IIM Indore RTI 2026: CAT Cutoffs, PI Shortlist & Final Offers

IIM Indore RTI Data 2026: CAT 2025 Shortlisting Scores, Composite Scores and Admission Offers for MBA Batch 2026–28

The Indian Institute of Management Indore (IIM Indore) has released its RTI data for the MBA batch of 2026–28, offering insights into the admission process based on CAT 2025. The data covers applicant numbers, candidates qualifying the initial eligibility stage, Personal Interview shortlists, composite scores and final admission offers for the Post Graduate Programme (PGP) and Post Graduate Programme in Human Resource Management (PGP-HRM).

According to the RTI response dated 25 August 2026, 2,27,876 candidates expressed interest in the two programmes. The institute has also shared category-wise and gender-wise information at different stages of the selection process, along with work experience details of shortlisted candidates.

Here is a breakdown of the key figures from the IIM Indore RTI data for the 2026–28 batch.

1. IIM Indore Received 2.27 Lakh Applications of Interest for PGP and PGP-HRM

The institute reported that 2,27,876 CAT 2025 applicants expressed interest in its PGP and PGP-HRM programmes. Of these, 1,47,066 belonged to the General category, making it the largest applicant group.

The gender-wise distribution shows that 1,43,586 applicants were male and 84,283 were female. Seven transgender applicants were also recorded.

2. Candidates Who Qualified the Minimum Eligibility Criteria

The next stage of the admission process involved candidates who qualified the institute's Stage 1 minimum eligibility criteria. IIM Indore reported separate figures for PGP and PGP-HRM.

For PGP, 17,687 candidates qualified this stage. The General category accounted for 10,361 candidates, followed by NC-OBC with 3,302.

For PGP-HRM, the number of candidates qualifying the initial eligibility stage was 27,576. General-category candidates accounted for 15,535 of these.

PGP: Stage 1 qualified candidates

PGP-HRM: Stage 1 qualified candidates

3. IIM Indore PGP Interview Shortlist: Category-wise Composite Scores

Candidates qualifying the initial eligibility stage were considered for the next stage, which involved shortlisting for the Personal Interview (PI).

For the PGP programme, IIM Indore shortlisted 5,054 candidates. The General category had the largest representation, with 1,817 candidates, followed by NC-OBC with 1,375.

The RTI response also provides the maximum and minimum composite scores of shortlisted candidates across categories.

The General-category shortlist had a minimum composite score of 54.40180, while the highest score recorded in the category was 72.21893.

PGP-HRM Interview Shortlist

For PGP-HRM, the institute shortlisted 3,323 candidates. The SC category had the highest number of shortlisted candidates, at 881, followed by the General category.

In PGP-HRM, the General-category shortlist had a minimum composite score of 66.51228. The highest score in the same category was 78.70364.

4. Gender and Work Experience Profile of Shortlisted Candidates

The RTI response also provides a breakdown of candidates shortlisted for PI by gender and work experience.

For PGP, the shortlisted group included 1,887 female and 3,167 male candidates. In terms of work experience, 2,754 candidates were classified as experienced, while 2,300 were freshers.

PGP

PGP-HRM

The PGP-HRM shortlist had a different gender and work experience distribution. Female candidates accounted for 2,127 shortlisted candidates, compared with 1,196 male candidates. The institute classified 2,360 candidates as experienced and 963 as freshers.

5. IIM Indore PGP Final Admission Offers: Minimum and Maximum Composite Scores

The RTI response provides the number of admission offers made for the PGP programme, along with the minimum and maximum Final Composite Scores (FCS) recorded in each offer category.

The institute reported 937 General-category offers. NC-OBC candidates received 597 offers, while 370 offers were made in the SC category.

The General-category offers had a minimum FCS of 48.43391 and a maximum of 71.18389.

The institute has reported PwD subcategories separately in this table. These figures should be read as presented rather than merged with the corresponding main categories.

6. IIM Indore RTI Data: Registered Candidates

IIM Indore provided a category-wise count of registered candidates. The response records 509 candidates across the listed categories.

The RTI response does not explicitly clarify the programme or precise stage represented by this registration table. Therefore, these figures should not be interpreted as the final batch composition.

What Does the IIM Indore RTI Data Reveal?

The RTI response offers a closer look at how IIM Indore's PGP and PGP-HRM selection process progressed from initial eligibility to PI shortlisting and final offers. It also highlights differences in the shortlisted candidate profiles across the two programmes, particularly in gender and work experience distribution.

For CAT aspirants, one important distinction is that the institute has shared composite scores at the shortlisting and final offer stages, but has not maintained several of the CAT-percentile details requested in the application. These figures therefore provide insight into the composite-score benchmarks rather than a definitive CAT-percentile cutoff for admission.