IIM Jammu vs IIM Nagpur: Two Published Formulas, Rs 1.8 Lakh Apart

Two institutes that both let you compute your own standing before you apply. IIM Jammu shortlists General men at 91 and women at 89, then scores CAT 42, PI 30, profile 28. IIM Nagpur asks 95 with 70 sectionals, then weighs CAT 45%, PI 25% and four profile blocks — including the heaviest printed gender-diversity weight in this series. Both documents were re-read today, 18 October 2026. The printed bills sit Rs 1,80,756 apart.

The two bars, exactly as printed

	IIM Jammu (MBA 2026-28)	IIM Nagpur (MBA 2026-28)
General bar	91 male / 89 female and transgender	95 overall
Sectionals	72 male / 71 female	70 / 70 / 70
EWS / NC-OBC	74 male / 72 female (both)	Category table printed (image) on the policy page
SC / ST	54/52 male-female / 32/30	Category table printed (image) on the policy page
Process shape	CAP 2026 joint interview (with Bodh Gaya and Sirmaur)	Three solo stages; email intimation; PI at five venues with extempore
Batch	About 300	340 (General 120, EWS 34, NC-OBC 92, SC 51, ST 26, DAP 17)
Printed fee	Rs 22,80,756	Rs 21,00,000

The gate shapes differ in a way that matters for lopsided scores: Nagpur’s overall bar is four points higher, but its sectional floor is two points lower. A candidate at 96 overall with a 71 in one section fails Jammu’s 72 sectional but clears Nagpur’s 70; a candidate at 94 with even 75s clears Jammu’s bar and never reaches Nagpur’s. The two policies punish different weaknesses.

The formulas: 42/30/28 against 45/25/6/9/5/10

Jammu prints the simplest arithmetic in the series. The CAT score converts at 0.42 times the absolute percentile for a maximum of 42 marks; the Personal Interview carries 30; the profile carries 28 — academic 10 (Class X 2, Class XII 3, graduation 5), work experience 10 (peaking at 24-36 months), gender diversity 8. Three numbers, and you know where you stand.

Nagpur prints the most decomposed final. The CAT component reads your raw score against the stage-1 maximum, scaled to 10, and weighs 45%; the PI — with its extempore round — weighs 25%; Past Academic Performance weighs 6% (1% Class X rating, 2% Class XII, 3% graduation); work experience weighs 9% (measured to 31 January 2026); academic diversity 5%; and gender diversity 10% — the heaviest printed gender block in this series. Where Jammu bakes its gender concession into the shortlist table itself, Nagpur pays it inside the final score.

The bills: Rs 22,80,756 against Rs 21,00,000

Jammu prints Rs 22,80,756 — tuition Rs 2,39,635 a term across six terms, plus other academic and non-academic charges of Rs 4,18,473 in year one and Rs 4,24,473 in year two; the Rs 50,000 caution sits outside, mess bills as per actuals, and the Rs 50,000 offer acceptance adjusts against Term-1. Withdrawal with refund runs to 5:30 PM on 21 June 2026.

Nagpur prints Rs 21,00,000 with the Rs 1,00,000 offer acceptance adjusted toward Term I; its signed fee structure records the refundable caution and mess as extra. The scholarship net is printed beside the fee: ten Merit scholarships for CAT scorers at the 95th percentile and above, and ten Need-cum-Merit scholarships below the Rs 8-lakh family-income line — each a complete two-year tuition waiver.

The quota question, answered from print

Neither institute prints any management, institutional or discretionary route — no IIM does. Nagpur’s policy warns in plain language that its admissions office authorises no individual or organisation to manage admissions, and both admit through CAT under Government of India reservation law. An agent quoting a priced seat at either campus is selling the thing those sentences name.

Who should pick which

• Pick Jammu if your percentile sits in the 89-94 band, your sectionals are even (the 72 floor is the higher of the two), and you want the simplest printed arithmetic in the series. Budget for the higher printed bill.
• Pick Nagpur if you clear 95 with 70 sectionals, want the Rs 1,80,756-cheaper printed bill and a shot at twenty full-tuition scholarships, and your profile gains from the heaviest gender-diversity weight in print. Watch your email — the process runs off the CAT-registered address.
• Either way — both institutes publish every weight in advance, so run your own numbers on both formulas before the shortlists land. The institutes’ own pages carry the operative dates; no third party does.