IIM Calcutta Sees a Rise in Female Admissions in 2013

A significant increase of 50% from 2012, IIM Calcutta witnesses an ascend in female intakes for the academic year of 2013-15. The total batch size across these three IIMs, based on acceptances till now, has risen from 1,220 to 1,247 this year. 

Only 51 women made it into IIM-C in the year 2012. Before that, in 2011, the number was only 33.

Five branches of IIMs, namely:

• Calcutta
• Ahmedabad
• Bangalore
• Lucknow
• Indore

Settled on a unanimous decision on giving three marks extra to girls, hence increasing the count to 100 intakes per IIM branch. The only exceptions being IIM Ahmedabad, expecting only 80 girls.

A leading daily reports Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, chairman and managing director of Biocon, saying: "The intake of more women in IIMs will certainly have a positive impact on gender diversity and on building women in leadership roles in corporate India. I do believe that business schools should ensure a minimum percentage of women enrolments and in that context affirmative enrolments are desirable."

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