IIM:::Indian Institute of Management,Kozhikode:::

IIMK at a glance

The Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode is one of the premier management institutes of india founded in 1996,in collaboration with the State Government of Kerala. It was established with keeping the objective in mind that it will professionalise Indian management education through teaching, research, training, institution building and consulting. The Institute emphasises development of analytical skills and focus on global and cross-cultural issues with a balance between business demands and social concerns.

Campus

The Institute is located in Kozhikode district, (also known as calicut), in the state of Kerala. Calicut is a historic city where Vasco da Gama first established Indo-European business relationships, by discovering the sea route from Europe to India in 1498.
The institute's campus is located amidst the scenic setting of the Western Ghats, a mountain range that spans most of the Indian west coast..u can enjoy the natural beauty of kerala , there.
Besides hostel facility it also has a fully automated modern Library & Information Centre (LIC) is on its way to becoming an outstanding learning resource centre catering to the ever growing and uncompromising information and intellectual requirements of the students, faculty, and researchers. library is, in fact the trendsetter in terms of technology adoption. Library also gives the service of an Institutional archive.

Programmes offered

Post graduate programme(PGP)

The Post-graduate Programme in Management is a flagship educational programme preparing the young graduates for senior level positions in industry and other sections. The programme is of two years duration. In the first year, the students undergo 58 credit foundation courses in various functional areas, followed by 8-10 weeks of summer training in business and industrial organisations. The second year comprises two foundation courses of 3 minimum of 45 credit elective courses. Some of courses are of 2 credits (20 class contact hours) and others of 3 credit (30 class contact hours). The students are encouraged to have 2 areas of specialisations. For specialisation a student has to take a credits each and a minimum of 5 electives (amounting to 15 credits) in the area concerned. Some students spend one term to take courses in a partner foreign institution. The programme lays great emphasis on knowledge assimilation than only imparting it. Towards this it uses a wide variety of pedagogies: lectures, case studies, exercises, role-plays, simulation, video shows etc. The evaluation system is rigorous one comprising quizzes, assignments, mid-term and term end examinations. The programme also lays emphasis on learning to learn through requirements of library-based self-study, group work, open-ended discussions and real life projects. The students inculcate the spirit of 'dream-innovate-achieve' and imbibe social concern as an integral part of learning process during the programme. Consistent with the institute.s goal of creating business leaders who are socially and environmentally responsible, each student is required to provide active planning and execution help to non profit organizations. The students also under go compulsory courses on business ethics and environment management in the first year. For admission, students first appear CAT. if their score meets the cut-off score of the institute then they will be called to appear GD & PI. After getting selected in these rounds, they wilol be eligible to take admission in IIMK. PGP is highly valued by industry. Leading Indian and foreign companies visit to the Institute to participate in campus placement programme. Looking at the huge demand of the industry for the institute graduates, the intake in the programme has been increased to 180 students from the academic session 2005.

DOCTORAL PROGRAMME

Fellow Programme in Management

IIM Kozhikode, a leading Post Graduate institution of excellence in management research, education, training and development in the Asia-Pacific region has started its Doctoral Programme, Fellow Programme in Management (FPM) in the year 2007-08. IIMK recognizes the fact that no top class academic institution of higher learning will be able to preserve its quality without emphasis on top quality research. The FPM of IIMK aims at developing top quality researchers and faculty resources for academic institutions including IIMs, and it envisages itself as a leading source of top quality management experts and thinkers for business organizations, government and society in India and abroad.
The FPM programme of IIMK strives to incorporate the strengths of similar programmes in other IIMs while it also tries to introduce new strengths and certain innovative features in the programme. The purpose of such efforts is to overcome any weaknesses in the Fellow Programmes elsewhere and to bring out the best in the Fellows coming out of the programme.
The programme duration is normally 4 years while it can be completed any time after 3 years. If sufficient grounds exist, the tenure of a Fellow participant can be extended, with reduced rate of fellowship, upto 4½ years.
The admission to FPM of IIMK will be open to all Indian citizens, Non-Resident Indians, Persons of Indian Origin and foreigners. Admission will be based on academic qualifications, performance in the qualifying examination, personal interviews and work experience. Candidates will be assessed for their intellectual abilities and research aptitude.

Executive Education Programmes

With the aim of helping practicing executives, who are not in a position to join its long duration residential education programmes, the Institute provides an opportunity through the Interactive Distance Learning mode. In the year 2001, IIMK conceived a new model of management education for working executives. eMEP programme marked the beginning of IIMK’s Interactive Distance Learning (IDL) activities and IIMK pioneered management education through a synchronous interactive learning mode in the Asia Pacific region.
The admission to the programmes is through a nationwide rigorous selection process. The programme has in-built flexibility that allows the participants acquire necessary knowledge and skills, without adversely affecting their official duties. The classes are regularly held through two-way video and two- way audio communication. The programmes have two components; one in which the participant has to take lessons by logging in one of the 300 nationwide network of classrooms. The other component is conducted at IIMK campus at Kozhikode.

IIMK currently offers the following executive education programmes over IDL:

· Seventh Batch of Executive Management Education Programme (eMEP 07)

· Executive Education Programme in Finance (eEPF)

· Executive Education Programme in Strategic Management (eEPSM)

· Executive Education Programme in Marketing (eEPM)

· Executive Education Programme in Operations Management (eEPOM)

Apart from above Executive Education Programmes, IIMK offers specialized Management Development Programmes on the IDL Platform for marketting executives.
eMAT - Executive Management Aptitude Test
The selection to eMEP is through an entrance examination conducted to assess the basic logical, numerical and verbal ability of candidates, necessary for successful completion of the programme. The objective of the screening test is to filter the entry of candidates to the eMEP programmes to be offered by IIMK in order to ensure the required standards by assessing the capabilities of the applicants in an objective manner . The screening test is meant to limit the participation in the IDL programme to candidates who fulfill acceptable capability standards. All the applicants of the eMEP programme are expected to take the test, which will be conducted at centers as listed separately in this bulletin. The test will be designed and evaluated by IIMK. The test may be followed by an interview for short listed candidates. The contents of the test will be similar to that of the Common Admission Test (CAT), administered by the IIMs for admissions to the PGP and FP M programmes. However, there will be questions on testing logical reasoning in addition to questions for testing numerical, data interpretation and verbal skills of the candidates. The test will be of two-hour duration consisting of three sections. The three separate sections are those which test (i) Numerical ability & Data Interpretation (ii) Verbal ability and (iii) Logical reasoning. Each section will consist of twenty questions. Different questions may carry different weights and there will negative marks for wrong answers.

Contact us

© Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode
IIMK Campus P. O., Kozhikode 673 570, Kerala, India
Phone: +91-495-2803001 Fax : +91-495-2803010-11

For more information visit: http://www.iimk.ac.in

			IIMK at a glance The Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode is one of the premier management institutes of india founded in 1996,in collaboration with the State Government of Kerala. It was established with keeping the objective in mind that it will professionalise Indian management education through teaching, research, training, institution building and consulting. The Institute emphasises development of analytical skills and focus on global and cross-cultural issues with a balance between business demands and social concerns. Campus The Institute is located in Kozhikode district, (also known as calicut), in the state of Kerala. Calicut is a historic city where Vasco da Gama first established Indo-European business relationships, by discovering the sea route from Europe to India in 1498. The institute's campus is located amidst the scenic setting of the Western Ghats, a mountain range that spans most of the Indian west coast..u can enjoy the natural beauty of kerala , there. Besides hostel facility it also has a fully automated modern Library & Information Centre (LIC) is on its way to becoming an outstanding learning resource centre catering to the ever growing and uncompromising information and intellectual requirements of the students, faculty, and researchers. library is, in fact the trendsetter in terms of technology adoption. Library also gives the service of an Institutional archive. Programmes offered Post graduate programme(PGP) The Post-graduate Programme in Management is a flagship educational programme preparing the young graduates for senior level positions in industry and other sections. The programme is of two years duration. In the first year, the students undergo 58 credit foundation courses in various functional areas, followed by 8-10 weeks of summer training in business and industrial organisations. The second year comprises two foundation courses of 3 minimum of 45 credit elective courses. Some of courses are of 2 credits (20 class contact hours) and others of 3 credit (30 class contact hours). The students are encouraged to have 2 areas of specialisations. For specialisation a student has to take a credits each and a minimum of 5 electives (amounting to 15 credits) in the area concerned. Some students spend one term to take courses in a partner foreign institution. The programme lays great emphasis on knowledge assimilation than only imparting it. Towards this it uses a wide variety of pedagogies: lectures, case studies, exercises, role-plays, simulation, video shows etc. The evaluation system is rigorous one comprising quizzes, assignments, mid-term and term end examinations. The programme also lays emphasis on learning to learn through requirements of library-based self-study, group work, open-ended discussions and real life projects. The students inculcate the spirit of 'dream-innovate-achieve' and imbibe social concern as an integral part of learning process during the programme. Consistent with the institute.s goal of creating business leaders who are socially and environmentally responsible, each student is required to provide active planning and execution help to non profit organizations. The students also under go compulsory courses on business ethics and environment management in the first year. For admission, students first appear CAT. if their score meets the cut-off score of the institute then they will be called to appear GD & PI. After getting selected in these rounds, they wilol be eligible to take admission in IIMK. PGP is highly valued by industry. Leading Indian and foreign companies visit to the Institute to participate in campus placement programme. Looking at the huge demand of the industry for the institute graduates, the intake in the programme has been increased to 180 students from the academic session 2005. DOCTORAL PROGRAMME Fellow Programme in Management IIM Kozhikode, a leading Post Graduate institution of excellence in management research, education, training and development in the Asia-Pacific region has started its Doctoral Programme, Fellow Programme in Management (FPM) in the year 2007-08. IIMK recognizes the fact that no top class academic institution of higher learning will be able to preserve its quality without emphasis on top quality research. The FPM of IIMK aims at developing top quality researchers and faculty resources for academic institutions including IIMs, and it envisages itself as a leading source of top quality management experts and thinkers for business organizations, government and society in India and abroad. The FPM programme of IIMK strives to incorporate the strengths of similar programmes in other IIMs while it also tries to introduce new strengths and certain innovative features in the programme. The purpose of such efforts is to overcome any weaknesses in the Fellow Programmes elsewhere and to bring out the best in the Fellows coming out of the programme. The programme duration is normally 4 years while it can be completed any time after 3 years. If sufficient grounds exist, the tenure of a Fellow participant can be extended, with reduced rate of fellowship, upto 4½ years. The admission to FPM of IIMK will be open to all Indian citizens, Non-Resident Indians, Persons of Indian Origin and foreigners. Admission will be based on academic qualifications, performance in the qualifying examination, personal interviews and work experience. Candidates will be assessed for their intellectual abilities and research aptitude. Executive Education Programmes With the aim of helping practicing executives, who are not in a position to join its long duration residential education programmes, the Institute provides an opportunity through the Interactive Distance Learning mode. In the year 2001, IIMK conceived a new model of management education for working executives. eMEP programme marked the beginning of IIMK’s Interactive Distance Learning (IDL) activities and IIMK pioneered management education through a synchronous interactive learning mode in the Asia Pacific region. The admission to the programmes is through a nationwide rigorous selection process. The programme has in-built flexibility that allows the participants acquire necessary knowledge and skills, without adversely affecting their official duties. The classes are regularly held through two-way video and two- way audio communication. The programmes have two components; one in which the participant has to take lessons by logging in one of the 300 nationwide network of classrooms. The other component is conducted at IIMK campus at Kozhikode. IIMK currently offers the following executive education programmes over IDL: · Seventh Batch of Executive Management Education Programme (eMEP 07) · Executive Education Programme in Finance (eEPF) · Executive Education Programme in Strategic Management (eEPSM) · Executive Education Programme in Marketing (eEPM) · Executive Education Programme in Operations Management (eEPOM) Apart from above Executive Education Programmes, IIMK offers specialized Management Development Programmes on the IDL Platform for marketting executives. eMAT - Executive Management Aptitude Test The selection to eMEP is through an entrance examination conducted to assess the basic logical, numerical and verbal ability of candidates, necessary for successful completion of the programme. The objective of the screening test is to filter the entry of candidates to the eMEP programmes to be offered by IIMK in order to ensure the required standards by assessing the capabilities of the applicants in an objective manner . The screening test is meant to limit the participation in the IDL programme to candidates who fulfill acceptable capability standards. All the applicants of the eMEP programme are expected to take the test, which will be conducted at centers as listed separately in this bulletin. The test will be designed and evaluated by IIMK. The test may be followed by an interview for short listed candidates. The contents of the test will be similar to that of the Common Admission Test (CAT), administered by the IIMs for admissions to the PGP and FP M programmes. However, there will be questions on testing logical reasoning in addition to questions for testing numerical, data interpretation and verbal skills of the candidates. The test will be of two-hour duration consisting of three sections. The three separate sections are those which test (i) Numerical ability & Data Interpretation (ii) Verbal ability and (iii) Logical reasoning. Each section will consist of twenty questions. Different questions may carry different weights and there will negative marks for wrong answers. Contact us © Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode IIMK Campus P. O., Kozhikode 673 570, Kerala, India Phone: +91-495-2803001 Fax : +91-495-2803010-11 For more information visit: http://www.iimk.ac.in









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