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FELLOW PROGRAMME IN MANAGEMENT POLICIES, PROCEDURES, RULES, AND REGULATIONS (2014-15) This manual lays out the policies, procedures, rules and regulations governing the Fellow Programme in Management [FPM] for the academic year 2014-15 at the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad. Changes/modifications as may be deemed fit to improve the program delivery may be made to the manual from time to time and would be applicable to all students after due notification. Chairperson Fellow Programme in Management

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FELLOW PROGRAMME IN MANAGEMENT

POLICIES, PROCEDURES, RULES, AND REGULATIONS(2014-15)

This manual lays out the policies, procedures, rules and regulations governing the

Fellow Programme in Management [FPM] for the academic year 2014-15 at the Indian

Institute of Management Ahmedabad. Changes/modifications as may be deemed fit to

improve the program delivery may be made to the manual from time to time and would

be applicable to all students after due notification.

Chairperson Fellow Programme in Management

Contents Page No.

1. Programme Design1.1 Objectives 61.2 Stages of the Programme 61.3 Title 71.4 Duration, Financial Aid and Residency 71.5 Academic Facilitation, Awards and Honours 71.6 Administration 7

2. Course Work2.1 Academic Advisor 82.2 Course Work, Exemptions and Registration 82.3 Transfer from One Area to Another 82.4 Academic Standards for First Year 82.5 Course Work in Term-3 of First Year 92.6 Summer Placement 102.7 Courses in the Second Year 102.8 Course Selection and Registration 112.9 Completion of Course Requirements 112.10 Academic Standards for Fourth Term onwards 112.11 Crediting FPM courses 122.12 Academic Assistance 12

3. Comprehensive Examination3.1 Objectives 123.2 Area Comprehensive Examination 12

4. Thesis4.1 Objectives 124.2 Thesis Advisory Committee 134.3 Thesis Proposal Seminar 134.4 Timelines for Submission of Thesis Proposal 134.5 Thesis Examination Committee 134.6 Thesis Seminar 144.7 Preparing the Final Draft 144.8 Thesis Defence 144.9 Final Thesis Submission 14

5. Award of Title 146. Duration, Financial Aid and Residency

6.1 Duration 15 6.2 Financial Aid 15

6.3 Paid Work During the FPM Programme 166.4 Residency 16

7. Academic Facilitation7.1 Presentation of Papers at Conferences 167.2 Working Papers 17

7.3 FPM Development Fund 177.4 Placement 17

8. Awards and Honours8 .1 Award for Best Scholastic Performance in the First Year 188.2 Awards for Thesis Proposals 188.3 Prof. Tirath Gupta Memorial Thesis Award 188.4 ESSEC Scholarship 198.5 IITCOE Fellowships 198.6 Norms for External Awards 198.7 Awards for Publication of Papers 19

9. Administration9.1 The Faculty Committee for Programmes 209.2 FPM Executive Committee 209.3 FPM Courses Committee 209.4 Academic Advisor 219.5 Course Approval Procedure 219.6 Registration 219.7 Grading System 219.8 Review of Performance 239.9 Academic Discipline 249.10 Plagiarism Policy 249.11 Grievance Redressal Policy 25

Appendix 1 : Areas of Specialization1.1 Agriculture 281.2 Business Policy 281.3 Computer & Information Systems 281.4 Economics 281.5 Finance & Accounting 281.6 Marketing 291.7 Organizational Behaviour 291.8 Personnel & Industrial Relations 291.9 Production and Quantitative Methods 291.10 Public Systems 29

Appendix 2 : First Year Courses - [2013-14] 30Appendix 3 : First Year Area Specified Courses for Academic Standards 33Appendix 4 : First & Second Year Non-Area Specific Courses 4.1 Compulsory Courses 35

Appendix 5 : Compulsory and Elective Courses in Each Area5.1 Agriculture 375.2 Business Policy 385.3 Computer & Information Systems 395.4 Economics 405.5 Finance and Accounting 41

5.6 Marketing 425.7 Organizational Behaviour 425.8 Personnel and Industrial Relations 445.9 Production and Quantitative Methods 455.10 Public Systems 47

Appendix 6 : Procedures for Comprehensive Examination in Each Area6.1 Agriculture 506.2 Business Policy 506.3 Computer & Information Systems 506.4 Economics 516.5 Finance and Accounting 516.6 Marketing 516.7 Organizational Behaviour 526.8 Personnel and Industrial Relations 526.9 Production and Quantitative Methods 536.10 Public Systems 53

Appendix 7 : Thesis Proposal Guidelines7.1 Preparation and Submission of Proposals 557.2 Thesis Proposal Award 557.3 Format for the Title Page of a Thesis Proposal 56

Appendix 8 : Guidelines for Thesis Preparation and Submission8.1 Number of Copies of Thesis 578.2 Components 578.3 Title Page 578.4 Abstract 578.5 Acknowledgments 578.6 Table of Contents 578.7 Tables, Figures and Illustrations 578.8 Source References 578.9 Paper and Typing 578.10 Illustrations, Tables & Flow Charts 588.11 Clarifications 588.12 Format for the Title Page of a Thesis 598.13 Format for the Abstract Page of a Thesis 60

Appendix 9: Format for Progress Report and Plan of Action 61

Appendix 10: Fees, Fellowship and Contingency, Award Amounts and other Financial Transactions

10.1 Fees, Fellowship and Contingency 6210.2 Award Amounts 6410.3 Other Financial Transactions 65

Appendix 11 : Hostel Rules11.1 Residential Facilities 66

11.2 Medical Facilities 6711.3 Sick Diet 6811.4 Extra Curricular Activities 6811.5 Hostel Fees 6811.6 Bank 6811.7 Storage of Valuables 6811.8 Post and Telephones 6911.9 General 6911.10 Medical Emergency 7211.11 Railway Concession 72

Appendix 12: Norms for Allotment of Married Students Houses 73

Appendix 13: Academic Calendar for 2013-1413.1 First Year 7413.2 Second Year 7413.3 For Graduating Students 75

Appendix 14 : Grade Conversion Table 76

Thesis Proposal Guidelines...........................51Guidelines for Thesis Preparation and Submission.....52

V 58Name of Contact Person...............................66Name of Contact Person...............................66

1. Programme Design

1.1 Objectives

The Fellow Programme in Management (FPM) is the doctoral program of IIMA. It is designed to provide both breadth and depth to doctoral students in management.

“The Fellow Programme in Management [FPM] aims to build researchers, teachers, and trainers in the field of management.”

The following areas of specialization are available:

1. Agriculture2. Business Policy3. Computer and Information System4. Economics5. Finance and Accounting6. Innovation and Management in Education7. Marketing8. Organizational Behaviour9. Personnel and Industrial Relations10. Production and Quantitative Methods11. Public Systems

A brief description of the areas of specialization is given in Appendix 1. Each area of specialization is offered by an area or group or centre of the Institute. [For the purposes of this manual, the word "area" is used to denote area, group or centre].

1.2 Stages of the Programme

The programme consists of three stages:

1. Course Work [Section 2]2. Comprehensive Exam [Section 3]3. Thesis [Section 4]

The course work is spread across a minimum of five terms. . Each academic year begins in June and ends in March/April and has three terms. All FPM students, irrespective of their areas of specialization, take a set of compulsory courses in their field of specialization and other interest areas. All students are also required to take program-wide compulsory courses specially designed to provide breadth of knowledge in the field of management and also teaching and research skills. The students are also required to choose a minimum of six credits from the courses offered in the Post Graduate Progammes at the Institute (Refer to section ___ for details).

Upon completion of the course work, the students take the area comprehensive examination. The area comprehensive examination tests whether the student has obtained a satisfactory level of knowledge in his/her field of specialization and whether he/she has satisfactorily integrated the various courses taken in the area.

If and only if a student passes the area comprehensive examination, he/she enters the Thesis stage. The thesis stage consists of first developing a thesis proposal, for which the student identifies a thesis topic, forms a Thesis Advisory Committee [TAC], presents a seminar on the thesis proposal to the IIMA academic community, and gets the thesis proposal approved by the TAC. Then the student works closely with the TAC on his/her thesis. On completion of the thesis research, the student submits the thesis, gives a seminar, and defends the same.

1.3 Title

After completion of all requirements of the programme, the student is awarded the title of the "Fellow of the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad" during the convocation at the end of the academic session following the completion [see Section 5]. The Fellow Programme of IIMA has been recognized by the Government of India and the Association of Indian Universities as equivalent to a doctoral programme for all academic purposes. While the FPM Programme is equivalent to a PhD programme, the Fellows cannot use the prefix "Dr" against their names [which can be used only by those who have been awarded a PhD by universities and other statutory bodies].

1.4 Duration, Financial Aid and Residency

FPM is a full time residential programme [see Section 6.4]. The students are expected to complete the programme in four years, extendable up to five years contingent on the recommendations of the TAC Chair of the student and approval of the FPM Executive Committee [FPMEC [see Section 6]]. In exceptional circumstances, the FPMEC may permit a student to continue beyond five years subject to a maximum of six years. The student will have to approach the Director for permission to continue beyond six years.

All students admitted to the programme are given a fellowship and contingency allowance up to five years. The general conditions and the amount for the fellowship and contingency allowance are included in Appendix 10.1.

1.5 Academic Facilitation, Awards, and Honours

The Institute provides various opportunities in terms of academic facilities and support systems to enable high quality work and its dissemination. The Institute recognises excellence in these areas through a number of awards and honours [see Section 8].

1.6 Administration

The academic administration of the programme is governed by various processes to enable appropriate inputs for a high quality programme [see Section 9]. FPMEC is the authority in-charge of administration of the programme.

2. Course Work

2.1 Academic Advisor

A member of the faculty from the student’s area acts as an academic advisor to the FPM students of the area [see Section 9.4]. The academic advisor mentors the student till the

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TAC is formed. It is recommended that the student meets his/her academic advisor at regular intervals.

2.2 Course Work, Exemptions and Registration

A student is expected to complete 30 course credits over the two years of the FPM program. Irrespective of their areas of specialization all FPM students take a compulsory set of courses in their first and second year worth 10 credits (7.5 in the first year and 2.5 in the second year) (1 credit = 20 sessions of 75 minutes each) [Appendix 2].

Each student is expected to take the 1 credit FPM course offered by their area/centre/group in the 1st year. The remaining required course credits may be fulfilled by taking FPM courses from other areas and/or courses from among those offered in other post graduate programs. A minimum of 6 credits have to be earned from taking courses at the post graduate programmes over two years.

The first year course work carries a total minimum credit requirement of 14.5 credits and a maximum of 18.00 credits.

The second year course work carries a total minimum credit of 15.5 credits and a maximum of 18.00 credits.

In addition after the completion of the area comprehensive exam it is compulsory to attend 1 credit course titled Communication for Management Teachers (CMAT). This course is designed to provide formal inputs on teaching and learning in class (described in Appendix ____):

For planning purposes a one credit FPM course calls for approximately 100 hours of work from the student. A minimum proficiency is expected in the courses taken (see section ___ for details) by each student [Appendix 3]. The evaluation and grading system for courses is given in Section 9.7.

2.3 Transfer from One Area to Another

After joining the FPM program, a student may apply for a change of the area of specialization latest by the end of the third week of Term 2 by obtaining consent from his/her original area of specialization. The area to which the student wants to be transferred to, then decides within fifteen days (from the date of application) whether to accept the student or not.

2.4a Academic Standards for First Year

A student is allowed to choose two among the following courses as pass/fail courses: Microeconomics, Psychology, Mathematics, Socio Political Context of Research.

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Check this and also add for second year
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Should these be made 15 and 18.5 credits respectively after our discussion on the Stats course the other day?
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Consistency in specialisation and specialization. Elsewhere ‘z’ has been used.

The student is required to pass both these courses.

In the remaining courses the student must obtain the following minimum academic standards to qualify for promotion to the second year:

1. A minimum average grade point of 2.33 (B minus)

2. Minimum 1.33 (C minus) in all courses

The performance review of students who have failed to meet the minimum requirements in first year is taken up by the course instructors, the concerned area/s, and FPMEC [see Section 9.8].

2.6 Summer Work in 1st year

At the end of the first year, FPM students are required to take up summer projects in consultation with their academic advisor. The summer project may be a research project or an industry project. The students are expected to plan for their summer projects by March 15 of the academic year. At the end of the summer project, the student is required to submit a certificate of satisfactory performance and completion of the project from the project advisor. A student failing to submit such certificate will not be allowed to register for further coursework.

2.7 Courses in the Second Year

In the second year a student takes courses worth at least 15.5 credits.

If a student desires to take more than six credits (6.0 credits) in a term, an approval from the FPM Chairperson is necessary.

Special courses allowed in second year

Subject to all the above requirements, a student is also allowed to take courses of the following kind:

1. Project course (1.5 credits)2. Course of Independent Study [CIS] (2.0 credits) [spread over two terms]3. "Special Topics" course (1.5 credits)

A student cannot take more than one project course or CIS in a term. A student cannot take more than one "Special Topics" course from one area during the year. All the above courses can be taken only with the prior permission of the instructor concerned. All the above courses must be approved by the concerned area each time they are offered.

While project courses and the CIS involve the instructor as a guide/advisor, the "Special Topics" course involves the instructor(s)

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If we move to a first year and second year package as one…then we do not need this again
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Do we need this?
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Throughout the document ‘area’ is used and not ‘Area’

like any other course. The design of the "Special Topics" course would take into account the student and the faculty members research interest. It is expected to help the student develop a broad understanding of a problem area he/she intends to research. All such courses need to be approved by the area.

2.8 Course Selection and Registration

Instructors will provide a detailed outline for their courses. Outlines describe the schedule of sessions and the readings prescribed for each session. Students are required to fill and submit a registration form in consultation with the Academic Advisor. This form has to be submitted to the FPM Office 15 days before the beginning of each term duly signed by both the student and the Academic Advisor.

Registration must be done on the registration day of each term [see Section 9.6].

In case of FPM electives students are expected to make an informed decision of picking up a course by, inter alia, taking a look at the course coverage, material, and talking to the faculty offering the course. In case the student feels after the first week of the term that the course does not meet expectations, the student may drop the course provided other courses are available for registration. The student takes responsibility for what they might have missed in the other electives/courses. No change of courses will be permitted after the end of the first week of the term. All electives will be required to have at least one session in the first week of the term.

2.9 Completion of Course Requirements

Students must finish all requirements of the courses within the term in which the courses are offered. Failure on the part of the student to finish all requirements within the planned date for completion of the course is likely to result in an "I" grade in the course. If the `I’ grade does not get removed by the student within one month it would automatically get converted to `F’ by the FPM office. If a student cannot complete the requirements within the specified term, he/she must seek approval from the instructor(s) and the FPM Chairperson for late submission [see Section 9.7].

The performance review of students who have failed to meet the minimum requirements is taken up by the instructors, the concerned area, FPMEC and the Faculty Committee for Programmes as per the procedure defined in Section 9.8.

2. 10 Academic Standards for Second YearStudents must obtain the following minimum academic standards during the second year to qualify for promotion to the third year:

1. Those who have chosen Socio Political Context of Research as a credited course will continue to credit in the second year.

2. Business History is a pass/fail course. All students are required to pass the Business History course.

3. An average grade of B (2.33) in all courses credited in the second year.

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I thought we had agreed on ‘Set A’ and ‘Set B’ evaluation schemes in our earlier discussions. Is something else remaining to be discussed? Mr. Joshi please check notes to check this and put the correct one.

4. A minimum grade of C-(1.33) in any course credited in the second year.

2.11 Crediting FPM courses

FPM students may credit FPM courses subsequent to completing the course requirements and area comprehensive examination subject to approval of the TAC and the concerned faculty. The credits for such courses will be listed in a separate grade sheet.

2.12 Academic Assistance

All FPM students after the successful completion of their comprehensive exam must assist in two courses worth at least 0.75 credit (PGP/FPM). The choice of course and nature of assistance to be provided is left to the student and the faculty involved in teaching the course. All students are required to ensure that they meet this requirement before they graduate and inform the FPM office upon taking up assistance-ship.

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3. Comprehensive Examination.

3.1 Objectives

The area comprehensive examination is conducted after the completion of course work to test whether the student has obtained a satisfactory level of knowledge in his/her field of specialization and has satisfactorily integrated the various courses taken in the area.

3.2 Area Comprehensive Examination

The area comprehensive examination is separately administered by each area for their students. The results of the exam are required to be announced within six months of the completion of the course work. Ideally, it is suggested that the comprehensive examination be held within three months of completion of the course work.

The area Chairperson identifies three faculty members from the area to constitute the area comprehensive examination Committee [AEC] and nominates one of them as the Chairperson. The Chairperson of the AEC will arrange for administering the comprehensive examination. The examination requirements which vary from area to area are given in Appendix 6.

For the student to be passed in the comprehensive exam, at least two of the three members of the AEC have to vote to pass the student. If a student fails the examination in the first attempt a second and final chance is given.

The student has 6 months, post the date of completion of the courses, to complete the comprehensive exam. In case there is a delay beyond six months in completing the comprehensive exam the student will not be awarded fellowship for the period beyond six months of course completion and passing of comprehensive exam. In extraordinary circumstances the area chairperson, the AEC chair will write to the FPMEC for special consideration.

4 . Thesis4.1 Objectives

The thesis should be an original scholarly contribution to the body of knowledge in the student’s chosen field of specialization.

4.2 Thesis Advisory Committee

After passing the comprehensive examination, the student identifies a topic for research, and a thesis advisor who will guide him/her as Chairperson of his/her TAC. The FPM Chairperson in consultation with the TAC Chairperson suggested by the student approves the TAC. Normally, the committee consists of three members of which, two members are from the area of specialization. The members are chosen to contribute to the thesis research in a complementary manner. The TAC Chairperson need not necessarily be from the area of specialization. An industry expert or an

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If a TAC member retires or leaves IIMA, he/she would continue as TAC member.
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Can that be taken that mean FPM Chair can/will never disapprove the TAC in the first pass?What do you mean Vineet?

academic from outside of IIMA can also be a member of the committee, but not be the Chairperson of the TAC. If a TAC member retires from IIMA or leaves IIMA he/she may continue to be a TAC member. A TAC Chairperson has to be a full time faculty at the Institute when he/she is chosen to be a TAC Chairperson.

If the circumstances demand, the FPM Chairperson may, in consultation with the student and the Chairperson of the TAC, reconstitute the TAC, including a change in the TAC Chairperson.

4.3 Thesis Proposal Seminar

When the TAC agrees on the adequacy of the research question and design of study, the student drafts a formal research proposal in the format given in [Appendix 7]. Following the submission of the proposal, the student gives a public seminar in the Institute. Following the seminar, the student has one month to submit the suitably modified final proposal approved by the TAC. The thesis proposal must be adhered to once it is submitted to the FPM office. A significant change in research design will need to be proposed again and the reason for this change explained to a committee constituted by the FPMEC.

4.4 Timelines for Submission of Thesis Proposal

Thesis proposal has to be completed within 9 months of successful completion of comprehensive exam. In case the student is unable to complete a grace period of 3 months is allowed during which the stipend will be withheld. In case the student does not present his/her thesis proposal at the end of one year following the completion of comprehensive exams, then he/she forfeits stipend from the period starting from 9 months of completing the comprehensive exam. In other words, the withheld stipend will not be paid. In addition, if the student does not submit his/her proposal by the end of the 4th year, the student will be asked to withdraw.

4.5 Thesis Examination Committee

When a student is ready to present a thesis seminar, he/she requests the FPM Chairperson to appoint the Thesis Examination Committee [TEC]. The FPM Chairperson appoints the TEC consisting of two members of the TAC and two external members. [The other two members of the TEC will be constituted after considering the inputs from the TAC Chairperson who will suggest in the given form (Appendix ___) four names to be invited to be on the TEC – two from the Institute and two external. The FPM Chairperson will decide the constitution of the membership of the TEC and can go beyond the TAC Chair’s recommendations if needed. The TAC Chairperson is automatically a part of the TEC.

The TAC members who are not members of the TEC will still be signatories of the final thesis copy and their attendance at the Thesis Seminar will be as members of the TAC. Such TAC members, however, will not attend the Thesis Defence examination.

The role of TEC includes the following:

1. Giving written feedback on the draft thesis [see Section 4.7] submitted by the

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Just to be sure, are we following this? If not we should put a more realistic estimate here
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I think it should either be research question or research design, not sure what ‘research question design’ means.In many cases only a research question is presented and then the student spends a long time after proposal thinking about design…therefore useful to have both

student 2. Attending the thesis seminar [see section 4.6] to be presented by the student and

providing feedback3. Conducting an oral thesis defence examination [see Section 4.8]

4.6 Preparing the Final Draft

For details regarding the preparation of the thesis, refer to Appendix 8. The student submits copies (number of copies should be number of members of the TAC plus two) of the approved draft thesis duly signed by the TAC members to the FPM Office

4.7 Thesis Seminar

The thesis seminar can be organized only after a draft of the final thesis is submitted to the FPM Office. All TEC members will be requested to provide written feedback to the FPM Office on the thesis draft within a month which will be shared with the student and the TAC Chair by the FPM Office Only after receiving the written feedback from the TEC and indication from the TAC Chair that the comments received have been addressed, can the thesis seminar be scheduled.

4.8 Thesis Defence

The thesis defence may be conducted on the same day as the thesis seminar. In case the TEC feels that the candidate is not ready for the defence they can suggest a later date. It is possible to have TEC members linking up on any internet based video calling platform) or through video conferencing.

The TEC conducts an oral examination to evaluate the acceptability of the thesis. Successful defence requires that the thesis is acceptable to all but one member of the TEC. In case the student is unsuccessful in defending the thesis, then s/he is given one more chance to defend the thesis. The second chance is the final chance for the student to defend her/his thesis.

4.9 Final Thesis Submission

The TEC may suggest modifications to the thesis. After incorporating the suggestions, the student submits the thesis along with signed approval forms from the TAC to the FPM Office (one hard copy and a soft copy in pen drive in PDF format) (Appendix 13.3). Detailed guidelines for thesis preparation and submission including formats for title page and abstract are given in Appendix 8.

5 . Award of Title

The student shall complete the following requirements before qualifying for the award of the title:

1. Submit one hard copy and a pen drive containing PDF version and editable version of the abstract as per guidelines in Appendix 8.

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Should we add that subject to staying within the maximum allowable duration in the program? What if a student submits a substandard version towards the end of the sixth year, and say requires six months more work???
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I think this should be reframed. First line should start with the norm (when defence takes place at a future date) and not with an exceptionThis is the norm now…defence and seminar on the same day.

2. Obtain clearance from various functionaries of the Institute as per guidelines with the FPM Office (Appendix 13.3).

On qualifying for the award of the title, students receive the title of "Fellow of the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad" at the forthcoming annual convocation. Meanwhile, a provisional certificate can be given upon the student's request.

The students are to receive the title in person. However, the student can also receive the title in absentia for a fee. A student who decides to receive the title in absentia must provide the FPM Office with an address at which the certificate is to be mailed.

6 . Duration, Financial Aid and Residency6.1 Duration

The student is expected to complete the programme in four years, extendable to five years depending upon progress. If the student fails to complete the programme in five years from the date of his/her admission, the FPMEC may permit a student to continue beyond five years on six monthly extensions, but not beyond six years. TAC-approved six monthly progress reports and plan of action should be submitted by the students to the FPM office in a standardized format [Appendix 9].

Time spent in repeating the first and/or second years are not included towards the five year limit, but is included for the six year limit. Time spent in extended medical leave is not included either for the five year limit or the six year limit. The six year limit is extendable by the amount of extended medical leave availed but to no more than eight years. .

6.2 Financial Aid

All students admitted to the programme are given fellowship and contingency allowance. It is subject to revision each year. The fellowship, contingency amount, and the general conditions of fellowship and contingency allowance are given in Appendix 10.1. Students repeating the first and/or second years are not provided fellowship and contingency allowance during the repeat years.

6.3 Merit Award for Performance in the 1st year.

To reward students for excellence in first year a merit based award will be given to the students meeting the below mentioned performance in all courses in first three terms.

1. `Rs3000 per month will be awarded as additional stipend for one year to the FPM program topper in the first year..

The fellowship may be withdrawn or suspended at any time during the programme if the student's work is not considered satisfactory by the FPMEC in consultation to TAC.

6.4 Paid work during the FPM Program

No paid work is allowed before the student passes the comprehensive exam. After the student has submitted his or her proposal the student can take up paid work of not more

than 20 hours per week with approval from the TAC and the FPMEC. After the thesis defence, if the student takes up full time work, then the stipend is stopped.

Taking up paid work cannot constitute a reason for extending the time limit of the time taken to complete the programme.

6.5 Residency

FPM is a full-time residential programme during [a] the four [five, if given an extension] years or until completion of all requirements of the programme, whichever is earlier, and [b] the years the student may repeat the first and/or the second year without fellowship. The requirements for the residency are that the student should:

1. live on campus (except when collecting data or under exceptional circumstances (see below for details)), and

2. not take up any permanent job.

Accommodation to single students is provided in dormitories [Appendix 11]. Limited housing for married students is available [Appendix 12]. In exceptional circumstances, on the request of the student, the FPM Chairperson in consultation with the academic advisor or TAC Chair may give permission to the student to stay off campus. Students permitted to stay outside the campus must provide their addresses and other contact information to the FPM Office.

The student is not allowed to take up any permanent placement, including re-joining the organization from which he/she may be on leave until all requirements of the programme are completed or during the five years in which the student receives the fellowship, and the years during which he/she repeats without fellowship. If circumstances so require the student to do so, permission of the TAC Chair and the FPM Chair must be obtained before making any such decisions.

If a student plans to be absent for more than three days, he/she, whether staying on or off the campus, must seek prior permission in writing from the following:

1. Instructors of courses that the student is crediting at that point2. Academic advisor / TAC Chair of the student at that point

and submit the same to the FPM office. Failure to do so is treated as an act of indiscipline [see Section 9.9]. Unauthorised absence may lead to non-payment of fellowship for the period of absence.

7 . Academic Facilitation

7.1 Presentation of Papers at Conferences

FPM students are encouraged to present papers, which have been submitted to and accepted at professional conferences. Upto an amount of ` 1,75,000/- (upper limit) is available for students attending domestic/international conferences/workshops/summer schools during the first five years of their tenure with FPM system or completion of the programme, whichever is earlier.

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For presenting paper and attending the conference, student must obtain prior permission from FPM Chair.
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Point 1 above and this statement are not consistent.
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However, he/she must obtain prior permission from TAC Chair and FPM Chair.

A student should obtain prior permission from the FPM Chairperson for travel and submit the paper or poster presented at the conference within 2 weeks of returning from the conference before seeking full reimbursement.

(i) Domestic Conferences:

For conferences in India, the Institute subsidizes to and fro A/C two-tier rail fare, a daily allowance and the conference registration fee. Costs will be reimbursed for no more than four conferences in a student’s tenure.

(ii) International Conferences

Guidelines to provide the funding for attending international conference/workshop/summer school:

1. The TAC members have to write in support of the students request for funding2. The statement prepared by student, acceptance letter from the conference, the

paper to be presented, and the TAC approval should be submitted to the FPM Office.

3. The FPM Chair will approve attending of the conference in most cases. In cases where there is doubt the FPMEC will be consulted.

4. In case of workshop/seminar/summer schools, the candidates must present a report to the TAC Chair with a copy to the FPM Office after attendance. Similarly if the student went to attend a conference based on his/her abstract the full paper and presentation must be submitted post attendance of the conference.

7.2 Working Papers

IIMA has a working paper series. Working papers help in receiving inputs from the research community before sending out papers for publication in journals. FPM students are encouraged to publish working papers in the IIMA working paper series as single authors or with faculty or other FPM students or other collaborators as co-authors.

7.3 FPM Development Fund

An FPM Development Fund has been set up to provide funds for the following purposes:

1. To cover costs due to data collection, intensive research, for disbursement against expenses beyond what is available in contingency and other external sources specific to research

2. To help FPM student activities of an academic nature.

FPMEC manages this fund [Appendix 10.3].

7.4 Placement

Students are encouraged to start preparing for placement at least six months prior to the

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Student, on return from Conference/Seminar etc must submit the paper/poster presented at the conference. The reimbursement claim along with all the required documents, must be submitted within 30 days from return from Conference.

targeted date for completing all the requirements of the programme. The TAC helps the students and the FPM office facilitates placement by providing any needed support.

Normally, students are expected to finish all the programme requirements before taking up placements. However, if the nature of student work towards the end of the programme is such that it is appropriate to allow them to take up a placement before they complete all the requirements [see Section 6.4] the same maybe allowed upon approval by the FPM Chairperson. Student is then not allowed to draw stipend from the Institute once the placement is taken up.

8 . Awards and Honours

8.1 Award for Best Scholastic Performance in the First Year

An award for the best scholastic performance in the first year has been instituted from 1993-94 from the fund created in memory of the three FPM Alumni, Late Shri B.Chaudhary, Late Shri R.Padmanabhan and Late Shri Madan Pant. The award, titled `Chaudhary-Padmanabahn-Pant Award for Scholastic Performance' carries a cash prize [Appendix 10.2] and is given to the FPM student who [a] scores the highest GPA in the first year.

8.2 Awards

The Institute offers the following awards for outstanding dissertations each year1:

1. Industrial Finance Corporation of India [IFCI] AwardTwo awards are provided by the endowment of the Industrial Finance Corporation of India. This award is titled Industrial Finance Corporation of India [IFCI] Best Thesis Award .

2. Prof. Tirath Gupta Memorial Thesis Award

Two awards are provided by the Prof. Tirath Gupta Memorial Fund for outstanding the best thesis. This award is titled, “Professor Tirath Gupta Award for the best thesis”.  

The FPM students who are in their final stage of the thesis (i.e ready to graduate (or) convocate in that particular academic year) are eligible to apply for the above awards.  The students competing for this award would be asked to make a presentation to an award committee set up by the FPMEC. Separate committees will be formed for thesis in the quantitative and qualitative domains. The committees would include one or two faculty from within the Institute and one or two experts from outside the Institute. The faculty who have served as TAC members of the students applying for the award will not be part of this committee. The FPMEC would decide on the method of judging and the final number of awards to be given. The decision of the FPMEC will be treated as final. The award amount is given in Appendix 10.2.

New AwardsFrom time to time new awards may be added. Details will be communicated on the 1

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electronic notice board as and when such awards get instituted.

8.3 Norms for External Funding for Research

Students are encouraged to apply for external funding for research as per the following norms. These norms are applicable for research and travel in India and/or abroad, excluding those in the nature of prizes won for work already done.

1. Applications for awards should be forwarded through the FPM Chairperson, with the recommendation of the Academic Advisor/TAC. In case there is no application process, the student must obtain consent of the TAC and FPM Chair before accepting an award.

2. For acceptance of the awards won by the student, the Academic Advisor/TAC should recommend to the FPM Chairperson, stating the nature of activity and plan of work, [as committed to the funding organization and acceptable to the Academic Advisor/TAC], the timing and required duration, keeping in view the possible academic quality improvement, integrity with the proposal [if applicable] and timely completion of the programme.

3. The final decision on acceptance of the award will be by the FPM Chairperson.

4. On completion of the award commitments, a statement to that effect should be sent to the FPM Office through the Academic Advisor/TAC.

8.4 Awards for Publication of Papers

Awards are given to students for papers published by them in refereed journals. If the paper is written by n authors, each FPM student is awarded 2/(1+n) of the award amount. The decisions as to which articles merit these awards are made by the FPMEC. The award amount is given in Appendix 10.2.

9 . Administration

9.1 The Faculty Committee for Programmes

The Faculty Committee for Programmes consists of all members of the Institute’s faculty, with all members being voting members. The FPM Chairperson chairs the Faculty Committee for Programmes when an FPM issue is being discussed.All decisions of the Committee, except in the cases detailed in the following paragraph, are taken by a simple majority provided that at least one fourth of the total membership of the Committee is present at the time of the decision.

The following decisions require the support of at least two thirds of the voting members present provided that at least one third of the total voting members of the above Committee are present at the time of decision:

1. Amending any provision of this manual that proposes structural changes in the programme.

2. Awarding the title of Honorary Fellow of the Institute (to a luminary in the field).

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3. Not awarding the title of “Fellow of the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad” to a student who failed to meet the minimum requirements for the title.

4. Asking a student to withdraw from the programme on the grounds of his/her not satisfying the promotion or programme requirements, including grounds of not adhering to the time limits and of unsatisfactory progress.

5. Expelling a student from or requiring him/her to leave the programme on any other ground. If in a meeting, decisions given above cannot be taken due to lack of quorum, the meeting is adjourned and convened again. The members present constitute the quorum.

9.2 FPM Executive Committee

The primary responsibility for administering the programme, and for initiating changes rests with the FPMEC appointed every two years. The FPMEC consists of the FPM Chairperson [who chairs the FPMEC], and up to four other members of the faculty and one FPM student appointed by the Director after consultation with the FPM Chairperson. The Warden is an ex-officio member of the FPMEC.

The quorum for the meetings is three faculty members, including the FPM Chairperson. If the FPMEC fails to decide on any issue, the FPM Chairperson may defer the discussion to a subsequent meeting or refer the issue to the Faculty Committee for Programmes.

9.3 FPM Courses Committee

The FPM Courses Committee consists of all the Chairpersons of the areas, and the Chairpersons of FPM, FDP, PGP, PGP-ABM, PGPX and Research & Publications Committee. The FPM Chairperson chairs the FPM Courses Committee whose primary function is given in Section 9.5.

9.4 Academic Advisor

While going through the various stages of the programme, it is intended that the student has a faculty member to relate to as an advisor. The student may seek guidance from the academic advisor for any matter connected with the academic programme. The student must also route all matters requiring administrative action through the academic advisor, in the spirit of keeping the academic advisor informed.

The academic advisory process operates as follows:

Stage Advisor Nominated by

Until formation of TAC

Faculty from the area Area Chair

After formation of TAC

TAC Chairperson None

9.5 Course Approval Procedure

Outlines of new courses, courses with substantial changes in the content and courses being revived after not being taught for three consecutive years, as prepared by instructors are reviewed at the area/FPMEC level for course content and relationship to other FPM and PGP courses given by the area. The FPMEC reviews the courses from the programme point of view, degree of choice to students, and whether the courses are relevant to area of specialization other than the one offering the course. The FPM Courses Committee formally approves the FPM courses.

9.6 Registration

All students must register for courses on the registration day of each term. Only under special circumstances FPM Chair may permit late registration. The late registration fee is listed in [Appendix 10.3]. Registration by students beyond their first year will be subject to their satisfactory completion of the previous year's requirements unless explicitly allowed to do so by the FPM Chairperson.

If a student is unable to complete the programme in the stipulated time and is permitted to continue in the programme, he/she must register for each term on the registration day and deposit sufficient money to cover the registration fees and charges towards the facilities proposed to be used during the term.

9.7 Grading System

The grades are based on the five point scale listed below:

A ExcellentB GoodC SatisfactoryD Low PassF Fail

Besides, plus [+] and minus [-] signs may be added to indicate varying degrees of performance in various segments of evaluation.

All segments of evaluation will be graded in terms of letter grades only. These letter grades in individual segments will be converted separately into grade points up to two decimal points.

The numerical values of letter grades are given below:

A+ = 4.333 B+ = 3.333 C+ = 2.333 D+ = 1.333 F = 0.00

A = 4.000 B = 3.000 C = 2.000 D = 1.000

A- = 3.666 B- = 2.666 C- = 1.666 D- = 0.666

If a student has not satisfied the academic requirements of a course, he/she might be assigned an “I” [Incomplete] grade, temporarily. However, if within one month the I is not removed it will be automatically converted to a `F’. First year students must

complete all incomplete course work before they proceed for their summer assignment. In the case of second year students, incomplete course work of a particular academic term should be completed within one month. Sixth term courses must be completed within one month of the completion of the course.

To determine the final grade of a student in a course, the following procedure would be followed:

a. Corresponding to the letter grades assigned for individual components, the values [up to two decimal points] given in the conversion table [Appendix 14] will be assigned.

b. The grade point of a student for a 1 credit course is the sum of the products of the grade points obtained in each component and the weight of the component. For courses which are not one credit, the grade point is multiplied by the number of credits for the course. The total grade points received by a student will determine his/her final letter grade in the entire course as detailed in the following table:

Between 3.55 and 4.33 = A 2.55 and 3.54 = B1.55 and 2.54 = C0.55 and 1.54 = D0.00 and 0.54 = F

Each instructor would evolve the criterion for grading individual components for purposes of evaluation and communicate it to students at the beginning of the course.

In general the evaluation process and weightage attached to various segments of evaluation in the same course taught by different instructors in different sections (for PGP courses) of a term would be identical.

Instructors would give students periodical feedback on their performance.

The instructors will communicate to students the grades of quizzes and short tests normally within ten days after the quiz or test. The instructors will supply grades for the various segments of evaluation to the student, but the final course grades will be given to students by the FPM Chairperson.

The FPM office will normally communicate the final letter grades in various courses with the cumulative total grade points to the students within one month of the end of the course.

The grades submitted by an instructor to the FPM Office on any segment of evaluation will be final. The instructor will not be called upon to justify his/her grades. A student who may need clarification of his/her grades may discuss with the instructor concerned within a week after receiving the grades. Any grievance regarding grading, if not resolved through the discussion with the instructor concerned, may be referred only to the FPM Chairperson in writing within ten days of his/her receiving the grades.

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At the end of first and second years the FPM Chairperson would issue to each student an official transcript of his/her performance each year. Extra copies of transcript may be available on payment of a fee [Appendix 10.3]. The grade of a student will not be communicated to any other person or organization without explicit and written consent of the student.

9.8 Review of Performance

Cases of students who do not meet the minimum academic requirements in terms of letter grade/grade points at the end of each term are reviewed by the FPMEC and the term instructors. Such cases are immediately brought to the attention of the areas and their grades made available to them.

Cases of students who do not meet the minimum requirements in terms of letter grade/grade points at the end of the year are reviewed in the following sequence:

1. Firstly, a review of such cases will be done by 1st/2nd-year instructors.2. The suggestions and recommendations of the 1st/2nd year instructors will be

forwarded by FPM Chairperson to the concerned (area(s) will review the case and recommend on the student's preparation or ability to pursue the advanced course work/further work in the area or otherwise and any additional conditions/ requirements to be imposed for such purpose.)].

1.3. A student who has failed to fulfil the conditions for promotion will have the right

to present his/her case in writing to the FPM Chairperson before the FPMEC takes a decision.

4. The FPM EC will review and recommend to the student in light of his/her overall progress in the programme as well as suggestions and recommendations made by concerned academic areas. .

5. The cases where recommendations of the FPMEC involve withdrawal from the programme will be subject to review by the Faculty Committee for Programmes (FCP).

In all other cases (where recommendations of the FPMEC involve condoning of any shortfall, conditional promotion etc.) the FPMEC’s recommendation is automatically taken as the final decision, and will not be reviewed by the Faculty Committee for Programmes.

A student who is declared to have failed to qualify for promotion will be required to leave the Institute if the FCP so decides.

The Faculty Committee for Programmes may ask a student to withdraw from the programme at any time if the academic progress of the student is extremely poor or his/her conduct is detrimental to the educational process of the Institute.

A student who is expelled from or is required to leave the Institute on any ground may file an appeal to the Director for a reconsideration of his/her case. The decision of the Director on such an appeal will be final.

9.9 Academic Discipline

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The Institute insists on regular and prompt attendance in classes. Students may obtain leave of absence under the following rules and procedures:

1. In cases of sickness, leave application must be submitted to the FPM Office as soon as possible (within the day). Information sent through email or application sent with another student is acceptable. Leave applications on the ground of sickness must be accompanied by a medical certificate or note from the Institute's doctor.

2. For grounds other than sickness, leave will not be generally granted for a period exceeding three teaching days.

3. The FPM Office or the instructor will not be responsible for the student losing any segment or evaluation on account of his/her availing of the leave without permission.

4. In special cases the student may apply for longer leave to the FPM Chairperson. This application must be accompanied by permission from the instructors involved and the academic advisor.

Absence without leave will be considered a serious breach of discipline and the Institute will be free to take appropriate action in such cases.

Penalty for the breach of academic discipline may be expulsion from the Institute.

Issues around sexual harassment and safety of all on campus

Acts of sexual harassment are covered under The Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 and Section 354 of Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2013. Upon receipt of information on such instances by anyone to any authority in the Institute, the said authority shall immediately report the complaint to the Chairperson, Committee for Managing Gender Issues (CMGI). The Chairperson of CMGI shall arrange for detailed investigation of the case and submit the report to the Director with proposed course of action against the offender(s). Appropriate Authority will implement CMGI's proposed course of action in a timely manner. CMGI's Policy Guidelines are binding on all parties concerned.

9.10 Plagiarism Policy

IIMA expects that students, faculty, research staff, all uphold academic integrity and practice exemplary scholarship. While submitting term papers, assignments, presentations, proposals, thesis, papers it is expected that the student who is submitting will ensure that it is his/her own work, they will acknowledge the work of other sources that they have borrowed from, and make it explicit who they have consulted in completing their work. Failure to acknowledge consultation, help, or sources are all treated as plagiarism. Plagiarism is judged by output and not by intent.

Plagiarism includes copying, colluding (working with someone inside or outside the Institute while the requirement is that you work alone), submitting someone else’s work as yours.

Plagiarism might be in the form of - Copying text, ideas, figures, tables, computer code, mathematical derivations,

and presenting it as yours. Changing it very slightly and not citing the source from which you took the original idea

Paraphrasing by substituting words, by changing the order of words or phrases and presenting it as your own

Paraphrasing by joining two or three short phrases from one or more sources Not putting quotation marks for phrases, sentences, paragraphs cited verbatim

from other sources Making a collage by cutting and pasting from internet and openly available

sources without acknowledging the sources Copying from terms papers, assignments from previous year students Copying from unpublished sources available to a limited audience Presenting an idea that you may have thought of but is also found in another

place as yours and not acknowledging who else and where has a similar idea been presented

Getting someone else (paid or non-paid) to do your work and presenting it as your work

Copying from your own work published or unpublished in the past without citing or mentioning it explicitly

Use the Chicago Style Guide, or APA Manual (7th edition) or any style indicated by the faculty or the outlet to which you are reporting to cite, acknowledge work cited or quoted by you. If you have any doubts please ask a colleague, faculty, or the Program Office for further clarification. You could also refer to http://plagiarism.org/. Learning to cite and refer appropriately is the writer’s/author’s/individual responsibility. Ignorance about style, rules is not a sufficient excuse to indulge in intentional or unintentional plagiarism.

Plagiarism is viewed as a serious offence and it will attract penalties including possible expulsion from the Institute. Complaints of plagiarism will be first made to the FPM Chairperson by the faculty and the FPM Chairperson will then initiate an enquiry and reach a decision. The student will have the right to appeal to the Director whose decision will be final.

9.11 Grievance Redressal Policy

In the course of their program, it is sometimes possible that the student may face issues which affect his/her well-being or ability to complete the program. For those rare but possible cases the FPM office has the following procedure in place for the student to receive a fair hearing.

Process to be followed by the FPM student and office to resolve program related issues

For any issue the FPM student faces that he/she needs to be redressed and the Academic Advsor, Area Chair, or TAC Chair are unable to help the following process may be followed:

The student submits a written complaint detailing the issue to the FPM Chair. As a

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first step the FPM Chair will meet with the student and ascertain if the issue can be solved by dialogue and discussion with the student and the concerned party. In case such intervention does not resolve the issue the FPM Chair will form a sub-committee of two or three faculty members to address the issue in the fairest possible manner.

Process to be followed in case of grade revision

The faculty decides on the grades given to students based on the components and criteria given by them in the course outline at the beginning of the course. It is assumed that the faculty is fair, unbiased, and consistent with the announced criteria.

Students may appeal a final course grade in exceptional cases where they feel the faculty has been arbitrary or biased. To appeal the following stages may be followed:

Stage 1: Within one week of receiving the grade the student gives a written application to the concerned faculty explaining why he/she thinks the grade is unfair. The faculty and the student discuss and may resolve the issue at this stage. If not the student proceeds to stage 2.

Stage 2: The student and faculty concerned meet the FPM Chairperson. The FPM chair may request the presence of the academic advisor of the student. The three or four of them have a dialogue to see if the matter may be resolved. In case the FPM Chair is the faculty concerned then a member of the FPMEC will chair this meeting. If the issue does not get resolved then the student proceeds to stage 3.

Stage 3: The FPM Chair forms a subcommittee of three faculty members (at least two from the area of the student) to examine the written appeal of the student. The decision reached by the committee will be binding on the Instructor.

The student if still dissatisfied can appeal to the Director who is the highest appellate authority in the Institute. The Director’s decision will be final.

Students are advised to not use the grade revision process just to improve their grade to meet promotion criteria. It must be an arguable case of biased or mistaken grading on part of the faculty.

It will be attempted that each step is addressed within 2 weeks.

APPENDICES

Appendix 1Areas of Specialization

1.1 Agriculture: Students specializing in agriculture work closely with the faculty in the Center for Management in Agriculture. An interdisciplinary team of faculty members has been doing policy and problem solving research related to organizations supplying seeds, fertilizers, protective chemicals, farm machinery and irrigation, and credit for investment and working capital. It has also studied organizations procuring, processing, and marketing of cereals, fruit and vegetable crops, animal products, fish and poultry, and forest produces. Extensive research has been carried out in development administration and rural development.

1.2 Business Policy: The major streams of teaching and research in the Business Policy area are business policy, public enterprise management, international business, communication, entrepreneurship, and legal aspects of business. Research interest of the faculty include strategic management, environmental analysis, corporate planning, international business, technology transfer, legal aspects of business, and corporate communication. In these topics. a student can concentrate on any one of the following types of organizations or a combination: private sector, public sector, government, agriculture and rural sector, small scale industries, cooperatives, mass communication, and educational/research scientific institutions.

1.3 Economics: Research interests of the Economics area faculty cover managerial economics, micro-economics, macroeconomics, applied econometrics, economic policy, public economics, public finance and fiscal policy, planning and growth, poverty and unemployment, industrial economics, agricultural economics, money and banking, international economics, trade policies and their effects, international finance, economic and business environment and policy, econometric theory, and industrial development and regulatory policies.

1.4 Finance & Accounting: The Finance and Accounting area has a multi-disciplinary orientation and looks at issues in financial management and management planning and control with relevant functional linkages. Research activities cover share price indices, financial patterns of companies, financial performance of public enterprises in India, corporate strategy and financial policy, financial management of financial institutions, stochastic behaviour of security prices, issues in leasing, efficiency of capital market, and accounting policy issues.

1.5 Innovation and Management in Education: The Fellow Programme in Management in Innovation and Management in Education, offered through the Ravi J. Matthai Centre for Educational Innovation, aims at developing research scholars and teachers who can take up leadership roles in educational organizations and systems. The focus on innovation and management is expected to develop in the graduates a unique academic capability that combines a management perspective with the theme of innovation. This fits in with the emerging demand for people with fresh perspectives on educational

change from a wide range of academic institutions like schools, colleges and universities, organizations that provide services and ancillary support to the regular educational structures, well-established national and international educational planning organizations and academic institutions, and various research bodies and social think-tanks.

About the RJMCEI

The Ravi J. Matthai Centre for Educational Innovation (RJMCEI) was formally set up in 1991, after a group of faculty members had worked for three years on educational training and research, and institution building in education. From an initial focus on institution building and higher education, the mandate of the RJMCEI has gradually expanded to include primary education, literacy and secondary education. The common thread running through the Centre’s various activities is a focus on innovations and innovative approaches to countering problems in education. The RJMCEI is involved in applied and policy research in education that is relevant to public education systems as well as institutions in the non-governmental space. Research undertaken at the RJMCEI has included innovative responses to the issues of basic education and literacy, and to management issues in higher education, including management and technical education. Members of the RJMCEI also provide consulting services to national and international organizations.

1.6 Information Systems: The Computer and Information Systems Group offers specialization in information systems. This Group is involved in identifying and developing computer applications in various sectors of the Indian economy. One of the areas of research is to develop decision support systems involving interactive computers in which managers could engage in a dialogue with mathematical models, explore large database, and bring to bear their judgment for effective decision making. Such systems have been developed for production planning, infrastructure planning, transportation planning, and planning of canal irrigation systems. The Group has worked on expert systems in management and issues related to software export.

1.7 Marketing: The Marketing area's research relates to marketing, marketing management and strategy in business and non-business enterprises, and international marketing. Ongoing research efforts are focused on formulation of integrated marketing plans for innovative concepts such as utilization of solar and other renewable forms of energy, advertising research, application of marketing in public policy formulation in areas such as family welfare, health and nutrition, and market analysis for formulating and implementing new projects. Issues of marketing productivity and efficiency in private and public sector enterprises, private trade systems, consumer protection, public distribution systems, and marketing in the societal context are also amongst current research interests. Marketing problems of cottage and handloom industries and the small scale sector leading to the development of overall management perspective are receiving substantial attention.

1.8 Organizational Behaviour: The Organizational Behaviour area is interdisciplinary with members having academic background in psychology, sociology, and organizational and administrative sciences. The area offers courses which deal with management of change, organizational design and development, organizational theory, interpersonal relations, group dynamics, entrepreneurial motivation, creative problem solving, role effectiveness, stress management and ethics in management. Current research by the area members is on a variety of topics, such as leadership, ethics, managerial and organizational cognition, indigenous styles of management and stress management.

1.9 Personnel & Industrial Relations: The Personnel and Industrial Relations area is composed of faculty with a wide variety of interests and training in areas such as personnel management, industrial relations, labour economics, industrial sociology. Current research interests of the faculty include industrial relations, trade unionism, labour law, wages and salary administration, HR strategy, HR systems and design and implementation issues in the context of changing environment.

1.10 Production and Quantitative Methods: The Production and Quantitative Methods Area is engaged in research in the areas of operations research and statistics, industrial engineering and manufacturing management. The area offers doctoral level courses covering topics in mathematical programming, statistics, stochastic processes, operations management and contemporary manufacturing methods and techniques. Current research includes applications in manufacturing, finance, marketing and supply chain management.

1.11 Public Systems: The Public Systems Group consist of inter disciplinary faculty working on management problems of public systems , which are predominantly state control or involve significant public interest concern, and whose prime beneficiary is the general public.

The group has focus its efforts on energy, environment, health and population, transportation, urban development and voluntary sectors. Recent work of the group has covered energy environment modelling and policy analysis, strengthening primary health care, privatization strategies for transport infrastructure; management of road transport undertakings; railways; ports and shipping; role of voluntary organizations and community participation in water supply and sanitation projects; and judicial administration.

Appendix 2First Year Courses (FPM/PGP) - [Year 2014-15]

1. FPM compulsory courses in the first year

Term wise distribution of FPM compulsory courses in 1st year

Term 1 Term 2 Term 3

Mathematics (1 credit)Statistical (contd)

Socio-Political Contexts for Research in Management (1

(1 credit)credit)

Statistics (1 credit)

Micro-economics (1.5 credit) Research Methods (1 credit)

Psychology (1 credit)

Area FPM Courses for 1st year

Term wise distribution of Area FPM course

Term 1 Term 2 Term 3

Strategic Management I (BP)

Basics of Micro OB (OB)

Foundation Course in HRM (P&IR)

Agri Food Value Chain Management and

Development (AGRI)

Introduction to Mathematical Programming (P&QM)

Data Structures and Programming (IS)

Marketing Strategy (MKTG)

Economics (ECO)

Asset Pricing (F&A)

Education: Theory, Policy, Practice (IME)

Public Policy 1 (PSG)

Term wise distribution of 2nd year FPM compulsory courses

Term 1 Term 2

Research methods (.5 credit)

Business History (1 credit)

Socio-Political Contexts for Research in

Management (1 credit)

3. PGP core courses from which FPM students can choose

Term wise distribution of PGP Courses that can be taken for FPM first year credit

Term 1 Term 2 Term 3Financial Reporting & Analysis (1.5)

Business Taxation (0.5) Corp Fin (1.25)

FM (0.5) MCCS (1) DM 2 (0.5)Marketing – 1 (0.5) LAB (1) EEP (0.75)

Macroeconomics (1) ISB (1)

Marketing - I (0.5; continued from Term 1)

Marketing – II (1)

OM – 1(1) OM - 2 (1.25)OD (0.75) PCCBS (1)DM – 1 (0.5) SM (1.25)FM (0.5; continued from Term 1)

In addition, students can also choose PGP, PGP-ABM, PGPX core or elective courses in consultation with their academic advisor.

Communication for Management Teachers: [1.0 credits, compulsory course for post comprehensive exam]

The objective of the Fellow Programme in Management [FPM] is to develop teachers, in their field of specialization. The participants in the FPM program are therefore required to acquire proficiency in oral and written communication for effective dissemination of information and knowledge, through lectures, case discussions, games, role plays and use of audio/video cassettes. This course is designed to help the participants acquire such pedagogical skills. In addition to providing live opportunities for teaching and presentation, the course covers the necessary conceptual framework, through relevant readings and classroom discussions, needed for effective communication.

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Appendix 5

Sample Courses in Each Area (the offering for each area is different every year and will be shared with the student in the middle of the third term)

5.1 Agriculture

Agricultural Management IThe objective of this course is to introduce advanced concepts of consumer behaviour and demand, agricultural marketing, agricultural finance, and systems analysis in the context of real life problems.

Agricultural Management II*The objective of this course is to familiarize students with concepts in the theory of the firm, risk analysis, transaction costs, natural resource economics, management of technical change, and water management.

Agricultural Development Policy*The objective of this course is to develop a conceptual understanding and factual perspective of major problem areas in development of agriculture and rural sector in India. In accomplishing this objective a range of past, current and emerging agri-food policy issues and instruments, besides policy formulation process and the institutions or groups involved in this process, are considered. The course provides participants with a comprehensive exposure to the national and international dimensions of the agricultural economy using a business perspective. Additional emphasis is provided on the role of agriculture in economic development and international trade issues. The course analyzes implications of farm sector reforms and trade policies for business, farmers, consumers and economy.

Advanced Course on Strategic Management of Intellectual Property Rights (SMIPR)This course exposes students to basic concepts of IPRs, their coverage and scope, and provides some insights into the strategic role of IPRs in the Indian context. It enables the participants to appreciate the role of policy in the strategic management of IPRs and equip them with some practical aspects of patent drafting and reading, if necessary, through interactions with external experts.

Agro-Food Value Chain Management and DevelopmentMajor objectives of the course are to familiarize the participants with the concept and the theory behind value chain framework and its relevance for agribusiness; to expose participants to specific applications of this framework in the subsectors of agribusiness like garments, horticulture, food service and the like; to help participants to apply global and Indian learning in this field to understand and tackle issues of management and development in such chains.

Institution BuildingThe course provides an opportunity to explore the dynamics of institution building as a process of political economy, ethical and value dilemmas, and generating durable but systematic responses to various stimuli in the environment.

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Rural Banking and Financial InclusionThe course is intended to give an exposure to the theoretical underpinnings of how rural financial markets operate; the role of institutions; the policy framework and how these markets have evolved in the Indian context. The course in the process will also examine different institutional forms – commercial banks, regional rural banks, co-operatives and non-bank financial institutions.

5.2 Business Policy

Advanced Seminar on Action Research Methodologies*This specialized course in hermeneutic research methodologies using action research context focuses on inquiry frames to understand dynamics of management processes. This is particularly useful where the lived reality is to be phenomenologically experienced and interpreted especially where controlled experimentations are impossible.

The specific learning aims of this seminar are: to understand the systemic underpinnings of different action research

approaches and how they impact systems, structures and processes to review the scope and application of action research methodologies in a

variety of contexts and inquiries to become familiar with the pitfalls of attributing motivations in management

research and to distinguish between conscious and unconscious feedback loops to develop research design strategies for using action research methodologies

and hermeneutically resolving the constraints of transference and subjectivity to gain some first-hand experience of action research methodologies

EntrepreneurshipThe objectives of this course are to provide a comprehensive understanding of the basic concepts of entrepreneurship, to review and understand the important streams of research in entrepreneurship, and to familiarize students with research methodologies.

International Strategic Management*This course aims to deepen understanding of management challenges associated with discovering and inventing international business strategies for managing cross-border value chains. The course exposes students to complexities of strategy and develops conceptual foundations by introducing them to prevailing terms and concepts and emerging praxis around complex activities of global, international and multi-domestic product-services linkages of business organizations with due regard to developments at plurilateral and multilateral fora such as the UN system and WTO, GATS, TRIPS, EU etc. 

Strategic Management I and II*The objectives of these courses are to strengthen the theoretical underpinnings of students, and expose them to the extensive research carried out both in the domain of

strategy formulation and implementation.

Strategy and Innovation*The course provides a series of strategic frameworks for managing innovation in high-technology businesses. It emphasizes development and application of concepts that highlight interactions between competition, technological and market change, and the structure and development of internal capabilities.

Economics Of Strategy[jointly offered with Economics Area]The course exposes the participants to various neoclassical and non-neoclassical theories of the firms along with concepts and tools of industrial organization that may help them understand firm strategy.

5.3 Computer and Information Systems

Algorithms and Data Structures*This course introduces concepts and techniques in the design and analysis of algorithms and data structures. The emphasis would be on the fact that, while several alternative algorithms exist for a problem, they can be implemented with different data structures, and that there could be significant differences in performance of these alternatives.

Computer Architecture and Systems Software*The objectives of this course is to expose students to the technical foundations of computing technology so that they can make decisions on choice of computing technology, participate in the design of computing configurations, and suggest hardware and software platforms for implementation of business applications.

Database Management and Online Transaction Processing (OLTP)*The objective of this course is to understand concepts, acquire technical skills in the area of database management systems, and design and implementation of OLTP systems. The course also focuses on emerging research issues in the field.

Data Mining Algorithms and ApplicationsThe course of data mining and business intelligence will equip the students with the concepts and techniques of data mining and how to use these various data mining techniques to fine tune business goals and enhance decision making with informed choices. The course will also update the students about how these techniques are being extensively used in real-life for better decision making.

Distributed Computing SystemsMuch of the computing taking place today is distributed. Web services, cloud computing, virtualization, peer-to-peer and Internet computing all have distributed systems concepts at their foundation. In this course we study the basic concepts of distributed systems as well as the current technologies that are built on these distributed system concepts – like peer-to-peer computing and web-services.

Information Systems Frameworks*This course discusses frameworks and methodologies for planning, analysis, design, and implementation of management support systems and frameworks for identifying information technology applications which can provide a competitive advantage.

Programming IThe objective of this course is to familiarize participants of the basics of programming using languages such as C, C++ and Java. The course will be structured as an intense assignment oriented course.

Systems Analysis and Design*This course exposes students to issues in the analysis and design of systems through formal methods. It deals with both structured and object oriented approaches to development of solutions in the emerging environments and addresses process management, quality, and productivity issues.

5.4 Economics

Advanced Macroeconomics*The objectives of this course are to understand how macro aggregates such as national income, price level and employment are determined in an economy and how they are affected by government policy and shocks to the economy.

Advanced Microeconomics*This course is concerned with the exposition of the behaviour of individual decision makers at a point and over a period of time. It focuses on the problems of resources allocation in static and dynamic senses.

Econometrics*This course intends to expose students to various research problems that have been tackled so far in the field of econometrics with special emphasis on applications.

Public Finance(jointly offered with Public Systems Group)

This course aims to provide a comprehensive introduction to the principles and concepts of public finance. It examines the economic rationale for government activity and fiscal structures of different levels of government, and some major policy issues arising out of the process of macro economic reforms.

Economic Development and Growth(jointly offered with Public Systems Group)The course aims at providing the context and understanding of the issues involved in the process of economic growth and development. It is expected to provide a historical perspective to the questions of growth and development, review theoretical developments in the field of economic growth, and debate on various aspects of growth and development of the Indian economy.

Game Theory and Strategic Behaviour(jointly offered with Marketing)This course discusses basic and advanced tools of game theory and their applications in the field of industrial organization and strategic decisions by firms.

Time Series Methods for Macroeconomics and Finance

(jointly offered with Finance Area)This course introduces the theory and methods of time series analysis for research in economics and finance. The objective of the course is two-fold. First is to give participants enough technical background to enable them to read research papers in applied time series analysis. The second is to introduce select advanced topics useful for analysis of macroeconomic and financial time series.

5.5 Finance and Accounting

Theory of Finance I*The objective of this course is to provide an introduction to the field of asset pricing. The first part of the course covers the theoretical foundations of modern asset pricing theory. The second covers select papers on the empirical aspects of the asset pricing models.

Theory of Finance II*This course is a continuation of Theory of Finance I and covers important econometric methods of financial markets. It exposes the students to the empirical testing of various theoretical models.

Seminar Course on Corporate Finance*This course covers selected theoretical and empirical work in the area of corporate finance. The emphasis is on recent developments in Corporate Finance based on information asymmetry and conflicts of interest between managers and shareholders and between “insiders” and “outsiders”.

Seminar Course on Accounting ResearchThe course brings together the current issues in accounting, particularly the global accounting standards, challenges in alignment with IFRS and issues pertaining to accounting policy.

Seminar Course on PrivatizationThe course focuses on issues pertaining to privatization using international and Indian examples. It discusses challenges and opportunities in the private sector, identify roadblocks and bring out effective ways of dealing with the issues pertaining to privatization.

Mathematical FinanceThis course helps to prepare for the rigors of analysis by imparting the skills of analytical tools. The course would help in identifying the right tool to apply in diverse situations, interpretation of the results and the theoretical underpinnings of how mathematics can be effectively used in complex financial functions.

Time Series Methods for Macroeconomics and Finance(jointly offered with Economics Area)This course introduces the theory and methods of time series analysis for macroeconomics and finance. The objective of the course is two-fold. First is to give participants enough technical background to enable them to read research papers in applied macroeconomics and finance. The second is to introduce select advanced topics useful for analysis of macroeconomic and financial time series.

5.6 Marketing

Behavioural Science Applications in Marketing*The objectives of this course are to expose students to the diverse approaches and sub-fields of behavioural science relevant for an understanding of consumer behaviour, en- able students to identify research issues, and develop the ability to conduct consumer research relevant to Indian conditions.

Game Theory and Strategic Behaviour (jointly offered with Economics area)The objective of this course is to familiarize students with the basic concepts, scope, and methodology of game theory to analyse strategic behaviour of/among ‘agents’ such as firms, consumers, competitors, regulators, policy makers etc. This course examines the applications of game theory in various academic disciplines, especially in marketing, applied micro-economics and oligopoly theory and strategy. Experimental methods in game theory are also covered in this course with a view to equip doctoral candidates with an important analytical methodology for their dissertation research.

Marketing Theory and Contemporary Issues*The objectives of this course are to review and evaluate major literature on the foundation of marketing, to provide an in depth understanding of the theory of marketing and their conceptual basis, provide an insight into selected contemporary issues in marketing, and initiate discussion regarding the potential application of marketing knowledge to address these issues.

Quantitative Models in Marketing*The objectives of this course are to expose students to diverse model building approaches like deterministic, stochastic, and simulation models for decision making in marketing, study the state of art in marketing model building in selected sub-areas of marketing decision making, and provide an experience in model building.

Reading Seminar in Marketing Management*The main objective of this course is to make students go through selected readings and research materials on various aspects of marketing management, selected from major works (articles, literature and research experience) on current marketing management problems. Seminal research on the major domains of marketing science is highlighted in this course with a view to motivate students to identifying their own line of future research.

International Marketing Research and TeachingThe major purpose of this course is to introduce FPM students to conducting research and teaching in the international marketing management area and develop skills related to the design and execution of research projects and related methodology as well as design and development of courses in the area of international marketing management and strategy.

5.7 Organizational Behaviour (under review)

Advanced Micro OB*The course focuses on important theories which have made contributions to understanding of the different content areas of OB. OB for the purpose of this course refers to the individual and small - group level analyses. It is, therefore, concerned with a part of the overall field of organizational study. This part has come to be called organizational behaviour [Micro level analysis]. The areas and theoretical constructions include motivation, learning, perception, involvement and alienation, small group behaviour, leadership, cultural processes, and change processes.

Advanced Research Methods*The objective of the course is to provide a broad understanding of the theoretical and methodological issues involved in conducting systematic inquiry in the field of management. The course helps participants acquire the skills necessary in undertaking dissertation related research.

Applied Behavioural Science I*The course deals mainly with theories and concepts relating to issues of learning, training, OD, application of BS models to analyze understanding of organizations, etc. The main purpose is to acquaint students with tools and techniques available in OB which facilitate not only theorizing but also developing methods to study and analyze organizations. In the subsequent course the learning of concepts, techniques, and issues is extended and applied to real life organizational situations.

Applied Behavioural Science II*The objectives of this course are to build on the literature studied in Applied Behavioural Science I by studying the actual practice or participating in a change effort to develop awareness of the students' consulting/inquiry approach, its strengths and weaknesses, to practice inquiry/facilitation of change, and develop a personally useful model of the process of inquiry/consultancy.

Organizational Theory and Its Social Context*This course is designed to acquaint students with the evolution and theories of organizations. The primary objective is to help the students examine the basic question "Why do organizations behave the way they do?" Alternative ways of answering this question from diverse theoretical bases are explored. Sociological roots of organization theory and the impact of the specific social context on organization theory is also discussed.

Crafting and Publishing of ResearchAlthough this course is designed for doctoral students from OB, BP and P&IR disciplines, it will also help doctoral students from other disciplines. In the beginning, the course follows on Research Methodology courses to the extent it discusses research paradigm, process of theorization and evaluating research quality—a sense of what is good research and how it develops. This part, thus, will enable you to produce high quality research and sensitize yourself towards publishing it.

In the second part (which consumes more sessions), the course leverages this sensitization to help participants draft high quality working papers and aims to develop some basic skills for a successful academic career. We will therefore cover at length topics such as managing the review process including ethical issues, presenting

at academic conferences, working with faculty advisors and preparing for the academic job market. We will have guest speakers for some of these sessions. We will also use the editorial and referee responses to accepted as well as rejected manuscripts that were submitted for publication in “A” category and “B” category journals across the academic disciplines mentioned earlier.

The class is appropriate for doctoral students who plan to have high quality working papers within a year and wish to move them forward. The course format will be a mix of lectures, class discussions (predominant) and interaction with guest speakers. Course participants should think through the readings provided, and come prepared to present their viewpoints and analysis during the session.

5.8 Personnel and Industrial Relations

Foundations of Research in HRM I*This course revolves around research issues related to human resource planning, acquisition, performance management, competence development, career planning, and development issues.

Foundations of Research in HRM IIThe anchoring topics in this course are compensation dynamics, the empowerment discourse, labour rationalization dynamics, human resource strategies in the context of mergers and acquisitions, sick unit turnarounds, corporate restructuring, and internationalization processes. Foundations of Research in ERM I*Issues dealt with in this course revolve around the economic, political, social, legal, and collective trade union action determinants of employee relations.

Foundations of Research in ERM IIThis course focuses on technological determinants of employee relations, employee grievance and discipline management, employee involvement initiatives, the social clause- trade regime debate in the employee relations context, and employee relations dynamics in the mergers / acquisitions and turnaround contexts.

International Human Resource ManagementThis course focuses on logic and process of internationalization, theoretical foundations of international strategic management, issues and challenges in managing MNC, headquarter-subsidiary relationship, the culture factors in international HRM policies, management of expatriates, issues and practices in HRM at the parent company and the subsidiary, and cross-national differences in HRM practices.

Qualitative Research Methods in HRMThe learning objectives of this course will be

To enhance appreciation for the potency and relevance of qualitative research

methodology

To develop insights into the logic of qualitative research enquiry

To gain understanding of some major qualitative research approaches like the ethnographic method, ethnomethodology and phenomenology

To get exposure to significant qualitative research tools and techniques

To develop hands on experience in analytical, interpretative and writing skills in the employment of qualitative research approaches.

Quantitative Techniques in HRMThis course provides doctoral students with the opportunity to apply the tools and methodologies learnt in the core curriculum to their research in the field of HRM. This course also exposes the students to latest development in the quantitative techniques in HRM. The focus of this course is to study various quantitative techniques used in processes related to employees in an organization. Apart from the organizational context, the course also looks into quantitative approaches used in the analysis of labor markets.

5.9 Production and Quantitative Methods

Advanced Probability in Management*The objective of this course is to provide the theoretical foundations of probability theory, which finds extensive applications in the resolution of several managerial problems. Topics in this course may include discrete and continuous random variables and their distributions, moments and moment generating functions, joint distributions, functions and transformations of random variables, law of large numbers and the central limit theorem, point estimation sufficiency, maximum likelihood, minimum variance, confidence intervals, probability inequalities, and measure theory.

Mathematical Programming and Discrete Optimization*These courses provide the fundamentals of mathematical programming and their application in management. The areas that are covered include linear algebra, convexity analysis, linear programming, integer programming, graph theory and networks, combinatorial optimization and computational complexity.

Seminar in Operations Management I and II*These courses deal with selected models and analytical approaches for decision making in operations management. Topics will include inventory theory, lot sizing, scheduling theory, aggregate production planning, location and design, logistics, supply chain coordination, quality, queuing and contemporary topics in operations management (new models of production, technology, economics of production, manufacturing marketing interface, e-Commerce, etc.)

Systems Analysis and Simulation*In this course, students are exposed to the methodology of developing simulation models. Various approaches to constructing simulation models will be discussed. Simulation languages are introduced to provide a framework for developing complex simulation programmes.

Applied Multivariate Analysis

This course gives a balanced emphasis on theory and applications. It covers the following broad areas: Multivariate Normal Distribution and Related Inference Problems, Assessing Normality, Outlier Detection, Multiple Linear Regression Analysis, Variable Selection Problems, Multicollinearlity, Heteroscedasticity, Regression Plots, Regression Diagnostics, Model Specification Tests, Auto correlated and Longitudinal Data Analysis.

Applied Multivariate Analysis for Qualitative Dependent VariableThis is a course on Discrete Multivariate Analysis with an emphasis on understanding the theoretical underpinning of different methodologies along with its applications. The course covers the following broad areas: Models for dichotomous and polychotomous variables (probit, logit, multinomial logit, multivariate probit are special cases), Related Inference Problems, Qualitative panel data analysis, Tobit models, Truncated latent variable models defined by a system of simultaneous equations and Bayesian analysis of binary & polychotomous data.

Modelling for Management Decision MakingThis course is an attempt to bridge the gap between the theory of mathematical modelling (operations research) and its application in industry. Students who want to use mathematical modelling for competitive advantage are encouraged to take this course.

Non-linear ProgrammingThis course provides the fundamentals of non-linear and dynamic programming.

Real AnalysisThe course analyses basic concepts in certain areas of mathematics and prepares students to take advanced courses.

Stochastic ProcessesThe objective of this course is to provide the theoretical foundation for modelling and analysis of variety of processes in service and manufacturing environments that are characterized by uncertainty. Topics include birth and death processes, Markov chains, Markov processes, renewal theory, martingales and optimal stopping, processes with independent increments (e.g. Poisson, Wiener processes), Brownian motion and the theory of weak convergence, application of stochastic processes in logistics, inventory, manufacturing, marketing, and finance.

Graph TheoryThe aim of the course is to introduce the student to the theory of graphs, particularly algorithmic graph theory. The student will learn a number of standard and powerful algorithms, as well as demonstrating methodologies in graph techniques. In addition the student will be introduced to the use of graphs in the solution of complex problems. Graph theory has become one of the major tools for the design and analysis of algorithms, as well as the focus of much interest in theoretical computer science.

Network OptimizationThe aim of the course is to study the theory and practice of network flows and its extensions. Network flow problems form a subclass of linear programming problems with applications to transportation, logistics, manufacturing, computer science, project

management, and finance, as well as a number of other domains. This subject will survey some of the applications of network flows and focus on key special cases of network flow problems including the following: the shortest path problem, the maximum flow problem, the minimum cost flow problem, and the multi-commodity flow problem. We will also consider other extensions of network flow problems.

Stochastic OptimizationThis is an introductory course to stochastic programming. The aim of the course is to introduce students to optimal decision-making problems with data uncertainty. The field of stochastic programming is currently developing rapidly with contributions from many disciplines such as operations research, mathematics, and probability. Stochastic programming has a wide range of applications especially in science and engineering such as manufacturing, transportation, telecommunications, electricity power generation, health care, agriculture/forestry, finance, etc. The course will cover a broad overview of the applications, basic theory, and decomposition methods of this vibrant field.

Large-scale OptimizationImplementation of the revised simplex method; interior point methods for linear, quadratic and nonlinear optimization; sparse matrix techniques in optimization; decomposition methods: Benders and Dantzig-Wolfe decompositions; Newton method, self-concordant barriers, semidefinite programming; Applications of mathematical programming in finance, telecommunications, energy sector.

5.10 Public Systems

Economic Development and GrowthThe course reviews the basic concepts in economic development and their measurements along with data sources particularly in India. It also reviews various theories and models of economic growth and development including social sectors, technical progress, input-output tables and regional dimension.

Electric Power Economics and PolicyThis course outlines the economic and policy issues in the power sector, analyze them through models and policy frameworks, and provide insights for the problem in the power sector.

Energy and Environment PolicyThe objective of the course is to provide theoretical understanding of policy issues concerning energy and the environment, and the learning of analytical tools such as energy environment policy models and their applications.

Public Policy Instruments for Environmental ManagementThis course is a survey of the policy instruments used in environmental management across the world with special emphasis on India. The course draws primarily on the environmental economics literature while bringing perspectives from other disciplines wherever possible.

Health Policy and Planning

The course addresses two broad characteristics of health policies: use of evidence and integrated approaches. The course also emphasizes strategic and operational planning for implementing health policies.

Healthcare Financing and Health InsuranceThe course focuses on public financing of public health programmes, private out-of-pocket expenditures on health, insurance, user fee policy, and demand side financing mechanisms. It covers the concepts of universal health insurance, social insurance, and micro insurance concepts, and examines various risks in managing these schemes.

Infrastructure Policy(jointly offered with Economics area)This course is designed for research students to not only provide them an exposure to theoretical and applied perspective on issues related to infrastructure development, regulation, and financing, but also as a base to pursue further work in this area.

Public Finance*This course aims to provide a comprehensive introduction to the principles and concepts of public finance. It examines the economic rationale for government activity and fiscal policies of different levels of government, and some major policy issues arising out of the process of macroeconomic reforms.

Public Management*This course presents a broad overview of the problem of organizing governmental processes and institutions to adopt and implement public policy. It will discuss specific operations tools for directing large public systems.

Public Policy*This course provides an advanced level introduction to different theories and methods of the policy sciences, as well as training in the methodological tools and research processes enabling application to concrete policy issues. Reinforcing the interdisciplinary character of public policy research, this course draws on a vast international and Indian social science, humanities and philosophy literature to aid critical policy analysis.

Seminar on Transportation PolicyThe course examines the policies that have been formulated in the transportation sector till date, their stated objectives, and an assessment of the success and failure of these policies.

Statistical Methods in Public HealthThis is an intermediate-to-advanced level course covering commonly used methods for analyzing public health data. Topics to be covered include, but are not limited to, models based on maximum likelihood theory, analysis of incomplete multivariate data, and survival analysis.

Urban Economy and Business EnvironmentThe course provides macroeconomics frameworks for urban economic analysis. It examines various urban development policies for improving the economic competitiveness of cities.

Interpretive Research MethodsThis is an advanced seminar on interpretive research methods. These methods are explicitly concerned with meaning making in social science research. Interpretive methods draw instead on the philosophical orientations of hermeneutics and phenomenology. They are widely practiced in and relevant to the areas of public policy, organizational studies and management, political science, sociology and other inter-disciplinary fields.

Appendix -6Procedures for Comprehensive Examination in Each Area

6.1 Agriculture

The comprehensive examination in the Center for Management in Agriculture is to ensure student's knowledge and understanding of the agriculture and rural sector and application of conceptual knowledge of the student in all the courses of the CMA opted by the student. The examination consists of two papers of three-hour duration each. The papers will include questions from the courses studied by the student. The student must get satisfactory report from each member of the comprehensive examination committee.

6.2 Business Policy

Students specializing in Business Policy are required to take a special field and a sub-field examination. The special-field examination has to be taken before the student starts his dissertation work, while the sub-field examination can be taken by him any time before the completion of the dissertation.

The special field examination will consist of a written and an oral examination. The written part will test the student's ability and understanding in the theory and concepts of general management. A take-home examination is given. The student's answer paper is read by three faculty members in the area. These members will then take an oral examination to test the student's depth of understanding, how he related these to practical situations, and to other areas of study. The student has to get at least a satisfactory grade from each one of the members who take his examination.

The sub-field examination consists of a paper prepared by the student usually in the area in which he is doing his dissertation. The members of the student's thesis committee and another member from the area will take an oral examination of the student and certify that the student has obtained at least a satisfactory grade in the sub-field examination.

6.3 Computer and Information Systems

In the Computer & Information Systems group, the comprehensive examination tests the student's broad knowledge of the field and in depth knowledge of the course work undertaken in the second year. The student is tested both on the technical and managerial components. The focus is on assessing the integrative capability of the student in these areas.

The comprehensive examination is given in two parts. The first part is an in class examination lasting for approximately four hours. The second part is a take home examination of two week duration. Both these examinations cover the following courses: 1] CISG courses offered to first year FPMs and 2] all second year FPM courses taken by the student, excluding FPM non-area compulsory courses.

6.4 Economics

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The comprehensive examination in the Economics area is to ensure the student's knowledge and understanding of the basic courses in Economics their inter-relationships, and varied applications of economic tools and techniques for managerial use.

The comprehensive written examination is given in five courses: micro-economics, macro-economics, industrial structure and policy, planning and growth, and econometrics. This examination is administered through two papers, one of three hours duration and the other of four hours duration. Each course carries approximately the same weightage. A student must get a satisfactory report from each member of his comprehensive examination committee.

6.5 Finance and Accounting

The comprehensive examination in the Finance and Accounting area is given in two papers of four hours duration. The first is theoretical to cover concepts covered in the area courses. The second one is a case analysis. The examination is conducted by a committee of faculty members appointed by the area and requirement for passing is satisfactory report from such a committee.

6.6 Innovation and Management in Education

The student is required to meet two conditions:Submit a portfolioUndergo a take-home examination.

Portfolio: A portfolio is a physical record of the reports, research papers, term papers and literature reviews that the student may have prepared during the course work of his or her second year of the programme, with the addition of two important components: (a) an introduction which organizes all the documents thematically, introduces the themes to the reader and contains a reflective account of the learning from the course work; (b) a trial thesis proposal, containing a researchable topic that is of interest to the student. This trial proposal should reflect the student’s integration of the course work with the area of his/her interest, and should demonstrate the student’s ability to identify a topic and formulate research questions, and his or her readiness to do independent research. The trial thesis proposal may or may not contribute to the actual thesis proposal which will be prepared later.

The portfolio will be submitted to the Chairperson of the Ravi J. Matthai Centre for Educational Innovation, and will be evaluated by an Examination Committee of three faculty members. The Examination Committee will have to grade the portfolio ‘satisfactory’ for the student to qualify.

Take-home examination: Along with the portfolio, the student has to submit TEN questions on which he or she wishes to be examined. These questions will have to cover both educational innovation research and management of educational innovation. Preferably, the questions should cover as many sectors of education as possible. The examination committee will then formulate three questions, which are usually selected from the list submitted by the student, and give the student is three weeks to write papers on the questions. This may be followed by an oral presentation. The Examination Committee will have to grade the papers and the oral presentation ‘satisfactory’ for the student to qualify. Thus, the student will have to be graded ‘satisfactory’ in both the portfolio and take-home

examination in order to qualify.

6.7 Marketing

The comprehensive examination in the marketing area consists of two parts.

Part-I tests the candidate's ability to demonstrate (1) understanding of learning from marketing courses and (2) applicability of (1) in real life managerial context. This part would be a written examination.

Part-II tests the candidate's analytical ability and skills to develop newer insights/learning in the field of marketing science/practices with a focus on managerial relevance. This would provide a first time exposure towards the discipline of academic enquiry that would ideally be a stepping stone toward the FPM dissertation.

1. Writing a comprehensive case and analyzing and defending its analysis for improved management performance.

2. Writing and defending a paper which could describe and explain marketing phenomenon and/or could propose models to improve existing marketing practices.

In either case, the emphasis of evaluation would be on academic contribution and/or originality of research and its relevance to marketing practices.

Participants Identification of organization and planning for field work

Data collection and writing

Finalisation Examination

with experience Ist year Summer Term 1 and 2 of II year

Term 3 of II Year

Within 3 months of part I (Area Com.)

without experience

Term 3 of II year Term 3 of II year and later

Within 2 months of clearing area part I (Area com.)

Same as above

6.8 Organizational Behaviour

Based on extensive readings in leading Indian and foreign OB Journals, OB classics etc., the student formulates around nine questions in the micro, macro, and applied areas of OB. His/her examination committee formulates around three questions, usually out of the list submitted by the student, and the student is given two to three weeks to write papers relevant to the questions. This may be followed by an oral presentation/ examination. The student has to satisfy his/her examiners that not only he/she has a reasonable familiarity with the basics and frontiers of OB, but also a capacity for good analytical and integrative work in relatively under-explored areas.

6.9 Personnel and Industrial Relations

The comprehensive examination in the Personnel and Industrial Relations area consists of a written examination and a take home assignment. The objective of this examination is to test the student's substantive learning theoretical constructs and their application to managerial situations. A student has to obtain a satisfactory report from the examiners on both written examinations before he can qualify.

The Area Comprehensive Exam will have two components:

1. Written take home assignment to be completed within 7 days on a subject of interest to the participant leading to the thesis proposal. The subject for the assignment will be chosen from 3 topics to be submitted by the participants to the Area Chair on conclusion of the second year course requirements. The assignment will be evaluated by Area member/s and will be cleared or not cleared for the next stage of Presentation cum Viva. If not cleared at this stage, the participant will resubmit the assignment within 7 days. If the candidate does not clear by the second attempt, he/she will withdraw from the programme.

1. The second stage will be a Presentation on the chosen subject to the Area Comprehensive Committee followed by a Viva Voce to assess understanding of human resource management and employee relations and to integration of the above understanding with other functions and strategic considerations from a scholarly perspective.

3. The Area Comprehensive Committee will consist of one member of the Area who will act as the Chairperson of the Committee and two other members with specialization in areas relevant and related to the assignment themes.

4. Based on the inputs from the above exercise, the participant will be declared to have (1) cleared (2) not cleared.

5. If cleared, the participant will go on to working on the thesis proposal.

6. If not cleared, the participant will be given one more chance within a 15 days period to repeat the presentation. If the participant does not clear the Area Comprehensive by the second attempt, he/she will withdraw from the programme.

6.10 Production and Quantitative Methods

The objective of the examination is to test the grasp of the student of basic subject matter covered both in the first year and second year of FPM. The topics are those covered in the course offered by the Production and Quantitative Methods area in the first year programme and those covered in the core courses offered in the second year.

The test is designed to evaluate the student's grasp on theoretical aspects of the courses as well as his/her ability to apply them in complex situations. To test his/her understanding of the theory and his/her ability to apply it to complex problems, the examination is divided into two parts. The first part is in the class and the second part is given outside the class where the student will have more time to think about the problems posed. In the first part, the problems given will be relatively small ones since

the examination is to be answered within a time period of three to four hours. In the second part, complex problems both theoretical and applied in nature are given to the student and he/she is required to submit a written answer within three days to a week. The examination committee consisting of faculty members from the area has to give a satisfactory report before a student qualifies in the written examination.

6.11 Public Systems

The PSG consisting of diverse fields adopts the concept of a "portfolio" during the course work in the second year. The portfolio is a collection of works [reports, research papers, term papers, bibliography etc. and a preliminary thesis proposal] in the area of interest to the student and should have an introduction which introduces the collection and classifies it thematically and summarises the learning. The portfolio should also contain a preliminary thesis proposal which the student should start working on his/her area of interest for the dissertation by the end of the second year. It may be noted that this is only a preliminary thesis proposal whose objective is to assess the student's integration of the course work with the area of interest and formulate research questions. It is merely a write up to test the student's assimilation, integration and readiness to do independent research and need not necessarily lead to the actual thesis proposal.

The student then submits his/her portfolio to the Area Chairman, along with about 10 questions from which the student may wish to be examined on in the take home part of the qualifying examination. The qualifying examination will consist of:

1] evaluation of the portfolio to assess the quality of work done in the course work, the integration achieved and the ability to raise research questions,

2] a take-home examination to evaluate the depth of knowledge and integrative

ability of the student. This will consist of questions both from the field of PSG as a whole and from the chosen area of interest. The questions could be, but not necessarily will be, from the questions developed earlier by the student and submitted along with the portfolio.

Appendix 7Thesis Proposal Guidelines

7.1 Preparation and Submission of Proposals

1. The proposal should contain a survey of literature and context description on the subject. Students should clearly state their research objectives, relate these to the research in the area and problems in this context, develop a model or a set of hypotheses, provide clear definitions, describe and defend the proposed research methodology and highlight the potential contribution of the proposed study to theory, practice, and research in the relevant area of management.

2. Please follow the guidelines given in Chicago Manual of Style (or) APA Manual of Style

3. A copy of the proposal, including an abstract (no longer than 300 words) and a time and cost budget for the research, duly approved by the Thesis Advisory Committee should be submitted to the FPM Office, within 9 months of

declaration of comprehensive results.

7.3 Format for the Title Page of a Thesis Proposal

THESIS TITLE

A Thesis Proposal

by

Name of student

Submitted on

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Approved by Thesis Advisory Committee

------------------------------------- [CHAIRPERSON] [Name of TAC Chair]

--------------------------------------- [MEMBER] [Name of TAC Member]

------------------------------------- ----- [MEMBER] [Name of TAC Member]

Indian Institute of ManagementAhmedabadAppendix 8

Guidelines for Thesis Preparation and Submission

8.1 Number of Copies of Thesis: The Thesis must be submitted in triplicate (one hard copy duly signed by TAC and two CDs containing PDF version and editable

version of the thesis). It is also customary to give copies to the chairman and other members of the Thesis Advisory Committee. Those students who are recipients of the IFCI/ FAIR/NIESBUD Awards should submit one more copy to be forwarded to the concerned organization.

8.2 Components: The components of the thesis should appear in the following order:

Page 1 : Title PagePage 2 : AbstractPage 3 : Acknowledgment [if any] [Max.1 page]Starting Page : Table of Contents

8.3 Title Page: The title page must conform to the sample shown in Appendix 8.12.

8.4 Abstract: Each thesis must include an abstract of a maximum of 300 words. Please refer Appendix 8.13.

Three additional copies of the abstract [for Library, Alumnus and office use] must be submitted to the FPM Office, when the thesis is submitted.

8.5 Acknowledgments: List of people, departments, organizations that students want to acknowledge for their support and help.

8.6 Table of Contents: Every thesis must contain a table of contents which provides a view of the organization of the thesis material.

8.7 Tables, Figures and Illustrations: If the thesis contains tables, flow charts, figures and illustrations, they should also be listed immediately following the table of contents.

8.8 Source References: Use the Chicago Manual (or) APA Manual for reference style.

If the thesis contains material such as a case, written by the student or someone else, or any copyright material, the fact should be properly sourced. The thesis is a public document Therefore, if a thesis contains data or information for which company releases are necessary or copyright permissions are required, the student should submit to the FPM Chairperson letters of release indicating that the appropriate sources have verified the material and authorized the use in the thesis.

8.9 Paper and Typing: All copies must be clean, complete and legible. They must be typeset, can be printed on both sides, and one and a half -spaced. To the extent possible use only good quality 8.5"x 11" size paper.

Margin : Every page of the thesis must have a margin of not less than 1" on the left side and 1" at the top, bottom, and on the right sides.

Page : Every page of the thesis must be assigned an arabic number.

Numbering: Pages are to be numbered consecutively, beginning with the title page [page 1] and including the abstract; acknowledgments [if any]; table of contents; lists of tables, figures, illustrations; all text, bibliography; and appendices [if any].

8.10 Illustrations, Tables & Flow Charts:: Avoid running an illustration, table, flow chart, or diagram beyond a page. If a table or flow chart requires more than a page find a good logical break.

8.11 Clarifications : If any of these instructions are not clear please consult the FPM Office. Please note that these guidelines will be enforced. To avoid delay in final submission of your thesis, it is better to plan ahead.

8.12 Format for the Title Page of a Thesis

TITLE OF THESIS

A THESISSUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS

FOR THE FELLOW PROGRAMME IN MANAGEMENTINDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT

AHMEDABAD

BY

[NAME OF STUDENT]

DATE: ---------------------

THESIS ADVISORY COMMITTEE

------------------------------------- [CHAIRPERSON][Name of TAC Chair]

--------------------------------------- [MEMBER] [Name of TAC Member]

------------------------------------- ----- [MEMBER] [Name of TAC Member] 8.13 Format for the Abstract Page of a Thesis

The abstract concisely describes the problem, the rationale for studying it, the methodology used in the research [indicating the number of organizations, types, etc., covered or studied], findings, and the implications of the findings to managers, teachers, and researchers.

TITLE OF THESIS

By

[Name of Student]

Abstract (no longer than 300 words)

Appendix 9Format for Progress Report and Plan of Action

Name: Area: Date:

I. Current status of work:

Item Planned Actual

II. a. Reasons for delay [please be specific]:

b. How could the delay have been avoided?OR b. How the delay could have been avoided:

III. Time required for remaining work [please also give explanation]

Data collection :

Analysis & interpretation :

Draft thesis writing :

Total time required :

Likely thesis seminar date :

IV. Scope for expediting remaining work without affecting quality [please give possible actions]

[Student's Signature]

TAC Members: Signature

1. Prof.2. Prof.3. Prof.

Appendix 10Fees, Fellowship and Contingency, Award Amounts and

Other Financial Transactions

Fees, Fellowship and Contingency

FELLOW PROGRAMME IN MANAGEMENTFELLOWSHIP FOR 2014-15

(w.e.f 1 – 7- 2013)

change

[in `]

Year

Tuition Fees[ % of

PGP]

Pl. check

LibraryFees

ComputerFees

Others [Students' Welfare +

Mediclaim]

Total Academic Expenses

(6= 2+3+4+5)

Stay Hostel +

Electri-

City#

Reimburse- ment For Computer Purchase

Subsistence Allowance* Fellowship

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

I 2,95,000

50% PGP – I

50,000 60,000 4,500+2,500 4,12,000 35,000+13,000 50,000@ 3,00,000 8,10,000

II 2,92,500

50% PGP – II

40,000 50,000 4,500+2,500+ 1,000 ©

3,90,500 30,000+12,000 - 3,00,000 7,32,500

III 2,34,000

40% PGP – II

40,000 50,000 4,500+2,500+

54,000 (A)

3,85,000 30,000+12,000 - 3,24,000 7,51,000

IV 1,17,000

20% PGP – II

40,000 50,000 4,500+2,500 2,14,000 30,000+12,000 - 3,60,000 6,16,000

V 1,17,000

20% PGP – II

40,000 50,000 4,500+2,500 2,14,000 30,000+12,000 - 3,60,000 6,16,000

Beyond five

Years

Regn Fees

Rs. 20,000/term

Nil B B - B - - -

A Alumni & Placement fee, applicable in the 3rd year.B Expenses as per facilities used.© Vikalpa Subscription Fee# Electricity charges – allowance based on estimates

@ Maximum eligible amount applicable for 2013-14 entering batch. *a) Subsistence allowance total is inclusive of food allowance with effect from July 1, 2013.

The detail of subsistence allowance is as follows:

1. First and Second year students: ` 25,000/- per month2. After successful completion of Comprehensive Exam: ` 27,000/- per month3. After submitting the TAC approved thesis proposal : ` 30,000/- per month

In addition to the above, a contingency grant of ` 25,000 in each of the first, second, third, fourth and fifth year will be available to the students for academic expenses like case material, books, travel, data collection expenses, thesis expenses etc. Students will be permitted to carry over surpluses to the following years.

Fellowship Administration

1. Fellowship and contingency grant will be extended into the 5th year for six months only if TAC recommends with a detailed progress report and plan for completion, by 25th June ending 4th year.

2. Fellowship and contingency grant will be extended into a 2nd six month period of the 5th year after review with the student by the FPMEC based on a TAC approved progress report submitted, by 15th December of the 5th year, against the plan for completion submitted earlier.

3. The fellowship may be withdrawn if the work is not considered satisfactory.

4. If a student wishes to relinquish the fellowship during the tenure, it should be done with the prior approval of the FPMEC. He/She should also obtain prior permission of the FPMEC for appearing in any examination conducted by any Institution, University or Public body.

5. Students granted exemption from the course work of the first two terms of the first year or for a whole term will not be eligible for fellowship for the concerned period.

6. The student is entitled only for casual leave in addition to general holidays but is not entitled to vacations [except during term breaks in the first and second years]. The women students would be eligible for maternity leave at full fellowship rates for a period not exceeding three months once during the tenure of their study.

7. No DA, HRA/CCA etc. will be paid to the students.

8. The contingency grant sanctioned will be treated as a limit and the student will be reimbursed the actual expenditure incurred by him/her on the admissible items within the limit. The grant is not to be paid as an outright payment.

9. The contingency grant of ` 25,000 in each of the first, second, third, fourth and fifth year may be disbursed to students based on statement of accounts received from the FPM Office and supported by necessary vouchers for the following expenses.

[a] Outstation tour/field work to collect data for thesis.

[b] Data processing for thesis work.

[c] Photocopying of thesis related material.

[d] Purchase of books for thesis work.

[e] Fees for membership in Professional Societies/libraries.

[f] Subscription to academic journals.

[g] Binding thesis copies.

[h] Any other item [excluding newspapers and other personal expenses] related to the course of study, with the permission of FPM Chairperson.

First and Second year FPM students are advised to use Contingency allowance to the minimum so that it could be effectively used from the third year onwards for data collection, etc.

Fellowship Determination:

* The amount in each column will be as determined by the respective administering system.

* The FPMEC will review each year the following amounts:a. Subsistence allowance.b. Registration fees.c. Contingency grant

10.2 Award Amounts

1. First Year Scholastic Performance Award [See Section 8.1]

Chaudhary-Padmanabhan-Pant Award for Scholastic Performance in the First Year.Value : ` 10,000. No. of awards - one.

2. Industrial Finance Corporation of India(IFCI) Thesis Awards Value : 1,00,000. No.of Awards – two.

3. Prof. Tirath Gupta Memorial Thesis Award [See Section 8.3]

Value : ` 1,00,000. No. of awards - two.

4. Paper Publication Awards [See Section 8.4]

Publication awards in Category A or B journals : []: ` 50,000; For any other peer reviewed journal: ` 25,000 If co-authored, amount is divided equally among the authors.

10.3 Other Financial Transactions

1. The FPM Development Fund [See Section 7.3]

Towards data collection, [to neutralize data collection intensive research], publication awards and other common academic related expenses. This fund will be available only after contingency amount is exhausted and with prior permission from the FPM chairperson

2. Other Fees

Other fees charged by Institute are given below: i] Fee to be paid along with completed FPM application ` 500

form

ii] Fee to be paid along with the acceptance of admission offer

` 50,000*

iii] Fee for late registration [without any reason/prior permission] [See Section 9.6]

` 750

iv] To receive Title in absentia [to cover handling and mailing charges] [See Section 5]

` 500

v] To receive duplicate degree certificate - Within India - Outside India

`1000

` 2000

vi] For issue of duplicate transcript [See Section 9.7] ` 100

*

IIMA, 06/13/14,
50,000 for new batch

Appendix 11

Hostel Rules

Every participant who has been allotted hostel accommodation at IIMA is deemed to have read and understood hostel rules and he/she shall abide by the rules.

11.1 Residential facilities

a. The Institute hostels are primarily meant for accommodating its participants.

b. For effective utilization of hostel facilities, students may be required to change their rooms at any time during the academic year.

c. Every student is responsible for the care of the hostel property. Participants shall be charged individually or collectively for damages to the hostel properties, including furniture, cupboards, etc. provided in the room. Personal belongings of the participants are not covered under the Institute’s insurance scheme.

d. Participants shall allow the Institute's Estate Department's Staff/workers and authorized contractors access to their rooms at all reasonable hours to inspect the buildings, water supply, sanitary or electrical installations, fixtures and furniture, etc. and to carry out repairs.

e. Participants are requested to see that water is not wasted because of leakage in water supply fittings or through careless or extravagant use. They should report to the Programmes Officer, Students' Activities Office (PO-SAO) any damage or defect in the building, fixtures and fittings, electrical installations, fencing and gates for necessary action.

f. All complaints should to be lodged using any one of the following methods (a) DBabble notice board, or (2) by email to SAO.

g. Participants are requested not to write or paste any material on the walls and doors.

h. When participants go out of their rooms, they are required to switch off the lights and fans and bolt/lock the ventilators and rear/front doors properly to avoid pilferage/theft. The Institute will not be responsible for the loss of the participants' belongings. Also the Institute will not be responsible for participants’ involvement in any incidences within or outside the campus having legal implications.

i. Participants are expected not to play musical instruments/devices too loudly or cause any disturbance to others.

j. Participants are expected to treat the campus and hostels with a sense of community ownership. They are urged to avoid littering and help the maintenance staff to keep the hostel and the campus clean and beautiful.

k. Participants are encouraged to send to PO-SAO suggestions for improvement in residential facilities.

l. Participants are required to inform PO- SAO, in writing of any change in their emergency contact personal and telephone numbers. In cases of emergency, including sickness, hospitalization, accidents, etc. The SAO, Warden or other authorized Institute personnel may contact person whose details have been provided.

m. Participants are strictly not allowed to keep any pets or encourage domestication of stray animals.

11.2 Medical Facilities

a. All participants must submit a certificate of medical fitness from a qualified medical practitioner. All participants must take Hepatitis-A vaccination shot before arriving on campus and produce a full course of certificate to that effect. Unless the above certificate is produced, dormitory room will not be allotted.

b. Participants may avail the services of the Institute's doctors who are available in the Institute's dispensary as per specified times. In an emergency, participants may contact the resident doctor, PO-SAO or Warden. The doctor may refer the participants, if necessary, to an outside specialist or hospital.

c. If a participant is sick continuously for three days, he/she should keep the PO-SAO informed of his/her condition.

d. All the participants are covered by a group Medical Insurance Policy starting from 01/06/2013 to 31/05/2014. Therefore, reimbursement of hospitalization expenses is possible to the extent of the claim allowed by the insurance company. Special room and private nursing home charges for hospitalization are not reimbursable. However OPD charges are reimbursable up to `2,500 only at one time, on submitting doctor’s prescription, consultation report with original medical bills. The sum insured for participants under the Group Medical Insurance Policy is ` 100,000 for each participant.

e. Medical expenses incurred during vacation and outside Ahmedabad may also be reimbursed by the Insurance Company if necessary documents are produced to their satisfaction.

f. Participants will bear all travel expenses for treatment outside the campus except in case of emergency.

g. Any incidence of infectious disease (e.g. chicken pox, jaundice) must be reported immediately to the PO-SAO and all precautions should be taken to prevent the infection from spreading.

11.3 Sick Diet

a. Sick diet is provided for a maximum of three days if a written request is made in the sick diet pro-forma available at the mess. The advice of the Institute's doctor or PO-SAO is necessary for further continuation. Sick diet is served in the room only if the participant is unable to move out. Crockery and cutlery used for serving sick diet would be collected by the mess personnel after two hours from delivery in the participant’s room.

b. An advance notice of at least three hours is necessary to enable the mess to provide sick diet.

c. Usual sick diet is as follows:

Breakfast : Toast/Bread, Butter, Cornflakes, Coffee/Tea/Milk

Lunch/Dinner : Bread, Butter, Boiled Vegetables, Soup, Coffee/Tea/Milk

11.4 Extra-curricular Activities

a. The Institute encourages participants’ participation in extra-curricular activities without disturbing academic work.

b. The Students Affairs Council makes arrangements and draws up schedules for extra-curricular activities.

11.5 Hostel Fees

a. Participants must pay their room rent, electricity charges, and other charges during the academic year according to the schedule of payment and terms and conditions laid down by the program Chairperson. The meal charges would be paid directly to the caterer by the participant.

b. No refund is allowed on room rent paid for the set of two slots for which the participant is registered.

11.6 Bank

A branch of the State Bank of India operates from Dorm 16. Participants may use the same, usual banking rules will apply. There are two SBI and one Axis Bank ATM on campus.

11.7 Storage of Valuables

Participants are advised not to keep large amounts of cash in their rooms.

Participants are advised to keep their valuables in the cupboard provided in their rooms and lock it when they go out.

11.8 Post and Telephones

a. A Post Office operates from Dorm 13.

b. The dormitory rooms are provided with telephone connections with Direct Inward Dialing facility. For outward dialing, participants are expected to make their own arrangements through pre-paid cards.

11.9 General

a. No participant is permitted to engage any person for service of any kind, personal or otherwise, without the prior approval of the PO-SAO.

b. Participants are not permitted to install private air conditioners, refrigerators, etc. in the dorms or rooms without prior approval of PO-SAO. Also participants are required to declare in writing to the PO-SAO any electrical gadgets, they will be using.

c. No cooking is allowed in the dormitories/pantries and on the dorm terraces. No pet animals/birds are allowed in the rooms/pantries.

d. Participants are not permitted to have guests in their rooms. Any guest of participants will have to stay in guest rooms only. Accommodation will be provided to guests depending upon availability of rooms and payment of charges. Written requests for accommodation should be made by participants to the PO-SAO. Accommodation will be provided for short periods only not exceeding three days. Violation of this rule will be taken up seriously.

e. Alumni and other guests of the participants are charged `100/- per day per room for maximum of three days and first year participants are charged `75/- per day per room only during summer internship for a maximum of 60 days. Alumni, guest or student interns staying in the hostel beyond the stipulated maximum period will be charged at the rate of ` 500/- per day per room. The rates are subject to change without prior notice.

f. Participants leaving the campus for more than 24 hours are required to intimate the PO-SAO and provide their contact address and telephone number. They are also advised to keep the dorm representative informed. If a participant has to leave the campus on an emergency after office hours, he/she must contact the PO-SAO or Warden and obtain permission. An email giving all relevant details of the emergency must be sent to Warden. Leaving the campus without prior intimation will be treated as serious act of indiscipline.

g. A participant vacating hostel accommodation shall pay all dues and get a clearance certificate from the PO-SAO before leaving the hostel.

h. The Institute requires participants to maintain the highest standards of personal integrity and honesty, and observe the laws applicable to the local citizens. Any participant found engaged in unlawful activities of any type of socially undesirable activities shall be dealt with severely.

i. The Institute has a strict zero-tolerance policy towards Ragging and Sexual Harassment. Any formal complaint can be lodged with the Warden through email or signed letter. In addition participants can contact chairpersons of empowered committee/s as well as Dean/Director.

j. Violation of any of the rules above may lead to strict action including expulsion from the Institute.

11.10 Medical Emergency:

In case of a medical emergency after dispensary hours, the doctors/other officials can be contacted at the following numbers:

Sr. No. Name of Contact Person Residence No. Mobile

1. Dr. Kiran Desai 5314 98250 227962. Dr. R R Joshi 26920652 94262740053. Dr. Pushpa Bhatt 267427094. Warden (Prof. Asha Kaul) 5434 —5. Mr. Pravin Christian

PO, SAO- 9879106221

6. Mr. A N Gor(for transport)

5202 9227407203

7. Mr. H.J. VadherGroup Head (Engineering Services & Estate)

5033 9727714113

8. Prof. Manjari SinghChairperson, CMGI

5316 Office: 4914

For other emergencies after office hours, the following persons can be contacted:

Sr. No. Name of Contact Person House No. Telephone No

9. Electrical WorkBabubhai Gohil1. Contract Electrician (24 x 7)

4565

11.11 Railway Concession

FPM students can obtain rail travel concession for traveling to and from their homes, for data collection work and for attending approved seminars/conferences within

India. Necessary formalities should be dealt with through the FPM Office.

Appendix 12

Norms for Allotment of Married Students Houses

The main rules for allotment of FPM Houses to FPM students are reproduced below. For more information contact the Married Students Accommodation Committee.

1. FPM houses are meant primarily for married FPM students that are still receiving the FPM fellowship, and whose dependents are regularly staying with them.

2. If both spouses are FPM students, they are entitled to only one set of housing facilities.

3. Allotment of houses will be made based on a priority list. This list will be updated twice a year in the first week of June and just before the end of FPM-I second term based on new applications received till then.

4. New applications, except those with any special considerations, will always go to the bottom of the existing priority list.

5. The rent for the house is ` 2000/- per month in Old Campus and ` 4000/- per month for MSH & ` 3000/- p.m for FSA in New Campus [subject to revision] plus electricity charges.

Appendix 13

Indian Institute of Management, AhmedabadFellow Programme in Management

13.1 First Year Academic Calendar 2014-2015 Tentative

13.2 Second YearTerm Details Dates

Term IV Registration June 11, 2014Term IV Classes Begin June 12, 2014Term IV Mid-Term Examinations July 17 – 19, 2014Term IV Term-End Examinations August 25 – 30, 2014Term IV Term Ends August 30, 2014Term V Registration September 8, 2014Term V Classes Begin September 9, 2014Term V Mid-Term Examinations October 20 – 22, 2014Term V Term-End Examinations December 5 –10, 2014Term V Term Ends December 10, 2014Term VI Registration December 22, 2014Term VI Classes Begin December 23, 2014Term VI Mid-Term Examinations January 30 – February 1, 2015Term VI Term-End Examinations March 4 – 11, 2015Term VI Term Ends March 31, 2015

Vacation/Break

August 31 – September 7, 2014October 23 – 26, 2014 (Diwali, New Year)December 11 – 21, 2014

Term Details DatesRegistration & Orientation June 16-20, 2014

Term I Classes Begin June 23, 2014Term I Mid –Term Examination July 30 – August 1, 2014Term I Term-End Examination September 12 – 16, 2014Term II Registration September 18, 2014Term II Classes Begin September 19, 2014Term II Mid –Term Examination November 5 – 8, 2014Term II Term-End Examination December 18 – 20, 2014Term III Registration December 29, 2014Term III Classes Begin December 30, 2014Term III Mid –Term Examination February 12– 14, 2015Term III Term-End Examination March 25 – 27, 2015

HolidaysVacation

October 2-3 & 23-24December 21 – 28, 2014

13.3 For Graduating Students

Last date for submission of copies of the draft thesis for thesis defence 31st January of the year of graduation

Last date for submission of three copies of the final thesis ( one hard copy duly signed by TAC and two CDs with one copy in PDF format and one in editable format)

Ten days before the convocation

Last date for submitting the final clearance form