IIM Bangalore FPM Admissions 2011

IIM Bangalore FPM Admissions 2011

IIMB Fellow Programme in Management-FPM Admissions 2011

The Fellow Programme in Management (FPM) is the doctoral programme of Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB). The FPM at IIMB is globally recognized and is a premier source of rigorous and inter-disciplinary research in all areas of business management and public policy. The programme is committed to training individuals who will excel in their area of research through publication quality work of international standard.

Areas of Specializations
FPM Students specialize in one of the following Areas:
− Corporate Strategy & Policy
− Economics & Social Sciences
− Finance & Control
− Marketing
− Organizational Behavior & Human Resource Management
− Production & Operations Management
− Quantitative Methods
− Information Systems
− Public Policy & Public Systems

Eligibility-:
Candidates should have
1. A Master's Degree in any discipline, (10+2+3+1 or 2 pattern) with at least 55 percent marks. (OR)
2. A professional qualification like CA, ICWA, CS, with at least 55 percent marks (OR)
3. A 4 year / 8 – semester Bachelor's degree (10+2+4 pattern) with at least 60 percent marks.
We encourage candidates to submit valid test scores from either CAT (2010), or GRE/
/GMAT/GATE/JRF/SRF/NET but will also accept applications without any test score. Candidates taking the Graduate Record Examinations (GRE) must have the official result reported to the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB). The GRE code number for IIMB Fellow Programme in Management is 7385.
Condition:
The Master's degree or equivalent qualification/Bachelor's degree or equivalent qualification should be:
(a) from any of the Universities incorporated by an act of the central or state legislature in India or other educational institutions established by an act of Parliament or declared to be deemed as a University under section 3 of UGC Act, 1956; or (b) recognized by the Ministry of HRD, Government of India. The Bachelor's Degree or equivalent qualification obtained by the candidate must entail a minimum of three years of education after completing higher secondary schooling (10+2) or equivalent. Candidates who are in the final year of their Master's/Bachelor's Programmes that would make them eligible can also apply. Such candidates, if selected, will be allowed to join the programme provisionally only if they submit a certificate latest by June 30, 2011 from the Principal/Head of the Department/Registrar or Director of the university/institute (issued on or before June 30, 2011) stating that they have appeared for the examinations (including practical examinations) in all the subjects required for obtaining the Master's/bachelor's degree/equivalent qualification. Their admission will be
confirmed only when they submit the mark sheet and a certificate of having passed the
master's/bachelor's degree/equivalent qualification referred to in the certificate issued by Principal/Registrar of their college/institute. The deadline for submission of mark sheet and the certificate is December 31, 2011.
Please note that those candidates who have applied on the basis of their master's degree will have to meet the 55% marks stipulation, and those who have applied on the basis of their bachelor's degree will have to meet the 60% marks stipulation. Non -fulfillment of these conditions will automatically result in the cancellation of the provisional admission.

Selection-:
Based on the information provided by the applicants, shortlisted candidates will be called to Bangalore for a Research Aptitude Test (RAT) and interview for final selection. Selection will be based on applicant’s performance in CAT/ GRE/ /GMAT/GATE/JRF/SRF/NET as applicable, past academic performance, work
experience, and aptitude for research. RAT and Interviews are expected to be held in the first week of March 2011.
Selected candidates are required to attend the preparatory course which is expected to be scheduled in the first week of June 2011. Registration for the programme will be in the last week of June 2011.

Financial Support-:
FPM Students in good standing will receive a total support of Rs 2, 88,000/- per annum in addition to tuition waiver, to cover their living expenses, books and materials, insurance and other contingency expenses.
Also during the programme the following support is available to the students.
• Start up grant of Rs 50,000/- to meet expenses on purchasing hardware, software, data base etc.
• National Conference grants up to Rs 10,000/- each for two conferences.
• One International Conference grant up to Rs 1, 00,000/- on a competitive basis.

To Apply-:
Detailed information will be available from September 5, 2010 IIMB website

Last date for submission of application is January 21,2011

For more information visit-: http://www.iimb.ernet.in/