The change in the admission process, with a written test replacing the discussion round, will take place at the IIMs in Raipur, Rohtak, Ranchi, Udaipur, Tiruchirappalli and Kashipur in the coming year.
“Instead of going for individual GDs in every single institute, we are going to hold a common written analysis test for all the six new IIMs,” IIM Raipur director B.S. Sahay said.
The seven older IIMs won’t be changing the way in which they currently pick students. Candidates selected after the Common Admission Test (CAT) are called for the GD round in which they are broken up into groups of 8-10 that analyse a particular topic. They may at times be given a case study and asked to come up with a solution. A panel observes the groups and evaluates students based on their contribution to the discussion. A final selection is made after interviews with chosen candidates.
The GD round discriminates against those candidates who are low-key in demeanour.
“Generally in a GD, some members are dominant and a dominating candidate is not necessarily the best. In the process to get noticed, it becomes chaotic,” Sahay said. “We want to give everybody a chance and here written analysis seems to be a suitable option.”
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