Tuesday, January 7, 2014

Indian Institute of Management Lucknow EFPM 2014 Admission Announcement

Indian Institute of Management Lucknow (Noida Campus)
B-1, Sec-62, Noida–201307 (U.P.) India
Phone : 0120-6681008 ; Fax : 0120-6681002


Invites applications from scholars interested in admission to the
Executive Fellow Programme in Management
(Doctoral Programme for Working Executives)

The 2ND  Batch Commencing in July 2014

There is lot more to be understood- theories, concept and contemporary research tools to meet the challenges posed by today’s complex business world. While an MBA degree can get one the abilities to solve tactical business problems, it requires a Ph.D. well equipped with state-of-the-art research skills to provide real insights through focused research and thus help an organization tread the right path. Through a doctoral programme (with full time Job) an experienced executives can contribute to the field of management science by doing research on the problems and issues in contemporary business world in a rigorous and relevant way.  


Areas of Specialization  
 Business Environment
 Finance and Accounting
 Human Resource Management
 Marketing Management
 Operations Management
 General Management

Eligibility  
The candidates for the programme should 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 (for Finance area)  

1. Should be currently employed in full time job  

2. At least seven years of executive/managerial/academic experience in the relevant
area as on 30th June 2014. For engineering graduates the executive/managerial/ teaching experience should be eight years.  

In addition, all the candidates should have secured a minimum of 55 % marks in all their public examinations starting with the secondary level.

Age Limit  
Candidates must not be more than 55 years of age as on 30th June 2014.

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 GRE/ GATE/ GMAT/ JRF-NET (UGC/CSIR) and *WMP Test examinations ( * written test conducted by IIM Lucknow, Noida Campus for its WMP Programme, sometimes during First/Second week of April 2014) are also eligible to apply. Scores of any one of these examinations including CAT taken during the last two years (i.e., on or after 01 April, 2012) will be considered valid. Candidates, who are appearing for CAT/WMP admission test/ GRE/ GMAT/ GATE and JRF of UGC/CSIR may fill in relevant column of EFPM application form andprovide EFPM admission application information in CAT/WMP admission test GRE/ GMAT/ GATE and JRF application form.


Candidates who have already obtained a PGDM/IPMX/WMP programme from any of the IIMs with a minimum CGPA of 5.0 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 course work and exempted from mandatory course work which are offered in first year program of Executive Fellow Programme in Management (EFPM programme).
All application form will be screened by separate screening committee whose representatives will be from EFPM committee and respective areas. The candidates short-listed on the basis of their academic record and performance in the competitive examinations mentioned above will be called to IIM Lucknow, Noida Campus, for a personal interview for final selection in May 2014 and the successful candidates will receive offers in June 2014

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

Duration of the Programme and Accommodation
 Five campus visits of 21 days’ duration each are needed to finish the course work of non exempted students during two years whereas three campus visits of 21 days’ duration each are needed to finish the course work of exempted students during one year. Non- exempted students will visit campus for additional three weeks (over a period of six months) as per convenience of TAC to complete dissertation work. It is suggested that a candidate desirous of good and robust work need to spend at least three weeks per year after completion of comprehensive Examination. During campus visits, the arrangements for board and lodge will be made in the campus guest house/Executive Hostel. The fee payable for board and lodge
facility will be intimated before the commencement of term by the EFPM office.
EFPM is a part time non - residential programme. The student is expected to complete the programme ordinarily in four years and a maximum of six years.
Under special circumstances, students are eligible to get one time extension of one year and if they fail to complete the programme, their registration will be terminated on completion of seven years.



Course Fee  
The course fee for exempted Candidates will be Rs. 4,00,000/- while it is Rs. 5,50,000 for the non exempted students. This does not include boarding & lodging during campus visits. Brochure  

The detailed fee breakup is given below:  

Year ---------------------------------------------Non Exempted-------------- Exempted
Year 0 (Non refundable acceptance fee) 50,000 50,000
Year 1 1,50,000
Year 2 1,50,000 1,50,000
Year 3 1,00,000 1,00,000
Year 4 1,00,000 1,00,000
TOTAL 5,50,000 4,00,000



After four years of program, the candidate will pay Rs.50,000 per year as course fee in the subsequent years.  

 HOW TO APPLY  
The EFPM application form can be downloaded from the website http://www.iiml.ac.in  from 3rd rd Week of October, 2013. A candidate is eligible to submit applications to a maximum of two areas. In such cases, two copies of the application form, one for each area, with all supporting documents may be sent together. Completed application forms along with a draft of Rs. 1000/- drawn in favor of IIM Lucknow payable at Delhi should be sent to the following address. The application form can also be obtained from the office on request.
Duly filled in application form along with a draft of Rs.1000/-(Rs. 500 for SC/ST Candidates) must reach the following address on or before 28 February, 2014.


EFPM Office  
Executive Fellow Programme in Management
Indian Institute of Management Lucknow (Noida Campus)
B-1, Sec-62, Noida–201307 (U.P.) India
Phone : 0120-6681008 ; Fax : 0120-6681002

If you have any admission related query please contact:

EFPM Office  
Phone : 0120-6681008 / 0120-6681086
E-mail Id : efpm@iiml.ac.in   / satya@iiml.ac.in  

  

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