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Criteria for final selection of candidates for admission to PGP 2011-13 batch

Index score obtained in stage 2 of short listing for GD/PI - 50%
Group discussion and social skills - 15%
Personal interview - 25%
Writing task (Essay) - 10%

The candidates were asked to write an extempore essay on a topic of general interest. Topic was announced at the venue just before the writing task. Fifteen minutes was the time assigned.

IIM K previous GD Topics

• An eye for eye will make the whole world blind
• Men are born ignorant; not stupid, but education is making him stupid.
• Freedom of opinion can only exist when the government itself feels secure
• History is always the story of the victor and not the vanquished
• Opinion formation is encouraged only when government is secure about its existence
• Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric
• Fools and Fanatics are always so sure of themselves, but wiser men are always full of doubts
• World is run by conspiracy. People run by lofty ideas
• Sanity it the process of defining real from unreal. We need a new definition now.
• If there is not one thing you can die for, you are not worth living