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Admission open for PGDM Programme for session 2010-2012 :: Residential Business School

Programme >> Post Graduate Diploma in Management

Post Graduate Diploma in Management(PGDM) is a autonomous Programme approved by AICTE. The programme is intended for graduates of any discipline who wish to obtain a management qualification. It may be of particular interest to those who would like to draw on the research expertise of the Business School as part of their management development programme. This programme gives the advanced knowledge, Skills and understand the need in a management post. It will help the professionals to expand their intellectual ability and develop an analytical approach, so that they can examine management problems critically from perspectives of different schools of thoughts and evaluate opposing arguments. Student Managers are also encouraged to consider management theory and practice and their implication in the broader social, political and environmental context and carry out independent research and development.

Course offered: 2 Year full-time Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM)

Specialized Certification in:

Marketing Management
Financial Management
Human Resource Management
Operations Management
Systems and IT

Duration of Curriculum and Calendar.

PGDM Programme is of two years duration. Each year shall be divided into three trimesters. First Fourthtrimester shall ordinarily begin in August and end in November. Second & Fifth trimester shall begin in December and end in February. Third & Sixth trimester shall begin in March and end in May. In addition, there will be a Summer Term that shall ordinarily begin in June and end in July. Sometimes due to delay in admission formalities, if the First trimester (for fresh students) is delayed by few days, the subsequent Second and Third Trimester may be correspondingly delayed. But in no case the Summer Term duration shall be less than 6 weeks.

Each year, the institute shall draw an Academic Calendar and the same shall be non- negotiable and strictly adhered to. The Academic Calendar for the First year shall be handed over to each admitted student along with his/her institute Registration Card. Second year Academic Calendar shall be made available during registration for fourth trimester.

The Curriculum and Syllabus shall be modified with approval of Academic Council positively once in every two years to keep the same up-to-date.

Eligibility for Admission

The eligibility for admission to PGDM Programme of the institute shall be same as the one decided by AICTE from time to time.

A Student shall have to first get admission to the Institute as bonafide student as per Institutes regulations before commencement of instruction in First Trimester. All admitted students will be issued Registration card by the institute.

At the beginning of each trimester (except first), a student has to register for the subjects that he/she wishes to study. Only such registered students will be allowed to attend classes and appear at Examinations.

Admission shall ordinarily close prior to the commencement of the instruction in First Trimester.

Subject-wise Registration and Eligibility to Appear at Examinations.

All Registered Students of the institute have to register for each of the subject they are required to study and appear at examination before commencement of a trimester.
Except in the first trimester, where a student is automatically registered for all subjects of the trimester, a student has to apply to the institute in a specified format for subject- wise registration for the term with prescribed fees through the Registrar. The same will be scrutinized and registration confirmation will be given by the Institute to each student.

Registration for Electives: In the second year, students are required to register for subjects in the elective areas as per the schedule drawn for the program. No subject in the elective area will be allowed for registration if there are less than six students opting for the particular elective subject.After the seventh day of the registration of students for the said trimester, the Institute will intimate the students if a particular elective subject will not be offered under the above conditions along with the list of subjects that can be opted for registration. The affected students then will have to ensure the rectifications within three days with fresh registration.

A student who has been promoted with back log (XP) shall first register his present trimester subjects and thereafter register his back log papers of the previous year for the corresponding trimester.

A student shall be eligible to appear in an examination provided he/she pursues a regular course of study and attends at least 75% of classes in each theoretical, practical and sessional subject, held during academic calendar of the trimester. The attendance shall be considered from the date of admission of the candidate in the institute. The Schedule of classes will be notified through a time table before the beginning of classes in the Trimester.
The flying squad appointed by the Director shall make surprise inspection of the attendance records maintained in the college.

Concessions: A student who has been absent for short periods on medical ground or due to participation in cultural, sports, other academic/official assignments in the interest of the institution / government with prior written permission of the head of the institution shall be permitted a maximum of additional concession of 10% in attendance and would be eligible for appearing in examination with a minimum of 65% of attendance in a trimester. No students shall be allowed to appear at Institute’s Examination/ Supplementary Examination with shortage of attendance below 65% in any of the registered subject.

A student who has been absent on medical ground may be allowed to appear at examination provided he/she has attended at least 65 percent of classes and (i) a medical board and (ii) the Dean recommends for such relaxation.

A student shall be admitted to any examination in a subject only if he/she has registered for that subject, paid necessary registration and examination fee in the beginning of the trimester.

A candidate shall be allowed in an examination only after he/she is issued an Admit Card for the relevant examination by the institute.

Grading System:

A letter grading system shall be followed in the institute. The uniform Grading System to be followed for the Post Graduate Diploma In Management (PGDM) shall be as
described below:

A Seven Point grading system of base of 10 shall be followed in the Institute.
Categorization of the grades and their correlation shall be as under.

	Qualification	Grade	Score on 100	Point
			Percentage Points

	Outstanding	‘O’	90 & above upto 100	10
	Excellent	‘E’	80 & above but less than 90	9
	Very Good	‘A’	70 & above but less than 80	8
	Good	‘B’	60 and above but less than 70	7
	Fair	‘C’	50 & above but less than 60	6
	Pass	‘D’	35 & above but less than 50	5
	Failed	‘F’	Below 35	2

N.B. Grade C shall be considered as average, Grade D shall be Pass Grade for theory and Grade C shall be pass grade for other items.

A students level of competence shall be categorized by a GRADE POINT AVERAGE to be specified as:

TGPA		Trimester grade point average.
CGPA		Cumulative grade point average.

Definition of terms:

POINT		Integer quawng each letter grade.
CREDIT		Integer signifying the relative emphasis of individual course item(s) in a trimester as indicated by the Course structure and syllabus.
CREDIT POINT		(b) X (a) for each course item.
CREDIT INDEX		Σ CREDIT POINT of course items in a trimester.
GRADE POINT		Credit Index Σ CREDITS

TRIMESTER GRADE POINT AVERAGE (TGPA)

TGPA =		CREDIT INDEX for a trimester Σ CREDITS

CUMULATIVE GRADE POINT AVERAGE (CGPA)

CGPA =		Σ CRIDIT INDEX of all previous trimesters upto a trimester Σ CREDITS of all previous trimesters

Rules for Examinations

he PGDM programme shall consist of following items.

1. Theory (Mid & End term tests)

2. Practical/Laboratory (including Personality Growth Lab)*

3. Project (Summer training)

The schedule for these items along with their credit points for each trimester shall be as per rules approved by Academic Council from time to time.

*There shall be no end term examination for Personality Growth Lab.

At the end of each trimester, there shall be an examination (herein after called end-term examination) conducted by the Institute.

A candidate securing F grade in an examination has to re-register for the same and appear at supplementary examination conducted in same year or End-term examination of subsequent years in the corresponding trimesters.

There shall be a Supplementary examination every year for PGDM students as per the academic calendar. Students who have secured grade F in subjects registered by them in previous year may avail this opportunity to clear a failed subject(s). However, no student shall be allowed to appear at Institutes end-term examination/supplementary examination with shortage of attendance below 65% in any of the registered subject.

Evaluation of Theory Papers

The performance of a candidate in a theory subject shall be evaluated based on following components.

a)	End term comprehensive examination	70 points
b)	Mid term of two hours duration	30 points
		100 points

The mid term question paper shall consist of objective type and short essay type questions. The subject teacher shall evaluate the same, show the evaluated answer paper to the students and discuss the test problems in the class. The institute shall maintain all records at least for one year.

The answer papers of mid term tests shall be subject to surprise checks by the Deanand his team.

Evaluation of Summer Project (During 4th trimester)

A summer project will be evaluated based on following components

	Understanding of the project, its scope and dimensions	20 points
	Analysis and its relation to literature	10 points
	Interpretation of results and recommendations	30 points
	Quality of Report	20 points
	Viva Voce	20 points
		100 points
Evaluation will be done by a Committee at the Institutes level.

The Chairman of the Committee shall submit a copy of the score to the Dean and the Dean shall forward the score to the Director within the prescribed date. He/She shall also maintain all records at least for one year.

Evaluation of a Seminar Presentation and Comprehensive Viva (During 6th trimester)

a) Evaluation will be done on following points.

	Understanding the relevance,scope and dimension of the project	10 points
	Relation to literature/application	10 points
	Methodology	10 points
	Quality of Analysis and Results	10 points
	Interpretations and Conclusions	10 points
	Comprehensive Viva Voce	50 points
		100 points
Evaluation will be done by a Committee at the Institutes level.

The Chairman of the Committee shall submit a copy of the score to the Dean and the Dean shall forward the score to the Director within the prescribed date. He/She shall also maintain all records at least for one year.

b) The topics of the seminar paper shall be selected by a Committee comprising members of faculty and assigned to individual students

c) The evaluation of seminar paper presentation and viva shall be carried out by a committee comprising the internal supervisor and external expert drawn from industry (not below the rank Manager) or academy (not below the rank of Asst. Professor/Reader).

d) Minimum score for a Pass in Project item is 50 percentage points.

e) The Committee shall submit the score within the prescribed date to the Dean.

Evaluation of Laboratory Works

A Laboratory paper shall have minimum of 5 to a maximum of 10 assignments/ experiments. Each assignment shall have equal percentage points. The teacher concerned shall evaluate each assignment/experiment based on quality of result, report and general understanding. On completion of each assignment/experiment, the evaluation shall be done.

Minimum score for pass in Laboratory work shall be 50 percentage points. The concerned teacher shall maintain such records for a period of one year for surprise checks by the Dean and his team.

Evaluation of Personality Growth Laboratory: Personality Growth Laboratory shall be conducted on a continuous basis over the three trimesters of the 1st year and two trimesters (4th & 5th ) of the 2nd year. The evaluation of the student will be carried out at the end of 3rd trimester and 5th trimester out of 100 points for 3 credit hours respectively in each year. The evaluation shall be undertaken by an external examiner from the field along with the internal examiner.

The Personality Growth Laboratory shall take care of the following aspects:

•     Impromptu task assignment
•     Vocabulary and Rhythm of Speech
•     Conversation
•     Presentation
•     Group Discussion
•     Interviews
•     Psychometric tests
•     Team Building
•     Body Language
•     Event Management

Evaluation Responsibility

a) The teacher imparting instruction is solely responsible for evaluation of Class Tests and Practical works. He/She is also responsible for maintaining all records to justify his/her evaluation scheme and score thereof.

b) Neither the Director nor the Management shall have right to change the score assigned by a teacher. However, if the Director is convinced that the scores assigned by a teacher is biased, he/she shall appoint a committee where that teacher concerned will be a member for review. The decision of the committee
shall be final and binding. The decision with revised score shall be sent to the Director for necessary action.

c) The teacher is responsible for sending all the marks/grades of the mid-term tests and practical/Lab assignments/summer project/Seminar and Comprehensive Viva/the non-credit subjects to the Dean within the time stipulated for the purpose.

Pass in a Subject item

A candidate shall pass (clear) a subject if

a) In a Theory Paper he/she has secured minimum of 37 percentage points taking the end term and mid term tests together. However, he / she should have secured minimum of 25 percentage points in the End Term Test of that particular paper. In other words, even if a candidate secures Zero(0) in any paper in the Mid Term Test but secures minimum 37 percentage points in End Term test alone, he/she shall be declared pass in the paper.

b) In a Practical / Laboratory/ Project Paper / Viva-Voce, he/she has to secure minimum of 50 Percentage Points.

Promotion and Qualification for Diploma

In order to pass the course a candidate must secure at least Pass Grade in each of the Theory, Practical, Project and Viva Voce items and maintain a minimum level of overall performance as specified in the rules formulated by the Academic Council.

The promotional status shall be indicated on the credit card as per details below:

a) Passed and Promoted (denoted by P) and indicating that

The candidate has cleared every registered course items of the academic
year
He/She has no backlogs from the lower levels
He/She has secured CGPA of 6.0 or more

b) Eligible for promotion with backlogs (denoted by XP) indicating that:

The candidate is eligible for promotion with backlog (XP) provided:
or promotion to Second year: A candidate shall be eligible to be promoted to second year provided he/she has F Grade in not more than 6 papers with CGPA of 5.5 in all cleared subjects. The candidate shall register for the subjects with F grade in corresponding Trimester along with the next year batch to clear these subjects.

c) Ineligible for promotion (denoted by X), indicating that The candidate is NOT eligible for promotion to the next higher level due to non- fulfillment of stipulations governing eligibility for promotion to next level/year.

A candidate shall be eligible for promotion to the next higher level/year if he/she satisfies the conditions laid down under the rules formulated by the Academic Council.

The over all performance of a successful candidate for the award of a degree shall be based on the combined results of all the examinations of the concerned programme.

A student’s level of competence shall be categorized in accordance with the cumulative Grade Point Average.

Diploma requirements: A candidate shall be eligible for the Post Graduate Diploma In Management (PGDM) provided he/she.

•     Has cleared the minimum prescribed credit requirements with minimum of Pass grade in each Theory subject and C Grade for       other subject items.
•     Has secured minimum CGPA of 5.5 or above.
•     Has no disciplinary or court cases relating to institutes matters pending against him/her.
•     Has not been convicted for any cognizable offence.

Credit Requirement for the Diploma: Credit Requirements for the Diploma shall be Minimum of 121. The following Subject items shall constitute the total credit requirements.

		Environment (economic, business, social and cultural)related subjects.		22
		Qualitative and Quantitative Techniques Oriented Subjects.		21
		Qualitative and Quantitative Techniques Oriented Subjects.		30
		Professional Elective Subjects.		30
		Summer Project		6
		Seminar presentation		6
		Personality Growth Lab		6
		Total		121

In addition each student has to secure minimum of D grade in any one of the following subjects: NSS/Yoga/Athletics/Games/Cultural/Literary Debate/Quiz / First Aid / Fire Fighting for which she/he has to register at the time of joining the course at the college.

Award of Diploma

1. The diploma certificate and the composite grade card shall be awarded to the successful candidates by the Institute. The diploma shall be a general PGDM. It will not mention any specialization. The transcript showing the subjects cleared will show the focus of the candidate.

2. The composite grade card shall specify the TGPA of all the trimesters and the CGPA. It shall also contain interpretations of the grades obtained and the CGPA.

Maximum Time Limit: A student enrolled in the PGDM program shall have to pass in all the subjects within a maximum period of 4 years from the date of entry into the program.

Time Table of Instructions. The Institute will prepare Time table for the subjects (Theory and Practical) being offered in a trimester at least 15 calendar days before the course wise registration of students to that trimester. The time table must also mention the teacher who is handling a subject. If the subject is handled in more than one section, the names of the teachers handling all the sections should be given.