Hello Puys,
The advertisement for admission to IIFM, Bhopal 2009-11 is already out. Check
Indian Institute of Forest Management Admission page for details regarding the important dates, fees, infrastructure, course curriculum etc.
Let this thread serve as the place to get all your admission related queries resolved.
What is IIFM?
IIFM is an acronym for Indian Institute of Forest Management. It is one of the best sectoral MBA colleges in India. IIFM has been established by the Ministry of Environments and hence enjoys direct resources from the ministry. PGDFM 2010-12 will be the 23rd batch of PGDFM at IIFM. Situated in the city f Lakes Bhopal it has about 240 acres of campus. The PGDFM Programme is a residential one and hence you get to enjoy living in the lap of nature itself.
“Forest”!! and an MBA in that. Sounds so boring!!
Actually many people out here point out that calling this institute a “forest” management takes away the credit from the variety this college provides. U can work in micro finance. U can work in core environment sector, u can work in conservation or u can work for livelihood for forest fringe dwellers and mind you none of that job is any more boring than a desk job. U can work against climate change, or may be some company dealing with alternate sources of energy. U will be a green manager. The job never becomes boring and on the other hand u get the feeling of doing something good for the mother nature. The word forest should not deter one from joining the institute. Core forestry is just the tip of the iceberg and there are hell lot of options available after IIFM. If u like corporate culture, there are many corporate organisations recruiting here, If u want a govt job, u can find it here, alumnus have been working in organisations like UNDP, UNESCO, WWF, World Bank etc, so placement and carer are not a question at IIFM, choice is! if u want a good package 7 lakh was the avg package pre recession batch and 4.6 in recession. But that said, package is not what u look for at campus placement at IIFM, its the job profile. People have gone for PHDs, worked at policy making level or set up entrepreneurial projects. IIFM has a global recognition. It may not be known to common people, but it is known where it should be.
IIFM well would have been better if the F wasn’t there.
The fees at majority of the colleges in India is ranging from 6 lakh to 12 lakh including the IIMs. But the good thing with IIFM is that you pay only 3 lakh and enjoy facilities which are in tune with the best colleges in India. Estimated 17 lakh is the cost incurred to make a student graduate at IIFM. Now consider joining any private institute, u will understand that by paying 8 lakh fees u can only enjoy that much of facilities.
U want to study, u have a world class library with 37000 books and journals available here. U want to have some shuttle cock smashing, u have an indoor badminton court, u are into tennis, a tennis court is at your disposal, u want to play TT, u have a TT table. Next session probably a pool and snooker table will be available if you are one of those cueists around, u want to loose some kilos or want to gain some muscles, a gym is there for you. U like eating, cafeteria and a night cafe is available along with the routine mess food for you. Although every facility is included in the fees, food costs u not more than 1600 per month and it is highly subsidised. The food quality is excellent and variety that is available is huge and the good thing is that mess is run by the students so u can have your own menu. If one is concerned about placement, 100 % placement has been maintained by IIFM since the inception of PGDFM programme.
Students are directly involved in every activity at IIFM and there are number of clubs one can join and participate. Hordes of activities and lots of competition. There is so much to do, that only thing one complains here is that one has only 24 hours in a day.
Why should I join IIFM?
If at the bottom of your heart, u feel any of these or some of these...... u should join this institute....
You want to do an MBA which is world over recognized in its sector.
You are concerned about the fees which many B-schools charge these days.
You would want to be a green manager and hence feel good for having done something good for the society and Planet (the only green one).
You want IIM level facilities but couldn’t join one of those institutes.
Government College is where you want to study at. ( IIFM is founded under ministry of environment and is directly funded by it.)
You want to study in a huge (240 acre) campus which is situated on a hill top and surrounded on three sides by lakes with greenery all around.
You are concerned with the placements and with recession on head you want to be sure of having atleast a good job on hand. (IIFM has had 100% placement since its inception and packages have always been on a rise barring recession period where it dipped everywhere but still the effort was more than commendable)
What specialisations and what are these jargons.?
There are three main specialisations offered here at IIFM in the PGDFM course.
1)Development management- It is one of the hotter specialisations at IIFM, and more people tend to opt for it. Since it houses the “very in” field of MicroFinance which is arguably very best at IIFM.
2)Environment Management- Usually Environment sector is always lauded for its efforts towards the society, opportunities are immense and growth is good.
3)Conservation and Livelihood- It is one of those specialisations which attracts less people and some times people have to opt for it out of force rather than choice. Atleast 10 people have to opt for this field. But the point here is that it attracts the best packages at IIFM. Atleast that have been the trend till now.
What companies ?
Over the last 20 years, a large number of organizations have participated in Summer Internship and Final Placements. Some of them are:
ABN AMRO Bank
Action Aid India
Aditya Birla Group
Aide-et-Action
Asian Development Bank
Asia Carbon
ATREE
Axis Bank
CARE India
CCFID
Confederation of Indian Industry
Citibank
Crompton Greaves
CSE
Dabur
Development Credit Bank
Disha Microfinance
Earthy Goods
Ernst & Young
EXIM Bank
FINO
Grameen Koota
HDFC Bank
ICICI Bank
IFMR
IMS Learning Resources
India Bulls
Indian Institute of Sciences
IOCL
ITC
IUCN
Jungle Lodge and Resorts
Lupin Human Welfare Research
Foundation
NABARD
NCDEX
Olam International, Singapore
ONGC
Orient Paper Mills
Oxfam India
Planet Finance
PRADAN
Price Waterhouse Coopers
Proctor and Gamble
Sir Ratan Tata Trust
SKS Microfinance
The Energy and Resources Institute
UNDP
UNICEF
Wipro
Winrock International
World Bank
WWF India
That’s good but I still don’t want to take a risk.!!
The choice is always yours, but the fact is that IIFM is not a risk, it is a win win situation for you. But still best of luck for your future. May god give u best of luck with the IIMs.
Sound really good. I want to know more.
Admission
Admission process is divided into two phases:-
1)Written test conducted by IIMs ie CAT.
2)GDPI conducted by IIFM at Bhopal itself.
Form application should reach IIFM before 10th of December 2009
GD topics?
Generally the topics are just like what are there in other MBA colleges, but sometimes there are topics which are from the three specialisations, like conservation, finance, etc.
Do they grill in PI?
Grilling is not done in the interviews, and the interviewers don’t know your cat scores. The scores in PI are awarded on your personality, your interest in IIFM, the questions are of generalist nature, and your technical knowledge. Very basic and chilled interview. Mantra is to be confident and have a good answer for why IIFM.
Specialisations offered.
Development Management
The Course offers a specialization module in Development Management to provide young graduates an insight about the changes in the rural environment so that they can better utilize their skills in developing sustainable rural livelihoods and help in easing the pressure on natural resources. The module focuses on skill development in areas of rural enterprise development, rural finance including microfinance, rural marketing, rural retailing and natural resource management. The focus is not merely to ingrain a sense of ‘rural reality’, but also augment the decision-making capacity in the students with respect to flexing conventional models of finance and spatial analysis towards a more comprehensive rural solution
Environmental Management
With global warming and climate change turning certainties and of immediate concern to today’s age, it has become crucial for companies to incorporate environmentally responsible management systems into their mainstream business. Also, as local solutions to global environmental problems find increasing favour with policymakers across the world, there arises a need to develop efficient market interventions to capture the entire social costs of environmental externalities. It is in this light that the specialized module on Environmental Management finds a place in the Course, and envisions the creation of developmental capacity in the students in areas of CDM and carbon trade, environmental economics and modelling, risk analysis ,finance and auditing.
Conservation and Livelihood Management
The keystone of the Institute, Conservation and Livelihood Management seeks to synergize the strong bases in forestry built over the first year of the Course with the wider field of Natural resource-Community linkages. Understanding that community play a key role not only in conservation but also livelihood generation through such conservation, the module converges the scientific principles of responsible natural resource management with the customized needs of individual communities – using the increased leverage of catalyst organizations – to bring about a holistic solution to social problems in the environmental domain.
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