The candidate must hold a Bachelor’s Degree, with at least 50% marks or equivalent CGPA [45% in case of the candidates belonging to Scheduled Caste (SC)/ Scheduled Tribe (ST) or Persons with Disability (PWD) category], 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, 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. In case the university/institution does not have any scheme for converting CGPA into equivalent marks, the equivalence would be established by the IIMs by dividing obtained CGPA with the maximum possible CGPA and multiplying the resultant with 100.

The candidate should also have a minimum of 5 years of managerial/ entrepreneurial/ professional experience as on August 31, 2008. Work experience obtained only after graduation will be considered. Organizational sponsorship is optional.

The selection would be based on performance in CAT/GMAT, personal interview, candidate’s academic record, scholastic achievements, and relevant work experience after graduation.

First Campus Visit (Module-2): The duration of this module is 9 days (approx), wherein a participant is required to visit and stay on campus for all nine days. There would be 4 to 6 sessions per day, each of 90 minutes duration. On the first day there may be a pre-campus module written test for a course, based on the reading material given during the pre-campus module. Additional tests could be given during this visit.

Interim Period (Module 3): Duration of this period is approximately 20-25 days. Participants are expected to revise and absorb the classroom learning and complete the assignments given during the first campus visit. Participants are also expected to complete the assignments given during first campus visit and prepare for the classes of second campus visit. Participants need to start planning for individual course project so that they can discuss it during their second campus visit.

Second Campus Visit (Module 4): The duration of this module is 9 days (approx), wherein a participant is required to stay on campus for all the nine days. There would be 4 to 6 sessions per day, each of 90 minutes duration. A test may be conducted on the first day of second campus visit. Regular classes and end-term test will be conducted during this period of 9 days.

Post-Campus (Module5): This is the last module of the term. The participants are expected to submit their projects/assignments by the end of this module. There will be 07-08 interactive sessions conducted through satellite (video conferencing) of 01 hour each during this phase.

The first four Terms have compulsory courses. During these four Terms, the participants are offered the foundation courses such as behavioral sciences, economics, information technology, and quantitative techniques in the context of their relevance to the study of management subjects. Courses will also be offered in the basic functional areas such as finance and accounting, marketing, human resource management, operations management and information systems.? The fifth term has both compulsory and elective courses and the sixth term has only electives.? In fifth and the sixth terms, the participants can choose the set of electives from a wide range of electives offered by the Institute, which will enable them to get a deeper knowledge in their areas of special interest.

The pedagogy would be a judicious mix of lectures, case discussions, project work, term papers, role-play, seminar presentations, assignments, films, management games, and topics of? ? independent study.

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