IIMA invites applications for admission to the Fellow Programme in Management (FPM) in the following areas:
1) Agriculture
2) Business Policy
3) Economics
4) Finance and Accounting
5) Compute & Information Systems
6) Marketing
7) Organizational Behaviour
8) Personnel & Industrial Relations
9) Production & Quantitative Methods
10) Public Systems
Eligibility:
a)Master's Degree in any discipline with atleast 55% marks, with a Bachelor's degree of minimum three years after completing higher secondary schooling (OR)
b)Five Year Integrated Master's Degree programme in any discipline with atleast 55% marks obtained after completing higher secondary schooling (OR)
c)A professional qualification like CA, ICWA, CS with atleast 55% marks (OR)
d)A four year /8 semester Bachelor's degree with atleast 60% marks. Those appearing for their final year exam may also apply.
Financial Aid: The fellowship covers all academic and living expenses and is available for a period of four years extendable by six months. In addition, student is entitled to subsistence allowance of about Rs.1,80,000/- (including food allowance per year).
How to apply: Interested candidates are required to take the CAT of IIMs or GMAT/GRE.GATE/UGC-JRF for some of the specific areas.
First Year Waiver: Waiver of first year courses is possible for applicants with a full-time MBA degree, two year PG Diploma in Management or one year PGPX, one year PGP-PMP in Management from any recognised University.
Application forma for FPM can be obtained by post from FPM Office, IIM Vastrapur, Ahmedabad-380015 by sending a DD of Rs.500/- drawn in favour of Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad payable at Ahmedabad or downloaded from the institute's website.
Website: www.iimahd.ernet.in/programmes
Last date of submission of completed application form is December 15, 2009.