Admission to
Two Year
POST GRADUATE DIPLOMA IN BUSINESS MANAGEMENT (PGDBM)
Approved by AICTE
PGDBM 2012-2014
(Starting from 2nd July 2012)
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ELIGIBILITY

A candidate seeking admission to the two Year programme would have to be a graduate in any discipline, except Fine Arts, with a minimum of 50% of aggregate marks. SC/ST applicants with minimum 45% marks would also be eligible.

PROVISIONAL ADMISSIONS:

Applicants who may not have obtained a Bachelor's degree at the time of applying may also apply provided their Final Degree Examination is completed in all respects before 2nd July 2012 and only their results are due for declaration. They MUST NOT have any backlogs or pending works connected with their graduation studies, once they join the PGDBM programme on 2nd July 2012.
Such applicants, if they get selected for admission through the selection process, would be admitted only on PROVISIONAL basis. They shall have to produce evidence of passing the Bachelor's Degree examination with 50% marks (45% for SC/ST) before 30th September 2012. In case the final examination of provisionally admitted participants are not completed in all respects before the commencement of the course on 2ndJuly 2012, their admission will be cancelled and fees and other charges paid by them would NOT be refunded. Similarly, if such participants fail to get 50% marks in aggregate in their final graduation examination (45% in case of SC/ST) when the results are declared or if their final results are withheld for some reasons, they shall have to withdraw from the course and fees paid would STAND FORFEITED.

RESERVATION:

Reservation of seats for SC/ST applicants would be as per Government norms {5% for ST(H); 10% for ST(P); 7% for SC will be reserved}. AIM will have three seats reserved for foreign / NRI-sponsored ap-plicants. AIM will also have two seats each reserved for students from Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura and Sikkim.

SELECTION PROCESS:

Admission to AIM is through a three-tier selection process comprising of a written test, group discussion and personal interview. The Government of India has determined that admissions to professional institutes should have a Common Entrance test, conducted nationally. Assam Institute of Management has determined that it would accept the Common Entrance Test conducted by the Association of Indian Management Schools (AIMS) called ATMA (AIMS Test for Management Admissions). The test will be held in different centers of India on 12th February 2012. Therefore, students who are desirous of enrolling in the AIM PGDBM programme must appear in the ATMA. The ATMA test was announced in the national press, including The Assam Tribune, on 30th November 2011, The Telegraph on 1st December 2011, etc. In addition, applicants will also have to apply to AIM by filling up a separate Application Form which can be downloaded from the AIM website.
On the basis of the marks scored in ATMA and the information provided in the AIM Application Form, shortlisted candidates would be called for Group Discussion and Interview at Guwahati for final selection.

PROCEDURE TO APPLY AT AIM:

1. Interested candidates should download the AIM Application Form from the Institute website www.aimguwahati.edu.in and take a printout.
2. The application should be filled up by the candidate's own handwriting, carefully following the instructions contained therein.
3. The filled-in Application Form, along with the requisite copies of testimonials and Application Fee must be submitted to the Assam Institute of Management positively by 31st January 2012.
4. It will be necessary for the applicants to enclose self-attested copies of their marksheets (and caste certificates, where applicable) and other attainments along with the Application Form. Incomplete application forms and forms without the necessary documents will be rejected.
5. Announcement of names of shortlisted candidates for GD/PI will be made available at the AIM website on 12th March 2012
6. The GD/PI for the shortlisted candidates will be held at AIM Guwahati tentatively on 25th and 26th March 2012.

FOR DEFENCE/PARAMILITARY PERSONNEL:

Released Short Service/discharged Commissioned (SSC) Officers or Serving Officers of the Defence Services and Paramilitary Forces of the Government of India would be directly considered for short listing for GD/Interview. They would be exempted from appearing in the written tests.

NRI SPONSORED/FOREIGN STUDENTS:

AIM reserves maximum three seats for foreign students or students who are sponsored by an NRI. Such students must fill up the Institute Application Form and clearly specify that they are applying under this category. However, they shall have to appear in the Written Test.

CRITERIA:

Candidates having uniformly good academic background will be given preference. The following are the weightage criteria for PGDBM admission:

*Academic Background - 50%
Written Test Score - 10%
Group Discussion - 10%
Personal Interview - 30%

* Academic background weightage will be given for marks scored in HSLC, HSSLC & Graduation level. Additional academic attainments, qualifications and proficiency in Co-curricular activities & work experience will be given additional weightage.

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