SP Jain Institute of Management and Research (SPJIMR), Mumbai has announced admission notification 2011 for its most prestigious and reknowned Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) Programme for the course year 2011-2013. There are 180 seats in the last batch. Total number of seats for the present batch will be announced at the time of admissions. SP Jain Institute is a top ranked B-School and functioning under the purview of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan (BVB). The Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) is a two-year full time residential programme and approved by AICTE. Specialisations available are 1) Finance 2) Manufacturing and operations 3) Marketing and 4) Information management.

Eligibility Requirements: Applicants should have Bachelor’s Degree (10+2+3) or equivalent in any discipline. Candidates studying in their final year of the qualifying examination can also apply. SPJIMR considers CAT 2011 or XAT 2011 or GMAT (taken in 2010) scores for admission into its PGDM. The SPJIMR has introduced interview process to be scheduled during January 2011 through March 2011. Candidates will be short listed for interviews based on the academic performance, experience and extra curricular activities. All admissions to SPJIMR will be on merit basis only. There will be no management quota.

Application procedure: Candidates have to apply online only through http://spjimr.org/pgdm/admissions.asp . Application processing fee is Rs.1200. This has to be paid Credit Card, Net Banking or Demand Draft drawn in favour of ‘S.P. Jain Institute of Management & Research’ and payable at Mumbai. The DD should be addressed to the Admissions Coordinator, SPJIMR. Fee payment can also be made as cash at Centres of IMS Learning Resources Private Limited (Selected Branches), Cerebral Heights (All Branches), Career Forum (All Branches) and Time Pvt. Ltd. The list of branches, course fee, selection process, cut offs and other info may be obtained from http://spjimr.org/pgdm/admissions.asp

Important Dates:

1) Opening of online application portal: 1st September 2011.
2) Last date for submitting online applications: 30th November 2011
3) Shortlist of candidates to be released: During January 2011
4) Interviews: To be held between January 2011 to March 2011

Address of the Institute: Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan’s SP Jain Institute of Management and Research, Munshi Nagar, Dadabhai Road, Andheri (W), Mumbai – 400 058. India. Phone: +91-22-2623 0396 / 2401 / 7454; Website : www.spjimr.org; E-mail: admissions2011@spjimr.org .

The IIT Bombay – Monash Research Academy have jointly announced admission notification for Ph.D. programme for June 2012 intake. IITB- Monash Research Academy is a collaborative initiative of IIT Bombay and Monash University, Melbourne, Australia. Both the institutes are best in their chosen fields and known for quality research in various applied fields of science and technology. Candidates who are interested in pursuing research can apply to this program. Selected students will be offered funding and they will get Rs 280,000 per annum as scholarship along with a grant of up to A$11,000 for the time you will be required to stay in Australia for research. Candidates have to be in Australia for at least 6 months. Following are details of scholarship, eligibility and application procedure:

Selected candidates for the Ph.D. program will receive good research facilities apart from scholarships. They will have access to world class infrastructure and research facilities. Those completed the course will get the Degree from IITB and Monash Academy. Candidates shall gain excellent international research experience. They need to work Australia for some time as part of the course. Candidates will be supervised by experts from IIT Bombay and Monash Academy.

The selected candidates have to pursue research in the areas of advanced computational engineering, Infrastructure engineering, Clean energy, Nanotechnology, Water, simulation and manufacture, Biotechnology and Stem Cell Research.

Interested candidates can download the application form for Ph.D from www.iitbmonash.org. For details such as programme delivery, eligibility, application process and online application, please see www.iitbmonash.org OR http://www.iitbmonash.org/PhD_applications.html. Address: IITB – Monash Research Academy, IITB, Powai, Mumbai 400076, India.