Specialise in management from IIM-Bangalore

What: The Indian Institute of Management-Bangalore, invites applications for admission to its Fellow Programme in Management.

The programme is valid for students specialising in the following areas:

~ Corporate Strategy and Policy

~ Economics and Social Sciences

~ Finance and Control

~ Marketing

~ Organisational Behaviour and Human Resource Management

~ Production and Operations Management

~ Public Systems and Policy

~ Quantitative Methods, Information Systems and Computers

Are you eligible?

~ You must hold a master's degree in any discipline or a CA degree with a minimum overall aggregate of 55 percent.

~ You could be a bachelor of engineering or technology with a minimum overall aggregate of 60 percent and at least two years of work experience.

~ You could be a final year student, provided all requirements are completed before June 30, 2006.

~ Those applying for corporate strategy and policy specialisation must have at least two years of work experience in addition to a master's degree with a minimum overall aggregate of 55 percent.

Additional information

~ FPM students in good standing are provided with a fellowship grant for four years to cover tuition and other fees, hostel room rent and computer facilities.

~ Students will also be entitled to a monthly stipend of Rs 8,000 to 10,000 per month.

~ There is an annual contingency grant of Rs 15,000 per year as well.

Note: No financial support is available for NRIs and foreign applicants.

Important dates

~ Application forms will be available till September 30.

~ Please send in your completed application forms before November 10.

How to apply

~ You must appear for the Common Admission Test for IIMs or GRE/ GATE for specific categories.

~ Candidates who graduated after 1997 with a PGDM from any of the IIMs (with a minimum CGPA of 2.75 on a 4-point scale) or its equivalent need not take CAT; they can apply directly through the prescribed FPM application form.

~ Students of ME/ MTech programmes from the IITs and IISc Bangalore who will graduate in 2006 with the minimum CGPA of 3 out of 4 or 7.5 out of 10 or equivalent are also exempt from taking CAT.

~ Application forms can be obtained by sending a request to the FPM office, along with a self-addressed 23" X 30.5" envelope with a stamp worth Rs 60.

~ Forms can also be downloaded from the IIM-B web site.