Waitlist Movement at IIMs: RTI Data 2024 and Past-Year Trends

We are in April, with most of the interviews already wrapped, and anticipation of seeing the results is sky high. By mid-April, IIM Ahmedabad, Bangalore, XLRI, etc., will start releasing the results for the batch of 2025-2027, and our eyes will be glued to the waitlist movements. In this blog, we have compiled the waitlist movement at IIMs in 2024 according to the RTI data query and also listed the last 3 years' seat movement.

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Waitlist Movement at IIMs in 2024

B-School	General	EWS	NC-OBC	SC	ST	PwD
IIM Ahmedabad	27	2	14	19	9	7
IIM Ahmedabad ABM	11	None	3	3	2	None
IIM Bangalore	67	15	16	40	08	02
IIM Bangalore Business Analytics	53	15	58	50	01	04
IIM Calcutta	117	12	94	50	46	-
IIM Indore	820	87	492	300	132	68
IIM Kashipur	2899	300	1115	720	450	243
IIM Kozhikode	-	-	-	-	-	-
IIM Lucknow	-	-	-	-	-	-
IIM Mumbai	246	57	202	113	59	21
IIM Nagpur	996	256	647	364	276	175
IIM Raipur	1223	172	456	445	46	Included in social categories
IIM Sambalpur	2165	537	1763	756	389	62
IIM Trichy	279	11	53	96	48	-
IIM Trichy HRM	142	20	45	45	15	-
IIM Udaipur	268	-	-	-	-	-
IIM Visakhapatnam	480	229	326	195	125	-

Source-

RTI Query 2024
IIM Buddy

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Waitlist Movement at IIMs in 2023

B-School	General	EWS	NC-OBC	SC	ST	PwD
IIM Ahmedabad	1	3	5	11	0	6
IIM Ahmedabad ABM	9	0	7	4	1	0
IIM Bangalore	33	0	20	37	4	-
IIM BodhGaya	159	68	210	101	35	NA
IIM Calcutta	173	18	121	79	48	0
IIM Indore	604	57	381	197	93	-
IIM Kashipur	0	70	475	480	69	0
IIM Kozhikode	174	28	110	35	22	21
IIM Kozhikode Finance	57	2	39	29	7	10
IIM Kozhikode LSM	45	11	22	28	13	9
IIM Lucknow	148	0	72	53	24	17
IIM Raipur	0	84	0	4	177	-
IIM Rohtak	283	12	71	63	39	0
IIM Sambalpur	137	39	364	57	16	-
IIM Trichy	3581	1039	2311	1244	217	66
IIM Trichy HRM	3312	1061	2325	1203	190	3
IIM Udaipur	545	16	288	130	0	0
IIM Visakhapatnam	1298	228	682	476	216	101

B-School	General	EWS	NC-OBC	SC	ST	PwD
IIM Ahmedabad	207	8	131	92	42	25
IIM Ahmedabad ABM	47	1	18	12	5	1
IIM Amritsar	725	67	308	125	56	24
IIM Bangalore	288	45	175	96	65	22
IIM BodhGaya	3700	500	1500	950	369	135
IIM Calcutta	427	18	304	182	105	67
IIM Indore	888	98	581	347	181	90
IIM Indore HRM	110	8	83	41	34	32
IIM Kashipur	3050	450	1300	700	300	136
IIM Kashipur Analytics	121	19	74	43	43	11
IIM Kozhikode	710	91	453	268	175	89
IIM Kozhikode Finance	66	11	125	67	16	9
IIM Kozhikode LSM	53	18	51	28	8	7
IIM Lucknow	668	100	406	266	141	50
IIM Raipur	2124	322	935	564	286	138
IIM Rohtak	875	114	405	231	148	25
IIM Sambalpur	1517	349	844	455	213	134
IIM Sirmaur	5553	944	2602	1385	770
IIM Trichy	2045	252	680	432	189	96
IIM Trichy HRM	2382	317	967	501	244	104
IIM Udaipur	1968	255	888	649	144	69
IIM Visakhapatnam	969	300	820	385	196	63
NITIE (IIM) Mumbai	439	42	298	136	41	N/A

Waitlist Movement at IIMs in 2021

B-School	General	EWS	NC-OBC	SC	ST	PwD
IIM Ahmedabad	229	11	137	85	46	21
IIM Ahmedabad ABM	43	3	17	8	3	1
IIM BodhGaya	1481	377	858	469	207	102
IIM Indore	896	92	629	361	160	81
IIM Kashipur	3042	459	1245	815	367	140
IIM Kashipur Analytics	122	49	72	55	6	NA
IIM Kozhikode	640	109	294	336	142	78
IIM Kozhikode Finance	59	14	96	55	15	8
IIM Kozhikode LSM	53	18	39	28	8	7
IIM Lucknow	610	117	452	297	120	53
IIM Rohtak	772	105	348	264	118	76
IIM Sambalpur	1243	267	795	439	179	109
IIM Sirmaur	6104	956	2502	1506	348	156
IIM Trichy	1329	168	518	292	118	95
IIM Udaipur	1998	317	1050	663	78	66
IIM Visakhapatnam	880	217	555	500	166	72
NITIE (IIM) Mumbai	370	37	249	110	23	N/A

Frequently Asked Questions

1. What is the expected waitlist movement at IIMs?

At top IIMs like IIM Ahebadabad, IIM-Bangalore, and Calcutta, the waitlist movement is generally limited to under 200 and sometimes barely in tens. For IIM Lucknow, Kozikode, and Indore, these numbers are usually in the range of 400-600. For New and Baby IIMs, the numbers are usually higher in thousands.