Engineers Corner 95% of Seats at Indian Institute of Management – Ahmedabad
India’s premier management institute, IIM Ahmedabad, has seen the dominance of engineering students increasing from 91% to 95% this year in its flagship post-graduate management programme. IIMs have been trying hard to achieve a good mix of students from various streams but to no avail.
Only one student from the arts background has made it to IIM-A. Nine students are from the commerce background. 61% of the total batch have prior work experience
The number of girl students fell from 19% to 11% this year.
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The admission committee did not have much of a choice, given that only engineers scored well in the first round of selection based on the Common Admission Test and educational background. There was only a limited pool of candidates from arts and commerce backgrounds making it to the first round. Though IIM-A tried to include several combinations during the interview, engineers scored high.
Source: Management and Engineering Jobs (http://www.resumes-india.com)
