Indian Institute of Management - [IIMR], Ranchi

Updated On - December 21st, 2019

Swati Mishra

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Indian Institute of Management Ranchi (IIM Ranchi), is the ninth IIM of all the 20 IIMs of India established in 2010. It jumped twelve steps from its NIRF ranking of 40 in 2018 tosecure 28^th position in 2019. It offers Postgraduate, Doctoral and Certificate courses in Management.

The highest package for the students of PGDM shot up to INR 26 LPA in 2019 whereas the average package for the 2019 batch went up to INR 15.02 LPA. The maximum number of hiring held for Sales and Marketing profiles which also bagged the highest package of 2019.

IIM Ranchi Highlights

IIM Ranchi Courses

IIM Ranchi offers Postgraduate, Doctoral and Certificate courses in Management Field. Given below is a tabulated form of Courses along with their specializations, eligibility, and Duration.

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IIM Ranchi Admissions

Applicants will be shortlisted for the personal interview based on their CAT / GMAT / GRE as chosen by the candidate, Academic performance, and Duration of work experience. The selection process for the Executive program will be conducted in two rounds. Candidates can submit their application through the online website of the institute. For Admission in Ph.D. Those who have qualified in GATE, GRE, GMAT and NET-JRF (UGC/CSIR) examinations can also apply in the relevant area of specialization. Scores of any of these examinations including CAT has taken during the last two years will be considered valid for admission in Ph.D. 

Admission Stages

• Stage I: The candidate must appear and score the minimum required percentile in CAT to be considered for the Shortlisting process for admission at IIM Ranchi. Applicants must have obtained a valid score in any of the following exams:
  • CAT (Common Admission Test) – Read More
  • GMAT (Graduate Management Admission Test) – Read More
  • GRE (Graduate Record Examination) –Read More
• Stage II: Final Selection Round for IIM Rohtak Admission comprises of a Personal Interview followed by a Writing Ability Test. The weighted aggregate of the following components will be used to prepare a merit/rank list-
  • CAT
  • WAT
  • PI
  • Diversity

Steps to apply online

• Fill the online application form at the official website.
• Candidates have to create a login ID and password for the online application form at the website mentioned above. 
• Select the program you want to enroll in. 
• Enter your personal, educational, work experience details.
• Upload the relevant documents necessary during filling out the application form. 
• Upload the scanned photograph and signature.
• Pay the application fee online at the ‘Make Payment’ tab.

• After successful completion of online payment of registration fee, Click on ‘Save’ to save the information. 
• Once the application filling gets over, record your login credentials and take the hard copy of your application fee for future reference. 

Procedure Overview

Step 1: Fill the application form through the official website of the Institute. 

Step 2: Submit your detailed information along with the CAT Score.

Step 3: Shortlisted candidates will be called for a personal interview and Written Ability Test.

Step 4: The interview panel will evaluate each candidate's performance in terms of quality of work experience, diversity, leadership qualities, social sensitivity, and multifacetedness. 

Step 5: Candidates who are unable to attend the interview on the specified date, because of their overseas travel/stay, maybe interviewed through videoconference. Requests for an interview via video conference should be made at least 10 days prior to the scheduled interview date.

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IIM Ranchi Placements

Eighty-Eight companies visited the campus and have extended 181 offers to the PGDM students of IIM Ranchi, with 58 being first-time recruiters. Sales & Marketing emerged as the most preferred functional area, closely followed by profiles in IT & Analytics, Finance, Operations, and Strategy & Consulting. The season saw lateral offers being extended by recruiters to students with prior work experience. 

Top Recruiters are

Capgemini, IBM, Mindtree, Infosys, Value Labs, Amazon, Cummins, L&T, Reliance, Tata Steel, Accenture, ICICI Bank, JPMC, Muthoot, Fincorp, Ujjivan Small Finance Bank. YES Bank etc. 

The below Graph represents the sector-wise distribution of Students in various roles in an organization. Blue colour represents the percentage of students placed while yellow colour represnts the average package of students in different fields.

Placement Report 2017-19 Batch

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IIM Ranchi Facilities

• Classrooms: The academic block consists of six aesthetically designed classrooms equipped with all the required modern facilities. We at IIM Ranchi believe that the process of teaching can be enhanced with the use of technology tools. It aids the students by giving them a better understanding of concepts and gives an extra edge by providing means to visualize the concept being taught.
• Hostels: The housing facility at IIM Ranchi is at par with the best in the world. It consists of separate blocks for girls and boys. IIM Ranchi is one of the few institutes which have fully Wi-Fi enabled campus. The housing facility consists of a mix of three bedrooms and four-bedroom shared flats that are fully furnished, serviced and are installed with five-star facilities. Each block consists of a mess and a canteen which remain open for nearly 20 hours a day on an average and a dispensary for medical concerns. Each floor of the block is installed with the common announcement system.
• Library: The library provides a wide variety of services to the users both in-house and network-based services. The electronic resources subscribed by the library are accessible to the users through the Institute’s network. The library’s functions and services are fully automated. The users can access the online library catalog and find out the availability of library materials from their own computer terminals.
• IT Labs: Every computer in the computer lab has Windows 7 and is equipped with antivirus as well as a laser printer and scanner. The network backbone is designed with Single-Mode Fibre Optics cable and the internal network is equipped with Cisco 3750 Core Switch and Cisco 2960 Access Switches. The academic block is internally connected through Wi-Fi as well as wired LAN (10 Mbps 1:1 internet bandwidth provided by RailTel) to support round the clock access to the resources on the network.

IIM Ranchi Faculty 

Name: Aditya Shankar Mishra

• Area: Marketing
• Email: adityashankar.mishra@iimranchi.ac.in
• Qualification:
  • Ph.D.(I.F.H.E, Hyderabad)
  • V.S.P.(COBI, University of Toledo, OH, USA)
  • MBA (Marketing)

Name: Asit Baran Mohapatra

• Area: OB & HRM Area

• Email: asit.mohapatra@iimranchi.ac.in

• Qualification: 
  • Ph. D (Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh)
  • Masters in Administrative Management (Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai)
  • B. Tech (Production Engineering) - B.I.T.S, Ranchi University
  • Diploma in Total Quality Management (TQM), University of Sterling, UK

Name: Manish Kumar

• Area: OB and HR
• Email: manish@iimranchi.ac.in
• Qualification: 
  • Fellow of IIM Lucknow
  • Bachelor of Engineering (VTU, Belgaum)

Name: Piyali Ghosh

• Area: OB/HR
• Email: piyali.ghosh@iimranchi.ac.in
• Qualification: 
  • Ph.D., MBA, MA (Economics)

Name: Rekha Singhal (Nee Agarwal)

• Area: OB & HR

• Email: rekha.singhal@iimranchi.ac.in

• Qualification:
  • Post-Doctoral: Wageningen University, The Netherlands 1999
  • D.Phil.: Allahabad University, Allahabad, 1986
  • Masters in Psychology, Allahabad University, 1981 with specialization in OB Ist Division

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