Friday, February 25, 2011

MBA | Admissions open for Fellow Programme in Management (FPM) Commencing from July 2011 (IIM CAT 2010 )

INDIAN INSTITUTE OF FOREST MANAGEMENT
(An Autonomous Institute under the Ministry of Environment & Forests, Govt. of India )
Post Box No. 357, Nehru Nagar, Bhopal – 462003 (MP)
Admission Announcement FELLOW PROGRAMME IN MANAGEMENT (FPM)
(Four Year Full time Course 2011 – 2015 Batch)
www.iifm.ac.in/fpm
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IIFM is a leading sectoral management Institute in Asia and ranked 2nd among the sectoral management schools in India . The FPM is a doctoral program designed to develop and equip students for career opportunity in Management education and research in the following faculty areas of specialization:-

Applied Computer Technology and Quantitative Techniques; Communication Methods & forestry Extension; Forestry and Ecosystem Management; Financial Management; Forest Resource Economics & Management; Marketing Management; Personnel Management & Organization Behaviour; Sociology and Social Anthropology

Eligibility:The maximum age limit is 45 year as on 1st July, 2011

A bachelor’s degree with at least 50 percent marks, Masters degree (minimum two years prescribed duration after 10+2+3 years of formal education) in relevant discipline (relevancy as decided by the IIFM) with at least 55% marks, including five year/four year integrated masters degree programme; or B.Tech/B.E. with 60% marks or equivalent OGPA; or professional qualification like CA, ICWA, CS with at least 55% marks

Admission: Eligible candidates with CAT/GMAT scores (scores of two years old with a minimum cut off score as decided by IIFM); or UGC-CSIR-JRF/NET or GATE or ICAR JRF (scores not older than 5 years); or qualified FRI entrance test for Ph.D (two years old); or candidates who have obtained a PGDFM/PGDM from IIFM/IIM with a minimum OGPA of 3.00 or MRM students of IIFM with 3.00 CGPA; or all India and allied services officers, officers in scale II of nationalized banks and officers of equivalent rank of PSUs can apply directly

Candidates who fulfill the required eligibility criteria as above and do not have any of the above qualifying test scores, but have five years experience (post their respective eligible degree) shall be called for the internal test and those who qualify in the internal test will be called for group discussion and personal interview
Group discussion and interview: Group discussion and interview for short-listed candidates will be held at IIFM, Bhopal during April/May, 2011

Financial assistance: Each student would be given a monthly fellowship of Rs 12,000/- in first and second year, Rs 14,000/- in third and fourth year and for extended one year (if applicable) during the programme

How to apply: Interested candidates are required to submit their applications in the prescribed application form with all supporting documents mentioned in the form

Application form and details about the programme are available at the website http://www.iifm.ac.in.fpm; or can be obtained in person or by post by sending a request along with bank draft of Rs 200/-

Completed application form (accompanied by a demand draft of Rs 200/- for forms downloaded from website) in favour of Director, IIFM, payable at Bhopal, should be sent to Chairperson, FPM admission, Indian Institute of Forest Management, Nehru Nagar, Bhopal-462003, Madhya Pradesh, so as to reach IIFM latest by 31st March, 2011

For further details about the programme, admission procedure and fellowships please visit www.iifm.ac.in/fpm