IIM-Calcutta has called a total of 1,990 candidates for interviews, and women candidates comprise approximately 43% of the pie.
Overall, 11 male candidates achieved a perfect score in Common Admission Test (CAT) 2018, a gateway to the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs). All of them come from an engineering or technology background. As per the official statement shared by IIM-Calcutta, which conducted the test on November 25, seven candidates are from different Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT) and two candidates come from West Bengal's Jadavpur University. "While seven candidates are from Maharashtra," says CAT 2018 convenor Professor Sumanta Basu, "two come from West Bengal, and one each from Karnataka and Bihar. A total of 21 candidates from across the country have scored an overall 99.99 percentile, of which 19 have an engineering or technology background."
"This year's results are shocking," says a professor from the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA), "All the perfect scorers are men, which raises a question about inclusivity. Another important thing to note is that all the candidates come from an engineering or technology background, which again raises the question of diversity. I hope all the IIMs redesign their admission criteria this year, and focus on diversity and endeavour to increase gender ratio."
CAT was conducted in two shifts on November 25, 2018. A total of 2,09,405 candidates appeared for the exam, which was conducted in test centres spread across 147 cities. A record number of candidates appeared for the exams this year – 1,36,075 men, 73,326 women and four transgenders.
IIM-Calcutta has called a total of 1,990 candidates for interviews, and women candidates comprise approximately 43% of the pie. A transgender candidate is included within the shortlist.
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Jagesh Golwala, 21, scored a 100 percentile on his first attempt. Raunak Mazumdar also got a perfect score, but on a second attempt. Last year, he got ‘only’ 99.89
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