Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Ahmedabad Doctoral Fellow Programme in Management (FPM) Admission 2010

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Fellow Programme in Management (FPM)

Agriculture, Business Policy, Economics, Finance and Accounting, Computer and Information Systems, Marketing, Organizational Behaviour, Production and Quantitative Methods, Public Systems

The Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIMA) has over forty years of leadership in management education. It was established in 1961 as an autonomous Institution by the active collaboration of the government of India, government of Gujarat, and industry. Today, it is not only a leader in applied management education in Asia, but also one of the finest institutions of management education in the world. Applicants to FPM possess from school of management and not purely as a business school. Its mission is to contribute to development of management thought through research, teaching, institution building, and consulting. It also aims to professionalize some of the vital sectors of India’s economy such as agriculture, education, health, transportation, energy, and public administration

IIMA has a large and distinguished faculty whose contributions to management research are significant. IIMA’s faculty work on industry and government sponsored research, and lend their expertise to industry and other strategic sectors. IIMA’s emphasis on academics and the efforts of its faculty are responsible for the Institute’s position as a top management school in Asia

The objective of the Fellow Programme in Management is to provide students with skills to identify and research complex issues in the field of management. FPM seeks candidates with outstanding academic background intellectual curiosity, and discipline needed to make scholarly contribution. FPM is a research programme. To selected students, IIMA provides an excellent environment for carrying out advanced research, thus creating highly committed researchers trained in the most recent methodologies and engaged in producing original research work. The programme provides a diverse set of opportunities for interdisciplinary education and research. The small entering class ensures close interaction with the faculty; students can determine their own directions under the guidance of the thesis advisory committees

The student becomes part of one of the ten functional/sectoral groups and acquires basic theoretical knowledge and practical aspects of the area. This allows close interaction with faculty members, who provide the intellectual stimulation and help develop the student’s own research interests and professional goals. The programme is strongly committed to preparing thought leaders for the academic and corporate world. Students spend generally a little over four years that includes two years of rigorous course work. Course work in the first year provides a general management overview and develops basic skills for analyzing managerial problems. In the second year, students take advanced doctoral level courses in the area of specialization. The doctoral dissertation, for the next couple of years, provides them with an opportunity to make original contribution to an area of management or to one of its source disciplines. IIMA’s faculty have studied and worked in the best of institutions within India and around the world. Their involvement with public and private organizations internationally allows them to bring relevant managerial issues into the classroom and in their research. This creates an exceptional environment for developing a research programme that can build sound theory for analyzing complex managerial problems

Admissions: IIMA’s doctoral programme aims to admit individuals with exceptional academic background, strong motivation and discipline, and potential to become excellent researchers at international level. Our students come from a variety of disciplines ranging from social sciences and humanities to physical sciences and engineering. Applicants are evaluated on their past academic achievements, motivation and preparation for the programme, letters of recommendation, scores on standard tests, and a personal interview with the faculty. Candidates must attend a Preparatory Programme on mathematical methods and computer and communication skills before entering the FPM

Admission requirements: Candidates must possess one of the following qualifications to apply for IIMA’s doctoral programme (a) a Masters degree in any discipline, with at least 55 percent marks, with a bachelors degree/ equivalent qualification with at least 50 percent marks obtained after a minimum of three years of education after completing higher secondary schooling (10+2) or equivalent or Five year/ four year Integrated Masters degree programme in any discipline, with at least 55 percent marks, obtained after completing higher secondary schooling (10+2) or equivalent or a professional qualification like CA, ICWA, CS, with at least 55 percent marks or a 4-year/8-semester bachelors degree with at least 60 percent marks or equivalent grade point average

The candidate must hold a Bachelors/Masters degree of any of the universities incorporated by an Act of the 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, govt of India, or possess an equivalent qualification from an institution approved by AICTE. Those in their final year of masters or bachelors degree (B.E./B.Tech) in any discipline can also apply. Such candidates have to complete the requirements for the course before 30 June 2011 and produce the original certificates/mark sheets by 31 December 2011

Waiver: Alumni of IIMs (PGP, PGP-ABM, PGP-PMP, PGPX) and similar programmes of other Universities/ Business schools are eligible to apply for exemption of first year PGP courses, provided they satisfy the following conditions (i) 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 University/Business School/Institution (ii) the candidate should have obtained in the first year of the above degree/diploma a minimum average grade point equivalent to IIMA’s 2.55, with no Fs and not more than two Ds (iii) the candidate should have obtained the qualifying degree or diploma, not more than five years ago, with respect to the beginning of the first term of the FPM
programme into which she/he is seeking admission

The granting of the waiver is not automatic. The final decision related to the waiver is made by the FPM EC, 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 program; the FPM EC, on applying its criteria, can grant full, partial, or no waiver to the candidate

The FPM executive committee establishes the necessary equivalence between the grading system of IIMA and of the institution from which the candidate has obtained the qualifying degree/diploma

Applicants have to provide us, the grading pattern of their institution/university at the time of applying

The FPM EC may, while making an admission offer to any candidate eligible for such a waiver, impose additional course requirements such as auditing or crediting any specific first year courses. If a candidate does not satisfy the above eligibility criteria, his/her application for first year waiver will be rejected by the FPM Chair automatically. If eligible to apply for waiver, such request must reach the FPM office at the time of applying to FPM Programme. Otherwise, request for waiver will not be considered under any circumstances at the later stage

Scholarship/financial aid: Indian students are provided fellowships. The fellowship covers all academic expenses (consisting of tuition, computer, library, placement, and alumni fees) and living expenses (comprising medical insurance, boarding and lodging). In addition, a student will be entitled to a monthly stipend of Rs 17,250/- (including food allowance)

An additional allowance of Rs 50,000/- is provided to enable students to purchase their own personal computer. The Institute provides sufficient funds to meet contingency expenses to cover research work. The Institute may find support for exceptional international students

Merit awards: Every year students are given various merit awards; Chaudhary Padmanabhan Pant Award (awarded to the proposal judged as the Best Thesis Proposal); Industrial Finance Corporation of India (IFCI) Award (Thesis Proposal Award); SAHIR Memorial Thesis Award (the award is given out to the best dissertation proposal in any area of specialization); competitive national and International conference travel grants

Admission process: Application form for admission to FPM could be obtained by post, by sending a demand draft of Rs 500/- drawn in favour of Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, payable at
Ahmedabad. The application form can be downloaded from the FPM website (www.iimahd.ernet.in/programmes/dfpm.htm). Faculty will then evaluate the applications that have been submitted, and invite a selected group of candidates for personal interviews with the faculty and members of the FPM executive committee, who recommend candidates for admission.

Admission material: The completed application for admission to the doctoral programme shall include the following; FPM application form; application fee (if application form is obtained by post. It is not necessary to send application fee with the completed form. However, please fill in the details in Form 1 of the demand draft that was sent for obtaining the application form); if application form is downloaded from the website (a demand draft for Rs 500/- (Rs five hundred only) in favour of Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, payable at Ahmedabad, should be sent with the filled in application form towards application fee); certified copies of School and University degrees; certified copies of mark sheets or transcripts of grades obtained during the course of study for the above degrees. Transcripts in languages other than Hindi and English must be submitted along with certified translations; it is necessary that candidates applying for waiver must attach copies of both side of the grade sheet to ascertain the equivalence between the grading systems of other IIMs/Universities/Institutions, without which, the application for waiver will not be considered; two references with their contact details and their respective email IDs from academics who have taught you or with whom you have worked closely on scholarly work. However, your supervisor at work could write a reference if you have been away from the university for long; official/certified standard test scores (candidates must submit official/certified copies of the test scores on one of the various tests depending on the area to which the candidate is applying.

The standard test score requirements for various areas of specialization are

Agriculture: Common Admission Test (CAT) of the Indian Institutes of Management

Productions and Quantitative Methods and Computer and Information Systems: CAT /GMAT /GRE/ GATE

Economics: CAT/UGC-JRF in Economics, Business Economics and Development Economics

Business Policy, Marketing: CAT /GMAT /GRE

Finance and Accounting and Organizational Behaviour: CAT /GMAT / GRE /UGC- JRF in relevant discipline

Public Systems: CAT /GRE/GMAT /GATE /UGC-JRF (in relevant discipline)

PGP Alumni from all IIMs: Standard test scores not required

PGPX and PGP-PMP of all IIMs where such courses are offered: Standard test scores required only for those candidates who have done a three year graduation programme prior to joining PGPX/PGP-PMP

MBA/PGDM programmes from other Universities/ Business Schools: Standard test scores required

Candidates residing outside India could choose to take any of the above tests (depending on the area to which they are applying) or write GMAT. CAT is administered only in India. The doctoral programme accepts test scores that have been taken in the last two years

CAT is the common admission test required for admission to the Post-graduate programmes of the Indian Institutes of Management. CAT will be administered next tentatively from October 27, 2010 till November 23, 2010, at various centres in India. Please note that applying for CAT is not the same as applying for the FPM. Application for admission to FPM must be made on the prescribed admission form

Deadlines

Last date for submission of completed application material: 30th November, 2010

Interviews for short listed candidates: March/April, 2011

Offer of admissions mailed to selected candidates: Last week of April 2011