IIM Indore Fellow Programme in Management (FPM) - 2014

Fellow Programme in Management (FPM) - 2014
Last date for submission of Application is 15th November 2013
ADMISSION
For its Fellow Programme in Management (FPM) IIM Indore seeks high quality candidates with strong academic background, preferably with professional experience, and intellectual curiosity needed for scholarship in management.
ELIGIBILITY
Candidates should have:
Master’s degree in any discipline, with at least 55 per cent marks (High second class) and at least 50% marks at Bachelor’s degree level
OR
Five year/ four year Integrated Masters’ Degree programme in any discipline, with at least 55 percent marks
OR
Bachelor’s degree** with complete professional qualifications like CA, ICWA, CS with at least 55 percent marks
OR
4 year/8 semester Bachelor’s degree with at least 60 percent marks or equivalent grade point average
Candidates who do not have degree certificate with them, if selected, will be permitted to join the programme provisionally subject to the submission of a certificate, issued on or before February 15, 2015 from the head of the institution implicitly emphasizing that they have completed all requirements for obtaining the degree before February 15, 2014.
**The candidate must hold a Bachelors Degree of any of the Universities incorporated by an Act of 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. The Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent qualification obtained by the candidate must entail a minimum of three years of education after completing higher secondary schooling (10+2) or equivalent.
PROCEDURE
Applications for admission to the FPM 2014 are invited through an advertisement / notice published in the newspaper and also uploaded on the institute website. The application should be submitted on the prescribed application form on or before the specified date along with a demand draft of Rs.500/ - (Rs.Five Hundred only) as per details given in the “Instructions” section below.
AREAS OF STUDY
The institute presently offers the FPM in the following Areas of Specialization
Economics Finance & Accounting Information Systems Marketing Management Operations Management and Quantitative Techniques Organizational Behaviour and Human Resource Management Strategic Management Communication
Out of the aforementioned Areas, an applicant can choose any one area of specialization and submit his/her application along with all enclosures as given under “Instructions”.
SELECTION PROCESS
Stage 1:	Application screening based on
	10th / 12th / Graduation Institute classification (MHRD list)
Stage 2:	Briefing and Written Test
	Shortlisted candidates will be briefed about the structure of the Fellow Programme in Management at 5 locations, viz. New Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Kolkata and Indore Written test : 1 + 1 hour format – covering – Analytical ability and Research writing
Stage 3:	Personal Interviews at IIM Indore campus
PERSONAL INTERVIEW
Short-listed candidates will be invited for a personal interview and further evaluation at IIM Indore. Not all candidates are called for personal interview and no communication will be sent to those who are not shortlisted for interview/ selected for admission.
Selection
Selection to the programme is based on performance in:
Personal Interview Any other, as decided by FPM Executive Committee/ Areas concerned
COMMITMENT FEE
Selected candidates are required to deposit a commitment fee of Rs. 50,000/- (Rupees Fifty Thousand Only). This fee has to be paid at the time of acceptance of the offer and has to be made vide a demand draft of Rs. 50,000/- (Rupees Fifty Thousand only) drawn on a nationalized bank favouring Indian Institute of Management Indore payable at Indore.
WAIVER OF FIRST MODULE (FOUNDATION COURSES) OF THE FPM
Following candidates are eligible to apply for waiver of the first module (Foundation Courses) of the Fellow Programme in Management:
Alumni of IIMs (PGP, PGP-ABM, PGP-PMP, and PGPX) provided the candidate has obtained in the first year of the above degree/diploma a minimum grade point equivalent to 2.55 out of 4.33, with no Fs and not more than two Ds. Candidates who have completed similar program of other universities/ Business Schools are eligible to apply for exemption of first module (Foundation Courses) provided they satisfy the following conditions: The candidate should have completed a full-time, two year MBA degree, two year PG Diploma in Management or one year PGPX, one year PGP-PMP (or equivalent) in Management from any recognized and reputed University / Business School / Institution. The candidate should have obtained in the first year of the above degree/diploma a minimum average grade point equivalent to IIM Indore’s 2.55 out of 4.33, with no Fs and not more than two Ds. The candidates should have obtained the qualifying degree or diploma, not more than ten years ago with respect to the beginning of the first module of the FPM programme into which she/he is seeking admission. However, exceptions may be made to this by the FPM Executive committee on a case by case basis.
The granting of waiver is not automatic. The candidate needs to make an application to the Chairperson (FPM) after receipt of offer letter for admission. The final decision related to the waiver is made by the FPM Executive Council (FPM EC) on a case by case by taking into account all relevant factors, including:
The quality and content of the program (MBA/PGDM/PGP-ABM etc.) undergone by the candidate. The performance of the candidate in the programme. The FPM EC, on applying its criteria, can grant full, partial, or no waiver to the candidate. The decision of the FPM EC shall be final and binding.
How to Apply
FPM Application forms can also be downloaded from our website http://www.iimidr.ac.in from 22nd October 2013
The completed application forms should be accompanied by a crossed demand draft of a nationalized bank for Rs.500/-(Rs. Five Hundred only)drawn in favour of Indian Institute of Management Indore payable at Indore. Completed application forms must reach the below address on or before 15th November 2013. In case of any queries, write to fpmoffice@iimidr.ac.in
FPM Office
Indian Institute of Management Indore Prabandh Shikhar, Rau-Pithampur Road, Indore-453556 Madhya Pradesh, INDIA