Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Fellow Programme in Management @ IIM, Ahmedabad

IIM, Ahmedabad invites application from eligible candidates for doctoral programme in management.
Institute: Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Ahmedabad

Programme: Fellow Programme in Management (FPM)
Programme objective
  • The Fellow Programme in Management (FPM) is the doctoral programme of IIMA. FPM admits students who have a strong academic background, are highly motivated and who have the intellectual curiosity to undertake original research.
  • Provides specialization in various areas of management.
  • Enables students to master the relevant methodological tools of management research on one hand, and the advancement of the current body of management knowledge on the other. 
  • Offers prospects of a career within academia or in (research) positions outside the academia world.
Fellowship: The Fellowship covers all academic and living expenses.

Monthly stipend
: Rs. 18,000 (first, second year), Rs. 19,000/- after completing comprehensive examination and Rs. 20,500/- after submitting the TAC approved thesis proposal. For meritorious students of the first year (those in the top quartile of the class that includes Post-graduate Programme students), the fellowship increases by Rs. 3,000 per month from the second year; and for those who are in the 'Industry-scholarship range' (very good academic performance in the first year), it increases by Rs. 6,000 per month.
A Contingency Allowance of Rs. 25,000 per year (for five years) to cover research expenses, expenses on books, photocopying etc. are also available to all students.
Students are entitled to get upto an amount of Rs.1,75,000/- (upper limt) for attending international conference/workshop/summer school during their entire tenure with FPM system ( maximum 5 years). A student can utilize a maximum amount of Rs 1,20,000 for a single conference.
Specialization areas:
(1) Agriculture, (2) Business Policy, (3) Economics, (4) Finance & Accounting, (5) Information Systems, (6) Marketing, (7) Organisational Behaviour, (8) Personnel and Industrial Relations, (9) Production and Quantitative Methods, and (10) Public Systems.
Eligibility: The candidate must hold, subject to the condition laid down below:
1. A Master's Degree in any discipline, with at least 55 percent marks, with the Bachelor's degree/equivalent qualification with atleast 50 percent marks obtained after a minimum of three years of education after completing higher secondary schooling (10+2) or equivalent.
(OR)
2. Five year/four year Integrated Masters Degree programme in any discipline, with atleast 55 percent marks, obtained after completing higher secondary schooling (10+2) or equivalent.
(OR)
3. A professional qualification like CA, ICWA, CS, with at least 55 percent marks.
(OR)
4. A 4-year/8-semester Bachelor's degree with at least 60 percent marks or equivalent grade point average.
Selection process: Candidates are required to take the common Admission Test (CAT) of IIMs  or GMAT/ GATE/ UGC & JRF (Research) for some of the specific areas.
How to Apply:
  • For obtaining the Application Form and Brochure, write to the Programmes Officer, FPM Office, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad 380 015 with a bank draft of Rs. 500/- (Rupees Five Hundred only) drawn in favour of "Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad" payable at Ahmedabad.
  • You may also download copies of the Application Form from the website and send the filled in application forms along with a bank draft of Rs. 500/- drawn in favour of IIM, Ahmedabad, payable at Ahmedabad before November 30, 2011.
  • A candidate is eligible to apply for a maximum of three Areas. Such candidates should send multiple copies of the application with supporting documentation, one for each area. A candidate is required to take only one bank draft regardless of the number of areas that (s)he chooses to apply to. Also please refer to the IIMA's advertisement for FPM that will appear in leading newspapers during July/August. about the same time as the Common Admission Test (CAT) advertisement.
Important dates:
  • Availability of FPM application form: From September 1, 2011
  • Last date for submitting the completed application form to the FPM Office (IIM-A): November 30, 2011
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For further information/clarifications, please contact:
Programmes Officer
Fellow Programme in Management
Indian Institute of Management
Vastrapur, Ahmedabad 380 015
Email: fpmofficer@iimahd.ernet.in

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