Less than 1 percent of students who applied for the flagship PGP program at IIM-Bangalore in 2023 got an interview shortlist for the WAT-PI stage. IIM Bangalore's 2-year MBA program is highly sought after in India, but gaining admission at IIM-B is not easy. Apart from the CAT score IIM-Bangalore evaluates the candidates on their academics and work profile. In this post, we have shared the IIM Bangalore PGP RTI Data 2024-2026. It highlights total registrations to the program and offers made, batch data regarding minimum, maximum, and average of CAT Percentile, 10th, 12th, and graduation marks, and work experience across different reservation categories.
Key Highlights
- On average you need to score 97 %ile plus to get an interview shortlist from IIM-B.
- The minimum percentile at which a general candidate got a call for WAT-PI is 93.66.
- Around 28% of students who received a call for an Interview made it into IIM-B.
- The average 10th, 12th, and graduation scores of the selected candidates in the general category are as follows: 94%, 92%, and 86% respectively (rounded-off)
- The minimum and average work ex for the PGP 2024 are 1 month and 27 months respectively.
IIM Bangalore PGP RTI Data: Number of candidates who applied for the PGP 2024 & PGPBA 2024
| Category |
PGP 2024 |
PGPBA 2024 |
| General |
175565 |
143729 |
| NC-OBC |
46023 |
40368 |
| SC |
21167 |
17601 |
| ST |
5622 |
4446 |
| PwD |
1087 |
894 |
| EWS |
13905 |
12623 |
| Total |
263369 |
219661 |
Number of candidates shortlisted for the WAT-PI round
| Category |
PGP 2024 |
PGPBA 2024 |
| General |
707 |
496 |
| NC-OBC |
471 |
380 |
| EWS |
155 |
160 |
| SC |
299 |
200 |
| ST |
148 |
116 |
| Total |
1780 |
1352 |
Number of students who received admission in 2024
|
Category
|
PGP 2024 |
PGP-BA 2024 |
| Female |
Male |
Female |
Male |
| GEN |
92 |
109 |
20 |
8 |
| NC-OBC |
54 |
83 |
19 |
1 |
| EWS |
19 |
34 |
6 |
2 |
| SC |
32 |
46 |
6 |
2 |
| ST |
8 |
30 |
6 |
0 |
| Total |
507 |
70 |
*The IIM-B official website mentions the total batch strength as 535.
Minimum, Average, and Maximum CAT 2023 Scores for the WAT-PI Shortlist
CAT Score is the most important factor for WAT-PI shortlists. It holds 55% weightage in the total Pre-PI Score. The tables below summarize the maximum, minimum, and average percentile across the three sections for all categories.
| Category |
VARC (Min) |
DILR (Min) |
QA (Min) |
Agg (Min) |
| EWS |
71.35 |
71.28 |
70.62 |
81.96 |
| GN |
80.49 |
80.83 |
80.81 |
93.66 |
| NC-OBC |
70.39 |
71.28 |
70.62 |
81.86 |
| SC |
60.99 |
61.44 |
61.02 |
70.68 |
| ST |
55.83 |
56.15 |
55.51 |
66.82 |
| Category |
VARC (Max) |
DILR (Max) |
QA (Max) |
Agg (Max) |
| EW |
99.96 |
99.99 |
99.99 |
100 |
| GN |
100 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
| NC-OBC |
99.97 |
99.98 |
99.96 |
99.97 |
| SC |
99.96 |
99.83 |
99.71 |
99.98 |
| ST |
99.95 |
99.87 |
99.84 |
99.8 |
| Category |
VARC (Avg) |
DILR (Avg) |
QA (Avg) |
Agg (Avg) |
| EW |
92.16 |
93.94 |
93.95 |
97.44 |
| GN |
96.89 |
97.71 |
96.67 |
99.32 |
| NC-OBC |
92.03 |
92.88 |
92.67 |
96.85 |
| SC |
88.62 |
86.56 |
86.82 |
93.29 |
| ST |
83.47 |
83.72 |
81.81 |
90 |
Minimum, Maximum, and Average 10th, 12th and Bachelors Score
IIM-Bangalore has balanced selection criteria for marking the candidates in academics. Analyzing the given data, an 80% + score in graduation is a good chance to make it into the top B-School, given other factors also meet the criteria. None of the categories have a grade score below 83 %
| Category |
Min SSC |
Min HSC |
Min Bachelors |
| EWS |
77.2 |
78 |
83.19 |
| General |
87.33 |
84 |
83.19 |
| NC-OBC |
84.8 |
75 |
83.19 |
| SC |
89 |
83.33 |
83.19 |
| ST |
81.43 |
77.6 |
84.5 |
| Category |
Max SSC |
Max HSC |
Max Bachelors |
| EWS |
99 |
97.5 |
87.6 |
| General |
99 |
97.5 |
87.6 |
| NC-OBC |
99 |
97.5 |
87.6 |
| SbC |
98 |
97.4 |
87.6 |
| ST |
98 |
97.4 |
87.6 |
| Category |
Average of SSC Percentile |
Average of HSC Percentile |
Average of
Bachelor Percentile |
| EWS |
93.85 |
90.7 |
86.87 |
| General |
94.92 |
92.63 |
86.4 |
| NC-OBC |
94.69 |
92.32 |
87.09 |
| SC |
94.5 |
92 |
87.23 |
| ST |
94.39 |
92.83 |
87.19 |
IIM Bangalore PGP RTI Data 2024-26: Academic Background of Students Who Received Admission
Engineers form most of the batch for both courses at IIM-Bangalore. For the PGP 2024 batch, they account for 75% of the total strength. As mentioned above, the total batch strength at IIM-B is 507 according to RTI, which is slightly different from the website number.
PGP 2024-26
| Category |
EWS |
General |
NC-OBC |
SC |
ST |
| Arts |
1 |
12 |
7 |
3 |
- |
| Commerce |
7 |
31 |
6 |
- |
4 |
| Engineering |
38 |
134 |
112 |
66 |
31 |
| MBA |
1 |
8 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
| Others |
1 |
3 |
4 |
4 |
- |
| Science |
5 |
13 |
6 |
4 |
1 |
PGP-BA 2024-26
| Category |
EWS |
General |
NC-OBC |
SC |
ST |
| Arts |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Commerce |
1 |
2 |
- |
- |
- |
| Engineering |
2 |
25 |
18 |
7 |
6 |
| MBA |
1 |
2 |
1 |
- |
- |
| Others |
3 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Science |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
- |
IIM Bangalore PGP RTI Data 2024-26: Minimum and Average Work Experience of selected candidates
| Work-Ex in Months |
PGP |
PGP-BA |
| Min |
1 |
0 |
| Avg |
27 |
21 |
Frequently Asked Questions
- What is the minimum percentile required to make it into IIM-Bangalore?
Ans. According to the RTI Data, the lowest percentile at which a general candidate made it into IIM-B is 93.66 for the PGP batch of 2024-26.
2. What is the average work experience of the batch at IIM-B?
Ans. The average work experience of the PGP batch of 2024 is 27 months.
3. How many non-engineers make it into IIM-B?
Ans. Around 25% of the PGP batch of 2024-26 is non-engineer.
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