IIMs are releasing shortlists for final selection round after declaration of CAT 2020 result. All the top IIMs have released shortlists in accordance with their admission policy 2021.  

All the top 7 IIMs, IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Bangalore, IIM Calcutta, IIM Lucknow,  IIM Kozhikode, IIM Indore have released the shortlists. Besides all the CAP participating 9 IIMs have released the shortlists as well. IIM Shillong, IIM Rohtak, IIM Amritsar, IIM Nagpur, IIM Visakhapatnam will release the shortlists soon. The final selection process will begin after shortlist announcement.

IIM Rohtak which is not participating in new IIM CAP 2021, is independently conducting its admission process online and asked the candidates to register and apply for admission. The shortlist will be released in the first week of February 2021 from among the candidates who have applied for admission. Other 9 CAP participating IIMs have released the shortlist for CAP 2021.

Baby IIMs like IIM Bodh Gaya, IIM Jammu among others offer two different admission opportunities at different cut offs with higher cut off required for shortlisiting for CAP 2021 and lower cut off for their own selection process, to be conducted after CAP round. IIM Shillong, IIM Nagpur, IIM Visakhapatnam, IIM Amritsar will release the shortlist in February/March 2021.  

IIMs Shortlist 2021: CAP 2021 Participating IIMs
IIM Raipur is conducting Common Admission Process for 9 new IIMs who will participate in the process. CAP 2021 will be common for IIM Bodh Gaya, IIM Jammu, IIM Kashipur, IIM Raipur, IIM Ranchi, IIM Sambalpur, IIM Sirmaur, IIM Trichy and IIM Udaipur. CAP 2021, comprising common WAT (Depends upon the prevailing Covid-19 pandemic situation and Govt. guidelines) and PI round for nine IIMs, will be conducted from February 15 to March 13, 2021 in three phases.

IIM Rohtak has opted out of CAP 2021 and will release its shortlist for PI round separately. It will conduct online PI round without WAT in February 2021.

IIMs Shortlist 2021: Baby IIMs Shortlist based on Two Different Cut offs
All the 7 Baby IIMs, whether they are participating in CAP 2021 or are conducting independent PI round will ask the candidates to apply and reconfirm their interest for admission in them by the stipulated date before considering their candidature for final admission. The release dates for all the newest IIMs shortlist 2021 have been announced.

Two Admission Chances for CAP Participating Baby IIMs
Out of the four CAP 2021 participating baby IIMs - IIM Bodhgaya, IIM Jammu, IIM Sambalpur, IIM Sirmaur, the two –IIM Bodh Gaya and IIM Jammu have announced different shortlisting criteria for CAP and for their own selection round.

Higher cut offs are announced for the CAP round and lower cut offs are announced for their own selection process after CAP is over. These IIMs have clarified that the Candidates who have not received call from CAP 2021 will receive separate communication from these IIMs based on their respective shortlist criteria given in their admission policy. Key difference between CAP 2021 shortlisting cut off and own admission shortlisting cut off is as under:

IIM Nagpur, IIM Visakhapatnam, IIM Amritsar are not participating in CAP 2021. They have announced dates and schedule for their shortlisting process.

This article by MBAUniverse.com will give you overview of IIMs Shortlist for all the top IIMs, release dates, IIM shortlist criteria 2021, IIM Wait list, IIMs Total Seats, CAT Cut offs and other key details IIMs Shortlist for Admissions 2021

IIMs Shortlist for Admissions 2021: Release Dates
Following are the IIMs shortlists 2021 release dates on which the IIMs shortlists for admissions 2021 have been released for PI-WAT round

IIM Shortlist Criteria 2021: Key Parameters
IIM shortlist criteria 2021 focus more on student quality which is not just measured only by CAT exam scores. As such ‘profile’ plays an important role and therefore is considered for improving diversity in IIM Class rooms. Accordingly IIM Shortlist criteria 2021 focus mainly on following 3 Parameters:

• CAT 2020 Exam Scores: Each IIM shortlist criteria specify its minimum required sectional as well as overall percentile score in the range of 70 to 95 percentile
• Academic Profile & Diversity: IIMs shortlist criteria award weightage to excellent academic record till graduation and to the candidates coming from Non-Engineering back ground. Female candidates are also awarded weightage to promote gender diversity in IIM class rooms
• Work Experience: If a candidate has a work experience between 2 and 3 years in a supervisory cadre, good weightage in the range of 5 to 10 percent is awarded in IIM shortlisting criteria to become eligible for GD-PI-WAT round

IIMs Shortlist 2021: Seats and Number of Shortlisted Candidates
IIMs shortlist 2021 will be announced by including a minimum of 10 times more candidates as compared to their respective intake. The seats available for admission in IIMs and the number of candidates expected to be shortlisted by IIMs for final selection round 2021 are given here:

*Shortlisting for Common Admission Process (CAP) by coordinating IIM in consultation with each participating IIM

IIMs shortlists for all the top IIMs
The information below covers the criteria and highlights of IIMs shortlists for all the top IIMs. This will be continuously updated to disseminate the latest information and status about the IIMs shortlists for all the top IIMs.

IIM Ahmedabad (IIMA) Shortlist: Released on Jan 14; Check Shortlisting Criteria, Highlights  
IIM Ahmedabad PI shortlist for PGP and PGP FABM has been released on January 14, 2021. You can check your admission status by login with your CAT 2020 registration number and email ID at IIM Ahmedabad PGP admission 2021 website. Last date for submission of online Interview Form at IIM Ahmedabad by the Shortlisted candidates is January 19, 2021 till 6 PM

Check Shortlist Status for PGP 2021-23

Check Shortlist Status for PGP (FABM) 2021-23

In case you are not shortlisted, you will get the message, “You have not been short-listed for Analytical Writing Test and Personal Interview (AWT-PI) for admission to PGP (2021-2023 batch), IIMA.”  

IIM Ahmedabad Shortlist 2021: Key Highlights

• 1246 candidates are shortlisted for PI-WAT round by IIM Ahmedabad
• CAT 2020 cut off has gone down to 80.75 percentile from 83.32 last year for general category
• For EWS category CAT 2020 cut off has gone down to 85.34 percentile from 90.75 last year
• 940 out of 1246 shortlisted candidates are male constituting 75% of shortlist
• 67% candidates are the engineers in the shortlist

Following weightages are awarded in IIMA Shortlisting criteria. The IIMA shortlist includes key achievers in diverse academic areas. Such candidates may have not scored very high CAT percentile but they are shortlisted on the basis of diverse profile despite low CAT percentile score

IIM Bangalore (IIMB) Shortlist: Shortlisting Criteria, Release date, Highlights
IIM Bangalore shortlist has been released in evening on January 17, 2021. The PI-WAT round begins in February 2021 and will continue till second week of March 2021. IIM Bangalore will conduct the PI-WAT round in Bangalore, New Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai and Hyderabad on different dates. ​

Focused more on academic profile, IIM Bangalore shortlist is prepared considering candidate’s academic performance, quality of work experience among others. CAT score is not the only point in IIM Bangalore shortlisting criteria.

The Weightage of 40 points for CAT 2020 percentile score is divided further into the performance in each of the three sections to shortlist candidates for PI round as under:

IIM Calcutta (IIMC) Shortlist: Shortlisting Criteria, Release Date, Highlights  
IIM Calcutta shortlist has been released on January 25, 2021. IIM Calcutta has changed the title of its flagship 2 years full time management program to MBA from PGP. IIM Calcutta shortlisting criteria 2021 prescribe less weightage to CAT cut offs and greater weightage to academics  

IIM Calcutta Shortlist: Key Highlights

• IIM Calcutta was the last among the top three IIMs to release its shortlist for PI round
• IIM Calcutta may conduct PI round online instead of in-person interviews, depending upon the Covid-19 pandemic situation at the material time and GoI guidelines 
• CAT 2020 Cut off is reduced to 85 percentile for 2021
• CAT 2020 sectional cut off for Quantitative Ability reduced to 75 percentile for General category
• For other categories also QA minimum required percentile has been reduced to 65 and below
• Weightage for CAT 2020 score reduced to 56% in shortlisting for PI round
• Weightage for Academics and Diversity is increased to 44% in shortlisting process
• 15% weightage for Bachelor’s degree awarded in shortlisting 2021
• Class 10 score weightage reduced to 10% from 20% in shortlisting
• Class 12 score weightage reduced to 15% from 20% in shortlisting
• EWS category reservation as per GoI norms has started with reduced percentile in CAT 2020

IIM Calcutta Final Selection Criteria weights for Admission 2021

Source: IIM Calcutta

IIM Lucknow (IIML) Shortlist: Shortlisting Criteria, Release Date, Highlights  
IIM Lucknow has released the shortlist for admission 2021 on January 16, 2021. A comprehensive list of 8044 candidates shortlisted for PGP, PGP‐ABM and PGP‐SM has been placed on IIM Lucknow website.

IIM Lucknow Shortlisting Criteria

*Maximum marks for diversity factor (DFa and DFb) cannot exceed 20 (for PGP-ABM Program only).

Programme-wise Shortlist of Candidates
Programme  wise Number of candidates considered and finally shortlisted for IIM Lucknow PI WAT 2021 are as below:

IIM Lucknow Shortlist 2021: Key Highlights & Guidelines for PI round

• 8044 candidates are shortlisted for WAT & PI Round 
• Candidates shortlisted for PGP, PGP-ABM and PGP-SM program 2021-23 batch in different categories can check their programme wise status
• Blank cell in the shortlist as released by IIM Lucknow means that the candidates has not qualified for the respective programme
• Candidates shortlisted for WAT‐PI based on composite score cut‐offs need to submit their WAT‐PI form online
• A candidate's name shall be dropped for WAT‐PI if she fails to submit the form online within the stipulated deadline.
• WAT‐PI form online link on IIM Lucknow official website has been activated in January 2021  

IIM Kozhikode (IIMK) Shortlist: Shortlisting Criteria, Release Date, Highlights  
IIM Kozhikode shortlist has been released on January 7, 2021 for final selection round for PGP 2021-23 batch. You can check your short list status by login with CAT 2020 registration ID and your email id on IIM Kozhikode official website

IIM Kozhikode Shortlisting Criteria 2021
IIM Kozhikode has released the shortlist of candidates for PI stage on the basis of  five parametres for admission 2021. IIMK shortlisting criteria include - CAT 2020 score, academic scores of class X and XII and Academic & Gender diversity, work experience. There is no weightage to the academic scores after class 12.

IIMK shortlist is prepared in each category and is created based on an Aggregate Index Score (AIS). The AIS is computed based on the performance in CAT 2020, Class X and XII marks and diversity. The weight of each component in the AIS is as follows:

IIM Kozhikode Shortlist 2021: Key Instructions

• Registration for Stage 2 shortlist required. Will close in a week’s time after release date
• Only those candidates who have successfully completed the online registration process for IIM Kozhikode will be considered for Stage 2

IIM Indore (IIMI) Shortlist: Shortlisting Criteria, Release Date, Highlights  
IIM Indore shortlist has been released on January 18, 2021. Final selection process begins in February 2021.

IIM Indore Shortlisting Criteria 2021
IIM Indore will shortlist the candidates for WAT & PI stage on the basis of composite scores which are arrived at by accounting for the academic profile also. The Composite Score therefore is calculated on the basis of CAT 2020 score, academic scores, and gender diversity. There is no weightage to the academic scores beyond class 12. Candidates scoring percentage of marks above 85 gets a good weightage in the computation of composite scores:

* Composite Score = Sum of the above scores (Max 100) is the formula to arrive at the maximum score to check whether you would be shortlisted by IIM Indore after CAT 2020 result is announced in the 2^nd week of January 2021.  Please note that  Zcandidate, Zmin, Zmax for 10th and 12th Standard are computed using the normalisation process. .

IIM Rohtak Shortlist: Shortlisting Criteria, Release Date, Highlights 
IIM Rohtak will release shortlist either in the last week of January or first week of February 2021 for Online PI Round 2021. You can check your short list status by login with CAT 2020 registration ID and your email id on IIM Rohtak official website. IIM Rohtak shortlist is prepared for each category of the candidates.

IIM Rohtak Shortlisting Criteria 2021
IIM Rohtak will release the shortlist of candidates for Online PI stage on the basis of  Overall CAT 2020 percentile score. This year IIM Rohtak has nbot announced any sectional cut off requirement in shortlisting process.

NA=Not Announced in IIM Rohtak Admission Policy 2021

IIM Rohtak Shortlist 2021: Key Instructions

• Candidate need to submit an application/ admission data form along with registration fee of Rs. 2000/- by January 21
• The candidates, who submit the application forms and registration fees by the stipulated date and time, will be considered and invited (as per merit) for the Online Personal Interview (PI) 
• Shortlisted candidates will receive an email with a web-link for online registration in PGP 2021-23 batch. Candidates need to create their Login ID (USER NAME & PASSWORD for online registration.

IIM Bodh Gaya Shortlist 2021: Release date, Criteria, Selection Process
IIM Bodhgaya is participating in CAP 2021 and has released the shortlist for PI round with a different cut off for CAP 2021 and for its own selection round which will be conducted after CAP is over.

Check your Status in IIM Bodh Gaya Shortlist
You can check your shortlist status by login at IIM Bodh Gaya Shortlist at admission.iimbg.ac.in with your CAT registration Id, Email ID and your date of birth as below:

IIM Bodh Gaya Shortlisting Criteria for CAP 2021
The minimum cut-offs of CAT percentile required in each section and overall percentile for shortlisting candidates for personal interview are common for all the participating 9 IIMs. The shortlisting criteria have been changed further for all the CAP participating IIMs as under:  

IIM Bodhgaya Cut Offs: Minimum Cut off for all the Candidates
IIM Bodhgaya has released actual CAT percentile cut offs for all categories in shortlisting process for PGP admission 2021:

Source: IIM Bodhgaya Shortlisting Criteria 2021

IIM Bodhgaya Cut offs: Minimum Cut off for Female Candidates
With a view to improve Gender Diversity, IIM Bodhgaya applied the following cut offs in shortlisting the female candidates for CAP round 2021. The female candidates who are shortlisted due to these cut-offs will be considered for super-numerary seats only

Source: IIM Bodhgaya shortlisting criteria 2021

IIM Bodh Gaya Shortlisting Criteria: Key Highlights
While the shortlisting criteria for CAP 2021 is common for all the participating IIMs at 93 percentile, the key changes in IIM Bodhgaya minimum cut offs and admission criteria are as below

• CAT 2020 Cut off is kept at 90 percentile for 2021 Admission
• CAT 2020 sectional cut off reduced to 70 percentile for 2021 
• Cut off for the female applicants reduced to 87 percentile for final admission 2021
• 2% Weightage Awarded to female candidates
• EWS category reservation as per GoI norms has started 

IIM Jammu Shortlist 2021: Release date, Criteria, Selection Process
IIM Jammu is participating in CAP 2021 and has released the shortlist for PI round with a different cut off for CAP 2021 and for its own selection round which will be conducted after CAP is over.

Check your Status in IIM Jammu Shortlist
You can check your shortlist status by login at IIM Jammu Shortlist at official IIM Jammu website with your CAT registration Id, Email ID and your date of birth as below:

IIM Jammu Shortlisting Criteria for CAP 2021
The minimum cut-offs of CAT percentile required in each section and overall percentile for shortlisting candidates for personal interview are common for all the participating 9 IIMs. The shortlisting criteria have been changed further for all the CAP participating IIMs as under:  

IIM Jammu Cut Offs: Minimum Cut off for all the Candidates
IIM Jammu has released actual CAT percentile cut offs for all categories in shortlisting process for PGP admission 2021:

 Source: IIM Jammu Shortlisting Criteria 2021

IIM Jammu Cut offs: Minimum Cut off for Female Candidates
With a view to improve Gender Diversity, IIM Jammu applied the following cut offs in shortlisting the female candidates for CAP round 2021. The female candidates who are shortlisted due to these cut-offs will be considered after CAP round is over

 Source: IIM Jammu shortlisting criteria 2021

Top IIMs Shortlist: Many 99 Percentilers may not be in IIMs Shortlists  
What is noteworthy is that even hundreds of CAT 2020 Toppers and 99 Percentilers may not find place in the IIM shortlisting  & Admissions 2021 in the top IIMs. On the other hand, candidates with percentile below 90 may find place in IIM shortlisting due to their profile, academic diversity despite scoring low in CAT exam 2020.

IIMs Shortlisting Cut Offs
The minimum required CAT 2020 percentile cut offs in IIM Shortlist 2021 for MBA admission 2021 are as below. Actual cut offs in shortlist may go much higher

How IIMs Shortlist are announced as per IIM Admission Criteria?
The criteria being adopted by IIMs to announce the shortlist for final selection round is changed every year in accordance to respective IIM Admission criteria for the forthcoming batch. IIM Admission criteria 2021 now focus more on academic diversity, gender diversity and diverse profile of the applicants alongwith the quality of work experience. Accordingly the IIM Shortlist criteria is changed by awarding less weightage to CAT score and higher weightage to other skills of the candidates as incorporated in the IIM admission criteria 

All the top IIMs including IIM Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Calcutta, Lucknow, Indore, Kozhikode and others announce the weightage for the components in shortlisting process much ahead of the CAT exam result declaration.