How do students at IIM Bangalore, IIM Ahmedabad and IIM Calcutta choose their elective courses? Is there any system?

The first year of MBA at IIMs is rigid with respect to the courses. You have to study mandatory courses from all management systems like Finance, Marketing, etc. The system of picking electives begins in the second year.

Course Bidding:

At IIM Ahmedabad there is a course bidding system where you are allotted bid points. The number of bid points is mostly the same, but there is some variation in bid points based on guidelines specified by the academic council.

• You are alloted with a list of all the courses for the coming semester. 
• The course bidding is scheduled for around an hour, generally after 2 to 3 weeks following the announcement of the courses. 
• You are given an hour and within the time, students are required to bid for the courses of their choice. 
• The number of seats in each course is limited and therefore only some of the bidders may be able to get the seats at their bids and so the bids of each individual keep changing and your status of winning or getting the course continues to change as other students change their bids. 
• Since there is only an hour of time to bid, you need to make your priority list before, to know which courses you want. 
• You also required to meet the minimum and maximum credit limits while taking up the desired courses.

IIM Bangalore and IIM Calcutta should have the same system for choosing an elective as IIM Ahmedabad.