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Indian Institute of Management
Invites applications from scholars
interested in admission to the
Doctoral Programme
(Fellow Programme in Management)
The 15th Batch Commencing in June 2014
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FPM Admissions 2014-Form & Details
Areas of Specialization
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Decision Sciences (Operations
Research/ Statistics)
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Business Environment (Economics)
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Finance and Accounting
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Human Resources Management
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Information Technology and
Systems
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Marketing
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Operations Management
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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 2014.
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 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, 2012) 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 (3.0 on a 4.0 point scale ) and an equivalent letter grade “B” 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 2014 and the successful candidates will
receive offers by mid-May 2014.
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 programme at the time of admission.
Duration of the Programme and Accommodation
Students are expected to complete the programme in four years. However, under special circumstances
extension of two more years may be granted. The students spent their first two
years for course work and the last two years for research and thesis
preparation. FPM is a full-time residential programme. However, management teachers and working
executives have option to choose a flexible time frame to complete the first two
years’ course work. They are allowed to
complete the course work in four time slots of July-Dec/Jan-June within a total
span of four years. Moreover, certain relaxations on the two years residential
requirement for thesis work are also considered on the basis of merit of the
case. However, they are required to complete all
the requirements of Fellow Program within six years from the date of
registration.
Campus hostel facility is available for stay of married students with
their immediate family (spouse and children).
Financial Support
All resident Indian students admitted to the programme are
given fellowship and contingency allowance up to four years. Students are
provided with a fellowship stipend of Rupees 20,000 per month during I and II
year and Rs. 24,000 per month subject to completion of comprehensive
examination in III year and submission of thesis proposal in IV year. An additional stipend of Rs. 2000 per month
will be paid during a term (3 months) in which the student is assigned academic
duty (teaching and/or grading) of up to 10 hours per week. Similarly, an additional stipend of Rs. 5000
per month will be paid during a term in which the student independently teaches
a full credit (30 hours) course. Those
who are exempted from first year course work and are admitted directly in the
second year of the programme would be eligible to get stipend only for thirty
six months.
A comprehensive package of contingency grants is provided
to all FPM students. The package has
the following components.
- A contingency grant of Rs. 10,000 per annum in I and II year, and Rs. 15,000 per annum during III and IV year of the programme. This grant will be available for purchase of books, stationery, computer hardware/software and travel related to thesis work.
- A one time computer purchase grant of Rs. 50,000, which may be availed before the end of course work.
- A domestic conference travel grant of Rs. 15,000 each in III and IV year.
- A one international conference travel grant of up to Rs. 1,40,000 which can be availed after submitting the thesis proposal & to attend a maximum of one domestic conference each in III and IV year. For those who score a CGPA of 7.00 and above at end of the two years of course work, the total combined travel grant would be of Rs. 1,60,000.
- A Doctoral Consortium travel grant of Rs. 10,000 in III and IV year to attend the proposed annual inter-IIM Doctoral Consortium.
- Reimbursement of annual membership fee (student rates) of one national and one international professional society during III and IV year.
- Reimbursement of travel expenses for case-writing and field research during III and IV year, subject to a maximum of Rs. 50,000.
The Institute also provides certain additional facilities
for married FPM students whose families are residing on campus. This includes
- Reimbursement of family health insurance premium.
- School transport facility for children to those schools already covered by the Institute’s school transport system.
In addition to these, they are exempted from fees, provided with free lodging
facilities. NRIs and foreign candidates will be required to bear all the
expenses including the tuition fee.
HOW TO APPLY
Candidates,
who are appearing for CAT may refer to the
CAT-2013 website and fill the relevant column (for FPM admissions) in the CAT
application form and
Download
the separate Application Form for IIML FPM admissions
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.
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 10th,
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. 1000/- (Rs. 500/- for SC/ST candidates) drawn in favor of IIM
Lucknow payable at Lucknow should be sent to the following address.
Administrative Officer (FPM)
Indian Institute of Management Lucknow
Prabandh Nagar, Off Sitapur Road
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 20 January 2014.
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