The Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB) is one of India's premier management institutes. It was established in the year 1973. It is widely considered to be one of the toughest to get in MBA programs in the world. Over 175,000 people apply each year for the entrance exam to get into roughly 250 seats. The year 2006 saw 191,000 candidates appearing for the Common Admission Test, the entrance exam for the IIMs.The IIMs were created by the government of India to augment management talent and resources in the country. The institute is located in India’s Information Technology capital Bengaluru.

Campus

It has very good accomodation facility with 12 hostel blocks, one executive block,one MHU block for PGPPM participants and the executive accommodation at the Management Development Center. All the students are provided with accommodation on campus in well-appointed single room in the institute hostels. 24 hours Internet connectivity, fully automatic washing machines, music room and recreation room are standard features. The campus is also Wi-Fi enabled. Laundry and Ironing services are also provided. The hostels also have intercom facility, which is linked to the institute intercom. There are 3 STD/ISD, PCOs in the hostel premises for the convenience of the student apart from coin operated public telephones. There is also a student run library called 'Book Rack', a music club and students Shoppe called 'MARS' in the hostel premises.
The institute has the excellent accommodation for executives participating in various management development programs in the Management Development Centre. In addition to the existing facilities, new accommodation facilities are coming up for executives attending various programs. The institute provides guest room facility for visitors. Dining and canteen facilities are provided for each type of accommodation within the accommodation premises.
The institute believes in the aphorism “Healthy minds dwell in healthy bodies “and to that end the students are encouraged to use the sports facilities available on the campus. A state-of-the-art gymnasium, a football/cricket ground, an indoor badminton court, a hard surface tennis court, a basketball court, a jogger’s park, and two courts for the favorite local sport Tsepak Ball. All these serves as a great stress buster. A swimming pool and new integrated sports complex are in the offing.

Programmes offered

Post Graduate Programme in Management (PGPM)

Every year IIMB admits about 180 candidates for its Post Graduate Programme in

Management (PGP). Admissions to the PGP are made through two channels, one for the domestic candidates and the other for overseas candidates. The admission requirements and application processes for each channel are different.

PGSEM

This program has become very popular amongst the IT professionals in the southern part of India - attracting the best of talent interested in pursuing a premium management post graduation.

Post-Graduate Program in Software Enterprise Management(PGSEM)

The Post-Graduate Program in Software Enterprise Management is an executive general management education program designed for the specific needs of professionals working in the software and information technology industry in India . As part of its drive to foster Excellence through Partnerships, IIMB launched the PGSEM in the year 1998 at its Bangalore campus. With more than ten years of experience running and fine-tuning the program to cater to the changing needs of the industry, the program is now available simultaneously to participants at Bangalore and Chennai. The curriculum is continuously reviewed and updated based on a thorough review of the program and the changing demands of the industry.

The program is run under the aegis of the Center for Software and Information Technology Management (CSITM). The CEOs and/or top executives of companies that have provided endowment and support to the CSITM (referred to as partner companies) are on the advisory board of the CSITM to ensure that the program is in tune with the needs of the industry. The partner companies are Infosys Technologies Ltd., Intel Technologies India Pvt Ltd., Motorola India Electronics Pvt. Ltd., Oracle India Pvt. Ltd., Sasken Communication Technologies Ltd., Sun Micro Systems India Pvt. Ltd. and Wipro Technologies Ltd.

The PGSEM endeavors to provide the most current executive general management education to middle and senior professionals of the software and information technology industry who seek to pursue a career in management. The program aims to transform professionals with strong technical knowledge to business leaders with equally strong management knowledge and a global perspective. IIMB is proud to have partnered the Indian software and information technology industry on its journey to becoming a dominant force in the global market.
Several distinctive features of the program are designed to meet the special needs of the participants of this program, while maintaining the credit requirements and rigor of the regular program. The program has been designed such that a participant can graduate with the diploma at the end of two and a half academic years, while continuing to work at his/her regular place of employment. Each academic year is subdivided into four quarters of eleven weeks each. The regular course load in a quarter is three courses of three credits each. Each three-credit course consists of 30 hours of classroom contact. Participants normally have 9 hours of classroom contact per week, with classes scheduled on Friday mornings and Saturdays. In special cases, students are allowed to increase their load by taking courses they have missed/failed in earlier quarters, or by undertaking projects in addition to regular classes.

The modular design of the program allows participants to tailor (within certain parameters) the sequence of courses. After completion of the first year, participants have the flexibility to be away from the program for one or more quarters if necessitated by work-related assignments. This would, however, lead to a situation where a participant will take longer than three academic years to complete the program. Each participant is required to complete the stipulated credits of the program within a maximum of six academic years.

The PGSEM has been structured around ten broad themes. Each theme consists of a set of core courses, which every participant is expected to take as part of the requirements of the diploma, and some electives. The core courses are distributed in the four quarters of the first year. Participants are expected to take electives for the remaining credits during the next six quarters. In addition to the core and elective courses, participants are required to do a compulsory 3-credit individual project on any industry of interest in order to gain domain experience. They can also do an additional 3-credit project course.

Participants of the PGSEM , with the approval of their employers, can avail of exchange opportunities with the universities with which IIMB has exchange arrangements. In addition, participants can take courses in top universities when they are posted outside the country, and have the credits transferred to the PGSEM .

PGSEM in Chennai

The PGSEM has been offered at the IIMB Campus in Bangalore since 1998. In cooperation with the partner companies Intel Technologies India Pvt Ltd., Motorola India Electronics Pvt. Ltd., Oracle India Pvt. Ltd., Sasken Communication Technologies Ltd., Sun Micro Systems India Pvt. Ltd. and Wipro Technologies Ltd., the program has achieved considerable maturity. With the support of Infosys Technologies Limited, the PGSEM in Chennai has been offered from the academic year 2005-2006, to make PGSEM accessible to a larger group of software and information technology professionals. The program is open to candidates from any company, but will be offered at the Mahindra City campus of Infosys Technologies Limited. The program in Chennai is the same as that offered in Bangalore .
The classes in Chennai are conducted in synchronous mode using two-way video and audio along with auxiliary technologies supporting rich interaction between the faculty member and students in Chennai and Bangalore . Faculty also travels to Chennai every few weeks to conduct live classes, and facilitate out of class interactions.
IIMB will have an office in Chennai to oversee all administrative issues. Participants in Chennai are provided access to the IIMB intranet from terminals in campus in Chennai. They also have IP protected access to online subscriptions of IIMB Library, and physical access to a mini-library equipped with books relevant to the PGSEM in Chennai. The participants have controlled access to shared facilities such cafeteria and parking facilities etc.
Since the program is offered in Bangalore and Chennai, participants have greater mobility between the two cities. While they will be required to complete their core courses at the location to which they have been admitted, they are free to take their electives in either of the centers depending on their convenience (within capacity constraints).

Admission procedure to PGSEM

Candidates will be short-listed based on the CAT or GMAT scores, or the scores of a separate PGSEM Test that will be conducted in Bangalore and Chennai on March 02, 2008. Interviews will be conducted for the short-listed candidates both in Bangalore and Chennai.

Post Graduate Programme in Public Policy and Management (PGPPM)

The two-year Post Graduate Programme in Public Policy and Management (PGPPM) of IIMB has entered its sixth year. Catalyzed by the Government of India and UNDP in the year 2002, the PGPPM was conceived as a pioneering programme in public policy designed by India’s leading business school. The programme presents an innovative and socially relevant approach to public policy, besides being power packed with path breaking insights about winning policy making and management strategies. Eminent academicians and practitioners from IIMB and overseas share inputs on how to mobilize participants’ intangible assets - talent, knowledge, relationship and reputation to draw up a coherent strategy to meet the needs of the emerging global and national arenas. PGPPM also allows participants’ the opportunity to specialize in a policy area of your choice. In the preceding five years, 119 participants belonging to the All India Services and Central Services Group “A” have successfully underwent the programme. Some of our alumni are on assignments in frontier areas such as Infrastructure Financing, Regulations, Public-Private Partnerships and in management of key Social Sector Projects. For government officials participation is sponsored by Department of Personnel and Training, Government of India.

PGPPM participants with requisite CGPAs have the option to pursue the Fellow Programme (Doctoral Programme) in the Institute. This opportunity has been availed by some of our successful participants belonging to All India Services and Central Services Group “A”. With effect from 2008-2009 academic year, it is proposed to open the programme to eligible non-government participants as well.
PGPPM offers participants global exposure and experience by the synergetic combination of the expertise at IIM Bangalore and the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University , USA

PGPPM aims to enhance the competence of participants by:
· Broadening awareness of the latest trends in policy approaches
· Deepening conceptual, technical and analytical skills for public policy applications
· Developing leadership skills for public policy
· Creating a better understanding of the forces shaping the domestic and international environment for public policy
· Providing opportunity for specialization in a field of choice
· Broadening understanding of the latest trends in policy approaches
· Providing opportunities to learn from alternative systems of public management based on comparative study of other countries
Enhancing awareness about the latest trends in national and international policy approaches

EXECUTIVE PROGRAMMES

Open Management

Traditional Management hierarchies are crumbling as more dispersed and virtual organisations become the norm Global markets and global supply sources are affecting every organization, irrespective of size and nature. The intellectual content of work is changing dramatically. Organisations are striving to improve on their reaction time, the quality of their products/services, and their real cost in response to intense competitive pressure; managing horizontally across all the organizational functions is demanding new skills like managing ambiguity, collectivity and diversity. The needs of all stakeholders-employees, customers, suppliers, government, the community and the environment, are affecting business decisions. IIMB is responding to these requirements by preparing managers for the accelerating impact of technology on business and the changes in the competitive environment.

International Management

IIMB has tie-ups with top international business schools for joint executive development programmes. A cooperative venture of business schools in the five countries of Canada, UK, France, India and Japan, the International Masters Program in Practicing Management (IMPM) is a groundbreaking programme that functions in an authentically international context. Every possible aspect of the programme has been customized to concentrate on the needs of participants and their companies. Deviating from the mould of the functional 'silos' so common in management education, the Programme is instead structured around managerial 'mindsets'.A programme in the offing is the "Advanced Leadership Programme" (ALP). yet another prestigious international programme offered jointly by IIMB with INSEAD (Singapore Campus), Lancaster UK, and McGill Canada. The ALP is built on the belief that executives need to step back and reflect on their own experiences. It is authentically international : four schools from Asia, Europe and North America host participants from these parts of the world.IIMB also designs and conducts in-house management programmes for international business organisations.

Domestic admissions

Domestic candidates are admitted through the regular admission channel that is based on the applications received through the Common Admission Test (CAT) conducted by the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs). Domestic candidates are Indian nationals or foreigners normally resident in India who are in a position to take the CAT, which will be conducted on the last Sunday of November every year, at various centers in India. These candidates are required to take the CAT, and if short-listed attend a group discussion and interview, and provide three letters of reference from persons who know them closely in terms of their academic/professional performance. Final selection is based on performance in CAT, scholastic achievement, work experience, performance in the group discussions, written summary of group discussion, and interview, and three letters of reference.

Eligibility criteria for domestic candidates

Candidates are required to have a Bachelor's Degree of at least 3-years duration or equivalent in any discipline recognized by the Association of Indian Universities/AICTE as eligible for post graduate studies in management.

Candidates in the final year of a Bachelor's degree course (or equivalent) are also eligible to apply. Such candidates should, however, complete examinations and all other requirements before 30th June every year and must produce their final mark sheets before 31st December every year.

Fee and Expenses

Fee for tuition, room, boarding, teaching material, computer facilities, and other fees for a single student living on the campus is in the year 2003-2004 is likely to be Rs.1,35,000 per year. Personal expenses on travel, clothes, laundry, etc. are extra.

Financial Aid

Needy students can avail the benefits of financial support in IIMB.. This takes the form of tuition waivers and/or maintenance allowance for one or more terms. The Financial Aid Committee of the Institute will consider applications for financial support on a case-by-case basis. Students belonging to SC/ST will be given special consideration for financial support. Emergency assistance may also be provided as required.

Educational loans are also available from leading banks. In the past our students have availed loans from Citibank, Allahabad Bank, Punjab National Bank and IDBI.

Some second year students are selected by instructors to provide tutorial assistance to first year students in selected subjects. Such selected tutors are paid an honorarium.

In addition, a limited number of merit-based awards are available from some sponsors to partially/fully support students' expenses. Awards are currently available from Citibank, Nestle India Ltd., the Ratan Tata Trust and the Aditya Birla Group. A merit-cum-means scholarship from Bharti Enterprises is also available.

Overseas

Overseas candidates are admitted through direct applications. Overseas candidates are Indian nationals or foreigners with valid passport or travel document residing outside the India and not in a position to take the Common Admission Test (CAT) conducted by the Indian Institutes of Management at various centers in India. These candidates are required to take the Graduate Management Aptitude Test (GMAT) and have an official result reported to the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB). The GMAT code number for IIMB is 7036. Final selection is based on performance in GMAT, scholastic achievement, work experience, and three letters of reference.

Eligibility criteria for overseas candidates

1. A bachelor's degree with a minimum of three years at a university.
2. Graduate Management Aptitude Test (GMAT) score (including AWA score).
3. Overseas Candidates refer to Indians resident outside India and foreign nationals. In order to qualify as a Indian resident abroad, a candidate should have been/expect to be resident outside India for a period of 18 months between 1st January 1998 and 31st December 2002 for acquiring a graduate/post-graduate degree and/or working as an executive, and be outside India during the CAT examination. Foreign nationals need to have a valid passport/travel document from a country other than India.

Admissions Office

Indian Institute of Management Bangalore
Bannerghatta Road, Bangalore 560 076 INDIA

Selection will be based on GMAT scores, scholastic merit, work experience and three letters of reference.

Fee and Expenses

The Programme fee is US $ 8000 per year. This fee covers tuition, teaching material, computer use, library, and accommodation in the Institute hostel. Food, travel, and other personal expenses are not covered in this fee.

Placements

India's most innovative and internationally oriented business school, IIMB is steadily improving its ratings among the top ten business schools in the Asia Pacific region. Its academically strong and multi-talented students score over nearly 50000 other applicants to get selected.

to contact IIMB

INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT BANGALORE
Bannerghatta Road, Bangalore, IndiaPin Code : 560 076
Tel Ph. No: 91-80-26582450
Fax Number: 91-80-26584050

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