ICICI Bank and NIIT University (NU) are jointly offering MBA (Finance and Banking) programme for the benefit of Chartered Accountants, Engineers and Graduates of any discipline. The corporate companies joining hands with academic and training institutions is a recent phenomenon and gaining importance as more and more companies are coming up with tailor made innovative programmes to suit the requirements of the industry. This is a Business Leadership Programme offered in the important domains of Project Finance, Corporate Banking, Risk Management and Banking Technology. Following are details of the programme, eligibility and application procedure:

This is a two year programme. The main purpose of the programme is to create a pool of talent as middle management level. Applicants should have minimum 60 percent marks in Graduation of any discipline and also at 12th and 10th Classes. Candidates should have minimum 3 years of relevant work experience. Age should be below 30 years as on 15th April 2012. This is a two year full time residential programme and comprehensive with focus on advanced areas of finance and banking in the upcoming domains of Corporate Banking, Risk Management and Information Technology.

Those selected for the programme will get hands – on experience through internship at ICICI Bank. They will be paid a monthly stipend of Rs. 10000 on campus and Rs. 50000 during internship under earn while you learn scheme. All the admitted candidates will get a placement on successful completion of the programme. Candidates will be placed at middle management levels at ICICI Bank. The programme will commence from April 2012 and you may have to apply online through Bank’s website. Candidates can obtain details of the programme, application procedure and selection process from www.icicicareers.com. Last date for the receipt of completed applications is 5th January 2012.

Selection Process: The selection process for ICICI and NIIT MBA programme consists of written test, group discussions and interviews. The Written test will be conducted by ICICI Bank in coordination with NIIT University. Applicants will be short listed on the merit in qualifying examination for further rounds. Entrance test basically tests the aptitude of the applicants through questions on verbal ability, numerical ability and logical reasoning. Those qualified in entrance exam will be short listed for group discussion. There will be a Psychometric Profiling at this stage of selection. Candidates have to complete this stage before they appear for the interview. The final stage is personal interview.

Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) has announced notification for Humanities and Social Sciences Entrance Examination (HSEE) for admission into Master of Arts Programmes in Development Studies and English Studies. These are five year integrated post graduate programmes. Application process for HSEE is completely online. Following are details of programmes and admission process for 2012-13:

The Department of Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS) is one of the earliest departments established at IIT Madras. The programmes are essentially multi disciplinary in nature. The faculty consists of experienced and qualified persons from diverse disciplines such as English, Philosophy, Economics, History, Sociology and German Studies. The HSS Department is also offering doctoral programmes in the disciplines of humanities and social sciences.

1) Integrated M.A. in Development Studies
2) Integrated M.A. in English Studies

All the candidates admitted through HSEE have to pay the fee as prescribed below:

1) One time payment: Rs. 1750
2) Semester fees : Rs. 6150 per semester
3) Refundable Caution Deposit: Rs. 2000
4) Hostel and other fees: Rs. 12,929 for first semester and Rs. 11,929 per each semester thereafter.

SC and ST candidates will be exempted from payment of tuition fees of Rs.3,000/- per semester irrespective of their parental income. Interested candidates can apply for HSEE 2012 through website http://hsee.iitm.ac.in. Online application procedure will commence from 20th December 2011 to 20th January 2012. For more details, you can contact at The Chairman, HSEE – JEE Office, IIT Madras, Chennai – 600 036. Telephone: 044 – 2257 8220, E-Mail : hsee@iitm.ac.in, Webpage: http://hsee.iitm.ac.in .