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Right from the day an aspirant starts preparing for CAT, his/her main target is IIM Ahmedabad. After all,  it’s arguably the best Institute in the country for its management courses.  This Institute was set up in 1961 by its founder Vikram Sarabhai & is one of the oldest institutes in the country. Many eminent personalities have graduated from this Institute like Raghuram Rajan, Deep Kalra, Ajay Banga, KV Kamath, Harsha Bhogle, etc.  Students get a wide range of knowledge from this Institute & placement opportunities are also available at this Institute, with the Institute providing opportunities in various places in one’s career. It also helps provide a perfect brand name in one’s career & is an Institute for one to target for pursuing a career in Management. Programs offered by this Institute IIM Ahmedabad offers multiple programs: Ph.D. Programme in Management Two Year Post Graduate Programme in Management (MBA) Two Year Post Graduate Programme in Food and Agri-Business

MBA Institutes & their Emphasis on Past Academics Right from the moment an MBA aspirant starts his/her preparation journey for CAT & OMET's the first question that he/she asks on various preparation groups is that I have X% in 10th, Y% in 12th, Z% in Graduation, I am from so & so background, I am a Male/Female, I have n months of Work Experience & from so & so category, what %ile would I require to secure admission in so & so Institute.  For all the MBA Institutes (for some less & for some more), these details matter & there are various admission criteria's followed by different Institutes from an IIM Ahmedabad which follows an Academic Category Criteria to shortlist to an IMT Ghaziabad which looks at the CAT/XAT/GMAT %ile to shortlist.  However, a common concern is that several aspirants don't have a favorable profile as above & henceforth, feel extremely worried that their past academics will haunt them in the shortlisting & final s