IIM Rohtak vs IIM Trichy: the flat 97 against the JAP-era 95.25

The cheapest printed bill in the new-IIM series against one of its most documented processes. IIM Rohtak shortlists General candidates at a flat 97 and prints Rs 17,90,000; IIM Trichy shortlists at 95.25 with 75 sectionals inside JAP 2026 and its Rs 19.5 lakh becomes Rs 21,24,000 once mess and caution join. Trichy’s page was re-read today, 22 October 2026. Rohtak’s site has been unreachable from our vantage for four consecutive days (HTTP 000), so its side stands from mirror reads on file dated 21 October — disclosed, and re-verification is queued for the day the site returns.

The two bills, side by side

	IIM Rohtak (PGP, Batch 17)	IIM Trichy (PGPM 2026-28)
Printed total	Rs 17,90,000 across six terms	Rs 19,50,000 (caution and mess outside)
Structure	Term I Rs 3,55,000; Terms II-III Rs 2,70,000 each, per year	Term 1 Rs 3,79,000 incl. acceptance, caution and mess; Terms 2-6 Rs 3,49,000
Mess	Rs 48,000 a year, outside	Rs 24,000 per term advance, outside
Other printed lines	Placement facility Rs 40,000; development Rs 10,000/yr; alumni Rs 6,500; caution Rs 10,000	Acceptance Rs 1,00,000; caution Rs 30,000 refundable
All-in as printed	About Rs 18.9 lakh with two years of mess	Rs 21,24,000 with six terms of mess and the deposit
Fee waivers	Institute scholarships per policy	AFWS — 50% academic-fee waiver for 2% of the registering batch, on need
Read status	Mirror reads on file, 21 October; site down day four, disclosed	Official PGPM page re-read today

The honest label: Rohtak’s all-in sits about Rs 2.4 lakh below Trichy’s all-in — the widest price gap in the series at this bar height. The caveat is procedural, not numeric: Rohtak’s figures are mirror reads this week because its site is down; Trichy’s were re-read on the live page today.

Two bars, two philosophies

Rohtak prints the highest flat bar in this series: General 97 overall, no sectional numbers on the shortlist table — EWS 93, NC-OBC 83, SC 60, ST 50, DAP-General 87. Trichy prints the JAP-era table: General 95.25 overall with 75 in every section, EWS 89, NC-OBC 88.5, SC 75, ST 44, DAP 30 — plus the printed warning that the table is necessary but not sufficient. A General candidate at 96 with balanced sections is inside Trichy’s printed door and outside Rohtak’s; at 97-plus, both open. Trichy’s 75 sectional floors are the fine print that decides real shortlists inside JAP.

The formulas behind the lists

Rohtak computes the heaviest CAT final in the series: CAT percentile 60%, PI 20%, academic-and-gender diversity 20% — five solo stages, 264 seats, offers only from the official admissions mailbox. Trichy computes inside JAP: CAT 52%, PI 20%, work experience 10% peaking at 24-29 months, Class X 2%, XII 3%, UG 5%, gender 6%, academic diversity 2% — and its page carries the admission-history tables, category-wise percentile and waitlist movement from past cycles, the fullest such publication in this series. Rohtak tells you the bar and the bill; Trichy tells you how previous batches actually moved.

The aid nets

Trichy’s Academic Fee Waiver Scheme, introduced in 2025-26, gives 2% of the registering batch a 50% waiver of academic fees on financial need — a narrow but printed net. Rohtak’s policy references institute scholarships without a printed batch share. If the bill is the constraint, apply for every scheme both pages list rather than assuming one.

The quota question, answered from print

Neither institute prints any management, institutional or discretionary route — no IIM does. Trichy’s seats move through CAT and JAP 2026, Rohtak’s through CAT and its own five stages, both under Government of India reservation law. An agent quoting a priced seat at either campus is selling fraud; the official pages (Rohtak’s, when it returns) are the verification.

Who should pick which

• Pick Rohtak if you carry a 97-plus percentile and want the lowest printed bill among the newer IIMs, the 60% CAT block, and a flat bar with no sectional fine print — and diary its solo registration window, 26 December 2025 to 9 January 2026, because it sits outside both consortiums.
• Pick Trichy if your percentile sits at 95-97 — its printed table is the lower door — and you want the JAP joint interview’s efficiency, the published admission history, and the AFWS waiver net.
• Either way — Trichy sits in JAP 2026 and Rohtak runs solo, so one CAT registration can hold both. And check iimrohtak.ac.in yourself before relying on any Rohtak figure this week: the site has been down four days, and our reads are mirror reads, disclosed.