The much awaited CAT 2011 results are out. IIM Calcutta has announced CAT 2011 results on 11th January 2012. CAT 2011 results and score cards are available for download from https://weaiimcalcat.catiim.in/ or www.catiim.in. Candidates are requested to ensure that they have CAT registration data handy to retrieve their scorecard from the website. IIM Calcutta website is at www.iimcal.ac.in . Here we are providing approximate cut offs scores and percentiles for IIMs and other institutes which admit candidates through CAT 2011 scores. IIMs use their own selection procedure for short listing CAT qualified candidates. Candidates need the following data to get score card:

1) CAT Registration Number
2) E-mail address exactly as supplied during CAT registration. This should be as it appeared on the Admit card.

If you find any difficulty or unable to download CAT 2011 Score Card or locate your details, you can contact Candidate Care or call the Toll Free Number 1800 103 7383. You may be asked further details to verify your identity before solving the problem. Following are approximate cut offs, last ranks or percentiles of CAT 2010:

There are a total of nine IIMs in the country. Estimated number of seats available in all IIMs is about 1200. Each IIM will have 120 seats in PGP in Management. Out of these total seats, 75 percent seats (900) may be available for General Category candidates and the remaining will be allotted for Reserved Category Students. Candidates need higher percentiles to get a seat in top ranked IIMs such as IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Bangalore, IIM Calcutta and IIM Lucknow.

Following are the details of IIMs and Cut Offs: 1) IIM Bangalore 2) IIM Ahmedabad 3) IIM Kozhikode 4) IIM Calcutta 5) IIM Lucknow 6) IIM Indore 7) IIM Ranchi 8. IIM Shillong 9) IIM Rohtak 10) IIM Raipur.

Following are probable cut off details for various IIMs. But one should remember that IIMs only short list candidates based on CAT for further selection processes like Group Discussions and Interviews. Here are probable cut offs:

1) IIM Ahmedabad (IIMA): Should have around 99.3 percentile overall .
2) IIM Bangalore (IIMB): Overall percentile should be aroung 95.
3) IIM Lucknow (IIML): Your percentile should be around 97.
4) IIM Calcutta (IIMC): You need to secure about 98.96 percentile.
5) IIM Indore (IIMI): Your percentile should be around 98.
6) IIM Shilong (IIMS): A overall percentile of 85 is required.
7) Other IIMs: Need about 80-85 percentile.

There are several other reputed institutes and B-School use CAT scores for admission to PGDM and MBA courses. Candidates should check the standards of these non IIM B-School / institutions before joining in any course in them.

BITS Pilani – Wipro sponsored WASE programme is one of the best institute – industry collaborated training courses in India. This is the best programme for those interested in IT and software careers. This is the time for admission to Bits – Wipro WASE admissions for 2012. Wipro and BITS Pilani are the top notch institutions in their own respect. The innovative Wipro – Bits pilani WASE programme will get you a job in Wipro company. WASE is the best opportunity for those interested in IT career in a top notch software company, Wipro Academy of Software Excellence (WASE), Bangalore will announce the notification for 2012. Those completed the programme will be awarded MS Software Engineering Degree from BITS Pilani. WASE of Wipro company has been ranked number 2 in the Corporate Universities category by various ranking organisations in India. Candidates can work at Wipro Technologies as part of the course curriculum. The best feature of the program is providing job opportunities for Non Engineering students in IT and software sector. Results and selected candidates list will also be displayed on the website careers.wipro.comor www.wipro-campusarena.com.

Eligibility for Wipro – BITS Pilani WASE Program 2012: Candidates should have B.Sc. (Computers/ IT/ Maths/ Physics/ Statistics) BCA/ BCM in full time mode. You should have secured at least 50 percent marks in 10th class, 12th class (10+2 / Intermediate) and 60 percent in Graduation. You must have studied Mathematics at 12th / Intermediate level. Graduates of 2010, 2011 and those appearing for final year graduation exams in 2012 are only eligible for Wipro – Bits Pilani WASE 2012 program.

Course Details: WASE Sponsored M.S. is a 48 month course and is divided into 8 semesters. BITS conduct contact classes for 16 weeks with 4 sessions over the weekend, 2 hours per session. During the week time, Wipro offers working on live projects in various business domains.

Selected candidates will get monthly stipend as per the details below:

1. First three months of the Course: Rs. 7,500/-
2. From 4th to 12th months: Rs. 10,000/-
3. Second academic year: Rs. 12,500/-
4. Third academic year: Rs. 18,000/-
5. Fourth academic year: Rs. 23,000/-

Selection process: The selection process consists of three stages. These are 1. An Online common entrance examination 2. A Technical Interview 3. An HR Interview. Candidates can check Wipro WASE website for model papers or previous question papers of online common entrance test. Online test will be conducted completely online (internet based). The Question Paper will have three sections. These are Verbal, Analytical and Mathematics. The standard of the exam will be on par with CAT and GMAT. There is a good discussion on the last year’s post on Wipro WASE on this site where WASE 2011 qualified and past candidates were interacted and discussed about the programme.

Application Process: Eligible and interested candidates can apply / register through online on Wipro website www.wipro.com OR careers.wipro.com/register-wase2011. For more details of this program, see www.wipro-campusarena.com. Wipro shall get in touch with the registered candidates for further process of admissions. The last date for registrations was not mentioned in the notification. Hence you are requested to register as early as possible!

Wipro’s WASE Programme was started in 1995 and it is an Earn while you Learn Programme intended to create job opportunities in IT and Software fields for Non- Engineering students. The WASE has so far trained more than 6000 graduates. There is a good interaction among the previous and fresh students of WASE in the comments section. You may get good insights and information from them.