LBSIM - Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute of Management Admission 2022: Eligibility, Application Process & Dates

The first process of my PGDM course was to write a Common Admission Test (CAT) conducted by IIMs on a rotational basis, mostly in the last week of November. The eligibility criteria for the course is as follows:

• The candidates must have cleared bachelor's programme with a minimum 50% aggregate or equivalent CGPA by any of the universities incorporated by an act of the central or state legislature in India or other educational institutions. 
• Candidates appearing for the final bachelor's degree/equivalent qualification examination can also apply.
• All candidates seeking admission to LBSIM will be required to appear in the common admission test/ graduate management admission test score.

The cutoffs for the CAT exam ranges between 80-85 percentile, and for the GMAT exams, the score ranges between 650-700.

After getting shortlisted, the candidates have to appear for the GD-PI-WAT round. The management will have the final selection based on the overall process.

• The candidates should obtain a minimum of 50% in their graduation. Students in the final year of graduation can apply as well.
• The PGDM general course in LBSIM has a rigorous selection process. It comprises scores from competitive examinations like CAT and GMAT, followed by a Written Ability Test (WAT), group discussion and personal interview. The WAT might be switched with an extempore.
• The group discussion is on a wide variety of topics such as business news, abstract topics, etc. My GD topic was about leaders and their making.
• The interview is conducted by a diverse faculty panel comprising of teachers from all courses such as marketing, finance, HR, operations, IT, etc. They interviewed me on topics such as graduation, current events, general knowledge, etc.
• I took the CAT entrance examination.
• The LBSIM PGDM general has a cut-off of 80 percentile as minimum marks for general candidates and 60 percentile for corporate-sponsored students.

• Taking Admission into LBSIM is a competitive process. First, one has to appear for the common aptitude test and get the minimum percentiles, which is decided based on the number of candidates for the course and their marks.
• The next round includes group discussion and personal interview, where a consolidated score of three.
• The final criteria are your previous academic scores.

• The eligibility criteria were obtaining a minimum of 85% to get shortlisted.
• Then we had GD (Group Discussion) and WAT (Writing Ability Test) on a topic chosen by draw of lots.
• The shortlisted students had PI (Personal Interview) with a panel consisting of 3 to 6 faculty members.
• After GD-WAT-PI was completed for all the candidates, they released the names of the selected students and those on the waiting list.
• If one of the selected students withdraws from his/her seat, then the seat will get allotted to a student from the waiting list.
• The students can confirm the seat by paying the first instalment. There are a total of four instalments.

• The admissions for PGDM finance and other courses involve a structured selection process comprising entrance tests such as CAT or GMAT followed by a written ability test, group discussion, and interview. The weightage for selection was 60% for the entrance test and 40% to GD and PI.
• For enrolling in the course, a candidate must have graduated with minimum eligibility marks at the time of Admission. However, a candidate appearing in the final year of graduation can apply for the course provided he furnishes the proof of his/her graduation score, issued from the concerned college at the specified date.
• Following these procedures, the students are first shortlisted based on their entrance score and are offered Admission after totalling the GD and PI process scores.
• I took the CAT entrance exam, and the cutoff for the course I am currently pursuing ranges from somewhere around 80% to 85%. The cutoffs are subject to change every year.

• The eligibility criteria for LBSIM is that the student must be having a bachelor's degree with atleast 50% marks or equivalent CGPA from any college or institute incorporated by an Act of the central or state legislature in India.
• The college takes admission through the Common Admission Test (CAT) entrance exam.
• CAT cutoff for PGDM general course at LBSIM is around 85 percentile.

• The student should appear for the CAT exam to obtain admission in Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute of Management, t.
• The college shortlists the students based on the CAT cutoff marks.
• The CAT cutoff is 85% marks.
• The selected students should go through a two-round selection process, that is, GD and PI.
• The final selection is done based on the students' performance.

• The Admission is made through a common admission test followed by GD-WAT-PI rounds.
• A person scoring greater than 85% in CAT is eligible for the next round.
• The weightage of CAT is around 30%, GD & WAT constitutes around 20% each, and the remaining marks is for the personal interview.

• To be qualified for admission to the PGDM program, the members should have a degree, with at least half total imprints or comparable in any order, from a perceived college in India or abroad.
• I took the CAT entrance exam.
• The typical cutoffs for my course is 90 percentile.

The candidate should hold a Bachelor's Degree with minimum 50% marks (or equivalent CGPA). A valid CAT or GMAT score is required with the cutoff being about 80 percentile. There are no sectional cutoffs (as in a minimum percentile required for each section namely Verbal, Quantitave Aptitude etc.)