Which is cheaper, IIM Kashipur or IIM Visakhapatnam?

Kashipur, on the printed tables re-read 22 October 2026. Kashipur's grand total is Rs 20,80,000 with admission and caution inside. Vizag prints Rs 23,58,590 and then adds a Rs 40,000 caution deposit plus a Rs 25,000-per-term mess advance — about Rs 1.9 lakh more across six terms. The sticker gap of Rs 2,78,590 widens to roughly Rs 4.7 lakh once Vizag's extras count, before aid. Kashipur's printed waiver net — a tenth of the batch on full yearly tuition waivers — can widen it further for those who qualify.

What CAT percentile do IIM Kashipur and IIM Visakhapatnam need?

Kashipur's page carries the CAT-2024 reference table — General 95 overall with 75 sectionals — under a printed note that the 2026-28 table will be updated under JAP 2026 guidelines, so treat 95/75 as the reference, not the promise. Vizag prints its live Phase-1 bar: General 82 overall with 70 sectionals, EWS and NC-OBC 72, SC 50, ST and PwD 40. On paper, Vizag's door is thirteen percentile points lower at the first cut.

Is the admission process shared between the two?

No. Kashipur admits through JAP 2026 — the four-IIM joint process IIM Raipur hosts with Kashipur, Ranchi and Trichy: one registration, one common shortlist, one joint PI. Vizag runs its own solo three-phase process. One CAT registration can hold both, but Vizag scores its own detailed application and interview separately from the JAP interview.

How is the final merit list computed at each?

Vizag prints its final to the mark: PI 48, CAT 25, Class X 4, XII 4, Bachelor's 4, gender diversity 5, work experience 10 — the interview is nearly half the score, and a PI already given to IIM Bangalore, Kozhikode, Lucknow or Indore can be imported as an average. Kashipur's final formula sits inside JAP 2026's common process — the JAP host prints Final Score /150 = CAT 50 + PI 40 + school and profile blocks — with Kashipur's own page carrying the reference table and the waiver lines.

Is there a management quota at IIM Kashipur or IIM Visakhapatnam?

Neither prints one — an IIM seat is not purchasable, and Kashipur's page says so in stronger words than most: its printed disclaimer tells you to ignore and verify any unsolicited admission offer. Both admit through CAT and their published processes under reservation law. An agent quoting a priced seat at either is selling fraud.

Which should I prefer — IIM Kashipur or IIM Visakhapatnam?

On documents, Vizag reads friendlier to the mid-percentile candidate: the 82-overall bar is the lowest General first-shortlist in this series, and the 48-weight interview lets a strong PI do real work. Kashipur reads friendlier to the budget and the high scorer: the JAP reference bar is steep, but the printed bill is Rs 2.8 lakh lower before extras, and a tenth of every batch studies on a full yearly tuition waiver. Model both before the PI season.

IIM Kashipur vs IIM Visakhapatnam: the JAP partner against the interview-heavy machine

IIM Kashipur vs IIM Visakhapatnam: the JAP 2026 partner with a 10%-of-batch waiver against the 82-overall door with a 48/100 PI — Rs 20,80,000 vs Rs 23,58,590.

By Piyush Agarwal, 10 years in direct admissions counselling · Reviewed by Piyush Agarwal · Last verified 22 October 2026 · every claim linked to its source · Latest change: Initial publication; both official pages re-read today. IIM Kashipur's MBA admission page re-read: the 2026-28 grand total prints Rs 20,80,000 — admission Rs 25,000, six-term course fee Rs 20,46,000, caution Rs 9,000 all inside; Term-I Rs 3,70,000 due 25 September 2026 (Term-II 27 December 2026; Year-2 terms due 25 June 2027, 1 October 2027, 4 January 2028); the CAT-2024 reference table (General 95 with 75 sectionals) stands under the printed note that 2026-28 cut-offs will be 'updated soon in accordance with JAP 2026 guidelines'; 10% of MBA participants receive a full yearly tuition waiver under need-based, merit-based and need-cum-merit heads; the anti-fraud disclaimer stands verbatim ('If any person receives unsolicited or fraudulent communication offering admission in IIM Kashipur, do not respond'). IIM Visakhapatnam's admission-criteria page re-read: Phase-1 CAT-2025 minimums General 70/70/70 with 82 overall (EWS/NC-OBC 63s to 72, SC 40s to 50, ST/PwD 30s to 40), printed as shortlist bars; Phase-2 /100 — CAT 50 (VARC 18, DILR 14, QA 18), X 10, XII 10, Bachelors 10, gender diversity 10, work experience 10 on the printed curve (zero under 12 months, 10 across 24-36 months, 2.5 beyond 48); Phase-3 the PI, with the IIM Bangalore/Kozhikode/Lucknow/Indore PI-averaging import; final aggregate PI 48, CAT 25, X 4, XII 4, Bachelor's 4, diversity 5, work-ex 10. Vizag's program-fee page re-read the same day: Rs 3,79,765 tuition x 6 + Student Welfare Rs 40,000 in terms 1 and 4 = Rs 11,79,295 a year, Grand Total Rs 23,58,590; caution Rs 40,000 and the Rs 25,000-per-term mess/AC/printing advance both outside (Oct 2026)

The short answer

As of 22 October 2026, IIM Kashipur admits through the four-IIM JAP 2026 process with a CAT-2024 reference table of 95/75, while IIM Visakhapatnam runs a solo three-phase door from an 82-overall first bar to a 48-weight interview. Kashipur prints Rs 20,80,000 with a tenth of the batch on full waivers; Vizag Rs 23,58,590. Both pages re-read today.

A consortium partner and a solo machine. IIM Kashipur admits through the four-IIM JAP 2026 process and prints Rs 20,80,000 with a tenth of every batch on full yearly tuition waivers. IIM Visakhapatnam runs its own three-phase process — an 82-overall first bar, a scored detailed application, and a 48-out-of-100 interview — and prints Rs 23,58,590 before its outside-the-headline extras. Both official pages were re-read today, 22 October 2026. The cheaper bill asks the higher percentile; the lower bar asks the bigger interview.

The two bills, side by side

	IIM Kashipur (MBA 2026-28)	IIM Visakhapatnam (PGP 2026-28)
Printed total	Rs 20,80,000 grand total	Rs 23,58,590 grand total (Rs 11,79,295 x 2)
Structure	Admission Rs 25,000 + course fee Rs 20,46,000 + caution Rs 9,000, all inside	Tuition Rs 3,79,765 x 6 + Student Welfare Rs 40,000 in terms 1 and 4
First payment	Term-I Rs 3,70,000, due 25 September 2026	Term 1 Rs 4,19,765 with the welfare line
Caution deposit	Inside the headline	Rs 40,000, outside
Mess / living	No separate mess line printed on the fee table	Rs 25,000-per-term advance (mess, AC, printing), outside
Fee waivers	10% of MBA participants on full yearly tuition waivers (need / merit / need-cum-merit)	Financial-aid pages linked from the fee page
Document	Official MBA admission page	Official program-fee page

The honest label: the printed gap is Rs 2,78,590 in Kashipur’s favour, and Vizag’s own extras — the deposit and six terms of advances, about Rs 1.9 lakh — widen it to roughly Rs 4.7 lakh like-for-like. Kashipur’s waiver net, if you land in it, removes a full year’s tuition on top.

Two bars, two philosophies

Kashipur’s page prints the CAT-2024 reference table — General 95 overall with 75 sectionals — with the honest note that the 2026-28 table will be “updated soon in accordance with JAP 2026 guidelines.” Vizag prints its live Phase-1 bar with no such caveat: General 82 overall with 70 sectionals, EWS and NC-OBC 72, SC 50, ST and PwD 40 — and the printed caution that these are shortlist bars, not admission bars. Thirteen points separate the two printed first cuts; the reference-versus-live difference is the disclosure that matters.

The formulas behind the lists

Vizag prints every mark: PI 48, CAT 25, X 4, XII 4, Bachelor’s 4, gender diversity 5, work experience 10 — and its Phase-3 imports the average of your IIM Bangalore, Kozhikode, Lucknow or Indore PI scores if those institutes shortlisted you for their PGP, so one good interview can serve two doors. Kashipur’s final lives inside JAP 2026: the host prints Final Score /150 — CAT 50, PI 40, Class X 15, XII 15, work experience 15, gender 8, profile 5, academic diversity 2 — one registration, one shortlist, one joint interview covering Kashipur, Raipur, Ranchi and Trichy together.

The aid nets

Kashipur prints the widest single waiver line in this comparison: 10% of MBA participants receive a full yearly tuition waiver, split across need-based, merit-based and need-cum-merit heads — on a Rs 20,80,000 bill, a full year’s tuition is real money. Vizag’s fee page links its financial-aid and scholarship pages without a printed batch share. If the bill is the constraint, Kashipur’s printed net is the one to model first.

The quota question, answered from print

Neither institute prints any management, institutional or discretionary route — no IIM does. Kashipur’s page goes further and prints an anti-fraud disclaimer: if anyone communicates an admission offer unsolicited, do not respond; verify on the official website. Vizag admits through its published three phases. A priced seat at either campus is fraud by definition.

Who should pick which

Pick Kashipur if you carry a 95-ish percentile and want the JAP efficiency — one interview covering four IIMs — plus the lower printed bill and the widest waiver net in the pair.
Pick Vizag if your percentile sits in the 82-94 band, or if you interview well: the 48-weight PI is the single biggest lever any page in this series prints, and the PI-import rule can carry a strong IIM-B/K/L/I interview across.
Either way — register for JAP 2026 when it opens after the CAT result, and fill Vizag’s Phase-2 application separately and carefully; it is scored out of 100, not decorative.

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Which is cheaper, IIM Kashipur or IIM Visakhapatnam?: Kashipur, on the printed tables re-read 22 October 2026. Kashipur's grand total is Rs 20,80,000 with admission and caution inside. Vizag prints Rs 23,58,590 and then adds a Rs 40,000 caution deposit plus a Rs 25,000-per-term mess advance — about Rs 1.9 lakh more across six terms. The sticker gap of Rs 2,78,590 widens to roughly Rs 4.7 lakh once Vizag's extras count, before aid. Kashipur's printed waiver net — a tenth of the batch on full yearly tuition waivers — can widen it further for those who qualify.
What CAT percentile do IIM Kashipur and IIM Visakhapatnam need?: Kashipur's page carries the CAT-2024 reference table — General 95 overall with 75 sectionals — under a printed note that the 2026-28 table will be updated under JAP 2026 guidelines, so treat 95/75 as the reference, not the promise. Vizag prints its live Phase-1 bar: General 82 overall with 70 sectionals, EWS and NC-OBC 72, SC 50, ST and PwD 40. On paper, Vizag's door is thirteen percentile points lower at the first cut.
Is the admission process shared between the two?: No. Kashipur admits through JAP 2026 — the four-IIM joint process IIM Raipur hosts with Kashipur, Ranchi and Trichy: one registration, one common shortlist, one joint PI. Vizag runs its own solo three-phase process. One CAT registration can hold both, but Vizag scores its own detailed application and interview separately from the JAP interview.
How is the final merit list computed at each?: Vizag prints its final to the mark: PI 48, CAT 25, Class X 4, XII 4, Bachelor's 4, gender diversity 5, work experience 10 — the interview is nearly half the score, and a PI already given to IIM Bangalore, Kozhikode, Lucknow or Indore can be imported as an average. Kashipur's final formula sits inside JAP 2026's common process — the JAP host prints Final Score /150 = CAT 50 + PI 40 + school and profile blocks — with Kashipur's own page carrying the reference table and the waiver lines.
Is there a management quota at IIM Kashipur or IIM Visakhapatnam?: Neither prints one — an IIM seat is not purchasable, and Kashipur's page says so in stronger words than most: its printed disclaimer tells you to ignore and verify any unsolicited admission offer. Both admit through CAT and their published processes under reservation law. An agent quoting a priced seat at either is selling fraud.
Which should I prefer — IIM Kashipur or IIM Visakhapatnam?: On documents, Vizag reads friendlier to the mid-percentile candidate: the 82-overall bar is the lowest General first-shortlist in this series, and the 48-weight interview lets a strong PI do real work. Kashipur reads friendlier to the budget and the high scorer: the JAP reference bar is steep, but the printed bill is Rs 2.8 lakh lower before extras, and a tenth of every batch studies on a full yearly tuition waiver. Model both before the PI season.

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Page updated 22 October 2026. Rules, fees and dates change; confirm with the institution and the official authority before acting.

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