Admission Procedure and Selection Criteria
The candidates will be selected on the basis of overall performance in Aptitude Test, and Personal Interview. The selection process is as follows (note that all dates and timelines are tentative and may be changed as required):
Step 1: The candidates satisfying the minimum eligibility criteria should submit their application in the prescribed format along with attested copies of all relevant documents and non-refundable application fee of Rs.1000 (Rs 500 in case of SC and ST category) through Demand Draft in favor of Indian Institute of Management Indore Payable at Indore, so as to reach IIM Indore Admissions Office on or before July 20, 2012. The application form is available at www.iimidr.ac.in.
Step 2: There will be a two-stage selection process.
Stage 1: Based on the applications received, candidates satisfying minimum eligibility criteria will be called for the Aptitude Test (AT) to be conducted across 6 centers, viz., Kolkatta, New-Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad and Indore. The date of conducting AT is Sunday, August 12, 2012. The pattern of AT will be as follows:
i. AT will be of objective-type nature. The sample pattern will be provided to the candidates beforehand.
ii. There will be two broad sections in AT, viz., Quantitative Ability and Verbal Ability.
iii. There will be 100 questions in total with time duration of two hours (120 minutes).
iv. Each question will carry 4 marks.
v. There will be a negative marking of 1 mark for each wrong answer.
Stage 2: Personal interviews (PIs) will be conducted at 6 centers (as above). Shortlist for PI will be announced on Friday, August 24, 2012. PI will be conducted during Saturday Monday, September 01 - 03, 2012 at venues (as above). Weightage for shortlisting for PI (After AT): The candidates will be called in the ratio of 1:7 category-wise. The following weightage will be applicable based on the AT:
Aptitude Test Within test: 60% Quantitative Ability Section and 40% Verbal Ability Section It is also to be noted that only those candidates whose raw scores in both the sections are non-negative will be considered for shortlisting for PI.
Step 3: Final selection will be based on the overall performance of the applicant in AT, and PI. The following weightages will be used to arrive at the composite score for final
selection:
Aptitude Test (AT) (PI 60% (Within test: 60% Quantitative Ability Section and 40% Verbal Ability Section)
Personal Interview 40%
IIM Indore will intimate the candidates about their selection on Monday, September 10, 2012. No intimation will be sent to candidates who are not selected.
Step 4: The selected candidates should send their acceptance of admission offer along with a commitment fee of Rs.1,00,000 to IIM Indore on or before Thursday, September 20, 2012. This amount will be adjusted against tuition fees.
Step 5: The candidates will formally register at IIM Indore after fulfilling all the requirements and payment of all necessary fees on Friday, September 28, 2012. Classes will commence on Monday, October 01, 2012.