Introduction
IIM Sambalpur was established in the year 2015 by the Government of India. It comes under the classification of new generation IIMs and is on the growth stage to become one of the most promising institutes in the country in the field of management. In this article, we shall see in-depth about the courses offered and the placements in this institute.
List of Contents
- Location
- Ranking
- Courses Offered
- Admission Procedure
- Fee Structure
- Campus
- Placement Statistics
- Useful Links
Location
Sambalpur is located in the state of Odisha and has quite good connectivity by air, railways, and road network from all parts of the country.
The campus is situated at a distance of 27 kms from the nearest airport (Sambalpur Airport) and the travel time is approximately 45 minutes to reach the campus.
The closest railway station to the campus is the Sambalpur Junction Railway station which is at a distance of 13 kms from campus and takes about 25 minutes to reach the campus.
Google map link to reach the campus: https://goo.gl/maps/d8d5X3XGo4CnqpTq7
Courses Offered:
The following are the various degree-granting courses offered in IIM Sambalpur for a wide variety of aspirants ranging from freshers to executives. These programs are tabulated as under:
| S.No. | Program | Duration | Eligibility |
| 1 | Master of Business Administration (MBA) | Two Years full time | Bachelor’s Degree |
| 2 | Executive MBA | Two Years weekend program | Candidate should hold a Bachelor’s Degree or an equivalent qualification in any discipline with a minimum of 50% marks or equivalent percentage. (AND) A minimum 3 years of Post Qualification managerial / entrepreneurial / professional experience |
| 3 | Ph.D. Programme | Four years fulltime | 1. Master’s Degree (i.e., Bachelor’s Degree obtained in 10+2+3 pattern, followed by a Master’s Degree) or Post Graduate Diploma (2 years) in any discipline or Integrated (Dual) Degree, with at least 60% marks or equivalent grade point average in the Bachelor’s as well as 60% in the Master’s Degree. (OR) 2. A professional qualification like CA, ICWA, CS with B. Com Degree, with at least 60% marks or equivalent grade point average in the Professional degree as well as in the B. Com Degree. (OR) 3. A 4-year/8-semester Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (B.E/B.Tech/B.Sc Engineering/B. Arch) with at least 6.5 cumulative grade point average (CGPA) or equivalent percent marks. (OR) 4. Five-year Integrated Master’s degree programme in any discipline; with atleast 60% aggregate marks, (OR) Five-year / four-year Integrated Master’s Degree Programme in any discipline, with at least 60% marks or equivalent. (OR) A professional qualification like CA / ICWA / CS (with atleast 50 percent aggregate marks) along with Bachelor’s degree (with atleast 60 percent marks). (OR) A 4-year / 8-semester Bachelor’s degree with at least 8 CGPA. |
| 4 | Executive Ph.D. | Four years part-time program | 1. Master’s Degree (i.e., Bachelor’s Degree obtained in 10+2+3 pattern, followed by a Master’s Degree) or Post Graduate Diploma (2 years) in any discipline or Integrated (Dual) Degree with at least 55% marks or equivalent grade point average in the Bachelor’s as well as 60% in the Master’s Degree. (OR) 2. A professional qualification like CA, ICWA, CS with B. Com Degree, with at least 55% marks or equivalent grade point average in the professional degree as well as in the B. Com Degree. (OR) 3. A 4-year/8-semester Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (B.E/B.Tech/B.Sc. Engineering/B. Arch) with at least 6.5 cumulative grade point average (CGPA) or equivalent percent marks. (AND) Minimum 5 years of full time managerial/executive/professional work experience. |
Apart from the above four programs, the institute also offers a Management Development Programme (MDP), which is a customizable management program suiting different company-specific needs.
Ranking
IIM Sambalpur has obtained the 61st rank among all the B-schools in the NIRF Rankings 2021. The following are the other rankings obtained by the institute.
| Body | Ranking | Year |
| MBAUniverse.com | 27th rank | 2020 |
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.
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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.
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Selection Criteria for PGP admissions – Indian Institute of Management, Sambalpur
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.
The Personal Interview process will be conducted via the CAP process and shall be common for those IIMs which participate in the CAP process (including IIM Sambalpur). IIM Tiruchirappalli is the coordinator for CAP 2022 process.
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 | 92 |
| Non-Creamy OBC | 45 | 45 | 45 | 74 |
| EWS | 40 | 40 | 40 | 70 |
| SC | 35 | 35 | 35 | 54 |
| ST | 25 | 25 | 32.5 | 40 |
| DAP | 25 | 25 | 32.5 | 40 |
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
- Personal Interview (PI)
- Profile
These components have the following weightage in the final selection procedure:
| Component | Weightage |
| CAT Score | 30% |
| Personal Interview | 20% |
| 10th marks | 2% |
| 12th marks | 5% |
| UG Marks | 8% |
| Work experience | 15% |
| Diversity | 20% |
| Total | 100 |
Fee Structure
The total fee for the flagship MBA program is INR 13,03,000 for the 2021-23 batch. The detailed fee structure is tabulated as follows:
| S.No. | Type of Fee | Term 1 | Term 2 | Term 3 | Term 4 | Term 5 | Term 6 |
| 1 | Tuition Fee | 1,75,000 | 1,75,000 | 1,75,000 | 1,75,000 | 1,75,000 | 1,75,000 |
| 2 | Hostel Deposit | 20,000 | 20,000 | 25,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | 25,000 |
| 3 | Caution Deposit (One time refundable) | 15,000 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 4 | Mess Deposit | 18,000 | 18,000 | 18,000 | 18,000 | 18,000 | 18,000 |
| Term wise total | 2,28,000 | 2,13,000 | 2,18,000 | 2,13,000 | 2,13,000 | 2,18,000 | |
| Total | 13,03,000 |
Campus
IIM Sambalpur is yet to have a permanent campus of its own. The proposed permanent campus is being developed across an area of 200 acres at Basantapur village near Goshala near Sambalpur City.
The institute currently has 4 classrooms, equipped with Wi-Fi and projector facilities for enabling learning to the students. To cater to the housing needs of the students, three hostel budlings are present, and the rooms are allotted to the students on a twin-sharing basis. All the hostels have a separate common room with a TV and table tennis facilities are also installed for the students.
Placement Statistics
IIM Sambalpur has achieved 100% placements for the 2020-22 batch. The following are statistics for the 2022-22 batch on various fronts:
| No of students | 156 |
| Highest international CTC | INR 41,00,000 |
| Highest domestic CTC | INR 30,00,000 |
| Average CTC | INR 12,64,000 |
| Median CTC | INR 11,42,000 |
Domain wise offer break up:
| Domain | % of students placed |
| Consulting | 16% |
| Finance | 3.2% |
| General Management | 17.3% |
| Marketing / Sales | 13.5% |
| Operations / Supply Chain | 3.2% |
| Systems / IT | 46.8% |
Sector wise offer break up:
| Sector | % of students placed |
| BFSI / NBFC | 18.6% |
| Consulting | 10.9% |
| FMCG / FMCD | 1.9% |
| Engineering / Manufacturing | 12.8% |
| IT/ Analytics | 46.2% |
| Others | 9.6% |
Some of the key recruiters for this year’s batch are:
| Accenture | Amazon |
| Berger Paints | BYJU’s |
| Capgemini | Cognizant |
| Deloitte | DHL |
| Gartner | Hashedin |
| HCL | HDFC Bank |
| ICICI Bank | ICICI Prudential |
| Infosys | L&T |
| Reliance Retail | Sutherland |
| Tata Steel | Tata Advanced Systems |
| Tech Mahindra | Tres Vista |
| Vedanta | ZS Associates |
Useful links
| Official website | https://iimsambalpur.ac.in/en |
| Courses | https://iimsambalpur.ac.in/en/programmes/Master-of-Business-Administration |
| Placements | https://iimsambalpur.ac.in/en/placement |
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