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Indian Institute of Management, Nagpur has doubled its intake for the academic session 2021. The decision has been taken by the institute due to the increase in the demand of applicants.
Earlier, IIM Nagpur had an intake of 120 seats only which has now been increased to 240 seats. The institute is mentored by prestigious IIM Ahmedabad. However, as the institute does not participate in the IIM-CAP, the institute as its own shortlisting process and final selection criteria.
IIM Nagpur will offer admissions based on CAT 2020 scores and overall performance of students in WAT-PI rounds along with academics and work experience. The institute is expected to conduct the personal interview in online mode whereas WAT will be conducted in the previous format with 10% weightage.
Meanwhile, IIM Nagpur has decided upon awarding 30% weightage for CAT 2020 score for shortlisting purposes. Subsequently, the remaining 70% will be offered based on the candidate’s profile, diversity as well as work experience. Its 2021 shortlisting criteria include 85 percentile of CAT 2020 score.
Read: IIM Nagpur Admission 2021
IIM Nagpur Admission 2021: Important Dates
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Criteria |
Date |
Details |
|---|---|---|
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1st stage Shortlist Declaration |
March 2021 (1st week) |
Application form fill-up |
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Application Form Submission |
March 2021 (3rd/4th week) |
Confirm interest |
|
PI/WAT Round Shortlisting |
March 2021 (4th week) |
Shortlisted candidates to participate in PI-WAT Rounds |
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Call Letters for PI/WAT Process |
April 2020 (1st Week) |
Reporting at allotted centres |
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PI-WAT Rounds |
(2nd week) April-May 2021(2nd week) |
PI-WAT round conducted by IIM Nagpur in different exam cities |
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Admission Offer Letter |
May 2021 (3rd week) |
Receiving admission offer and acceptance |
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New Session Begins |
June/July 2021 |
Online Registration and acceptance fee payment prior to orientation |
Read: IIM Nagpur Placements 2020: Highest Package 40 LPA, Average Package 13 LPA, Top Recruiters
IIM Nagpur to Award MBA instead of Diploma
Anagha Wankhede, IIM Nagpur communication and media cell in-charge on behalf of the director, LS Murty has stated that the pandemic has affected their plan this year because of which there has been a delay in meeting targets. “However, We are trying our best to meet targets as early as possible and also shift our campus by November,” he added.
Read: IIM Nagpur Ranked at #40 position under management category of NIRF 2020
The new campus is spread over 132 acres in Mouza Dahegaon and would cater nearly 600 candidates as per the infrastructural requirements in the first phase.
The campus comprises academic buildings, administrative blocks, Executive Education Program (EEP). Additionally, there are 4 multipurpose halls, dining halls, hostel blocks and staff and sports facilities etc.
In the session 2015-16, there were around 60 intakes from VNIT (Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology) and then thereafter in 2018-19, IIM Nagpur doubled its intake to 120 and now again it has doubled to 240 in the year 2020-21.
He also added that an exponential growth for the institute is quite mandatory but it could never have been possible to contribute to the nation and sustainability of the campus and the actual intake is very close to the planned intake.
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