INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT CALCUTTA
Diamond Harbour Road, Kolkata 700 104
Phone: +91-33-24678300-04, Email:
fpoffice@iimcal.ac.in
Website:
www.iimcal.ac.in
Invites application for
Admission to the FELLOW PROGRAMME (equivalent to Ph.D) commencing June, 2012.
The Fellow Program of IIM Calcutta invites applications from candidates with proven academic backgrounds, who have the intellect, interest, and ingenuity to pursue doctoral studies in management sciences and related disciplines. Applicants must possess the ability, motivation, and discipline to sustain themselves in a rigorous doctoral program for four-to-five years.
Areas Of Specialization Of Fellow Program
The Fellow Programme is a full time doctoral level programme and is divided into two streams
A. The Fellow Programme in Management offers specialisation
Behavioral Sciences
Economics
Finance & Control
Management Information Systems
Marketing
Human Resource Management
Operations Management
Public Policy and Management
Strategic Management
B. The Fellow Programme in areas and disciplines related to Management:
i) Operations Research and Systems Analysis iii) Sociology
ii) Regional Development
Eligibility
An applicant to the Fellow Program is required to have: EITHER a First Class Master's degree in any discipline (or equivalent professional qualification) and a three-year Bachelor's degree with at least 50% marks in the aggregate; OR a First Class Bachelor's degree in Engineering. In addition, applicant must have obtained a minimum of 50% marks in the aggregate in either the Secondary or the Higher Secondary Examination of a Board (or equivalent).
A final-year student appearing for the Bachelor's degree examination in Engineering or Master's degree examination in any discipline can also apply. Such a candidate, if selected, will be provisionally admitted provided (s)he completes all requirements for obtaining the degree before 30th June, 2012. Admission of the candidate will remain provisional until (s)he produces mark sheets proving that (s)he satisfies the eligibility criteria. The deadline for submitting the final year degree mark sheets is 31st December, 2012.
Financial Support:
Institutional Support
The Institute provides substantial financial and infrastructural support to Fellowship students.
No tuition fee is charged. Instead, each student is given a stipend that starts at Rs.20,000 per month, and goes up to Rs.24,000 per month with the student's academic progress. In addition, each student can avail of contingency grants of up to Rs.50,000 for the first year of study, and of up to Rs.20,000 per year for subsequent years; these grants can be used to buy books and personal computers, to engage in field research, and to attend academic conferences. The stipend and contingency grants are given for four years of study, and can be extended for up to one more year by demonstrating satisfactory progress in thesis research.
At the end of the first year of coursework, each Fellowship student is required to take up an industry summer project, or work on a research project that is related to his/her areas of specialization under the guidance of a faculty member.
Additional financial support is available for Fellowship students in their dissertation phase in the form of extra funds of up to Rs.30,000 for field research (if needed). Further, such students can take up Teaching Assistantships as and when available, which pay up to Rs.11,000 per month(in addition to the stipend). The Institute also provides full financial support to students to attend up to three international conferences when they receive invitations to present research papers.
Fellowship students are expected to be residents in the Institute campus in order to pursue their studies and research. The Institute provides single-room accommodation to all students, and has limited family accommodation for married students. Nominal fees are charged for such accommodation.
Other infrastructural support include access to the well-endowed B. C. Roy Memorial Library of the Institute, access to dedicated computing labs for Fellowship students, and wireless internet connectivity.
Fellowship students who have completed their dissertation research (or are nearing completion) can avail of the Institute's Placement Services for job search.
Admission Tests
An applicant can apply to at most two areas of specialization. (S)he needs to have taken the Common Admission Test (CAT) in 2011 OR, depending on chosen specialization(s), alternative test(s) in lieu of the CAT as specified in the following table. The applicant is required to have taken the appropriate test(s) no earlier than 24th January, 2010, and the test score(s) should be valid on 24th January, 2012.
Area of Specialization -- Tests in lieu of CAT
Behavioural Sciences
GMAT / GRE / GATE / UGC-JRF in Psychology / Sociology / Economics / Anthropology / Management
Economics
GRE / UGC-JRF in Business Economics / Development Economics/ Economics
Finance & Control
GMAT / GRE / UGC-JRF in Commerce / Economics / Management
Human Resource Management
GMAT / GRE / GATE / UGC-JRF in any discipline
Management Information Systems
GMAT / GRE / GATE / UGC-JRF in any discipline
Marketing
GMAT / GRE / UGC-JRF in Anthropology / Economics / Management / Psychology / Sociology
Operations Management and Operations Research & Systems Analysis
GMAT / GRE / GATE [for GATE, candidate is required to submit his/her score either (i) in “Mathematics (MA)” Paper, or (ii) in the “Engineering Sciences (XE)” Paper which has “Engineering Mathematics” as a compulsory component] /UGC-JRF in Mathematical Sciences
Public Policy and Management
GRE / UGC-JRF in Anthropology / Economics / Geography / Management/ Political Science / Public Administration / Sociology
Regional Development
GRE / UGC-JRF in Anthropology / Economics / Geography / Population Studies / Public Administration / Sociology
Sociology
UGC-JRF in Anthropology / Economics / Political Science / Sociology
Strategic Management
GMAT / GRE / GATE / UGC-JRF in Anthropology / Commerce / Defence and Strategic Studies / Economics / Environmental Science / Geography / History / Law / Management / Political Science / Psychology / Public Administration / Sociology
Application Process
An applicant is required to submit a Fellow Program (FP) Application Form 2012 for each area of specialization that (s)he applies for. Application forms are to be downloaded from the IIMC website:
http://www.iimcal.ac.in/programs/FPM/ . If an applicant is unable to download the Form, (s)he can get the Forms physically collected from:
The Fellow Program Office, IIM Calcutta, Diamond Harbour Road, Kolkata 700104.
Completed Application Form(s) must be submitted along with an Application Fee of Rs.300. This fee should be paid by a crossed demand draft for Rs. 300/- payable to "Indian Institute of Management Calcutta" on a bank in Kolkata. An SC/ST/OBC/PWD applicant need not pay the application fee as long (s)he sends an attested photocopy of his/her SC/ST/OBC/PWD certificate.
When applying to two areas of specialization, an applicant is required to submit two separate application forms, complete in all respects, one for each area of specialization. However, a single payment of the application fee of Rs. 300/- will suffice for each applicant, as long as (s)he submits the two application forms at the same time (e.g., in the same mailing).
For each area of specialization applied for, two letters of recommendation (in the prescribed format) are required. Blank forms for recommendation letters, and instructions on how to return them, are contained in the Application Forms.
Applicant must ensure that a submitted Application Form is complete in all respects. Along with the Form, the applicant is required to submit the following "supporting documents":
Certified Documents: Provide attested copies of transcripts of Academic Records/Mark Sheets/ GMAT/GATE/GRE/UGC-JRF test scores. Attestation may be done by a Faculty Member of a College/University/IIM, by a Member of a Legislative Assembly, or by a Gazetted Officer. A "key" to a transcript's letter grade system should be included wherever necessary.
Research Summaries: Enclose summaries of your published or unpublished research work.
Completed Application Forms should reach the following address by January 24, 2012: Administrative Officer - Fellow Programs and Research, Indian Institute of Management Calcutta, Diamond Harbour Road, Kolkata 700104.
Exemptions
An applicant who is a graduate of any one of the two-year full-time Post Graduate Programs of any one of the Indian Institutes of Management with a Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of no less than 6.00/9.00 (or its equivalent), or a degree-holder of the PGDBM Program of IIM Calcutta with a CGPA of no less than 6.5/9.00 does not need to take any Admission Test. (S)he can apply directly using the FP Application Form(s). (S)he has to pay the application fee, and meet the application deadline. After submission of Application Form(s), the selection procedure followed for such a candidate will be identical to that of all other candidates.
NRI/Foreign Applicants
An Indian student who is, or has been, a Non-resident Indian, can apply to the Fellow Program, as can a foreign student. Irrespective of the specialization(s) that such a candidate applies for, (s)he can request that the GMAT be considered the appropriate Admission Test for him/her. (S)he needs to have taken the GMAT no earlier than 24th January, 2008 if (s)he does not hold a foreign MBA degree, and no earlier than 24th January, 2006 if (s)he does hold a foreign MBA degree.
Such an applicant must comply with the same Application Process as a domestic student – submit completed Application Form(s), pay the Application Fee, and satisfy all other criteria stated above (or their equivalents).
Interview Process
Once all valid applications are in, a subset of candidates will be short-listed (on the basis of their Admission Test scores) for an interview process. All short-listed candidates will be called for personal interviews at the IIM Calcutta campus during late March/early April 2012. Domestic candidates will be reimbursed actual AC 3-tier return train fare by the shortest route.
In a first round, candidates will be interviewed by faculty members in the area(s) of specialization to which the candidates have applied. Those who qualify in the first round will be subsequently interviewed by the faculty members of the Fellow Program Committee, who will make the final selection decisions.
Application Form
Please Click On The Below Button To Download The Form:
http://programslive.iimcal.ac.in/sites/programslive.iimcal.ac.in/files/FP%20Application%20Form%202012.pdf
How to apply:
Application form can be downloaded from IIMC webstie (
http://www.iimcal.ac.in ) or can be obtained from the AO-FPR, IIM Calcutta, Diamond Harbour Road, Joka, Kolkata 700104, email:
fpoffice@iimcal.ac.in .
Completed application form together with DD of Rs.300/- in favour of Indian Institute of Management Calcutta should reach the AO-FPR on or before January 24, 2012.
There is no application fee for SC/ST/OBC/PWD applicants who submit an attested copy of SC/ST/OBC/PWD Certificate.
