Part A - Indian Applicants

(i)This document outlines the process that will be used for selecting meritorious candidates under each category of admission, that is, General, NC-OBC, SC, ST, EWS and PWD, for admission to the Integrated Program in Management (IPM) at the Indian Institute of Management Amritsar (IIM Amritsar) for the batch of 2026-2031.

(ii) The terms mentioned in Part A of this document are applicable to Indian citizens.

(iii) The selection process, selection criteria, and weights assigned to various parameters are determined annually by the Academic Council. The Academic Council finalises the process and fixes these criteria and weights at the beginning of each admission cycle. This is to ensure that the admissions process is objective

(iv)Candidates are advised to clearly and correctly present their age, caste category, and marks for standard 10th and 12th. Incorrect presentation of information, if found at any stage, will be construed as misrepresentation, resulting in the candidate’s application not being considered for the next level in the selection process. IIM Amritsar’s decision in this matter will be final, and no further discussion or correspondence will be entertained with regard to the processing of such an application.

Candidates satisfying the following criteria are eligible to apply for the Five-Year Integrated Programme in Management of IIM Amritsar.

• (i) Age: Candidate should not be more than 20 years of age as of 1st August 2026.
• (ii) Qualifying Exam: Candidate should have passed Standard XII/HSC or equivalent examination in 2025 or be appearing in 2026 with Mathematics or Applied Mathematics as a compulsory paper.
• (iii)Minimum Percentage (%) of marks: Candidate should have a minimum of 60% in standard X/ SSC (55% for candidates from SC/ST/ PwD category) and standard XII/ HSC or equivalent examinations.

Version dated January-2026. This document is copyrighted to Indian Institute of Management Amritsar. It may not be reproduced without permission. All information in this document is valid for admission cycle of the IPM Program of 2026-2031 batch. No inference can be made from this document about the admissions process that may be followed in future admission cycles. IIM Amritsar reserves the right to change, modify or adopt any new admission process that it deems necessary at any point, subject to the approval of the IIM Amritsar Academic Council. Any dispute on Admissions for the IPM batch of 2026-2031 batch is restricted to the jurisdiction of competent courts within the territorial jurisdiction of the city of Amritsar in the State of Punjab.

• Note 1: Candidates who are likely to complete standard XII/ HSC or equivalent by June 30, 2026, can also apply, subject to meeting the eligibility criteria as mentioned above. If selected, such candidates will be offered admission to the programme on a provisional basis. At the time of registration for the programme, such a candidate must produce a standard X/ SSC and a standard XII/ HSC or equivalent examination mark sheet along with a school-leaving certificate/migration certificate, failing which the candidate’s provisional admission offer will stand cancelled.
• Note 2: Applicants who completed their X and/or XII standard / pursuing their XII standard from international schools affiliated to foreign boards like IGCSE (International General Certificate for Secondary Education) and IB (International Baccalaureate) can also apply.
• Note 3: IIM Amritsar reserves the right to decide the eligibility conditions in terms of equivalence, percentage of marks, and the recognition of the qualifying examination, intake, etc.

1. Step 1: Shortlisting for the IPM admission process at IIM Amritsar will be based on the IPM-AT 2026 test conducted by IIM-Indore. Candidates should, therefore, begin their application process by applying for the IPM-AT 2026 test. Details of the test, including test fee, test centres, test admit cards and schedule will be available at www.iimidr.ac.in .


2. Step 2:Candidates should then submit their application for the IPM program of IIM Amritsar online at www.iimamritsar.ac.in within the stipulated time and pay the online non-refundable/non-transferable application fee.
   Candidates will be required to enter their IPM-AT 2026 registration number in their online application form at www.iimamritsar.ac.in. Note that applications will not be considered without a valid IPM-AT 2026 registration number.
   Candidates belonging to NC-OBC, SC, ST, PwD and Economically Weaker Section (EWS) categories need to produce valid certificate(s) in support of their reservation category.
   http://www.ncbc.nic.in. No change in the category will be entertained once the application is submitted


3. Step 3: Candidates should then appear for the IPM-AT 2026 test conducted by IIM-Indore. Shortlisting for the admission process for the IPM at IIM Amritsar will be done on the basis of IPM-AT 2026 test scores.

Stage 1:

Only those candidates who meet all the following criteria will comprise the pool of candidates to be considered for shortlisting from Stage 2 onwards:

• (a) Meet the eligibility criteria for the IPM program
• (b) Have submitted an application complete in all respects including the applicable application fee.
• (c) Have appeared for the IPM-AT 2026 conducted by IIM-Indore and have submitted their registration numbers to IIM-Amritsar within the stipulated time
• (d) Have obtained a positive (non-zero) score in each of the components of the IPM-AT 2026.

Stage 2:

Candidates will be shortlisted for Personal Interview (PI) from the eligible pool based on their Aptitude Test Score (ATS). The minimum ATS cut off based on the categories of applicants (General, EWS, NC-OBC, SC, ST and PwD) will be decided by the Admissions Committee. The ATS will be calculated using individual components of IPM-AT 2026 scores by using the formulae in Table-1A:

Component	Score (Weight)
Score in Quantitative Ability (MCQ) Section	{(Candidate' s score-Minimum score)  / x 30 (Maximum score-Minimum score)}
Score in Quantitative Ability (SA) Section	{(Candidate' s score-Minimum score) /  x 30 (Maximum score-Minimum score)}
Score in Verbal Ability (MCQ) Section	{(Candidate' s score-Minimum score) /  x 40 (Maximum score-Minimum score)}
ATS	Sum of the above

 

Note: Maximum and Minimum scores are the highest and lowest scores obtained in respective sections by the candidates from the eligible pool of candidates applying to IIM Amritsar.

Individual regret letters will not be sent to applicants who are rejected at this stage.

Stage 3:

Shortlisted candidates based on the ATS score shall appear for the Personal Interview. IIM Amritsar also expects consistent, minimum performance across the different parameters of the Personal Interview, including academic profile, communication skills, general awareness, and extracurricular activities.

Stage 4:

A category-wise merit list will be generated based on the Composite Score (CS), and provisional admission offers will be made accordingly, adhering to the Government of India reservation norms. The CS will be calculated as given in Table 2A below:

Component	Weight
ATS	70%
PI Score	25%
Gender Diversity	5%
Composite Score (CS)	Weighted sum of above scores

 

No intimation will be sent to candidates who are not selected for the final offer.

As per Government of India requirement, 27% of the seats are reserved for Other Backward Classes candidates belonging to the “Non-Creamy” layer (NC-OBC), 15% for Scheduled Caste (SC), 7.5% for Scheduled Tribe (ST) candidates, up to 10% for Economically Weaker Sections (EWSs) and 5% for Persons with Benchmark Disabilities (PwD).

As defined in The Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 (RPwD Act 2016), “person with benchmark disability” means a person with not less than forty percent (40%) of a specified disability where specified disability has not been defined in measurable terms and includes a person with disability where specified disability has been defined in measurable terms, as certified by the certifying authority. “specified disability” means the disabilities as specified in the Schedule of the RPwD Act 2016.

The categories of disability are:

• blindness and low vision,
• deaf and hard of hearing,
• locomotor disability including cerebral palsy, leprosy cured, dwarfism, acid attack victims and muscular dystrophy,
• autism, intellectual disability, specific learning disability and mental illness,
• multiple disabilities from amongst persons under clauses (a) to (d), and
• other 'specified disabilities' mentioned in 'The Schedule' of the RPwD Act 2016.

For the purpose of being considered for reservations, the applicable Central Government list as on the last date of IPM-AT 2026 registration shall be binding and the candidates are required to submit the valid documents signed by the competent authority to ascertain the eligibility status to apply under the reserved category (NC-OBC/SC/ST/EWSs/ PwD). No subsequent changes will be effective for IPM-AT 2026 and any subsequent selection process of IIM Amritsar.

 

Candidates attempting to apply with minor changes of information and/or facts to more than one and/or multiple applications will be summarily rejected, and such candidates will be debarred from the further selection process.