IIFM

INDIAN INSTITUTE OF FOREST MANAGEMENT
      Invites Application for
           Fellow Programme in Management (Doctoral Level)
 (Recognized by AICTE)

IIFM, Bhopal, a premier sectoral management institute funded by Ministry of Environment & Forests, Government of India, invites applications for its 2011-15 doctoral level Fellow Programme in Management commencing from July 2011.

Areas of Specialization
(1)Communication and Extension Management (2) Ecosystem and Environment management (3) Environment and Development Economics (4) Financial Management (5) Human Resource Management (6) Information Technology and Quantitative Techniques (7) Marketing Management (8) Sociology and Community Development (9) Technical Forestry.

Eligibility
The maximum age limit is 45 year as on 1st July 2011.  A Bachelors Degree with atleast 50 percent marks, Masters degree (minimum two years prescribed duration after 10+2+3 years of formal education) in relevant discipline (relevancy as decided by the IIFM) with at least 55% marks, including Five year/ Four year Integrated masters degree programme (or) B.Tech/B.E with 60% Marks or Equivalent OGPA (or) Professional qualification like CA, ICWA, CS with atleast 55% marks.

Admission 
Eligible candidates with CAT/GMAT scores (scores of two years old with a minimum  cut off score as decided by IIFM) (or) UGC-CSIR-JRF/NET or GATE or ICAR JRF (scores not older than 5 years) (or) qualified FRI entrance test for PhD (two years old) (or) candidates who have obtained a PGDFM/PGDM from IIFM/IIM with a minimum OGPA of 3.00 or MRM students of IIFM with 3.00 CGPA  (or) All India and allied services officers,  officers in scale II of Nationalized Banks & officers of equivalent rank of PSUs can apply directly. Candidates who fulfil the required eligibility criteria as above and do not have any of the above qualifying test scores, but have five years experience ( post their respective eligible degree)  shall be called for the internal test and those who qualify in the internal test will be called for GD & PI.

Group Discussion & Interview
GD and Interview for short-listed candidates will be held at IIFM, Bhopal during April/May 2011.

Financial Assistance 
Each student would be given a monthly fellowship of Rs. 12,000/- in first and second year , Rs. 14,000/- in third and fourth year  and for extended one year (if applicable) during the program.

How to Apply
Interested candidates are required to submit their applications in the prescribed application form with all supporting documents mentioned in the form.  Application form and details about the programme are available at the website http://www.iifm.ac.in /fpm (or) can be obtained in person or by post by sending a request along with bank draft of Rs. 200. Completed application form (accompanied by a demand draft of Rs. 200 for forms downloaded from website) in favour of Director IIFM, payable at Bhopal, should be sent to Chairperson, FPM Admissions, Indian Institute of Forest Management, Nehru Nagar, Bhopal 462003, M.P. so as to reach IIFM latest by 31th March  2011. For further details about the programme, admission procedure and fellowships please visit www.iifm.ac.in/fpm.