Xavier Labour Relations Institute, Jamshedpur
Admission Notification for Academic
Year 2005
Fellow Management Programme (FPM)
The Programme
The Fellow Programme in
Management (FPM) is equivalent to a Ph.D programme. The objective of the
programme is to promote deeper understanding of research in the science of
management, particularly in the Indian context. The FPM is a full-time
doctoral-leveI programme primarily designed to develop academically qualified
professionals for careers in management education, training, research and
consultancy.
Course
Structure
The FPM would ordinarily demand
four years of residential requirements in two stages. In the first stage, the
selected candidate needs to meet the course requirements over two years. During
this stage, the student is given appropriate exposure to the basic discipline of
management, thus preparing him/her for the thesis work in the next stage. The
course work that will be undertaken by the student will be from among those
courses that are offered to the PGP students, especially in the first year, and
specially designed courses in the second year. Each student is placed under the
guidance of a Faculty Advisory Committee after considering his or her field of
interest. The FPM student who has done his/her PGP from XLRI with the CQPI of
6.00 or higher may be exempted from the first year course work.
On successful completion of the course requirement, the student has to qualify
in two comprehensive examinations (one in the area of specialization and the
other in the interrelated areas) before taking up the thesis work.
The thesis stage is of at least two years. The student may decide to select a
thesis topic from among areas like Economics, Finance, Information Systems,
Marketing, Operations Management, Organizational Behaviour, Personnel Management
& Industrial Relations and Strategic Management. The student is expected to
identify a thesis problem in consultation with the thesis guide, and work under
the supervision of the Thesis Advisory Committee. On successful completion of
all the requirements of the FPM programme a student will be awarded the title
'Fellow in Management'. The student is encouraged to assist faculty members in
their research and teaching especially from the third year onwards.
Fellowship
Fellow students are awarded with
a fellowship of Rs.7,000/-per month during the first two years of their course
work. The fellowship shall be Rs.10,000/- per month during the third and fourth
years. Fellowship shall be paid only to the full-time residential candidates for
a maximum period of four years.
A fellow student is entitled for a contingency grant of Rs.10,000/- per annum
during the first two years and a grant of Rs. 20,000/- per annum during the
third and fourth years.
To attract meritorious students XLRI charges a nominal amount of fees to the
Fellow students.
Conferences
and International Exposure
The Institute provides
opportunities to attend National and International conferences. A fellow student
can participate in two domestic conferences and the Institute shall support in
terms of II A.C. travel and registration fees. Besides these, the student can
participate in one international conference and a support up to 60,000/- shall
be provided during the period of FPM.
