POST GRADUATE DIPLOMA IN BUSINESS MANAGEMENT (PGDBM)

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR ADMISSION IN TO PGDBM:

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.

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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.

FEE: Rs.1,23,000 (With Refundable caution money Rs.3000/-) per annum

Weightage in selection process:
Academic Performance: 50%
ATMA 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.

The annual fees for the Two Year PGDBM course would be as follows, payable at the time of admission and at the beginning of the 2nd Year

Note: Caution Money would be refunded after two-years only on successful completion of the programme.

Mode of Payment: However, the participants may pay the fees in three installments per year before the start of each term as follows:

Term -I -Rs 57,000.00 (Including Caution Money)
Term -II -Rs40,,000.00
Term -III -Rs.40,000.00
Term -IV -Rs.40,000.00
Term -V -Rs.40,000.00
Term -VI -Rs.40,000.00

It may be mentioned that in the past the Institute had helped PGDBM participants to get educational loans from Nationalised Bank for payment of fees.

Bharti Scholarship

About Bharti Scholarship Scheme

Bharti Foundation has instituted Bharti Scholarship with the objective of supporting bright students on merit cum means basis, in completing their higher education. Under the programme, students from 38 premier education institutes are supported for pursuing MBA, B.Tech in Telecom, IT/ Software, Electronics and Agriculture.

The selection is made on merit-cum-means basis. SC/ST, girl students and disabled students are encouraged to apply. Scholarship amount includes the course fee and hostel charges, based on actuals, subject to a maximum limit of Rs.50,000/- per annum. Scholarship is provided for the entire course duration, provided the student continues to meet the eligibility criteria, based on performance review.

Number of scholarship for 2009 Batch- One from Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management (PGDBM). So far six scholars have been supported under Bharti Scholarship Scheme.

Bharti Foundation was set up in the year 2000 with a vision " to help underprivileged children and young people of our country realize their potential". Bharti Foundation has set itself the goal of improving the quality of primary education for disadvantaged children and to ensure education and training opportunities for youth to help them achieve their potential.

As of June 2009, Bharti Foundation is providing free education to over 27,941 underprivileged children through 236 village based Satya Bharti Primary Schools set up in the states on Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu. Special preference is given to girl children and children of other disadvantaged communities. For more details, please visit the website www.bhartifoundation.org

In addition, Bharti Foundation has set up Bharti School of Telecommunication Technology and Management in partnership with IIT Delhi and Bharti Centre for Communication at IIT Bombay under the higher education program.

Since 2002, Bharti Foundation in partnership with EDI has also instituted " Bharti Entrepreneur of the Year Award" to recognize and honor EDP trained first generation successful entrepreneurs. Bharti Foundation is the winner of the coveted Golden Peacock Award for Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), 2006 and Asian CSR Award for the Support and Improvement of Education, 2008.

Shri Alok Perti, IAS,Addl. Chief Secretary to Govt. of Assam, distributing the cheques of Bharti Scholarship

Current Scholarships
We congratulate Ms Ritcha Das for being proud recipient of Bharti Scholarship for 2009-2011.

Bharti Scholars for 2008-2009 are:

1. Shri Arindam Gautam
2. Mallika Padun

Bharti Scholars for 2007-2008 are:

1. Rahul Dolakasharia Saikia
2. Bornali Bharali

The Bharti Scholars for 2006-2007 were
1) Anubhash Gogoi
2) Mallika Sarma

Williamson Magor Scholarship

The scholarship scheme was introduced from the academic year 1992-93 to encourage brilliant students from Assam to pursue higher studies in Engineering, Medicine, and business Management in prestigious Management institutes and colleges of the country.

Current Scholarship

We congratulate Ms. Nimisha Kataki and Sourav Agarwal for being selected for Williamson Magor Scholarship2009-2011.

Wlilliamson Magor Scholars

1. Anuradha Mazumder
2. Mriganka Dutta Goswami
3. Prakash Bawri
4. Kakoli Saha
5. Rahul Dolakasharia Saikia
6.Smridhi Khemka

IOC Scholarship

Shri Mrinal Das, PGDBM participant 2008-10 batch has received the pretigious Indian Oil Corporation Scholarship.

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