Introduction
IIM Bodhgaya is one of the new IIMs established in the country by the Government of India. It has established in the year 2015 and within a short span of time has shown an incredible amount of progress in terms of education quality and placements. We will now look into the various sections covering all the aspects of this college in this article.
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List of Contents
- Location
- Ranking
- Courses Offered
- Admission Procedure
- Fee Structure
- Campus
- Placement Statistics
- Useful Links
Location
Bodh Gaya is a popular religious place situated in Bihar and is accessible by multiple modes of transport. Thus, connectivity, will not be an issue, as people can reach the state by air, train, and road transport as well.
The campus is situated at a distance of just 10 kms from the nearest airport (Gaya International Airport) and the travel time is approximately 20 minutes to reach the campus.
The closest railway station to the campus is the Gaya Junction Railway station which is at a distance of 17 kms from campus and takes about 45 minutes to reach the campus.
Google map link to reach the campus: https://g.page/iim-b-g?share
Ranking
IIM Bodh Gaya has been ranked 24th among all the B-schools in India based on the rankings released by the survey of THE WEEK-HANSA ranking in the year 2020.
Courses Offered:
The following are the various degree-granting courses offered in IIM Bodh Gaya for a wide variety of aspirants ranging from freshers to executives. These programs are tabulated as under:
S.No. | Program | Duration | Eligibility |
1 | Post Graduate Programme (PGP) in Management | Two Years full time | Bachelor’s Degree |
2 | Integrated Programme in Management (IPM) | Five years fulltime | Class XII / Higher secondary pass out from any school across India with 60% marks |
3 | Ph.D. Program in Management | Five years residential program | Master’s degree in any discipline (OR) Professional qualifications like CA, ICWA, CS (OR) Five-year Integrated Master’s degree program in any discipline (OR) Four Year/Eight Semester Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering |
Admission Procedure
The admission process for the PGP program is similar to all other IIMs, and the students need to take a CAT exam and also should have either completed their Bachelor’s degree or be in their final year of their Bachelor’s degree while writing the CAT Exam.
Refer here for PGP admission procedures.
After taking the CAT exam, aspirants will have to appear for an interview based on shortlisting from various criteria like the performance in the 10th, and 12th exams, UG score, and gender diversity factor as well. The weightage for each of these factors varies every year depending upon the candidate pool available to the college.
For admission to the IPM program refer here.
For admission to the Ph.D. program refer here.
Selection Criteria for PGP admissions – Indian Institute of Management, Bodh Gaya
There are two stages of selection:
- Shortlisting candidates based on their CAT Scores, 10th, and 12th board marks for PI.
- Final Selection on the basis of PI.
The first basis of shortlisting candidates is through their CAT Score, 10th and 12th board marks. Along with the overall CAT Score, section-wise scores are also considered while shortlisting candidates.
Minimum CAT Score Requirement (CAT 2021) to be considered eligible for PI stage (In percentile):
Category | Section 1 – VARC | Section 2 – DILR | Section 3 – QA | Aggregate |
Open/General | 70 | 70 | 70 | 93 |
Non-Creamy OBC | 50 | 50 | 50 | 74 |
EWS | 50 | 50 | 50 | 74 |
SC | 35 | 35 | 35 | 54 |
ST | 27 | 27 | 27 | 40 |
PWD | 27 | 27 | 27 | 40 |
The first list of shortlisted candidates for the interview stage is prepared based on discussions by 9 IIMs together and they conduct a process called as CAP (Common Admission Process) for PI. In addition to CAP, IIM Bodh Gaya might conduct a Supplementary Admission Process (SAP) if required, and then the final merit list will be prepared.
Final Selection Criteria
For the final selection, the shortlisted candidates are required to take an interview through CAP, and during the interview, the candidate’s academic performance, knowledge of concepts in the bachelor’s degree, and prior work experience (if applicable) will be judged.
The final selection will be made on the following basis:
- CAT Score – 50%
- Personal Interview (PI) – 20%
- Profile – 30%
These components have the following weightage in the final selection procedure:
Component | Weightage |
Overall CAT Score | 45% |
VARC Section score | 5% |
Personal Interview | 20% |
Academic Profile | 12% |
Work experience | 16% |
Diversity | 2% |
Total | 100 |
Fee Structure
The fee structure for the flagship MBA program is INR 21,06,800 for the year 2022-24.
The breakup of the fees is shown below (all figures in INR):
S.No. | Type of Fee | Term 1 | Term 2 | Term 3 | Term 4 | Term 5 | Term 6 |
1 | Tuition Fee | 1,26,000 | 1,26,000 | 1,26,000 | 1,26,000 | 1,26,000 | 1,26,000 |
2 | Hostel Rent | 9,000 | 9,000 | 9,000 | 9,000 | 9,000 | 9,000 |
3 | Academic Charges | 63,000 | 63,000 | 63,000 | 63,000 | 63,000 | 63,000 |
4 | Admission/ Annual Registration Fee | 19,500 | – | – | 4,500 | – | – |
5 | Student Activity Fee | – | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | – |
6 | CD Fee | 8,000 | 8,000 | 8,000 | 8,000 | 8,000 | 8,000 |
7 | Alumni Activity Fee (One-time fee) | – | – | – | – | – | 5,000 |
8 | Convocation Fee (One-time fee) | – | – | – | – | – | 10,000 |
Term wise total | 2,25,000 | 2,11,500 | 2,11,500 | 2,16,000 | 2,11,500 | 2,21,500 | |
Year-wise total | 6,47,500 | 6,47,500 |
Scholarships
In order to support meritorious students, IIM Bodh Gaya offers many scholarships for its students. Some of these scholarships are mentioned below with corresponding links:
1. Central Sector Scholarship Scheme of Top Class Education for Scheduled Castes Students –
This scholarship is given to students of scheduled caste by the Ministry of social justice and empowerment.
For details visit: http://socialjustice.nic.in/scdtopsch.php
2. Central Sector Scholarship Scheme of Top Class Education for Scheduled Tribes Students –
This scholarship is given to students of the scheduled tribe by the Ministry of Tribal Affairs.
For details visit: https://tribal.nic.in/Content/TopClassEducationforSTStudents.aspx
3. Merit-cum means based scholarship scheme belonging to the minority communities – Ministry of Minority Affairs
For details visit: http://www.minorityaffairs.gov.in/SCHEMES/PERFORMANCE/Scholarship-Schemes/merit-cum-means-scholarship-scheme
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4. Scheme of Scholarship for Top Class Education for Students with Disabilities
For details visit: http://disabilityaffairs.gov.in/content/
Campus
IIM Bodh Gaya currently has a temporary campus, and hostel is built for accommodating the students. However, the hostel has many facilities like sports stadiums, and gyms to improve the physical health of the students.
The new campus is expected to open within a span of one year and is proposed to have state-of-the-art classrooms and hostel facilities within the same premises.
Placement Statistics
IIM Bodh Gaya has achieved 100% placements for the 2020-22 batch. The following are statistics for the 2020-2022 batch on various fronts:
No of students | 184 |
No of offers | 200+ |
Highest domestic salary | INR 30,50,000 |
Average CTC | INR 12,36,000 |
Median CTC | INR 12,00,000 |
Increase in highest CTC from last year | 73% |
Increase in average CTC from last year | 24% |
Increase in median CTC from last year | 33% |
Role wise offer Break up:
Role of offer | Number of candidates in terms of Percentage |
IT Consulting | 34.2 % |
Sales & marketing | 32.1.2 % |
Operations | 26 % |
General Management | 11.2 % |
Finance | 9.7 % |
Human Resource | 3.6 % |
Package wise offers:
Range of Package | Number of candidates offered with package |
Offers over & above 20 LPA | 14 |
Offers in range 15 to 19.90 LPA | 23 |
Offers in range 12 to 14.90 LPA | 52 |
Offers over & above 12 LPA | 89 |
Some of the key recruiters for this year’s batch are:
Amazon | Accenture, |
BNY Mellon | HDFC Bank |
McKinsey & Company | ICICI Securities |
Morgan Stanley | Mahindra Bank |
Deloitte | HSBC & Many others |
Useful links
Official website | https://iimbg.ac.in/ |
Courses | https://iimbg.ac.in/programs/mba/ |
Placements | https://iimbg.ac.in/placement-process/ |