IIM-FPM 2010 admission (Fellow Programme in Management)

Indian Institute of Management Lucknow

Doctoral Programme

(Fellow Programme in Management)

The 11^th Batch Commencing in June 2010

Areas of Specialisation

· Decision Sciences (Operations Research/ Statistics)

· Economics

· Finance and Accounting

· Human Resources Management

· Information Technology and Systems

· Marketing

· Operations Management

· Strategic Management

Eligibility

The candidates for the programme must have one of the following qualifications obtained 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 possess an equivalent qualification recognized by the Ministry of HRD, Government of India, or an equivalent qualification from an institution approved by AICTE.

A Masters’ degree or its equivalent in any discipline with minimum 55% aggregate marks

OR

A Bachelors Degree in Engineering with 60% marks or equivalent grade point average

OR

Any professional qualifications such as CA, ICWA and CS with a minimum 55% aggregate marks.

In addition, all the candidates must have secured a minimum of 55 % marks in all their public examinations starting with the secondary level. Work experience in industry or academics, though not mandatory, will be given due credit in the selection process

Those who are appearing for their final year examination in the current academic year may also apply. However, their admission to the programme will be provisional subject to their successful completion of all requirements for obtaining the relevant degree before 30 June 2010.

Age Limit

Candidates must not be more than 45 years of age as on 30th June 2010..

Selection Process

Candidates who fulfill the eligibility criteria stated above are required to take Common Admission Test (CAT) held by the IIMs. Alternatively, those who have qualified GATE, GRE, GMAT and JRF (UGC/CSIR) examinations can also apply in the relevant area of specialization. Scores of any of these examinations including CAT taken during the last two years (i.e., on or after 01 July, 2008) will be considered valid. Candidates who have already obtained a two-year PGDM from any of the IIMs with a minimum CGPA of 6.0 on a 10 point scale are exempted from this requirement, and can apply directly through the prescribed Application Form. Such applicants are also eligible to get a waiver of the first year course work and can directly join the second year of the programme.

The candidates short-listed on the basis of their academic record and performance in the competitive examinations mentioned above will be called to Lucknow for a special test and personal interview for final selection in April 2010 and the successful candidates will receive offers by mid-May 2010.

Admission to the programme is open to overseas candidates including NRIs and foreign nationals. Their admission will be based on GMAT/GRE scores obtained within previous one year.

Reservation

Reservation for eligible categories will be as per Government of India rules applicable for doctoral programmes at the time of admission.

HOW TO APPLY

Candidates, who are appearing for CAT-2009 during November 28, to December 07, 2009 are required to do the following.

a. Fill the relevant circle for IIML FPM admissions in the CAT-2009 Registration Performa under Applications to programmes of IIMs/Non-IIMs, Column no 4, (item no 3.), and

b. Download the separate Application Form for IIML FPM admissions from www.iiml.ac.in.

Candidates, who use their scores of other examinations such as GATE, GRE, GMAT, and JRF of UGC/CSIR are required to download the IIML FPM Application Form from the above site.

Download Application Form

A candidate is eligible to submit applications to a maximum of two areas. In such cases, two sets of the application form, one for each area, with all supporting documents (including copies of mark sheet and certificates of all public examinations starting from 10^th, experience certificate, relevant score card, age proof, etc) attached separately with each form may be sent together in one envelop. Completed application forms along with a draft of Rs. 500/- (Rs. 250/- for SC/ST candidates) drawn in favour of IIM Lucknow payable at Lucknow should be sent to the following address. The application form can also be obtained from the office on request. Such requests along with a draft of Rs. 500/- (Rs. 250/- in case of SC/ST) must reach the following address on or before 31 January, 2010.

Administrative Officer (FPM)

Indian Institute of Management Lucknow

Prabandh Nagar, Off Sitapur Road

LUCKNOW – 226 013 INDIA

Phone: 091-522-2736762 (Direct)

EPBX: +91-522-2734101 to 2734120 (20 lines) Ext. 6762

Fax : +91-522-2734005 and 2734025

Email : fpm@iiml.ac.in

The last date for receiving completed application forms is 28 February, 2010.

IMPORTANT DATES

· Starting date of downloading of FPM Application Form from IIML Website

· November 28 to December 07, 2009 Common Admission Test (CAT)

· 28.02.2010 Last Date of Receiving filled-in FPM Forms

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