Admissions to IIM Bangalore to get tougher?

Plans are under way to overhaul the flagship 2 year post graduate programme of IIM Bangalore. An internal committee is mulling over changes like

• increasing weightage for leadership potential and ethical & social sensitivity
• making a 22-month work experience mandatory for admission
• reducing the emphasis on a very high score in CAT
• making summer placements optional for students

 These proposed changes will not only change the way students are getting selected in IIM-B but will also change the syllabi and the evaluation methods. The internal committee is being headed by Prof C Manohar Reddy and it wants at least 10% of the batch to comprise international students within the next decade to increase diversity.