Eligibility for admission:
1. Education background
To be eligible for
admission to the PGDM Program, the participants must possess a Bachelor's
degree or equivalent, with a minimum of 50% aggregate marks or equivalent in
any discipline, recognized by the Association of Indian Universities for
admission to post-graduate programs. The bachelors' degree or equivalent
qualification obtained by the candidate must entail a minimum of three years
education after completing higher secondary schooling under the 10+2 system or
equivalent. Candidates appearing in the final year of their bachelor's degree
or equivalent are also eligible, provided they furnish the proof of having met
the minimum eligibility criteria by September 2015. Candidates who are unable
to comply with this requirement may be asked to withdraw from the program. It
is desired that candidates complete all academic requirements before joining
the program to enable them to keep pace with the rigor and internal assessment
schedule of the program.
2. Participant profile
Participants for the PGDM
program may be from any discipline such as Engineering, Humanities, Commerce or
Economics, Medicine or any other branch of education. Candidates with relevant
work experience as also fresh graduates are welcome to apply.
Admission Procedure:
Application form
.Application form is
available at admission.imi.edu and must be submitted on line. IMI K
accepts both offline and online applications.
.Applicant should complete
the online/offline application form and submit the same along with the
application fee which is non-refundable.
.The admission application
fee will be as follows: An applicant desirous of applying to IMI Kolkata will
be required to pay an application fee of Rs.300 only. However a candidate
desirous of applying to all the three campuses i.e Delhi, Kolkata and Bhubaneshwar
will be required to pay an application fees of Rs 2000 only.
.The admission fee can be
paid through Credit Card/ Debit Card through the designated payment gateway and
for those applying offline a DEMAND DRAFT in favor of IMI K, payable at
Kolkata, is necessary.
THOSE Paying fees ONLINE
NEED NOT SEND ANYTHING
Admission Process
CAT
.Admission to the program
is through the Common Admission Test (CAT) conducted by The Indian
Institute of Management at
different Centers all over the country. CAT 2014 would be held on November
16, 2014 and November 22 , 2014 all over
India.
(Refer CAT Bulletin for
further details).
.IMI will obtain the test
scores from the IIM for those candidates who have appeared in the CAT
examination and have also applied to IMI for the PGDM program.
.IIM's have no role either
in the selection process or in the conduct of the program.
GMAT
.Foreign students, PIO and
NRI sponsored candidates are also eligible and are required to
take the Graduate
Management Aptitude Test (GMAT) at a test centre outside India, taken not
earlier than December 2012 and
not later than December 2014, and submit such scores while
applying to IMI.
.Indian residents who have
appeared for GMAT, not earlier than December 2012 and later than
December 2014 are also
eligible to apply
.Candidates will be
required to furnish their GMAT scores while applying and provide an attested
copy of the GMAT score sheet to the Admission Office for verification. GMAT
scores without the above document will not be accepted and the application may
be summarily rejected.
XAT
The candidates can also
apply through XAT scores.
Short listing Criteria
Candidates who have
appeared for the CAT 2014 examination or XAT 2015 or furnished valid GMAT score and have applied
to IMI will be short listed on the basis of information provided in the
application form, CAT/XAT scores (sectional and overall) or GMAT score,
educational background, marks in 10th, 12th, graduation and work experience.
Only short listed candidates will be called for the final stage of the
selection process.
Applicants should note that
mere fulfillment of minimum eligibility criteria may not ensure consideration
for short listing by IMI. IMI will not entertain any correspondence on this
subject and decisions of the IMI Admissions Committee will be final in all
matters.
Selection criteria
Past academic performance
in graduation, class XII & X, Extempore speaking, Psychometric Test, Essay
writing, Personal interview besides other qualitative parameters, will
constitute the core components of the final stage of the selection process. The
IMI Admission Committee reserves the right to modify these components while
communicating the same to the applicants at the Personal Interview stage. The
overall objective being to identify and assess the candidate's potential for a
managerial career.
Interview Centers
Besides Delhi, the
selection process will be conducted at other centers including Ahmedabad,
Bangalore, Bhubaneswar. Chandigarh, Chennai, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Kolkata and Mumbai.
Candidates should indicate their preferred center(s) 1st and 2nd preference for
interview in the application form. If a candidate's preferred centre is not
allotted, for any reason, the candidate will be informed of the change. IMI
reserves the right to change any of the centers for the selection process,
without assigning any reasons.
Admission Offer
Admission offer to the
selected candidates will be based on the assessment made during the selection
process. The list of successful candidates will be announced on IMI's website.
Offer letters will there after be dispatched, to the mailing address provided
in the application form. Successful candidates, who have been offered
admission, will be required to pay the fees as per appropriate schedule.
Scholarships
IMI Kolkata offers
scholarships to selected students based on academic performance and financial
considerations.
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