Post Graduate Diploma in Business Analytics From IIM Calcutta, Kolkata

IIM Calcutta PGDBA (Post Graduate Diploma in Business Analytics) is a 2-Year, Full-time program jointly offered by IIM Calcutta, IIT Kharagpur and ISI Kolkata. Candidates with a Bachelor’s Degree and Valid PGDBA Scores are eligible to apply for the program. IIM Calcutta PGDBA fees is INR 25,00,000.

IIM Calcutta PGDBA Important Dates 2025

IIM Calcutta PGDBA Admission Process

• Candidates are Shortlisted based on their valid PGDBA Scores for Personal Interview (PI) Round.
• Final Selection is based on Candidate's Overall Performance in PI, PGDBA Scores, Work Experience and Academic Scores.

Weightage for Final Merit List is as follows:

Class 12 Marks are calculated based on:

Note: Engineering Diploma Results will be considered only for those candidates who have done Engineering Diploma after Class X.

Work Experience is calculated based on:

IIM Calcutta PGDBA Cutoff

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IIM Calcutta PGDBA Admission Test

The Duration of the Test is 3 Hours. The Test will have a total of 50 Questions carrying 150 Marks. Each Question will be a Multiple Choice Question (MCQ) and will have only 1 Correct Answer:

The marking scheme remained the same as last year with a reward of 3 marks for each correct attempt and a penalty of 1 mark for each incorrect answer. Overall the PGDBA Paper could be labeled as medium difficulty and a score of around 105-110 should be sufficient to get a call. The section-wise analysis of the PGDBA Exam is given below:

Verbal Ability 

The Verbal Ability section of the PGDBA Paper basically consists of 3 types of questions:

• Reading Comprehension
• Parajumbles
• Grammar

The Reading Comprehension subsection consisted of 2 short passages. One of the passages - on “In-house Workforce” - was quite difficult since the questions asked were primarily inference based. In contrast to this, the second passage on “Social and Economic Issues in Latin American countries” was quite straightforward with direct questions.

There were 3 Parajumbles asked in the paper out of which 2 were very doable. The third parajumbles was more challenging and may lead to incorrect attempts. The grammar questions were slightly tricky due to the vocabulary used but were still doable. A good attempt would require at least 10-12 Questions to be answered correctly.

Data Interpretation and Data Visualization 

IIM Calcutta PGDBA exam tested candidates with 5 separate questions with 1 graph/chart each instead of 1 set with 5 questions. This would make the section slightly more time consuming but also meant that you would not have to give up on the section if you were unable to solve the set. The questions in the section were fairly straightforward and not calculation-intensive. All 5 questions were solvable within 10-15 minutes.

Logical Reasoning

Logical Reasoning was different from the Data Interpretation section in the sense that it constituted 1 set with 5 Questions instead of 5 stand-alone questions. The set was slightly tricky but still doable. The students are required to solve the set (5 Questions) in 10-15 minutes.

Quantitative Aptitude 

The Quantitative Aptitude section is the section with the highest weightage in the PGDBA Exam with 25 questions. Almost all the topics in the PGDBA Exam Syllabus were tested in the exam with the highest concentration being in Algebra and Higher Mathematics. The section could be termed as moderate-difficulty in terms of level of difficulty. The ideal strategy to maximize your marks would be to attempt questions apart from Higher Maths first and then attempt as many of the Higher Maths questions. This should allow a good student to attempt 17-18 questions

IIM Calcutta PGDBA Test Centres

The PGDBA Admission test will be conducted in Agra, Ahmedabad, Aligarh, Amritsar, Bengaluru, Chandigarh, Chennai, Coimbatore, Dehradun, Dhanbad, Guwahati, Gwalior, Hyderabad, Indore, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Kolkata, Lucknow, Nagpur, Nashik, Noida, Patna, Prayagraj, Pune, Raipur, Siliguri, Tezpur, Trivandrum, Vadodara, Visakhapatnam

IIM Calcutta PGDBA Admission: How to Apply?

Candidates Interested in applying to the PGDBA program can visit the official website of IIT Kharagpur to apply for the same. To fill the application form for PGDBA, check the steps below:

1. Check for the PGDBA 2025 link present in the news section on the right side of the website.
2. Click on how to apply. There is a click here to apply online on the new page after clicking on how to apply gets directed. Click on it.
3. Register as a new applicant.
4. Login into the account using the details of the user id and password.
5. The application form will appear. Fill in all the details.
6. Submit the form online.
7. Pay the application fee of INR 2500/- for General / OBC Candidates and INR 1250/- for EWS / SC / ST / PwD Candidates.