Kirloskar Institute Of Advanced Management Studies (KIAMS), Pune

KIAMS offers varied content-rich Programs which are industry specific and have a multi-disciplinary approach. Our primary objective is to build a better future.

PGDM is a two year full-time Post Graduate Program in Management, spread over six trimesters. The entire Program is a unique educational experience.

The Program has evolved an exceptional blend of experiential and traditional learning methods. It is designed to impart:

Student Enhancement Plan

StEP or Student Enhancement Plan is a unique practice at the institute designed to strengthen the fundamentals needed of a manager to flourish in the corporate work place. This is executed through the Mentor-Protégé groups formed. The professors (mentors) handhold students (protégé) in improving the latter’s soft skills as well as technical cum managerial skills. Due to the Student Enhancement Plan, several skill sets of a student are enhanced at the end of the two-year PGDM Program. These include communication skills, attitude development as well as critical analysis ability, current affairs knowledge, quantitative & qualitative aptitude and domain knowledge. A ‘Communication and Awareness Forum’ exists which supports students to become aware of developments happening in the environment.

Eligibility

The eligibility criteria for the Program are as follows:
A bachelor's degree (10+2+3 OR 10+2+4) in any discipline from a recognized university, with not less than 50% overall aggregate marks. Students appearing for the final year examination may also apply.

Admission test scores of any one of the below tests
• CAT, XAT, CMAT, GMAT, MAT, ATMA, Maharashtra CET (For Pune Campus), Karnataka CET (For Harihar Campus).

15 LPA highest,7.5 LPA average

A candidate is shortlisted on the basis of the overall rank computed taking into account of the following components and their weights as defined by AICTE:

• Score in common entrance tests (CAT, XAT, CMAT, GMAT, MAT, ATMA, Karnataka CET): 25%
• Academic Performance: 30%
• Group Discussion / Extempore / Written Skill Test and Personal Interview: 45%
• Work Experience/ Sports/ Extra-Curricular activities/ Notable Achievements: additional 5%

Seat Percentage National Level Examination-wise

Guidelines for Group Discussion / Extempore / Personal Interview :

• Group Discussion / Extempore will be evaluated based on Initiative, Communication Skill, Content and Behavior.
• Personal Interview will be assessed based on General Awareness, Subject Awareness, Personality and Critical Thinking.

Scholarship to Meritorious Students
A scholarship is awarded to the meritorious students as follows:

• Students from CAT/ XAT/CMAT/GMAT/MAT entrance exams having 95 percentile and above are eligible for a scholarship of Rs. 1,00,000/- in the total course fee.
• Students from CAT/ XAT/CMAT/GMAT/MAT entrance exams having percentile between 90 and 95 are eligible for a scholarship of ₹ 60,000/- in the total course fee.

The scholarship will be applied from the sixth installment of the fees and will be linked to the academic and behavioral performance during the PGDM course. It will be disbursed as follows:

• Those eligible for Rs.1,00,000/- scholarship will receive a rebate in the sixth installment provided the previous 3 semesters’ GPA/CGPA is 3.20 for batch 2017-19 and 7.20 for batch 2018-20.
• Those eligible for ₹ 60,000/- scholarship will receive a rebate in the sixth instalment provided the previous 3 semesters’ GPA/CGPA is 2.85 for batch 2017-19 and 6.4125 for batch 2018-20.