Management

IFMR Chennai PGDM Admissions 2012-14

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Institute for Financial Management and Research, Chennai (Tamilnadu) has announced admission notification for 2012-14 batch of Full Time PGDM Programs. All the programs are approved by AICTE. IFMR is a premier institute for training and research in Management with special focus on Finance specialization. The IFMR is ranked in top 10 finance schools in the country and also among top 30 B-Schools in India by various independent survey organizations. The Institute is supported by ICICI and House of Kotharis. Following are details of programmes, eligibility and application procedure:

1) PGDM Regular: management program with specialization in Finance, Marketing, IT and Operations and HR.
2) PGDM – DSF: Management Program with emphasis on Development and Finance
3) PGDM – FE: Management course with emphasis on Quantitative Finance

Eligibility Requirements: Applicants should have Graduation in any discipline with good academic record. Those appearing for final year exams also can apply. Candidates should hae qualified in any one of the national level entrance exams like CAT 2011, XAT 2012, GMAT (taken after August 2009) or GRE scores. IFMR is offering good placements in companies such as Accenture, Bank of America, CapGemini, CTS, FINO, Genpact, HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, Infosys, ITC, L and T Finance, Nomura, SBI Caps, TCS, UBS etc.

Eligible and interested candidates can apply online through IFMR website at www.ifmr.ac.in. You can also obtain prospectus from IFMR by paying Rs. 1200 in the form of DD. Prospectus can also be obtained from Bulls Eye, Career Launcher, IMS and TIME Coaching Centers. Short listed candidates will be called for Group Discussions and Interviews to be held in New Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai and Bangalore. IFMR offer good scholarships for deserved candidates. Last date for the receipt of completed applications is 31st January 2012. Address of the institute: Institute of Financial Management and Research, 24, Kothari Road, Nungambakkam, Chennai – 600034. Phone: 044 – 2830 3400. Email: pgdm@ifmr.ac.in.

IIM – CAT 2011 Results, Cut Offs, Percentiles, Seats Info

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The much awaited CAT 2011 results are out. IIM Calcutta has announced CAT 2011 results on 11th January 2012. CAT 2011 results and score cards are available for download from https://weaiimcalcat.catiim.in/ or www.catiim.in. Candidates are requested to ensure that they have CAT registration data handy to retrieve their scorecard from the website. IIM Calcutta website is at www.iimcal.ac.in . Here we are providing approximate cut offs scores and percentiles for IIMs and other institutes which admit candidates through CAT 2011 scores. IIMs use their own selection procedure for short listing CAT qualified candidates. Candidates need the following data to get score card:

1) CAT Registration Number
2) E-mail address exactly as supplied during CAT registration. This should be as it appeared on the Admit card.

If you find any difficulty or unable to download CAT 2011 Score Card or locate your details, you can contact Candidate Care or call the Toll Free Number 1800 103 7383. You may be asked further details to verify your identity before solving the problem. Following are approximate cut offs, last ranks or percentiles of CAT 2010:

There are a total of nine IIMs in the country. Estimated number of seats available in all IIMs is about 1200. Each IIM will have 120 seats in PGP in Management. Out of these total seats, 75 percent seats (900) may be available for General Category candidates and the remaining will be allotted for Reserved Category Students. Candidates need higher percentiles to get a seat in top ranked IIMs such as IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Bangalore, IIM Calcutta and IIM Lucknow.

Following are the details of IIMs and Cut Offs: 1) IIM Bangalore 2) IIM Ahmedabad 3) IIM Kozhikode 4) IIM Calcutta 5) IIM Lucknow 6) IIM Indore 7) IIM Ranchi 8. IIM Shillong 9) IIM Rohtak 10) IIM Raipur.

Following are probable cut off details for various IIMs. But one should remember that IIMs only short list candidates based on CAT for further selection processes like Group Discussions and Interviews. Here are probable cut offs:

1) IIM Ahmedabad (IIMA): Should have around 99.3 percentile overall .
2) IIM Bangalore (IIMB): Overall percentile should be aroung 95.
3) IIM Lucknow (IIML): Your percentile should be around 97.
4) IIM Calcutta (IIMC): You need to secure about 98.96 percentile.
5) IIM Indore (IIMI): Your percentile should be around 98.
6) IIM Shilong (IIMS): A overall percentile of 85 is required.
7) Other IIMs: Need about 80-85 percentile.

There are several other reputed institutes and B-School use CAT scores for admission to PGDM and MBA courses. Candidates should check the standards of these non IIM B-School / institutions before joining in any course in them.