Which are the best colleges to apply? I have scored 66.6% in 12th and 79.04 percentile in CMAT 2017.

No, CMAT scores are not compulsory to get admission into PGDM at Vidya Prasarak Mandal's Institute of Management Studies. The institute releases the merit list of shortlisted candidates according to their scores achieved in their bachelor's degree, followed by GD & PI. The acceptance of CMAT for admission to PGDM is not explicitly mentioned in the available sources. 

The recent year CMAT cutoff for PGDM at Welingkar, Mumbai has not been released yet. However, for the last three academic years, the college has pre-decided the cutoff scores of CMAT. Learn the exact cutoff scores required for admission to the PGDM course in the table below:

Common Management Admission Test results 2025 will be available online only on the Common Management Admission Test official website. No hard copy of the scorecard will be sent to any test taker. Thus, the applicants must ensure they download the scorecard PDF from the Common Management Admission Test website as soon as the result is announced. The scorecard will be available for download for a limited time period only thus it is important that applicants download their copies and keep the PDF doc safe. For more information, you may visit the Shiksha CMAT exam page. (https://www.shiksha.com/mba/cmat-exam). I hope this will help you.

Yes, there are CMAT accepting colleges which do not conduct GD/PI. The seat allotment is based on counselling process based on CMAT cut off and candidate's choice of college. Most of the Maharashtra MBA colleges such as JBIMS, SIMSREE, PUMBA, Welingkar's, IMT, KJ Somaiya, etc. that participate in MAH CET CAP round, offer admission without GD/PI.

The academic score criteria of minimum 50% in graduation for General category candidates and minimum 45 % for SC/ST/PwD candidates is a mandatory criteria set by AICTE for all colleges offering technical education including MBA, so it is very unlikely that if you don't have the minimum academic score by meet CMAT cut off, you will still get admission.