Admission Policy for Integrated B.Tech. MBA Program 2022-27 Batch ^[1]

• This document outlines the process that will be used for selecting meritorious candidates for admission to the Integrated B.Tech. MBA (IBM) Program jointly offered by the Indian Institute of Management Amritsar (IIM Amritsar) and National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar (NIT-J) for the batch of 2022-27.
• The selection process, selection criteria and weights given to various parameters are decided by the Academic Council annually. The Academic Council finalizes the process, fixes these criteria and weights at the beginning of each admission cycle. This is to ensure that the admissions process is objective.
• Candidates are advised to clearly and correctly present their age, caste category and marks related information for standard 10^th and 12^th. Incorrect presentation of information if found at any stage will be construed as misrepresentation, resulting in the candidate’s application not being considered for the next level in the selection process. IIM Amritsar’s decision in this matter will be final and no further discussion will be entertained with regard to the processing of such an application.

The program is opened to all students who are enrolled in the B.Tech. Program of NIT-J in the academic year 2022-23 and are currently in the 4^th semester in the academic year 2023-24.

Step 1: Candidates should submit their application for the IBM program online at www.iimamritsar.ac.in within the stipulated time and pay the online non-refundable/non-transferable application fee of Rs. 2000/- (Rs. 1000/- for candidates belonging to SC/ST category) .

Candidates belonging to NC-OBC, SC, ST and PwD categories need to produce valid Caste certificate(s) in support of their reservation category and candidates belonging to Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) need to produce a valid document ascertaining the eligibility of the candidate to apply under EWS category.

For the purpose of being considered for reservations, the category of the student mentioned in the NIT-J records shall be applicable. No subsequent changes will be effective for any subsequent selection process of the IIM Amritsar.

Step 2: Candidates will be required to take the IIM Amritsar Entrance Test (IET).

The IET will be designed based on the Common Admission Test for admission to the IIMs. It will comprise of a total 75 questions – 25 each in 3 sections, namely, Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension (VARC), Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning (DILR) and Quantitative Ability. (QA).  The Candidate will get 40 minutes per section with a total duration of 120 minutes. Each correct answer will carry 3 marks and each wrong answer will fetch a negative 1 mark.

Step 3: Only those candidates who meet all the following criteria will comprise the pool of candidates to be considered for shortlisting for Personal Interview (PI):

• Meet the minimum eligibility criteria for the IBM program
• Have submitted an application complete in all respects including the applicable application fee.
• Have appeared for the IET 2024 conducted by IIM Amritsar
• Have obtained a positive (non-zero) score in each of the components of IET 2024

Candidates will be shortlisted for Personal Interview (PI) from the eligible pool on the basis of the pre-PI score calculated as given in Table 1. The minimum PI score cut off based on the categories of applicants (General, EWS, NC-OBC, SC, ST and PwD) will be decided by the Admissions Committee.

Table-1: Pre-PI Score 

Only shortlisted candidates will be notified.

Step 4: Shortlisted candidates based on Pre-PI Score shall appear for the Personal Interview. IIM Amritsar also expects a consistent and minimum performance in the different parameters of Personal Interview, including academic profile, communication skills, general awareness, and extra-curricular activities. A post-PI score will be calculated as per Table 2

Table-2: Post PI Score

Step 5: A final composite score will be calculated as: 0.6 pre-PI + 0.4 post-PI. Category wise merit list will be generated based on Composite Score (CS) and provisional admission offers will be made accordingly adhering to the Government of India reservation norms as applicable to IIM Amritsar.

No intimation will be sent to candidates who are not selected for final offer.

As per Government of India requirement as mentioned in the IIM Act 2017 will be applicable.

^[1]Version dated May 06 2024. This document is copyrighted to Indian Institute of Management Amritsar. It may not be reproduced without permission. All information in this document is valid for admission cycle of the IBM Program of 2022-2027 batch. No inference can be made from this document about the admissions process that may be followed in future admission cycles. IIM Amritsar reserves the right to change, modify or adopt any new admission process that it deems necessary at any point, subject to the approval of the IIM Amritsar Admissions Committee. Any dispute on Admissions for the IBM Program of 2022-2027 batch is restricted to the jurisdiction of competent courts within the territorial jurisdiction of the city of Amritsar in the State of Punjab.