Compare IIM Bodh Gaya vs LIBA Chennai

The admission process of IIM Bodh Gaya consists of:

• CAT Examination
• Shortlisting Candidates for Personal Appearance (PA) process
• Conducting the PA process. PA process is composed of Written Analysis Test (WAT) and Personal Interview (PI), and
• Preparing the admission list based on CAT score, PI & WAT score and Profile score as indicated in policy.

Candidates who have applied to LIBA will be shortlisted based on their CAТ 2025 / XАT 2026 scores only.

• Short-listed candidates will be called for a Written Ability Test (WAT), Group Discussion(GD) and a Personal Interview(PI) for final selection.

• The candidate must hold a Bachelor’s Degree, with at least 50% marks or equivalent CGPA [45% in case of the candidates belonging to Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribe (ST) and Persons With Disability (PWD) categories], awarded by any University or educational institution as incorporated by an Act of the Parliament or State legislature in India or declared to be deemed as a University under Section 3 of the UGC Act, 1956, or possess an equivalent qualification recognized by the Ministry of HRD, Government of India.
•  Candidates appearing for the final year of Bachelor’s degree/equivalent qualification examination and those who have completed degree requirements and are awaiting results can also apply. However, it may be noted that such candidates, if selected, will be allowed to join the programme provisionally, only if they submit a certificate from the Principal/Registrar of their University/Institution (issued on or before the date as stipulated by the respective IIM) stating that they have completed all the requirements for obtaining the Bachelor’s degree/equivalent qualification on the date of the issue of the certificate.

• CAT 2025 or XAT 2026 is a prerequisite to apply for LIBA's PGDM programme. However, the student should fulfil the below eligibility criteria as well.
  1. The candidate should be a graduate in any discipline from a recognised university (AIU) under regular mode only.
  2. The candidate should have consistently high academic performance at first class level (minimum 60% marks) in STD X, STD XII & Graduation.
  3. The candidates who have cleared all the subjects in their first attempt will be preferred. Candidates with a history of more than two arrears are asked not to apply.