IIM Raipur MBA Admission 2025: Last Date to Apply is January 14; Check Fees, Placements, Eligibility

Table of Contents

1. IIM Raipur: Key Highlights & USPs
2. IIM Raipur MBA Placements: Key Highlights
3. IIM Raipur MBA Admission 2025: Important Dates 
4. IIM Raipur MBA Admission Process for Batch 2025-27
5. IIM Raipur MBA Admission Eligibility for Batch 2025-27
6. IIM Raipur MBA Admission Criteria for GDPI Shortlisting  
7. IIM Raipur MBA Admission 2025: Final Section Weightages 
8. IIM Raipur MBA Admission 2025: Personal Interview Locations 

1. IIM Raipur: Key Highlights & USPs
Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Raipur is the second-generation IIM which was set up in 2010. The MBA Program at IIM Raipur is a two-year, full-time, post-graduate residential degree course for graduates from all disciplines. The Key highlights and USPs of IIM Raipur are as follows:

IIM Raipur Ranking & Accreditation
IIM Raipur NIRF Ranking 2024 is # 14. Last year, IIM Raipur was ranked #11 in NIRF Rankings 2023. Check table below. 

B-school	NIRF Ranking 2024	Ranking Gain/Loss from last year	NIRF Ranking 2023	NIRF Ranking 2022
Indian Institute of Management Raipur	14	-3	11	14

IIM Raipur MBAUniverse.com Ranking 2025 is # 23. Last year, IIM Raipur was ranked #22 in MBAUniverse.com Rankings2024. 

IIM Raipur MBA Fees
Total Fees (excluding caution deposit, boarding charges and medical insurance charges) is Rs 20,00,000. Last year IIM Raipur fees was Rs 18,00,000. 

IIM Raipur MBA Seats
IIM Raipur seats in PGP program have increased to 331 students for the 2024-26 batch. The seats are expected to increase further for 2024-26 batch.

Experienced Class Faculty
IIM Raipur has well experienced faculty members and industry experts. IIM Raipur is led by its Director, Prof Ram Kumar Kakani. He took over the charge on March 8, 2022, and succeeds Dr Bharat Bhaskar who served as Director of IIM Raipur since 2017. Prior to joining IIM Raipur as Director, Dr. Ram was a Professor in Finance, Accounting & Control, and Head Center for Governance at Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode (IIM-K). Before that, Dr Kakani had served as faculty at XLRI Jamshedpur multiple times. He had also served as faculty at Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (LBSNAA), Mussoorie, training the IAS officers from 2012 to 2015.

State-of-the-Art Campus
IIM Raipur has a state-of-the-art campus with advanced facilities and resources.

Global Exposure
IIM Raipur offers opportunities for international exchange and collaborations broaden students’ perspectives and enhance their global business acumen.

2. IIM Raipur MBA Placements: Key Highlights
IIM Raipur's MBA batch of 2022-2024 saw participation from 116 companies, including 38 new recruiters. The highest domestic CTC offered was Rs 42.29 lakhs per annum. The placement season saw 33% students securing roles in sales and marketing, 29% in operations and IT, and the remaining spread across analytics, consulting, general, and financial management. Check key highlights from IIM Raipur 
MBA Placements 2024. 

• A total of 49 Pre-Placement Offers (PPOs) were extended to students. 
• The highest domestic CTC was of ₹42.29 lakhs per annum
•  Average salary in IIM Raipur Placement 2024 was Rs 18.15 lakhs per annum (LPA). 
• Last year, the average salary in IIM Raipur Placement 2023 was Rs. 21.04 LPA.
• Top Recruiters include Deloitte, PwC, Bank of America, Capgemini, Reliance Retail, Aditya Birla Capital, Grant Thornton, and Amazon.

With this background, lets understand IIM Raipur MBA Admission 2025 process. 

3. IIM Raipur MBA Admission 2025: Important Dates 

• Application Opens: 2 January 2025
• Deadline for Application Submission: 14 January 2025 (11:59:59 PM)
• Intimation for GD and Personal Interview: 30 January 2025 (Tentative)
• Final Admissions Results: to be updated soon

4. IIM Raipur MBA Admission Process for Batch 2025-27

Candidates interested in applying for the 2025-27 MBA program at IIM Raipur should follow the steps outlined in the section below. IIM Raipur adopts the following three-step selection process: 

Step 1: Online Registration of Candidates after CAT 2024 Results
All candidates who have opted for IIM Raipur as one of the institutes in the CAT 2024 application form and fulfill the minimum academic and CAT 2024-related eligibility criteria of IIM Raipur will receive an email invitation to apply from the Admission Office of IIM Raipur to register online. 

Step 2: Group Discussion (GD) and Personal Interview (PI)
Candidates who complete the online registration process will be considered for the STEP 2 of the admission process. Based on an Aggregate Index Score (AIS), candidates will be selected from this pool to appear in the Group Discussion (GD) and Personal Interview (PI). The selected candidates will receive a separate notification for appearing in the GD and PI processes.

Step 3: Final Selection 
IIM Raipur will invite candidates shortlisted to appear in the GD and PI to be conducted in eight cities. The final score for preparing the merit list will have the many components including CAT Score (50% weightage) and Personal Interview Score (25%).  

5. IIM Raipur MBA Admission Eligibility for Batch 2025-27
IIM Raipur MBA Admission Eligibility is divided into academic eligibility and CAT exam related eligibility, as below:

A. Minimum Academic Eligibility (MAC) 

1. Candidates with a Graduation Degree must secure a minimum of 60% aggregate marks in their Graduation belonging to the General (GEN), Economically Weaker Section (EWS), and Non-Creamy Other Backward Classes (NC-OBC) categories. The minimum aggregate marks in Graduation will be 50% for Scheduled Castes (SC) and 45% for Scheduled Tribes (ST) and Persons with Disabilities (PWD) categories. Please refer to Table 1 for details.

2. Candidates not having a Graduation Degree but having completed CA/CMA(ICWA)/CS must secure a minimum of 50% aggregate marks in CA/CMA(ICWA)/CS.

B. CAT 2024-related minimum eligibility
Candidates must obtain a positive (greater than zero) scaled score in all sections of CAT 2024 – ‘Quantitative Aptitude’ (QA), ‘Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning’ (DILR) and ‘Verbal and Reading Comprehension’ (VRC). Please refer to Table 1 for the complete set of criteria.

Table 2. IIM Raipur MBA Admission Cut Off - Minimum eligibility 

Category*	SSC/ Class X (%)**	HSC/ Class XII (%)**	Graduation (%)***	VRC Scaled Percentile	DILR Scaled Percentile	QA Scaled Percentile	Total Percentile
EWS	60	60	60	65	65	65	80
EWS-PWD	45	45	45	30	30	30	45
GEN	60	60	60	75	75	75	90
GEN-PWD	45	45	45	30	30	30	45
NC-OBC	55	55	60	65	65	65	80
NC-OBC- PWD	45	45	45	30	30	30	45
SC	55	55	50	60	60	60	65
SC- PWD	45	45	45	30	30	30	45
ST	55	55	45	55	55	55	55
ST- PWD	45	45	45	30	30	30	45

Candidates may please note that the actual section-wise and the overall CAT-2024 percentile cut-offs may be much higher than the above-mentioned minimum percentiles as it will depend upon the number of candidates to be called for the GD and PI in each category. IIM Raipur reserves the right to verify the eligibility of applicants at any stage of the selection process.

6. IIM Raipur MBA Admission Criteria for GDPI Shortlisting  
IIM Raipur will prepare a shortlist of candidates in each category based on an Aggregate Index Score (AIS) for participating in the PI and GD. The AIS is computed based on the performance in CAT 2024, Class X, Class XII, Gender, and Academic diversity criteria. The weight of each component is as in Table 2.

Table 3. Aggregate Index Score (AIS) components and weights

Sl. No.	Component	Weight
1	CAT 2024 Index Score	50%
2	SSC/Class X Percentage Score	20%
3	HSC/Class XII Percentage Score	20%
4	Gender Diversity Score (female/ transgender candidates)*	7%
5	Academic Diversity Score *, #	3%

Gender Diversity Score: Only female and transgender candidates are eligible for a gender diversity score of 7 (seven).

7.IIM Raipur MBA Admission 2025: Final Section Weightages 
IIM Raipur will invite candidates shortlisted in STEP 2 to appear in the GD and PI to be conducted in the following eight cities: New Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Lucknow, Guwahati, and Raipur. The final score for preparing the merit list will have the components mentioned in Table 5.

Table 4. Final score calculation

SL. NO.	COMPONENT	WEIGHT
1	CAT 2024 Index Score	50%
2	PI Score	25%
3	Work Experience Score	15%
4	GD Score	5%
5	Profile Score	5%

IIM Raipur MBA Offer Acceptance and Withdrawal Policy
IIM Raipur will issue final admission letter to selected candidates who must pay the offer acceptance fee of ₹ 1,00,000 (One lakh) before the due date and time stated in the admission offer letter.
A candidate withdrawing from the program will receive a fee refund if the withdrawal is made before the date and time specified in the MBA 2025-27 withdrawal procedure. A candidate who wishes to withdraw from the program before the withdrawal date specified by IIM Raipur, he/she will be refunded the entire fee paid by the candidate after deduction of ₹1000 as a processing fee. 

8. IIM Raipur MBA Admission 2025: Personal Interview Locations 
As part of MBA Admission process, IIM Raipur will conduct personal interviews for the 2025-27 MBA batch in the following cities:

• Mumbai
• Kolkata
• Hyderabad
• Lucknow
• Bangalore
• Delhi
• Guwahati
• Raipur

In summary, IIM Raipur has announced that MBA Admissions 2025 will be conducted directly by the institute and not through IIM CAP round. IIM Raipur MBA Admission Last Date is January 14, 2025. Check IIM Raipur MBA Eligibility, Fees, Placements and more in this article. 

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