Of 98 students, 50 are girls in IIM-Sambalpur’s 2019 batch

The 4th batch (2018-2020) of the IIM-S has no girl student. Stating that many people had an idea that Sambalpur as
the location for an IIM is not suitable, Jaiswal said: “But we made consistent effort to disseminate the proper information about the IIM-S and location in the last few years. As a result, more number of girls have taken admission this time.”

Jaiswal further said a policy decision taken to give relaxation to girl students in cut-off mark for admission is
also another reason behind the increasing number of girls in IIM. While the cut-off mark for the boys for admission into the IIM-S is 95 per cent, it is 90 per cent for girl students, he said.

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A student of the new batch of the IIM-S, Samrudhi Kangude, who took admission after completing her graduation in
economics from Fergusson College in Pune, said “The placement record of last three years of IIM-S, is outstanding. Moreover, the faculties are also of very high level”.

The induction program will continue for six more days. The IIM-S also launched the PhD programme from this
academic session. Four students have taken admission in the PhD programme.