CAT Notification - 2006

(b) The candidate must hold a Bachelor’s degree with at least 50% marks (45% in case of SC/ST category) or equivalent CGPA of any of the Universities incorporated by an Act of the Central or State legislature in India or other education institutions established by an act of Parliament or declared to be deemed as a University under Section 3 of UGC Act, 1956, or possess an equivalent qualification recognized by the Ministry of HRD, Government of India.

The Bachelor’s degree or equivalent qualification obtained by the candidate must entail a minimum of three years of education after completing Higher Secondary schooling or equivalent with at least two years experience or strong interest in the field of Agriculture or allied sector.

Such candidates (eligible under criteria-b) must submit a special form available with the Admission Office, IIM, Lucknow or which can also be downloaded from the IIML website http://www.iiml.ac.in. This form should be directly submitted to the Admission Office, Indian Institute of Management, Prabandh Nagar, Off Sitapur Road, Lucknow-226013 by September 19, 2006.

The CAT scorecard will be mailed to the candidates after January 2, 2007. The CAT score will remain valid for admission to PGPs of IIMs for the year 2007-08, unless specified otherwise. For further details, kindly refer to CAT Bulletin.

It is the endeavour of all IIMs that no student be denied opportunity to pursue the Post-Graduate Programme in Management for want of adequate financial resources. Substantial need-based scholarships are available for students belonging to economically disadvantaged families. (Please see the write-up on each IIM in the CAT Bulletin for details.)

As per Government of India requirement, 15% and 7½% seats are reserved for SC and ST candidates, respectively. In addition, Government of India has proposed to reserve seats for candidates belonging to Other Backward Classes (OBC) starting from academic year 2007-08. The details of the reservation for candidates belonging to Other Backward Classes (OBC) would be notified by the IIMs on their websites and through an advertisement in national newspapers on receipt of an official communication from the appropriate authority.