Current Male Female Ratios at IIMs
| IIM Cal | 26% |
| IIM Bang | 28% |
| IIM Indore | 39% |
| International | 40% |
| IIM Target | 30% |
| CAT Girls Takers | 35.00% |
Round 1 CAT Cutoffs
Round 2 Getting the Calls
| Main IIMs | CAT | 10th | 12th | Grad | WorkEx | AcadDiv | Gender |
| IIM Ahmedabad | 65% | 10% | 10% | 10% | 5% | Toppers | – |
| IIM Bengaluru | 40% | 20% | 10% | 20% | 8% | – | 2% |
| IIM Calcutta | 56% | 10% | 15% | 15% | – | – | 4% |
| IIM Indore | 20% | 34% | 40% | – | – | 6% | – |
| IIM Kozhikode | 45% | 30% | 15% | – | – | 10% | – |
| IIM Lucknow | 60% | 10% | 10% | 10% | 5% | 5% |
| New IIMs | CAT | 10th | WorkEx | AcadDiv |
| IIM Vizag | 40% | 42% | 8% | 10% |
| IIM Nagpur | 30% | 35% | 20% | 15% |
| IIM Amritsar | 45% | 40% | 5% | 10% |
Round 3 Converting the Calls
| Main IIM | CAT | Acads | Work Exp | Diversity | AWT/WAT | PI |
| IIM Ahmedabad | 25% | 15% | 10% | 50% | ||
| IIM Bengaluru | 25% | 35% | 10% | 10% | 30% | |
| IIM Calcutta | 30% | 8% | 4% | 10% | 48% | |
| IIM Indore | 20% | 20% | 20% | 40% | ||
| IIM Kozhikode | 35% | Essay 20% | Resume 10% | 35% | ||
| IIM Lucknow | 30% | 10% | 5% | 5% | 10% | 40% |
| New IIMs | CAT | Acads | WorkEx | AcadDiv | Gender | AWT/WAT | PI |
| IIM Vizag | 25% | 20% | 5% | 20% | 5% | 25% | |
| IIM Nagpur | 15% | 15% | 20% | 10% | 40% | ||
| IIM Jammu | 40% | 15% | 5% | 5% | 5% | 10% | 20% |
| IIM Sirmaur | 30% | 15% | 15% | 5% | 5% | 15% | 15% |
| IIM Amritsar | 35% | 0% | 5% | 10% | 15% | 35% | |
| IIM Bodh Gaya | 40% | 12% | 6% | 4% | 8% | 10% | 20% |
| IIM Sambalpur | 35% | 10% | 15% | 5% | 15% | 5% | 15% |
Gender-diversity drive at the country’s premier business schools has lost a little steam this year, as top Indian Institutes of Management have missed their shortterm target on female students.
Women constitute 26% of the class of 2018-20 at IIMs Ahmedabad, Kozhikode and Calcutta, compared with 30% in the previous batch. At IIM-Bangalore, their share has remained unchanged at about 28% for three years now. The only outlier among top IIMs is Indore, where women comprise 39% of the new batch, but that too is down from last year’s 41%.
A reason for this skewed ratio is the composition of engineering students, who form a majority of those taking the common admission test (CAT) and clearing it, said experts. Engineering colleges are worse off when it comes to gender diversity and that percolates into IIMs and further. “From classroom to boardroom, the ratio of women plummets. Institutes outside India have much better gender ratio,” said SV Nathan, chief talent officer at Deloitte India. “As a recruiter, we would like to have mor ..
Most IIMs have set themselves a short-term target of inducting at least 30% women. “Once we achieve the 30%-woman ratio consistently for a few years, we would be revising the target upwards,” said Sumanta Basu, chairperson of admissions at IIM-Calcutta.
In 2013, IIM-Kozhikode made history, with women filling up half the seats, in part due to it giving higher weight for female candidates during the selection process. But the institute couldn’t sustain it, with the share shrinking to 30% in the 2017-19 batch and 26% this time. The situation may change for the good in coming years, thanks to government efforts.
IIMs are directly impacted by the intake of women at engineering colleges, primarily Indian Institutes of Technology. The Ministry of Human Resource Development earlier this year directed all 23 IITs to ensure that at least 14% of their seats went to female candidates in the 2018 batch. Most IITs have been able to meet that target this year. This may help increase the number of women taking the entrance test and getting admission. This year, only 34.3% of those who took CAT were women, said Rish ..
