IIM Kozhikode admits record 60% female students | Mumbai News – Times of India
MUMBAI: At a time when management institutes across the world are trying to bring gender parity in male-dominated classrooms of business education, Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Kozhikode has admitted almost 60% female students in its flagship postgraduate programme in management.
In the cohort of 2024, IIM Kozhikode has 290 female students compared to 201 male students, thus overturning the gender equation on campus that had admitted 285 male students and 207 females last year.Meanwhile, IIM Raipur came close to the half-mark this year by admitting 45% female students-the number will be finalised only by July 1.
“At IIM Kozhikode, we take immense pride in being a pioneer in promoting gender diversity among Indian B-Schools. This year…we have yet again achieved a significant milestone with close to 60% female students, the highest ever in our history,” said professor Debashis Chatterjee, director of the institute.
For one year, in 2019, the institute had set aside 60 supernumerary seats for women, but now, there is no reservation for them.
Many IIMs, like Ahmedabad, have come close to admitting 30% women this year (see table). At IIM Ahmedabad, of 404 students from a diverse educational, professional, socio-economic and gender backgrounds in the PGP Class of 2024-26, about 25% are female students, as compared to about 23% last year.
In the cohort of 2024, IIM Kozhikode has 290 female students compared to 201 male students, thus overturning the gender equation on campus that had admitted 285 male students and 207 females last year.Meanwhile, IIM Raipur came close to the half-mark this year by admitting 45% female students-the number will be finalised only by July 1.
“At IIM Kozhikode, we take immense pride in being a pioneer in promoting gender diversity among Indian B-Schools. This year…we have yet again achieved a significant milestone with close to 60% female students, the highest ever in our history,” said professor Debashis Chatterjee, director of the institute.
For one year, in 2019, the institute had set aside 60 supernumerary seats for women, but now, there is no reservation for them.
Many IIMs, like Ahmedabad, have come close to admitting 30% women this year (see table). At IIM Ahmedabad, of 404 students from a diverse educational, professional, socio-economic and gender backgrounds in the PGP Class of 2024-26, about 25% are female students, as compared to about 23% last year.
