of Academic Excellence: IIM Shillong offers Global standards of academic excellence, action-oriented research, value based consultancy, and quality education with innovative academic programmes, course curriculum and pedagogical innovations that enables its students to the challenges of a constantly changing and dynamic global business environment. Core values of IIM Shillong include Openness to new ideas and experiences, Intellectual freedom, Self-experimentation and creative pursuit, Adherence to fair, just and ethical practices, Compassion for others.

2. IIM Shillong Fees (Under Revision)
IIM Shillong Fees for PGP program is Rs.21.50 lakhs for two years.

3. IIM Shillong Intake: 250-260 Students
IIM Shillong has an intake of 250 to 260 students. IIM Shillong seats are expected to increase for the PGP 2024-26 batch

4. IIM Shillong Placement 2023 and 2022
IIM Shillong enjoys 100% placement record over the years. Placement 2023 for IIM Shillong PGP 2020-22 batch scaled new heights. IIM Shillong registered a sharp rise in its average salary package for the PGP 2021-23 batch. The average package in IIM Shillong Placement 2023 has gone up at Rs.26.96 LPA from Rs. 23.10 LPA last year. The highest package in IIM Shillong placement 2023 has gone up at Rs.71.30 LPA from Rs.55.22 LPA last year. Key highlights of IIM Shillong Placement 2023 and 2022 are as below:

4.1 IIM Shillong Placement 2023: Key Highlights

• 100% placements for the large batch of 238 students
• Joins Elite Club of Top IIMs and B-Schools with Rs.25+ LPA Average Salary
• Average Salary in Placement 2023 goes up by 16.7% at Rs.26.96 LPA from Rs.23.10 LPA in 2022
• Highest Salary in Placement 2023 jumps by 29% at Rs.71.30 LPA from Rs.55.22 LPA last year
• 63 Recruiters Made Placement Offers in 2023 to the batch of 238 students
• Median Salary has gone up at Rs.26.09 LPA in Placement 2023 from Rs.22.28 LPA in 2022
• Top 20% of the batch got average package of Rs.35.35 LPA in Placement 2023 as against Rs.31.31 LPA in Placement 2022
• Top 50% of the batch secured average package of Rs.30.82 LPA as against Rs. 26.95 LPA last year
• 85 PPOs/PPI offered by prominent recruiters
• 26 New Recruiters participated in IIM Shillong Placements 2023
• Top Recruiters include  AB InBev, Aditya Birla Capital, Axis Bank, Bain & Company, Capgemini, Cipla, D.E. Shaw, Deloitte,  EY, Goldman Sachs, HSBC Bank, IBM, ICICI Group, Infosys, ITC, JP Morgan Chase & Co., Microsoft, Tata AIG, Adani Group, EXL, Godrej, L&T  McKinsey, Uber among others
• Top Recruiting Domains: Consulting and Strategy with 35% Offers

4.2 IIM Shillong Placement 2022: Highlights

• 100% placements for the large batch of 250 students
• Joins Elite Club of Top IIMs and B-Schools with Rs.20+ LPA Average Salary
• Average Salary in Placement 2022 goes up by 20.5% at Rs.23.10 LPA from Rs.19.17 LPA in 2021
• Highest Salary in Placement 2022 jumps by 72.56% at Rs.55.22 LPA from Rs.32 LPA last year
• 73 Recruiters Made Placement Offers in 2022 to the batch of 250 students
• Median Salary has gone up at Rs.22.28 LPA in Placement 2022 from Rs. 17.50 LPA in 2021
• Top 20% of the batch got average package of Rs.31.31 LPA in Placement 2022 as against Rs.26.67 LPA last year
• Top 50% of the batch secured average package of Rs. 26.95 LPA as against Rs. 23.22 LPA last year
• 48 PPOs/PPI offered by prominent recruiters
• 43 New Recruiters participated in IIM Shillong Placements 2022
• Top Recruiters include  Bain & Co., Deloitte, EY, PwC, D.E. Shaw, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Nomura, AB InBev, Aditya Birla Capital, JSW, Mahindra GMC, Bosch, HSBC Bank, Titan, Capgemini, Microsoft, Amazon, Cipla, ITC among others
• Top Recruiting Domains: Consulting and Strategy with 29.67% Offers Read More

5. IIM Shillong Eligibility Criteria 2024

• IIM Shillong Eligibility criteria require that the candidate must hold a bachelor's degree of minimum 3 years duration after class 12, with at least 50% marks or equivalent CGPA (in case of the candidate belonging to SC/ST/PwD category, the eligibility criterion is relaxed to 45%
• One of the most important points in IIM Shillong Admission Eligibility criteria is that apart from a recognized graduate degree, the candidate should appear in CAT 2023 exam and must score minimum prescribed sectional score to become eligible for admission
• If the candidate is awarded grades/CGPA instead of marks in its academics, the equivalence to determine PGP admission eligibility would be based on the equivalence certified by the institution/university from where the bachelor's degree is obtained. In case the institution/university does not have any scheme for converting the CGPA into equivalent marks, the equivalence would be established by IIM Shillong by dividing the obtained CGPA by the maximum possible CGPA and multiplying the resultant by 100 to confirm the Admission eligibility of the candidate. 
• A candidate appearing for the final year bachelor's degree/equivalent qualification examination and those who have completed the degree requirements and are awaiting results is also eligible to apply for IIM Shillong Admission 2023. Such a candidate must produce a certificate from the principal/head of the department/registrar/director of the institution/university, certifying that the candidate is currently in the final year or is awaiting final results and has obtained at least 50% marks or equivalent (45% in case of the candidate belonging to SC/ST/PwD category) based on latest available grades/marks.
• IIM Shillong Eligibility further clarifies that such a candidate, if selected, will not be eligible for the IIM Shillong admission unless he/she submits a certificate latest by June 30, 2024 from the principal/head of the department/registrar/director of the institution/university (issued on or before June 30, 2024) stating that they have completed all the requirements (the result may, however, be awaited) for obtaining the bachelor's degree/equivalent qualification on the date of issue of the certificate.
• It is mandatory for a final year student, who is provisionally considered eligible by IIM Shillong and offered admission, to submit the mark-sheet and degree certificate of the final year bachelor's degree examination held on or before June 30, 2024.  The deadline to submit the mark-sheet and the certificate is December 31, 2024.  

6. IIM Shillong Application Process: How to Apply for IIM Shillong Admission 2024?
Application process for admission at IIM Shillong had opened with the start of CAT 2023 registration process from August 2, 2023 and closed with the close of CAT registration process on September 21.  Check below the key points in IIM Shillong admission application process:

• CAT 2023 Registration Fee includes the IIM Shillong Application Fees
• On the page 4 of CAT 2023 application form, you needed to select IIM Shillong PGP, and any other program that you wish to apply  and select the interview city
• No other application for IIM Shillong Admission 2024 needs to be submitted before release of CAT 2023 result
• After declaration of CAT 2023 exam result, you can check at IIM Shillong website whether you are shortlisted by entering your CAT 2023 registration ID and password

6.1 IIM Shillong Application Fees
There is no separate IIM Shillong application fees. CAT 2023 registration & Application fee includes the IIM Shillong application fee as detailed below

7. IIM Shillong Admission 2024: Important Dates
IIM Shillong Admission process 2024 has started with the opening of CAT 2023 registration.  Important dates related to admission activities at IIM Shillong are as below:

8. IIM Shillong Financial Assistance & Scholarships
IIM Shillong assists the participants in availing educational loans from banks during the admission process. The details regarding the process are made available to the participants after they are offered admission to the Institute. The Institute endeavors that no candidate be denied opportunity to pursue the Post Graduate Programme for want of adequate financial resources. Keeping this in mind, IIM Shillong has provision for Need Based Financial Assistance Scheme to help economically weak MBA participants. The number of scholarship awardees and quantum of assistance is decided on the basis of annual gross family income, participants liquidity, credit worthiness and her/his overall suitability for the same. In addition, there are scholarships made available to Scheduled Caste (SC)/ Scheduled Tribe (ST)/People with Disabilities (PWD) participants by Government of India. 

9. IIM Shillong Admission Criteria 2024
IIM Shillong Admission Criteria 2024 is a two step process. The two stages of selection criteria are:

• Stage-1: IIM Shillong Shortlisting for Group Discussion (GD) and Personal Interview (PI)
• Stage-2: IIM Shillong Final Selection Criteria for Admission 2024  

Let us understand in detail both the stages of IIM Shillong Admission Process 2024  

Stage-1: IIM Shillong Shortlisting Criteria
IIM Shillong shortlists the candidates on the basis of CAT 2023 score, past academic performance, and other criteria as under:

• The shortlisting for final selection round in IIM Shillong Admission Criteria require minimum 75 percentile in each of the three sections of CAT 2023 - Quantitative Aptitude' (QA), ‘Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning' (DILR) and ‘Verbal and Reading Comprehension' (VRC)
• No Minimum Overall Percentile in CAT 2023 for shortlisting is prescribed
• If the candidate does not score minimum sectional percentile in CAT 2023, he/she is not considered for shortlisting for final selection stage.
• The candidate with excellent academics is awarded higher points in shortlisting criteria
• As per the past trends Minimum 80% & Above marks in Class 10, 12 & Graduation are required to avail full weightage for shortlisting. However, it depends upon the number of candidates available for shortlisting category wise
• All the Candidates shortlisted for GD & PI have to attend the final selection process, failing which they would not be considered for the final admission
• The eligible candidates are segregated as per their academic disciplines in graduation as reported in CAT 2023. From each academic discipline a certain percentage of candidates are shortlisted for PI round as per the following formula: Number of candidates appeared for CAT -2023, Number of Academic disciplines, number of candidates present in the academic discipline
• Category wise shortlist prepared for the eligible candidates in respective Categories include Differently Abled (DA); Scheduled Tribe (ST); Scheduled Caste (SC); General, EWS and OBC (OT)
• Short-listed candidates are intimated through IIM Shillong website, e-mail (as provided in CAT-2023 Application form) and by SMS (on the mobile no. as provided in CAT-2023 application form.

Stage 1.1: Number of Candidates in IIM Shillong Shortlist
IIM Shillong shortlisting criteria for final selection round clarify that the number of candidates shortlisted for GD and PI are based on the overall performance of the candidates in CAT- 2023, number of seats available, buffer for possible overlap and attendance trends in the past. Number of candidates called for GD and PI are decided category wise and academic discipline wise.

Stage-2: IIM Shillong Final Selection Criteria for Admission 2024

• All the shortlisted candidates are eligible to participate in Final selection round for admission to IIM Shillong
• Shortlisted candidates are required to fill-in the Interview form and upload the same on IIM Shillong website
• IIM Shillong would send PI call letters/interview letters to those shortlisted candidates who correctly fill in the Interview form within the stipulated time
• No communication would be sent to applicants who are not short-listed
• IIM Shillong final selection criteria consist of Group Discussion (GD) and Personal Interview (PI) Round.
• After final admission round IIM Shillong will generate final merit list for selected candidates on the basis of CAT 2023 score, performance in PI (GD score will not be counted for final score), Academic profile, Work experience among others
• Offer for admissions will be made based on this merit list
• The scores used will be the Score in PI; Overall CAT Absolute Score which will further be normalized for preparation of the final merit list
• This process includes total number of candidates appearing in the PI process. An overall score for every appearing candidate will be calculated using the Normalized score of Performance of the candidate in PI; Normalized score of Performance of the candidate in CAT-2023 Absolute Score (overall)
• 40% weight in final selection will be awarded to the performance in PI round
• There will be different cut-off scores for candidate’s performance in PI in different categories

10. IIM Shillong MBA Admission: Revision in Final Admission Process
IIM Shillong has revised its PGP admission policy.  Merit Listing for Admission Offer after the Admission process is based on the following process and components:

10.1 Academic Performance Score Calculation
Since there is a lack of uniformity in marking pattern of different boards, the Xth and XIIth overall percentage will be scaled to bring in possible uniformity in the following manner:

• The average of highest percentage for a particular board, as appearing in the CAT data for last three years, would be used to compute a scaling factor.
• The scaling factor would be computed for any given board, after equating the average highest percentage for all the boards.
• For Class XII, the process would be done stream wise, that is, separately for Arts, Commerce, and Science streams.
• The percentage of a candidate would then be divided by this scaling factor as applicable to her/his board.
• Post this scaling, the scaled score will be normalized using the formula:
• Performance ScoreExam = ScaledPercentage-Min (ScaledPercentage)
  Max(ScaledPercentage)-Min(ScaledPercentage)
• Where Max (for maximum) and Min (for minimum) of Scaled marks are computed from those of all candidates appearing CAT 2023, and Exam stands for Xth or XIIth.
• Finally, the Performance Score will be multiplied with the weightage for the corresponding examination (X th or XIIth) for computing Academic Performance Score

10.2 Calculation of Score for Work Experience
For computing the Work Experience score, a candidate will be awarded certain marks based on the months of experience post graduation. During the PI round, the panelists will evaluate the relevance and depth of the experience, and based on their assessment, the score as computed based on table below may be moderated using a multiplier

Source: IIM Shillong Admission Process

10.3 Use of PI & CAT Scores in Merit List Preparation
The PI and CAT scores used in merit list preparation are:

• Y: Score in PI
• Z: Overall CAT Absolute Score which are further normalized as Ny and Nz for preparation of the final merit list.

Illustration: How IIM Shillong used Scores of Personal Interview (PI) Round?
The process as illustrated below will be applied for admission 2024

With a total of m number of candidates appearing in the GD and PI process, an overall score, OSc for every appearing candidate c, will be calculated using the following formula, which will be used for preparing the merit list:

OSc=w1(Nc V) + w2(Nc W) +w3Nc x) + w4(Nc y) + w5(Nc z) c = 1, 2, 3, ..., m where.

Nc V : Normalized score based on experience of the candidate c

Nc x : Normalized score based on gender of the candidate c

Nc x : Normalized score of performance of the candidate c in Xth, and XIIth standard

Nc y : Normalized score of performance of the candidate c in PI

Nc z : Normalized score of performance of the candidate c in CAT-2022 Absolute Score (overall)

w1 : Weight of experience of the candidate c (Nc V )

w2 : Weight of gender of the candidate c (Nc W)

w3 : Weights of performance of the candidate c in Xth and XIIth standard (Nc x )

w4 : Weight of performance of the candidate c in PI (Nc y)

w5 : Weight of performance of the candidate c in CAT 2022 (Nc z.

10.4 Ranking & Weightage of Components in Final Merit List
The candidates are ranked based on the decreasing order of the Osc scores. The admission offers are made to the candidates in order of their rank based on the Osc scores as per the weightages awarded as below:

Normalized score of an applicant is equal to their respective score minus average of the top 100 scores divided by standard deviation of the top 100 scores from the applicants' pool in that segment. The candidates will be ranked based on the decreasing order of the Osc scores. The admission offers will be made to the candidates in order of their rank based on the Osc scores.

11. IIM Shillong Cut off  
IIM Shillong has set a low minimum CAT 2023 percentile cut off at 75 sectional. There is no prescribed minimum overall CAT 2023 percentile required by IIM Shillong in its shortlisting criteria. The actual CAT cut offs at IIM Shillong remain in the range of 94-95 percentile in the shortlisting process. Shared below are the Minimum CAT cut offs as prescribed by IIM Shillong and likely actual CAT cut offs

11.1 Minimum Sectional CAT 2023 Cut offs
Below are the Minimum CAT offs for each section in shortlisting as per the IIM Shillong Admission Policy:

Source: IIM Shillong Admission Policy 2024

11.2 Expected IIM Shillong Academic Cut offs in Shortlisting

11.3 IIM Shillong Cut offs in GD-PI Round
The cut-off scores for candidate’s performance in GD-PI in various categories will be applied as under.

Source: IIM Shillong Admission Process

11.4 IIM Shillong GD Vs PI Score Accounting in Final Selection

• The above score of a candidate will be computed, provided s/he qualifies the cutoff percentages for the GD and PI performance
• The candidate will need to ensure the above performance in the GD (and PI) for their final score to be computed
• There will be different cut-off scores for candidate’s performance in GD and PI in various categories as shared above
• The score of GD will not be used in the arriving at the final score
• After the completion of Admission process, the scores of only PI are used along with overall CAT performance of the candidates for preparation of the final merit list.

Many young students studying in the second year or third year of their bachelor’s degree course wish to appear in CAT and apply for IIM Shillong MBA admission this year but since they are not eligible for admission now, they can apply for IIM Shillong admission 2025 through CAT 2024. It is expected that IIM Shillong admission 2025 process will remain on similar lines as this year.

IIM Shillong is led by its Director, Dr D P Goyal who is a Professor in the area of Information Systems and also a visiting Professor at Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark. He has rich experience of working in various senior administrative positions including Dean (Graduate Programmes, Accreditations & Rankings) and Dean-Executive Graduate Programmes at MDI Gurgaon. He has been on the expert committees of Directorate of Higher Education, Government of Delhi and GGSIP University; AICTE; DoPT; National eGovernance Department, Government of India and many universities and B-schools including Central/State universities and IIMs.

Located in the green contours of North Eastern part of the country, IIM Shillong remains committed to its goal of excellence in management education and research so as to evolve into a nationally and internationally recognized educational institution. Besides, high quality standards and academic rigor which are considered as the hallmark of an IIM, IIM Shillong also emphasizes on the ever growing significance of sustainable development and business practices. The Institute strives to impart to its students ethical values, compassionate behaviour, and concern for society.

Hope you found this article on IIM Shillong quite useful to decide on MBA admission 2024. IIM Shillong MBA admission application process through CAT 2023 is open and you can apply now. Read More  

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