SDMIMD Admissions 2017 close on Feb 28; Check 1st EFMD EPAS Accredited B-school in India; Good Placements; No application fee

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MBAUniverse.com News Desk |
February 27, 2017
SDMIMD Mysore one of the leading B-schools in Karnataka and ranked among top 50 B schools in India would close the application process for PGDM 2017 19 on February 28
The quality of the SDMIMD PGDM Program in the eyes of the outside world has become higher thanks to the accreditations Dr N R Parasuraman, Director, SDMIMD

Shri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara Institute for Management Development (SDMIMD), Mysore is one of the leading B-schools in Karnataka and is ranked among top 50 B-schools in India.  SDMIMD's flagship PGDM program is approved by AICTE, accredited by NBA. SDMIMD has also earned two international accreditation recently by EFMD (EPAS) and by ACBSP.

Recognizing the quality of management education and Internationalization at SDMIMD, global accreditation body EFMD recently awarded the prestigious EPAS International Accreditation to the 2 year PGDM Program offered by the institute. SDIMD Mysore is the first Indian B-school to receive EPAS accreditation.

Accreditation will give more opportunities to students
Based in Brussels, EFMD is an international organization of business schools and corporations with nearly 900 members from academia and business in 86 countries. EPAS Accreditation has been awarded to 102 programs in 75 B-schools and Universities including Curtin Graduate School of Business, Australia; HEC Management School, Belgium; Peking University HSBC Business School, China; Nottingham Business School, UK and Boston University Metropolitan College, USA.

With this accreditation, SDMIMD has become a part of EFMD’s global network of B-schools and Universities that will provide SDMIMD with access to exchange programs, research programs and other collaborations.

How the Accreditation will benefit the students, faculty and the institute is well described by Dr N R Parasuraman, Director, SDMIMD Mysore “There are a number of ways by which students will benefit. Firstly, the quality of the SDMIMD PGDM Program in the eyes of the outside world has become higher thanks to the accreditations. Secondly, students will have greater opportunities to participate in international exchange program. The Institute will be able to attract overseas students as part of exchange and this will give rise to opportunities for joint work and interaction. Several international faculty will also be part of the lecturing team in SDMIMD and this will expose the students to greater spectrum of learning. We can also expect that the corporate bodies will see the benefits of students going through a well-tested, internationally recognized process, and hence placement possibilities will be higher.”

Industry ready AICTE approved PGDM 
The 2 year full-time Post Graduate Diploma in Management is the flagship programme of SDMIMD, Mysore. It is designed to prepare students for the modern day industry which is undergoing a radical change in this globalized world. The program is approved by AICTE.

Students can opt to specialise in the areas of Marketing, Systems, Finance, Operations or Human Resource Management. Students also have the opportunity to pursue dual specialisation. Students can also decide to be a generalist rather than specialising in any specific area and can opt for courses from various management streams.

Growing Placement trend
The highest placement package offered at SDMIMD in 2016 is Rs.12 lakhs. The average salary offered to a SDMIMD student is Rs.6.5 lakhs.

Top recruiters at SDMIMD Placement include Infosys, TCS, Wipro, SPI, Oracle, ANZ, Copal Amba, Mahindra Finance, TTK Prestige, Idea Cellular, Asian Paints, Practo Technologies, Brigade group, HDFC Limited, Ujjivan Financials, Janalakshmi, SKS Microfinance, ESAF, Sys Information, Writer Corporation, Target Corporation, Blue Ocean among others.

Moderate Fee with Scholarships
SDMIMD Mysore is less expensive than other B-schools in same league. 2 years fee including hostel stay at SDMIMD is Rs. 11 lakhs. SDMIMD has scholarship scheme by which students with CAT/XAT scores of 85 percentile or more (or valid GMAT score of 680 and more) are eligible for Rs.100,000 each on getting admitted to SDMIMD.

Admissions process open till February 28
The online admission process at SDMIMD Mysore is open till February 28 only. Candidates seeking admission to PGDM programme 2017-19 at SDMIMD need to appear in CAT 2016; XAT 2017; CMAT 2017 or GMAT as these are the exams, scores of which are acceptable to SDMIMD.

Apart from written entrance exam scores SDMIMD, Mysore will also consider other parameters for admission. The admission will be based on scores in the competitive exam, grades obtained consistently from 10th standard up to graduation, work experience, extra- curricular activities if any and above all the score in the interview process.

Selection process at SDMIMD 
SDMIMD awards balanced weightage to the written exam scores in the admission process. Broad weightage areas are:
Exam scores: 30% weight
Academic record: 30% weight
Personal Interview: 30% weight
Work experience/Extra Curricular: 10%

According to Prof S N Prasad, Admission Chair, SDMIMD, “We give more importance for the consistency in their academic records and the interview process.”

No Application fee to apply
You can apply online or offline without paying any application fee and filling up the simplified application form. You can send the filled Application Form along with the photocopy of CAT/XAT/GMAT/ CMAT admit card, coaching centre receipt (if issued).

Send the downloaded filled application along with photocopy of CAT/XAT/GMAT/ CMAT admit card to Admissions Office, SDM Institute for Management Development (SDMIMD), No. 1, Chamundi Hill Road, Siddarthanagar Post,  Mysore-570011, Karnataka. Deadline to submit application is February 28, 2017.

Besides SDMIMD has kept the option open to interview the candidates on Skype while the personal interviews at several locations are conducted.

Even if you have not applied for any entrance exam, still you can apply through SDMIMD Online Application form and send the registration details later.

Unique among the B-schools’ admission process, SDMIMD provides free admission kit. All you need to do is to fill up the relevant details in the required fields and the admission kit will be sent to you by SDMIMD without incurring any expenses.

SDMIMD was established in 1994 and till date 21 batches of PGDM graduates have passed out from its portals, currently holding important positions in the Indian and foreign corporate and service organizations. Institute has a creditable placement record. The highest placement package offered at SDMIMD in 2016 is Rs.12 lakhs. The average salary offered to a SDMIMD student is Rs.6.5 lakhs. SDMIMD is promoted by the Sri Dharmasthala Trust, headed by Dr D Veerendra Heggade, a Padma Vibhushan awardee. Sri Dharmasthala Educational Trust, is an education initiative from Dharmasthala a temple town from Karnataka with over 40 educational institutions including medical, engineering and degree colleges.

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