INSTRUCTIONS FOR FILLING OUT THE PGP 2025-27 APPLICATION FORM
Read the following instructions carefully before filling the IIM Visakhapatnam (IIMV) application form.
No further corrections to data obtained/filled in this application form will be entertained after the
submission. Please take adequate care before submitting the application form. The deadline for
submitting the application form is February 17, 2025 (13:00 hrs).
There is NO application fee for PGP 2025-27 program at IIM Visakhapatnam.
Most of the details will be retrieved from the CAT application form; however, you are allowed to update
the information such as SSC aggregate, SSC board, HSC aggregate, HSC board, Graduation aggregate,
Graduation Degree name, and Work experience. The information supplied in this application form will
be utilized for the computation of merit scores. Please ensure that you report the data in this
application form as of December 31, 2024.
Note: All documents must be uploaded (Size - Maximum 1.5 MB and File formats - .jpg, .jpeg, .png,
.pdf) and if there are multiple documents to upload in a particular field, candidates should make a
single file including all of those documents to upload in the portal.
1. Primary Information:
Certain details about you (such as name, category, gender, mobile no., email ID, etc.) will be
obtained from the CAT data. You are required to fill-in Annual family Income (by including your
income, if any), which should mention income from all sources i.e. salary, agriculture, business,
profession etc. and it should be the income for the financial year (2024-25). Apart from this,
some other personal details are required to be filled as applicable.
2. Educational Information:
a. SSC & HSC:
i. In the table, by selecting the appropriate option in the second column, you
can update the SSC and HSC information if you have mentioned it incorrectly
in the CAT 2024 application form. Otherwise, you can proceed with the same
data.
ii. As per the CAT Registration guide, for computing percentages of marks
obtained in the SSC/10th/Equivalent examination and HSC/12th/Equivalent/
Diploma examination, the total marks of all subjects that appear in the mark
sheet/grade sheet should be considered irrespective of the Boards regulation.
iii. The Aggregate Percentage should be entered as an accurate value, rounded
off to 2 decimals.
iv. While uploading the documents for SSC & HSC, candidates have to merge the
Marksheet, Pass Certificate and any other relevant document as a single pdf.
b. Graduation:
i. Please enter the percentage instead of GPA/CGPA. If your college or university
has a formula for converting CGPA or GPA to a percentage, you should use that
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formula (typically it will be mentioned on the reverse side of your Graduation
marksheet). If there is no conversion formula, you may need to get a letter
from your institute stating that there is no conversion formula available. In
this case, the equivalence of the CGPA or GPA to a percentage can be
established by dividing the candidate's CGPA or GPA by the maximum possible
CGPA or GPA and multiplying the result by 100. The Aggregate Percentage
should be entered as an accurate value, rounded off to 2 decimals.
For example, if the maximum possible CGPA is 4.0 and the candidate's CGPA is
3.5, the percentage should be calculated as follows: (3.5 / 4.0) * 100 = 87.50%
ii. Those who had completed the Graduation, they can upload Graduation
Degree Certificate (or) Provisional Degree Certificate (or) Course Completion
Certificate obtained from their respective institute along with the
Consolidated marks sheet.
iii. Candidates currently pursuing their graduation must provide a Bonafide
certificate issued by their college/institute/university. There is no specified
format for the Bonafide certificate, and individuals may seek guidance from
their college/institute/university for the appropriate documentation.
iv. Candidates registering with Provisional Degree: If you have appeared for the
final examination of graduation and are yet to be awarded the Bachelor's
Degree, then please keep a note of the following:
✓ At the time of program registration, you must produce a certificate
from the College/University that you have completed all examinations
and other requirements necessary to obtain a Bachelor's Degree by
June 23, 2025. Appearing for any other examinations as part of a
Bachelor’s degree after June 23, 2025, will be treated as
disqualification to PGP program at IIM Visakhapatnam.
✓ You must produce final mark sheets, Provisional Certificate,
Graduation Degree Certificate (originals issued by your
college/University) as proof of having passed the Bachelor's Degree
examination before the expiry of the grace period, i.e., on or before
December 31, 2025.
c. Post-Graduation:
i. Candidates should complete the details regarding Post Graduation in
accordance with the instructions provided for the Graduation section above.
d. Professional Qualification:
i. Chartered Accountancy (CA), Cost Accounting (ICWA/CMA), and Company
Secretary (CS), Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries of India (FIAI) are
considered under professional courses.
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ii. In case of multiple professional degrees, specify the marks (%) for the
Professional Degree with the highest Aggregate marks (%).
iii. For FIAI, please specify the Final Marks (%). You can leave the Inter Marks.
iv. For CA or ICWA (CMA) or CS:
a. If you have Completed the course, then choose ‘Pass’ and enter Inter
Marks (%) and Final Marks (%). In this case, the Aggregate Marks (%)
will be auto calculated based on the Inter Marks (%) and Final Marks
(%) provided by the candidate as per the formula given below.
Aggregate Marks (%) = (Inter Marks (%) + Final Marks (%)) / 2
b. If you are yet to complete the course, then choose ‘Pursuing’
and provide only Inter Marks and proceed further.
3. Work Experience (If any): To accurately report your work experience, you should follow
these guidelines:
i. Pre-graduation work experience should not be entered and will not be
counted as work experience. Only Full-time remunerative experience after
graduation must be entered.
ii. Part-time employment, projects, internships, training, apprenticeships, or
articleships undertaken as part of the academic curriculum should not be
included and will not be considered as work experience.
iii. If you have held multiple designations within a single company, you should
report this as a single work experience and include your latest designation.
iv. Work experience certificate or Relieving Letter is required for all the past
organizations/companies the applicant has worked with.
v. Service certificate is required from the current organization's/company's
letterhead & issued by an appropriate competent authority with the seal and
signature for those presently working. In case, if a service certificate is not
available, please provide the offer letter/Joining letter with a first-month
payslip and payslip of the latest two months.
vi. Own entrepreneurial venture that is registered will be considered. You must
produce valid Registration certificate of the firm.
4. Statement of Purpose (max 600 words):
You can write about your background, significant events, experience at your workplace,
relationship with friends and family, career plans and how the Post Graduate Program from
IIMV fits into your dreams and ambitions in 600 words.
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5. Achievements/Awards (if any):
Please provide a description of your accomplishments from school to the present and upload
the relevant proof document.
6. Other Information:
i. Please upload all the relevant documents as specified in the application and make sure
you upload them in the right direction for better visibility. Acceptable file types are
.jpeg, .jpg, .png, .pdf. The maximum size of each document is 1.5MB.
ii. Caste certificate(s): All the reserved category candidates should upload the relevant
caste certificate in the Central Government format. The respective formats are
available on the CAT website (https://iimcat.ac.in). For SC, ST, OBC candidates, the
community’s name should be listed in the Central Government list.
❖ NC-OBC candidates should submit a valid caste certificate. Usually, it is valid
for only 1 Financial year if there is no validity mentioned on the certificate.
Hence, please make sure that you are submitting the latest one.
❖ EWS candidates should upload documentary evidence regarding their status
as per Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment OM No. 20013/01/2019-
BC-II dated 17th January 2019.
❖ SC/ST candidates should submit the valid caste certificate.
❖ PwD (Persons with Disability) candidates should upload the relevant disability
certificate (where the percentage and type of disability should be clearly
mentioned) and the UDID card (Unique Disability Identity Card) mandatorily.
Note: IIM Visakhapatnam will utilize the primary email address and mobile number provided in the
CAT application form for all communication purposes. If there are any changes to these details,
candidates are required to promptly notify the Admissions Office of IIM Visakhapatnam via email.
Please check your inbox as well as SPAM or Junk or promotion boxes regularly. IIM Visakhapatnam is
not responsible for any email or SMS bounces that occur during the admissions process. It is the
responsibility of the candidates to ensure that they check the IIMV website frequently for any updates
on the status of their candidature.
IIM Visakhapatnam reserves the right to authenticate supporting documents and reject the
candidature of any applicant in case any discrepancy is found at any time, even in the case of any
provisional admission.
PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT ALL THE REQUIRED FIELDS ARE FILLED CORRECTLY BEFORE CLICKING THE
SUBMIT BUTTON, AS IT CANNOT BE MODIFIED ONCE SUBMITTED.
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