MBA · Pune
Institute of Management Development and Research (IMDR), Pune
Last updated 13 September 2026 · Reviewed by Piyush Agarwal · Latest change: Initial sourced profile published from official pages opened today: the PGDM programme page (six-exam menu, BEI selection, Rs 3L + Rs 3L fee table), the placement page (highest Rs 10 LPA, average Rs 6.45 LPA) and the homepage (1974 origin, 1977 autonomy)
The short answer
As of September 2026, IMDR Pune's PGDM accepts six entrance routes — CAT, XAT, CMAT, ATMA, MAT or MH-CET — with no printed cut-off, and prints its fee at Rs 3,00,000 per year for the 2026-28 batch. Selection runs through a Behavioural Event Interview, not a group discussion.
Selection process
- Hold a bachelor's degree and complete all degree requirements before the programme commences.
- Carry a valid score in at least one of: CAT, XAT, CMAT, ATMA, MAT, MH-CET, or any other AICTE-approved test.
- Submit the online application; the institute screens applications.
- Attend the Behavioural Event Interview (BEI) — the institute's stated selection instrument, in place of a group discussion.
- One year of work experience minimum applies only to the working-professional division.
Fees, with sources
| Item | Figure | Cycle | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| PGDM course fee, 2026-28 batch | Rs 3,00,000 in Year 1 and Rs 3,00,000 in Year 2 — Rs 6,00,000 total | Batch 2026-28 | IMDR official PGDM programme page (Selection & Fees section) ↗ checked 13 Sept 2026 |
| Placement outcomes (institute-published) | Highest package Rs 10 LPA; overall average Rs 6.45 LPA | 2025-26 placement page, as published | IMDR official placement page (Placement Outcome Across Three Batches) ↗ checked 13 Sept 2026 |
Is there a management quota here?
No management quota appears anywhere on IMDR's reachable admission pages — no quota row, no discretionary line, no institute-level fee differential. What the institute prints instead is the widest low-barrier exam menu in our Pune set: six tests including MAT and ATMA, both of which run multiple times a year, plus 'any other AICTE-approved test'. A candidate whom the CAT system filtered out can walk in through five other printed doors and a Behavioural Event Interview.
IMDR is what a budget-conscious, low-percentile candidate in Pune should actually be shortlisting. Not because it is famous — it is not, outside Pune — but because its printed process removes every barrier this site exists to navigate: six entrance doors including MAT and ATMA, no published cut-off, and a total fee of Rs 6,00,000 in a city where the verified PGDM set runs from UBS Panjab University’s statistical outlier to FLAME University’s Rs 20.95 lakh.
The process, printed
The official programme page lists eligibility in two lines — a completed bachelor’s degree, and “a valid score in at least one of the following entrance tests: CAT / XAT / CMAT / ATMA / MAT / MH-CET or any other AICTE-approved test.” No percentile bar appears anywhere. Selection is application screening and a Behavioural Event Interview: a structured interview about real past episodes, not a group discussion and not a cut-off gate. For working professionals there is a separate division with a one-year experience minimum.
That menu is the point. MAT runs four sessions a year; ATMA several. A candidate who missed CAT registration (it closes 15 September 2026), or scored below the IIM floors, has five other printed routes into this institute — and none of them costs a rupee beyond the application.
The money and the outcome
Rs 3,00,000 per year, both years — printed on the programme page for the 2026-28 batch. On outcomes, the institute’s own placement page prints a highest of Rs 10 LPA and an overall average of Rs 6.45 LPA, in prose, beside links to its Placement Brochure 2024-26 and Placement Report 2025-26. Institute-published numbers, not audited IPRS format — apply the five checks from our placement-report guide. A Rs 6.45 lakh average against a Rs 6 lakh total fee is a payback profile most Pune PGDMs cannot print.
The honest framing
IMDR’s five-decade autonomy (1974 inside Pune University’s MBA Centre at BMCC, autonomous since 1977) buys it exactly nothing in the ranking economy, which is why agents never pitch it — there is no quota margin to sell. That is the credential. Compare it inside the Pune guide, weigh it against the city’s direct-admission map, and if a MAT or ATMA attempt is your plan, our exam pages carry the current windows.
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Questions, answered
- Which exams does IMDR Pune accept?
- Six printed routes: CAT, XAT, CMAT, ATMA, MAT and MH-CET — plus the catch-all 'any other AICTE-approved test'. For a low-CAT candidate this is the most accessible verified menu in Pune: MAT runs four sessions a year and ATMA several, so a weak first attempt is never a dead end here.
- What is the IMDR PGDM fee?
- Rs 3,00,000 per year for the 2026-28 batch — Rs 6,00,000 total — printed on the official programme page. Among verified Pune PGDMs we have profiled, only the university-department routes (like UBS Panjab University's Rs 23,945-a-year outlier) sit materially cheaper.
- Is there a management quota at IMDR?
- Nothing in the institute's reachable admission material names one — no quota row, no discretionary fee, no institute-level differential. Selection is application screening plus a Behavioural Event Interview. Anyone selling an IMDR 'management seat' is selling something the institute does not print.
- What is a Behavioural Event Interview?
- IMDR's stated selection format — a structured interview that probes specific past episodes and actions rather than hypotheticals, used in place of a group-discussion round. Preparation is different from GD drills: catalogue real decisions, failures and results from your academics and work, and be ready to narrate them in detail.
- What are IMDR's placement numbers?
- The institute's own placement page prints a highest package of Rs 10 LPA and an overall average of Rs 6.45 LPA. These are institute statements alongside a linked Placement Report 2025-26 — read them with the five checks in our placement-report guide, and note no median is published on the page.
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