IIM Sirmaur: Programs, Admission Process, Cutoffs, Fees and Placements

The Indian Institute of Management, Sirmaur was established in 2015 in Sirmaur, Himachal Pradesh by the Government of India. It is one of the younger IIMs in the country. Currently, it is functioning from its temporary campus at Paonta Sahib, District Sirmaur, Himachal Pradesh. The proposed 210 acres of the state-of-the-art campus of IIM Sirmaur is under construction at Dhaula Kuan, District Sirmaur, Himachal Pradesh.

The institute aims to impart top-notch education, training and research in management discipline in an adapting environment, fostering attention on inventive measures to nourish sensible managers and business tycoons of tomorrow. IIM Sirmaur follows the same pattern and curriculum for its flagship PGDM as that of other IIMs to suit the generalized approach of business education in the IIM fraternity.

IIM Sirmaur Programs Offered

Here is a list of the programs offered at IIM Sirmaur-

• Master of Business Administration (MBA)- 2 years course
• MBA (Tourism & Hospitality Management)- 2 years course
• Ex-MBA in Digital Transformation and Analytics– 2 years non-residential weekend course for working professionals
• PhD (FPM)

IIM Sirmaur Admission Process

Much like all the IIMs, IIM Sirmaur also requires aspirants to give CAT and clear the required cutoff to make it to further rounds of admission. For candidates who clear the CAT scores, there are two methods of getting admission into the institute which are as follows-

CAP Round

This is a Common Admission Process (CAP) round which is held jointly by 9 IIMs. An aspirant seeking admission to any of these 9 IIMs will have to undergo the common Personal Interview held in the CAP Round and the score from the PI will be used by all these IIMs in the merit lists.

Supernumerary Admission Process for Girls (SAP)

For female candidates, who do not meet the minimum requirements for the CAP round can take part in the SAP round conducted by IIM Sirmaur.

IIM Sirmaur Admissions: CAP Round

IIM Sirmaur CAP: CAT Cutoff Percentile

Here are the CAT cutoff percentiles of the previous year for CAT aspirants to understand the minimum requirement if IIM Sirmaur to get a call for further admission rounds.

IIM Sirmaur CAP: Merit List Criteria

After the aspirants have undergone all the admission rounds, a merit list is created based on a score calculated from all the rounds including CAT, personal interview and profile of the candidate. Given below is a breakup of the scores for creating the final merit list-:

• Scaled CAT Score: 35 Marks
• Personal Interview (PI): 30 Marks
• Profile: 35 Marks

IIM Sirmaur CAP: Profile Weightage

The profile of a candidate influences the score needed for the final merit list. The breakdown of marks for the profile is as follows:-

• Class 12 marks: 5 marks
• Work experience: 15 marks
• Academic Diversity factor: 5 marks
• Gender Diversity factor: 10 marks

IIM Sirmaur CAP: Academic Profile

The academic profile of a candidate, a part of the profile, contains the maximum marks of 5 for students scoring above 95% in their class 12. Here is a breakdown of the marks allotted for the academic profile based on the class 12 scores-

IIM Sirmaur CAP: Work Experience

Though work experience is not mandatory to pursue an MBA, candidates with work experience are at an advantage as it is a part of the profile score with the highest score of 15. Here is a list of the scoring based on work experience-

IIM Sirmaur CAP: Diversity

In an attempt to encourage diversity among the students, IIM Sirmaur offers weightage to two diversity aspects, which are, gender and academic discipline. Given below is the breakup in these two sections-

Gender Based: 

Academic Discipline

IIM Sirmaur Admissions: SAP Round

IIM Sirmaur SAP: CAT Cutoff Percentile

Female candidates who do not clear the CAP cutoff requirements can apply through SAP, which also requires the candidate to meet the CAT cutoff percentile.

IIM Sirmaur SAP: Merit List Criteria

Following the similar pattern of the CAP round, the merit list for SAP is also formed based on the CAT score, PI score and profile score. The final merit list is based on the total score that is obtained after adding the following:

• Scaled CAT Score: 35 Marks
• Personal Interview (PI): 35 Marks
• Profile: 30 Mark

IIM Sirmaur SAP: Profile Weightage

The breakdown of marks for the profile of a candidate applying through SAP is as follows:-

• Class 12 marks – 8 marks
• Work experience – 15 marks
• Academic Diversity factor – 7 marks

IIM Sirmaur SAP: Academic Profile

The academic profile for IIM Sirmaur focusses on 12th-grade scores only. Here is a breakdown of the marks awarded for the academic profile to aspirants based on the class 12th marks-

IIM Sirmaur SAP: Work Experience

Candidates having work experience can hope to gain an advantage due to the allotment of marks to this criterion in the profile. Here is the given score based on the experience of the candidate-

IIM Sirmaur SAP: Diversity

As the SAP round is only for girls, the diversity score is limited to the academic discipline which is divided into two sections.

Academic Discipline

IIM Sirmaur Fee Structure

Given below is the tuition fee for MBA at IIM Sirmaur as per the official website. Along with the fees, the student is required to pay Rs.1,00,000/- in each term (up to the fourth term) for the International Immersion Programme. In the event that the Immersion programme is not conducted, the cost fee charged for the immersion programme activity shall be adjusted against the term fee.

IIM Sirmaur Clubs and Committees

IIM Sirmaur has a plethora of clubs and committees to nurture creativity and help students develop skills. Some of these clubs are as mentioned below-

• AREA 51 – The Trading & Investment Club
• FinServe – The Finance Club
• Horizon (HR Club)
• Markaizen (Marketing Club)
• RangManch (Art Club)
• Vibgyor (Photography Club)
• E-Cell (Entrepreneur)
• Sports Committee
• Mess Committee
• Sankalp – CSR Committee
• The Media Cell

IIM Sirmaur MBA 2020-22

The profile of the graduating year will offer a brief understanding of the diversity among the students and the placements a student graduating from IIM Sirmaur can expect.

IIM Sirmaur MBA 2020-22: Batch Profile

Here is a breakdown of the male to female ratio of the 2020-22 batch at IIM Sirmaur.

Batch Size: 186

Average work experience: 26 Months

IIM Sirmaur MBA 2020-22: Educational Background

Students coming to IIM are from various academic backgrounds. However, engineering students hold a majority of the seats in the institute. Here is a view of the academic diversity at IIM Sirmaur-

IIM Sirmaur MBA 2020-22: Work Experience

More than 50% of students of the 2020-22 batch were freshers who pursued their MBA straight after completing their undergraduate degree.

IIM Sirmaur MBA 2020-22: Placement Statistics

About 140 companies participated in the campus placements in IIM Sirmaur out of which over 90 were new recruiters. The highest CTC for the placement package was over 26 LPA and more than 183 offers were made during the placements along with 2 PPOs.

IIM Sirmaur MBA 2020-22: CTC Breakup

To get a better understanding of the section and department-based placement packages students received given below is the CTC breakup-

Section-wise Breakup

Function-wise Breakup

IIM Sirmaur MBA 2020-22: Recruiters

While there were over 140 companies that arrived at the institute for placements, here are the some prominent recruiters from the list-

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