Courses
Offered
Post Graduate Programme in Management
This
is the flagship programme of the Institute, comparable to the
MBA level programmes of premier business schools in India and
abroad. The two-year programme is designed to prepare competent
men and women for careers in management in the corporate sector
and in public systems. The courses impart a generalist perspective,
which will enable students to view the entirety of an organisation
as well as its place in a larger environment. The students are
also trained in technical and functional business skills such
as accounting, finance, marketing and production; and are helped
to develop their analytical and integrative skills so that they
can define problems with clarity and formulate alternative solutions
for implementation.
Eligibility
The minimum requirement for admission to the Programme is:
A three-year Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in any discipline
recognized by the Association of Indian Universities as eligible
for Post-Graduate studies in Management. Candidates who expect
to complete the final part of their degree examinations by June
15, 2006, may also apply. Offers of admission to such candidates,
if made, will be provisional and will be automatically cancelled
in the event of their failing to complete all the requirements
for obtaining the degree before June 15. A student after joining
for a programme in this Institute will not be permitted to sit
for any examination of any other institution or agency.
Admissions
Procedure
Applicants are required to take the Admission Test (XAT) to
be conducted by XLRI, Jamshedpur, on 8th January, 2006. For
this, applicants have to log on to
www.xlri.edu and apply online for XAT. Registering for XAT
is a prerequisite for applying to XIMB.
Selection
Procedure
The institute will decide the section wise cut-off marks as
well as weights that will be assigned to different components
of XAT score. The composite score so derived will be used for
shortlisting candidates to be called for Group Discussion and
Personal Interview. GD & PI will held at Bangalore, Bhubaneswar,
Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Kolkata and Mumbai. Candidates will
have to meet their own travel expenses for appearing in the
GD & PI. The final selection will be on the candidate's
performance in the XAT and Group Discussion and Personal Interview(which
factors in the past academic record and relevant work experience).
The selected candidates will be informed by mail by around April
10, 2006
Fees
Annual fee structure is Rs. 1.35 lakh approximately.
Post
Graduate Programme in Rural Management
Traditionally,
industry has been the main focus of management science. Xavier
Institute of Management made an innovative departure by emphasizing
the need to expand the use of management science to rural sector
in the form of creating managers not only for corporate sector
but also for the social sector. The basic objective of introducing
the two years PGPRM course is to inject professionalism in the
field of rural economy.
XIMB's Rural Management programme aims at training professional
managers for the rural sector. The course is designed to address
the following objectives:
Blending the managerial knowledge and practices of people with
modern management science and techniques.
Building and strengthening people's organisations.
Knowledge and skill needed for effective utilisation and management
of human and valuable resources.
Application of technology to analyse factors influencing rural
realities.
Generating an interface between the corporate sector and social
development
Eligibility
The minimum requirement for admission to the Programme
is: A three-year Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in any discipline
recognized by the Association of Indian Universities, with at
least 50% marks in aggregate. Candidates who expect to complete
the final part of their degree examinations by June 15, 2006
may also apply. Offers of admission to such candidates, if made,
will be provisional and will be automatically cancelled in the
event of their failing to complete all the requirements for
obtaining the degree before June 15, or to obtain at least 50%
marks in aggregate in the degree examination.
Admission Procedure
Applicants are required to take the Admission Test
(IRMA Test) to be conducted by Institute of Rural Management
Anand, in December 2005. For this, applicants have to obtain
the IRMA application form in response to their advertisement
in newspapers. Registering for IRMA Test is a prerequisite for
applying to XIMB's PGPRM.
Selection procedure
The institute will decide the section wise cut-off marks
as well as weights that will be assigned to different components
of IRMA test score. The composite score so derived will be used
for shortlisting candidates to be called for Group Discussion
and Personal Interview. GD & PI will held at Bhubaneswar.Candidates
will have to meet their own travel expenses for appearing in
the GD & PI. The final selection will be on the candidate's
performance in the IRMA test and Group Discussion and Personal
Interview (which factors in the past academic record and relevant
work experience). The selected candidates will be informed by
mail by April 2006.
Fees
Annual fee structure is Rs. 85,000/- approximately.
Executive
Post Graduate Programme in Management
This
Programme is designed to contribute towards managerial effectiveness
in working executives to help them further their careers in
management both in the corporate sector and public systems.
As such, the programme seeks to build on the problem-solving
skills developed through specialised experience in a particular
functional area. Academic inputs provided bring out the inter-relationship
among various functional areas as well as the techniques in
functional areas other than those in which the participant has
experience. The courses aim at providing a generalist's perspective
which will enable the candidates to integrate their own function
in the organisation's objectives and the larger environment.
The participants are also trained in technical and functional
skills such as accounting, finance, marketing, and production
and are helped to develop their analytical and integrative skills
so that they can define problems with clarity and adopt a methodology
best suited to deal with them.
Eligibility
The
minimum requirements for admission to the three-year part-time
Ex-PGP programme are:
A three-year Bachelor's Degree (or equivalent) in any discipline
recognised by the Association of Indian Universities are eligible
for Post-Graduate studies in Management.
At least three years of experience in executive capacity in
an organisation of repute in the public, private or non-governmental
sector. Self-employed persons with minimum five years experience
after obtaining qualifying degree can also be considered.
Age limit: Between 24 and 45 years as on 01.07.2006.
Sponsorship or No Objection certificate from the employer for
pursuing this course at XIMB.
Admission Procedure
Applicants are required to apply to XIMB online.
Selection Procedure
The eligible candidates will be called for Group Discussion
and Personal Interview session at Bangalore, Bhubaneswar, Chennai,
Delhi, Hyderabad, Kolkata or Mumbai. Screening for interview
will be based on the candidate's past academic performance and
relevant work experience. Candidates will have to meet their
own travel expenses. Selected candidates will be informed by
mail before 15th April, 2006.
Fees
Annual fee structure is Rs.90,000/- approximately.
Fellow
Programme in Management
XIMB's
new fellow programme draws upon national and international experience
in doctoral-level education in management and related disciplines.
The programme is designed to provide a rich exposure to the
methodological issues in management research, apart from the
necessary subject-specific training. Selected students will
attend Research Training Seminars round the year.
There
is an emphasis on imparting in-depth knowledge on the relevant
academic debates in the area of research selected by the student.
This is operationalised through intensive Research Review Seminars.
Eligibility
Postgraduates
in any discipline with at least 55% marks, or those who possess
professional qualifications such as BE/BTech, CA, CS, CWA, MBA/PGDM,
MCA, MFC, etc., with at least 55% marks are eligible to write
the XIMB Research Aptitude Test. In case, the score is available
on a letter-grade system, they expect a minimum cumulative score
of 4.40 on an 8-point scale (or 5.50 on a 10-point scale). Although
the eligibility is defined in the above terms, the Institute
would prefer candidates with excellent academic record and relevant
professional experience.
Admission
Process
All
applicants have to appear for the XIMB Research Aptitude Test,
usually conducted in early January. The test is conducted at
the following centres: Bhubaneswar, Chennai, Kolkata, Mumbai,
and New Delhi. Some centres may be dropped due to inadequate
number of applicants. Detailed guidelines about the written
test are available online at:
http://www1.ximb.ac.in/users/web/fpm.nsf/pages/ximb-rat
Based on your performance in the above test as well as your
academic and professional achievements, a small number of candidates
will be invited for a seminar and personal interview at Bhubaneswar.
Fellowships & Assistantships
All
FPM students will be given a fellowship of Rs.10,000 per month
in their first year, to be renewed annually, subject to satisfactory
performance. Ordinarily, the fellowship will be continued for
a period of 3 years. Beyond that, if required, the fellowship
may be extended in units of six months, for a total period of
4 years. There will also be an opportunity for research assistantships
of Rs.5,000 per month, in lieu of 20 hours of assistance per
week. Most students should be able to provide the required number
of hours towards research assistance from their second year
onwards, taking their possible earnings to Rs.15,000 per month
from the second year onwards.
Postgraduate
Certificate Programme in Business Management (PGCBM)
XIMB in association with Reliance Web World lauches a unique
programme 'Postgraduate Certificate Programme in Business Management
(PGCBM)' via virtual classroom. Across the world, management
education via VC mode is one of the most sought after educational
systems. It not only helps a working executive to simultaneously
work and study but it also takes high quality education to a
large number of students spread across the country
This PGCBM Programme provides a live and interactive classroom
environment using the power of cutting edge Video conferencing
technology. This VC Technology facilitates multipoint interaction
between the Professor and the students, as seen in a conventional
classroom. Reliance Webworld Ltd. , the technology leaders in
Video conferencing, are providing this cutting edge VC technology
as well as the virtual classrooms. Thus, this two-way video
VC technology of XIMB overcomes the limitations of one-way video
seen otherwise.
The program will be available simultaneously across 24 cities
in India: Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Chandigarh,
Chennai, Cochin, Coimbatore, Cuttack, Delhi, Gurgaon, Hyderabad,
Indore, Kolkata, Jaipur, Jamshedpur, Lucknow, Mumbai, Noida,
Patna, Pune, Ranchi, Trivandrum and Vishakhapatnam.
Eligibility
The minimum requirement for admission to the Programme is: A
three-year Bachelor�s degree (or equivalent) in any discipline
recognized by the Association of Indian Universities as eligible
for Post-Graduate studies in Management and with at least two
years work experience.
Admission
Procedure
The cost of the PGCBM Prospectus is Rs. 800. The applicants
can obtain the PGCBM Prospectus from the nearest Reliance Webworld
in person or from the XIMB office counter in person by cash
payment. Each PGCBM prospectus carries a unique User ID and
Password for each student which would be used to access the
XIMB PGCBM website for online student registration. The student
would use the User ID and Password to fill up the online application
form at the XIMB Website (www.ximb.ac.in/pgcbm). Once registered,
the student would have access to the XIMB web, where relevant
information regarding admissions would be posted from time to
time.
Fees
The total course fee of the PGCBM Programme is Rs. 1,50,000
(Rupees one lakh fifty thousand only). The total course fee
has been divided into three instalments. |