IMI Delhi announces PI schedule for PGDM 2016 programmes: To happen between Feb 18 to 23, 2016

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February 15, 2016
IMI has announced the PI schedule to be conducted between Feb 18 to 23, 2016 for its 4 programmes, PGDM, PGDM-HRM, PGDM-B&FS and ExPGDM at Delhi campus
The core components of the final stage of the selection process for the PGDM, PGDM- HRM and PGDM B&FS courses at IMI Delhi will constitute Extempore speaking, Psychometric Test, Essay Writing and Personal Interview besides other qualitative parameter

International Management Institute (IMI), New Delhi has announced the personal interview (PI) round dates of its 4 prestigious courses – Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM), Post Graduate Diploma in Human Resource Management (PGDM- HRM), Post Graduate Diploma in Banking and Financial Services (PGDM-B&FS) and Executive Post Graduate Diploma in Management. The PI process will happen during February 18 to 23, 2016 at IMI-New Delhi campus.

Besides Delhi, the selection process will also be conducted in 8 more cities including, Ahmedabad, Chandigarh, Chennai, Mumbai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Kolkata and Bhubaneswar between  March 2, to March 20, 2016.

Components of PI round
The core components of the final stage of the selection process for the PGDM, PGDM- HRM and PGDM-B&FS courses at IMI Delhi will constitute - Extempore speaking, Psychometric Test, Essay Writing and Personal Interview besides other qualitative parameters.

For the EXPGDM course, shortlisted candidates – both sponsored and not sponsored, would be required to submit experience certificate, certified copy of GMAT / CAT scorecard and Sponsorship letter (if applicable), at the time of interview, where ever applicable. The admission offer will be based on a composite score arrived after the assessment has been made during the various stages of the selection process, defined above and the result will be announced on IMI’s website.

Know about the programmes
The PGDM, PGDM (HRM) and PGDM (B&FS) are  2 year programmes. The Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) is designed to prepare students for careers across functional areas of management. Introduced in 1993, the course has been attracting candidates from diverse educational streams ranging from engineering, medicine, architecture, social sciences, economics and commerce.

Post Graduate Diploma in Human Resource Management or PGDM (HRM) equips students from varied disciplines for careers in human resource management.

A Post Graduate Diploma in Management in Banking & Financial Services or PGDM  (B&FS) prepares students for careers in the banking and financial services industry.

The executive programme, EXPGDM is a 15-month programme that’s been aimed at the middle level managers with a minimum of 5 years of work experience (post qualification). It includes 10.5 months of course work at the IMI New Delhi campus and a 5-week optional course at a partner Business school in Europe/USA. The executives then present a dissertation over the next 3 months (company sponsored executives do a dissertation at their workplace).

IMI Delhi aims greater diversity in class rooms
 IMI-New Delhi, which has been recognised for its quality education, exceptional training and producing skilled professionals, is gearing up to receive the 2016-18 batches. Thrilled to welcome new students, Prof. Manaswini Acharya, Professor of Marketing &  Dean (Placements & Corporate Relations), IMI – New Delhi, said "We intend to offer candidates an opportunity to polish their knowledge of management strategies and their analytical skills. We also hope that this year as the format was changed it would be good to give an opportunity as it may enhance prospects of building diversity for students from Arts, media, etc. At IMI, the bigger mission is to inculcate values and attitudes that make a business professional sensitive and ethical".

IMI Delhi after announcing the percentile of 90 in CAT 2015 as cut off for flagship PGDM 2016-18 batch released the programme wise shortlist of candidates. While the PGDM 2016-18 shortlist was released on February 4, shortlists for other PGDM programmes are proposed to be announced on February 17, 2016.

According to Prof Manaswini Acharya Dean Corporate Relations, IMI Delhi, “First time in the history of IMI Delhi, shortlist for interview is being released program wise. The shortlist for PGDM with cut off of 90 is being released on 4th and for HR and B and FS the shortlist will be released on 17th Feb 2016.The cut off will be decided in due course of time”

International Management Institute (IMI), New Delhi was established in 1981 in collaboration with IMI Geneva (now IMD, Lausanne). The institute has been ranked as the best management institute with excellent placement and industry interface by Times Research Media, sixth among private B-schools in India by Outlook, eighth overall by CNBC TV18 in Indian B-School Rankings and has consistently been featured among the top six private B-Schools in the quality of its intellectual capital.  IMI has also secured a commendable overall rank of 6th in the latest ranking released by the NHRD (National Human Resources Development) Network, a leading apex body of human resource professionals with a membership base of 12,500.

IMI is also India’s first corporate sponsored Business School with sponsorship from corporate houses like RPG Enterprises, Nestle, ITC, SAIL, Tata Chemicals, BOC and Williamson Magor etc. and various other international linkages with bodies like World Bank, UNDP, ILO, UNCTAD, Asian Productivity Organization etc. Besides this, IMI is one of the empanelled Institute of the Ministry of External Affairs, GOI, for special Commonwealth Assistance Programme under which the Institute gets the executive MBA students from various Afro – Asian countries for its 15 months Executive Post Graduate Programme in Management.

IMI Delhi has a consistently maintained excellent placement record. The B-school has completed its final placement 2016 in a record time and probably earlier than many other top rated B-schools. 96 companies participated in the Final Placements at IMI, New Delhi to recruit from a batch of 243 students comprising 181 in the PGDM program, 45 in PGDM-HR program and 17 in the PGDM-BFS program.

The highest placement at IMI Delhi has recorded compensation for the PGDM 2014-16 batch of Rs.29 lakhs and average compensation of Rs. 14.3 lakhs showing an upward swing in the MBA market.

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