New Delhi Institute of Management (NDIM) Cutoff

NDIM cutoff: what the published 70th-percentile figure means

NDIM’s 2026 mandatory disclosure lists a 70th-percentile threshold for five entrance tests across three historical two-year PGDM admission batches: 2023–25, 2024–26 and 2025–27. The disclosure has separate tables for the flagship PGDM and PGDM (Financial Management), and both show the same threshold for CAT, MAT, XAT, ATMA and CMAT in each listed batch. These are historical institutional cutoff entries, not a confirmed percentile requirement for NDIM’s 2027–29 intake.

Historical PGDM thresholds in NDIM’s disclosure

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Entrance test	2023–25 PGDM	2024–26 PGDM	2025–27 PGDM
CAT	70th percentile	70th percentile	70th percentile
MAT	70th percentile	70th percentile	70th percentile
XAT	70th percentile	70th percentile	70th percentile
ATMA	70th percentile	70th percentile	70th percentile
CMAT	70th percentile	70th percentile	70th percentile

The disclosure repeats those five 70th-percentile entries for PGDM (Financial Management) in the same three batch columns. Read the values as the institute’s recorded prior thresholds for those programme labels and intakes. A percentile is a relative position in a test population; it is not 70 marks out of 100, nor a raw score of 70. The disclosure does not give a corresponding raw-score conversion, sectional cutoff, category-wise table or test-by-test applicant count.

PGDM (Financial Management) uses the same disclosed historical threshold

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Entrance test	2023–25 PGDM (Financial Management)	2024–26 PGDM (Financial Management)	2025–27 PGDM (Financial Management)
CAT	70th percentile	70th percentile	70th percentile
MAT	70th percentile	70th percentile	70th percentile
XAT	70th percentile	70th percentile	70th percentile
ATMA	70th percentile	70th percentile	70th percentile
CMAT	70th percentile	70th percentile	70th percentile

The matching historical entries do not establish that applicants to every NDIM programme or specialization are assessed identically in the next intake. The disclosure names PGDM (Marketing Management) separately, but the extract reviewed here does not provide a readable set of cutoff values for that programme. Do not transfer the flagship or Finance table to Marketing, the doctoral FPM, or a future batch without a current programme-specific confirmation.

Tests named for the current admission process

NDIM’s eligibility and procedure page says scores in CAT, XAT, CMAT, MAT, ATMA, GMAT or State Common Entrance Examinations are considered for shortlisting. That list is broader than the five-test historical threshold tables. The page identifies a 2027–29 PGDM batch elsewhere, but its old eligibility paragraph still contains a 2026–28 final-year deadline. Treat the test list as the institute’s stated process information and check the current application portal for the exact accepted score editions and dates.

The difference matters: “test considered” does not mean every listed test has the same cutoff, that the old 70th-percentile table applies to all of them, or that meeting a threshold guarantees an interview or admission. GMAT and State Common Entrance Examinations appear in the current test list, but not in the five-exam historical threshold rows summarized above. NDIM should confirm whether and how a particular score is evaluated for the intake you are applying to.

A cutoff is only one part of selection

NDIM’s published selection description says final selection uses overall performance. It lists graduation, Class 12 and Class 10 results, entrance-exam scores, Group Discussion and Personal Interview performance, and achievements such as work experience, sports, extracurricular activity, leadership and community service. The selection page therefore describes a broader assessment than the single percentile entries in the mandatory disclosure.

Use the historical 70th-percentile values as a planning reference, not a promise of selection or a statement of the lowest score that will be admitted in 2027–29. The sources reviewed for this article provide no current-cycle 2027–29 cutoff table. A past institutional cutoff is not a prediction of competition, shortlist size, category-level requirements or the threshold NDIM may apply after receiving applications.

How to use the historical table responsibly

First identify the exact programme and intake column. The table’s batch labels refer to two-year cohorts, while a current candidate needs the threshold and test edition for the next intake. Next confirm which examination score NDIM accepts and whether the applicant’s category changes any requirement. Then distinguish the percentile threshold from academic eligibility: the admission page separately states minimum graduation marks and describes later GD-PI and holistic selection stages.

When contacting admissions, ask whether the 70th-percentile entry is a minimum for application, a historical shortlist boundary, or the cutoff used at a later selection stage. Ask whether it is overall or sectional, how multiple test scores are compared, and whether category-specific rules apply. Request the answer for the exact programme and 2027–29 batch in writing. Do not rely on an old batch’s number to decide that a current score is sufficient.

Sources and limitations

The historical tables in this article are transcribed from NDIM’s Mandatory Disclosure 2026, which gives three batch columns for PGDM and PGDM (Financial Management). The separate eligibility and procedure page supplies the institute’s stated test list and broader selection factors. Both are official NDIM sources, but the older batch thresholds are not a current-cycle announcement.

The reviewed sources do not provide a current 2027–29 cutoff table, raw marks corresponding to the percentiles, sectional/category thresholds, or a separate readable Marketing cutoff series. These remain open questions for NDIM; no current percentile or test-specific threshold is inferred here.