Vaikunth Mehta National Institute of Cooperative Management

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Vaikunth Mehta National Institute of Cooperative Management Admissions 2026 Eligibility, Admission Process & Important Dates

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10.66 LPA

Batch 2025 (PGDM-ABM 2023-25 batch, 32nd batch)

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18 LPA

Batch 2025 (PGDM-ABM 2023-25 batch, 32nd batch) • Verified Data

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Institute Type

Public

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Total Courses

4 Courses

Approved Curriculum

Admission to the PGDM-ABM follows a Common Admission Process: candidates submit a valid CAT, XAT, CMAT (NTA), GMAT, MAT or ATMA score (GMAT/GRE for NRI/foreign candidates), after which shortlisted candidates go through a Group Discussion (GD) and Personal Interview (PI). The final merit list weighs the entrance-exam score, academic record, work experience and GD/PI performance, with reservation applied for OBC (Non-Creamy)/EWS/SC/ST/PwD candidates as per Government of India norms. The Post Graduate Diploma in Cooperative Business Management (PGDCBM/DCBM), by contrast, admits primarily serving cooperative-sector and government-department officers through academic-record and work-experience-based shortlisting followed by a Personal Interview, without a national entrance test.

Vaikunth Mehta National Institute of Cooperative Management Admissions

Admission Process Overview

Below is the complete admission information including eligible exams, eligibility criteria, admission process, and important notes for each program offered.

Required Entrance Exams

No national entrance examselection is based on academic recordwork experiencesponsorshipnomination

Eligibility Criteria

Bachelor's degree (minimum 3-year, recognized university) in any discipline; primarily intended for serving officers of cooperative societies, cooperative banks and government cooperative departments, for the PGDCBM/DCBM programme.

Admission Process

Candidates are shortlisted based on their academic background and managerial-capacity work experience in cooperative organisations/government departments/cooperative banks, followed by a Personal Interview; the final merit list weighs interview performance, sponsorship/nomination and relevant experience. An upper age limit applies, relaxable for women and SC/ST/OBC candidates as per Government of India rules.

Required Entrance Exams

📝CAT 📝XATCMAT (NTA)📝GMAT 📝MATATMA (GMATGRE accepted for NRIforeign candidates)

Eligibility Criteria

Bachelor's degree in any discipline from a recognized university with at least 50% aggregate marks (45% for SC/ST candidates); final-year graduation students may also apply, subject to completing requirements by the specified date, for the PGDM-ABM programme.

Admission Process

Common Admission Process comprising (a) a valid test score in CAT/XAT/GMAT/CMAT(NTA)/MAT/ATMA, (b) Group Discussion (GD), and (c) Personal Interview (PI) for shortlisted candidates; the final merit list is prepared from a weighted composite of entrance-exam score, academic record, work experience and GD/PI performance. Reservation applies for OBC (Non-Creamy)/EWS/SC/ST/PwD candidates and wards of Kashmiri migrants as per Government of India rules; a few seats are reserved for wards of NCCT/NCUI/VAMNICOM employees and cooperative-sponsored candidates. Application forms are typically released around October, with the last date to apply generally falling in April, per official admission notices and third-party (Collegedunia, Careers360) portals for recent PGDM-ABM batches.