Admission to IIMs thru GMAT for NRIs

This post is all about admission to top B-schools of India (including IIMs) by GMAT route for eligible NRIs (and foreigners) for MBA/PGDM courses. Though there is no NRI quota as such in IIM/ XLRI, most IIMs admit few overseas candidates (between 1-4, but not fixed) every year based on GMAT scores and eligibility criteria. Most of other top private B-Schools have 15% seats reserved for NRIs. A list of all top B-schools admitting students based on GMAT score is given below in the post.

1) IIMs (Indian Institute of Management)
IIM Ahmedabad : IIM-A Overseas candidate (NRI) Info
http://www.iimahd.ernet.in/programmes/admission-details/overseas-candidates.html
IIM Bangalore: IIM-B Overseas candidate (NRI) Info 2011-13, IIM-B Overseas candidate (NRI) Info 2010-12
http://www.iimb.ernet.in/node/2309
IIM-Calcutta: IIM-C Overseas candidate (NRI) Info, IIM-C Overseas candidate (NRI) Form
http://www.iimcal.ac.in/admntc/index.asp
IIM-Lucknow: IIM-L (Lucknow) Overseas Candidate (NRI) Info
http://www.iiml.ac.in/admission_process_overseas.html

2)      ISB-Hyderabad : ISB International Student Info
http://www.isb.edu/pgp/International_Applicants.shtml

3)      XLRI- Jamshedpur: http://www.xlri.edu

4)     FMS- Delhi: FMS Delhi Admission 2011 FAQ,  http://www.fms.edu/programmes/admission_faq.php

5)      MDI- Gurgoan:   http://www.mdi.ac.in/admissions/pgpm.asp?id=1

6)      IIFT- Delhi: IIFT-Admission-NRI-2011-13, http://www.iift.edu/iift/Admissions_2011/index.asp

7)      IMT Ghaziabad : http://www.imt.edu/Admissions/AdmissionsPGDM.aspx

8)      ICFAI – http://www.ibsat.org/Application_modalities.asp

9)      Great Lakes, Chennai- Admissions Info 2011-13,  http://www.greatlakes.edu.in/

10)   Maharashtra CET: One can apply under NRI Seats if one of the parents of a candidate is a NRI. 15% of the seats in every institute are reserved for such a candidate. Following is a list of top ranked management institutes under MH CET

1.      Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies (JBIMS) – Mumbai
2.      Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS) – Mumbai
3.      Symbiosis Institute of Business Management (SIBM) – Pune
4.      Somaiya Institute of Management Studies and Research (SIMSR) – Mumbai
5.      Sydhnem Institute of Management Studies and Research (SIMSREE) – Mumbai.
6.      P. N. Wellingkar’s Institute of Management Studies – Mumbai
7.      Chetana’s Institute of Management Studies – Mumbai

To get a sense of eligibility criteria to accept GMAT scores for overseas candidate’s admission to IIMs, please go through below procedure as described on IIM website.