MBA from Accman Institute

Accman Institute of Management is a leading new age B-school, which was founded by Balibhadra Foundation of New Delhi, working with a purpose of best quality, academically relevant and industry focused education at an affordable cost. It mainly focuses on two areas, achieving academic excellence and enhancing usability of the students.

At present, the institute offers three AICTE approved post graduate programmes: PGDM, PGDM (Retail) and PGDM (Marketing).These programmes have been developed after a severe need analysis of the industry keeping in view the projected requirements of talented management graduates in the future and the skillsets that will be in demand.

Eligibility :
Minimum requirement is Bachelor's degree of 3 year duration or equivalent with 50% marks in any discipline from a recognized university of India. Those candidates who are appearing for their final graduation or equivalent examinations upto 30th June, 2011 are also eligible to apply subject to furnishing of documentary evidence before 30th September, 2011.

Short listing :
The criteria of short listing candidates for GD and interviews are based on multiple factors like:

• Performance at National Level entrance tests CAT/ MAT/ XAT.
• Past academic performance.
• Work experience, if any, in terms of job content and organizations.
• Extra curricular activites, other interests and accomplishment.

Accman uses CAT for short listing the candidates for our two fultime Post Graduate Diploma in Management (IIMs have no role either in the selection process or in the conduct of the program).

Selection Process/Admissions :
Final selection is based on the overall performance at Interview, GD, Entrance Tests, Past Academic Record and Work Experience.
The academic session would begin in June 2011.

Fee Structure :

PGDM :

Gross annual fee*	Rs. 2,40,000/-
Hostel fees (Board & Lodging) per annum	Rs. 60,000/-
Registration Fee	Rs. 5,000/-
Security Deposit (Refundable)	Rs. 5,000/-
Cost of Application Form	Rs. 1,000/-

PGDM (Retail) :

Gross annual fee*	Rs. 2,00,000/-
Hostel fees (Board & Lodging) per annum	Rs. 60,000/-
Registration Fee	Rs. 5,000/-
Security Deposit (Refundable)	Rs. 5,000/-
Cost of Application Form	Rs. 500/-

PGDM (Marketing) :

Gross annual fee*	Rs. 2,00,000/-
Hostel fees (Board & Lodging) per annum	Rs. 60,000/-
Registration Fee	Rs. 5,000/-
Security Deposit (Refundable)	Rs. 5,000/-
Cost of Application Form	Rs. 500/-

Contact :

Accman Institute of Management : 46A/2, Knowledge Park III, Greater Noida 201308
Tel: 91-120-2323800-802, Fax: 91-120-2323805
Mobile: 9873076521/22
E-mail: admission@accman.in; accmanschool11@gmail.com, info@accman.in

Selction Criteria | I.I.M's | Admissions

After the Indian Institute of Management-Ahmedabad (IIM-A) changed its selection criteria for personal interviews by replacing its academic ratings system with a fixed minimum score of 70 per cent in both the board (10 th and 12 th standard) exams. Other IIM’S are following it.

Admission Criteria| University of Lucknow| Admissions

The candidates for admission to the Program shall be selected through
applicant's performance in the CAT (COMMON ADMISSION TEST) to be
conducted by the Indian Institute of Management Commencing from October
27, 2010 to November 24, 2010 at various test centers in India.

Last date for online submission of forms of University of Lucknow at www.lkouniv.ac.in: 4th December, 2010.

Note :
IIMs have no role either in selection process or in the conduct of the programmes
For details and online submission of application forms visit www.lkouniv.ac.in.

Eligibility criteria | University of Lucknow| Admissions

Bachelor’s degree (10+2+3) with minimum 50% marks in the aggregate (45% marks in case of SC/ST candidates). Those completing bachelor’s degree requirements by 30th June 2010. Can also apply for (provisional admission).

However, they need to submit proof of passing the under graduation degree with stipulated percentage of marks by July 16, 2011.s

Registration Process| University of Lucknow| Admissions

Step 1:

Generate Bank Challan -

Enter all the required information.

Candidate's name has to be filled in exactly same as it appears on your high school or Xth board/CAT admit card.

Use the bank challan to deposit the required application amount at any branch of State Bank of India.

The fees is to be paid for General and OBC Category is Rs.900 and for SC and ST is Rs.600.

Step 2:

Fill Registration Form -

On university website enter your registration number and click GO.

Enter Email ID (your login information will be sent there) (except Rediffmail).

Fill in the rest of the details including Journal Number.

Upload your photograph.

Submit your form.

On the confirmation page, click on the link to print the registration form

Send a copy of the form you have printed enclosing the following:

Bank Challan (University Copy)
Copy of CAT Admit card

Caste Certificate

Subcategory certificate

Selection Procedure| Birla Institute of Management Technology| Noida

Call for GD/PI:

There is no cut-off pre-defined, but the merit list would be prepared on the

basis of CAT/MAT percentile for calling candidates for GD and Interview

in a ratio of 1:10 for total number of seats in all programmes after receiving all the applications by closing dates.

Final Selection: -

The merit is prepared on the basis of Weightages given below:

PI	30%
GD	20%
CAT percentile	10%
Graduation %	12%
10+2/Higher Secondary %	10%
Misc.*	18%

*Suitable

weightages for Work Experience, Academic & Regional background,

Professional Qualification, Institution of Excellence etc. would be

taken into account.

NOTE:

Applying for the admission does not ensure that candidate will be

called for GD / PI process or get admission. The discretion of the

admission committee of the Institute will be final in all such matters.

Application Process| Birla Institute of Management Technology| Noida|

STEP I

Procurement of Form.

Application form (common for all the programmes) can be acquired from September 30, 2010 onwards from-

a) Scratch Card can be purchased from the Admission office of the Institute by paying Rs. 1700/- in cash.

b) Scratch Card can be purchased from various centres of IMS, T.I.M.E, Bulls Eye, Suvidha Educational Academy across India.

c)

Scratch Card can be purchased from various branches of Axis Bank on

payment of Rs. 1700/- (List of Selected Axis Bank Centres)

d) Applying online on the website of the Institute followed by paying Rs. 1750/- through Credit Card.

STEP II

Filling up the Application Form

Candidates

can apply online through the website www.bimtech.ac.in. Online

application form can be filled by using credit card payment mode or by

using 16 digit PIN number given on the Scratch Card.

Courses Offered| Birla Institute of Management Technology| Noida|

1.	PGDM- 2 Year, Full Time	AICTE Accredited by NBA for 5 years	180	CAT-2010 + GD+PI	Graduation (Min. 10+2+3) with 50% marks	Merit: 8,00,000 INR Corp. Sponsored: 13,00,000 INR NRI: 13,00,000 INR NRI Sponsored: 13,00,000 INR
2	PGDM (International Business) 2 Year, Full Time	AICTE	60	CAT-2010 + GD+PI	Graduation (Min. 10+2+3) with 50% marks	Merit: 7,00,000 INR Corp. Sponsored: 12,00,000 INR NRI: 12,00,000 INR NRI Sponsored: 12,00,000 INR
3.	PGDM (Insurance Business) 2 Year, Full Time	AICTE	60	CAT-2010 +GD+PI	Graduation (Min. 10+2+3) with 50% marks	Merit: 6,00,000 INR Corp. Sponsored: 10,00,000 INR NRI: 10,00,000 INR NRI Sponsored: 10,00,000 INR
4.	PGDM (Retail Management) 2 Year, Full Time	AICTE	60	CAT-2010 +GD+PI	Graduation (Min. 10+2+3) with 50% marks	Merit: 6,00,000 INR Corp. Sponsored: 10,00,000 INR NRI: 10,00,000 INR NRI Sponsored: 10,00,000 INR
5	PGDM (Sustainable Development Practices) 2 Year, Full Time	AICTE approval In process	30	CAT-2010 (optional) +GD+PI	Graduation (Min. 10+2+3) with 50% marks	Merit: 4,50,000 INR Corp. Sponsored: 6,00,000 INR NRI: 6,00,000 INR NRI Sponsored: 6,00,000 INR

Merit Category :

Regular Admission is granted to those applicants who fulfills all the admission requirements and whose name appears in the regular merit list of successful applicants.

Corporate sponsored and NRI/ NRI sponsored :

Upto 15% Seats are allotted on following conditions:

1. Candidates are straightaway called for GD/PI.They may also appear without taking part in the CAT exam.
2. It is a separate merit, based on GD and Interview, and Graduation score.
3. A fee as per schedule will be deposited in advance (annually) .

4. In the case of corporate sponsored candidate, the sponsoring company must have an annual turnover of minimum Rs. 50 crore.
5. Campus placement assistance is not provided to corporate sponsored candidates.

Following documents are required at the time of interview for company sponsored category candidate:

1. Latest Financial statements (Published balance sheet and Income statement) are to be submitted at the time of GD/PI.
2. A sponsorship letter is required from Company as per Annexure-1.
3. Original marks sheet for 10th Std. exam, 10+2 exam, Graduation exam (with min. 50% marks) and related degree, certificates for date of birth and work experience (if any).

In case of NRI/NRI sponsored, sponsoring person must have a minimum annual Salary or Income of 50,000 USD or equivalent. Following documents are required at the time of interview:

1. Passport copy plus evidence of NRI status e.g. work permit/Employment Pass/Permanent Residence, Notary attested in the country of residence of NRI or by the foreign embassy in India.
2. A sponsorship letter from NRI as per Annexure -2.
3. Original marks sheet for 10th Std. exam, 10+2 exam, graduation exam (with minimum 50% marks) and related degree, certificates for date of birth, and work experience (if any).

Important Dates| Admissions| Birla Institute of Management Technology| Noida

Submission of Form:

Last date for submission of form for all programmes: December 31, 2010

Call for Group Discussion and Personal Interview: last week of January 2011 (tentative)

Venue and Time Schedule for GD & PI: From 15 to 23 Feb. 2011 (tentative)

For all programmes:

GD/ PI would be conducted at Ahemdabad, Bangalore, Bhuvneshwar, Chennai, Hyderabad, Indore, Jamshedpur, Kolkata, Mumbai, Patna, Pune, and Greater Noida in the month of February 2011 (tentative). The Institute has the right to cancel any of the above outstation centres.

Declaration of Final Selection List:

Final Selection List would be declared around March 8, 2011 (tentative)

Fee Submission:

Time of fifteen days would be given to the selected candidates from the day of declaration of final selection list to submit first installment.

Beginning of session:

Academic session of all the programmes starts around June 1 (tentative) every year.

Harvard B-School Dean Jay Light Stepping Down

After five years at the helm of the world's most prestigious B-school, Light is calling it quits. His successor faces daunting challenges

(Bloomberg) -- Harvard Business School (Harvard Full-Time MBA Profile) Dean Jay Light, who oversaw the school during the global financial crisis that challenged business education and slashed the value of Harvard's endowment, will retire in June, after five years in the position.

Light, 68, the ninth person to serve as the school's dean since its founding in 1908, is stepping down after serving in a number of positions for 40 years, the school in Boston said today in a statement.

Light, a director of the Harvard Management Co. that invests the university's endowment, saw the fund fall to $26 billion from $36.9 billion during the fiscal year that ended June 30. The meltdown raised numerous issues for educating business leaders, Light said.

"The lessons have been about risk management, about making sure there's a focus on the possible downsides, how to monitor them, how to manage them, how to be alert to systemic risk," he said in a telephone call with reporters today. "All those are crucial to the function of a real leader."

Harvard Business School pioneered the use of case studies to examine business decisions. Under Light, professors used the used the same method to scrutinize whether the school failed to teach students to understand and manage risk in the recession that began last year.

'Solid Feature'

Paul Danos, 65, dean of Dartmouth College's Tuck School of Business Administration (Tuck Full-Time MBA Profile) in Hanover, New Hampshire, said he expects Light's successor to continue with the case method.

"This is a pretty solid feature of the program that is going to be a feature of the program for a long time," Danos said.

University President Drew Faust will soon launch a search for Light's successor, according to the statement. Harvard has had a tradition of selecting deans from within the school, David Schmittlein, dean of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Sloan School of Management (MIT Sloan Full-Time MBA Profile), in Cambridge, said by telephone. While the Harvard Business School's complexity would make it hard for someone from the outside to take over, it wouldn't be impossible, he said.

"A great strength of Harvard is that it has a strong set of senior associate deans, and on one level, the ability of an outsider to come in is greatly enhanced by having that level of skill available," Schmittlein said.

Harvard's faculty spend more time writing, researching or supervising case-writing than professors at other top business schools, Danos said. That makes the job better suited to an insider, he said.

'Very Complex'

"It makes it very complex to an outsider, especially the case-writing tradition," he said. "There aren't many schools that have it at that level."

Light, a 1963 graduate of Cornell University in engineering physics, earned his doctorate in decision and control theory from Harvard in 1970. He joined the Harvard Business School faculty in 1969, and left the school in 1977 to work at the Ford Foundation.

After returning two years later, he held positions at the business school in finance, strategic planning and new initiatives before being named dean. He succeeded Kim Clark, who stepped down as dean in 2005 after a decade in the post. His research has focused on capital markets and institutional asset management, the statement said.

Light has been "a strong and influential voice within our deans' council on matters of university-wide concern, and someone whose organizational and financial expertise has long benefited not just the business school but the university more generally," Faust said in the statement.

Global Economy

Light said his successor will face the challenges of teaching graduates to function in a global economy and helping them develop leadership skills.

"This and all business schools need to constantly press ahead in becoming more global institutions," said Light, who is also the George F. Baker Professor of Administration.

Harvard Business School was ranked third in the world behind the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School and the London Business School in the latest Financial Times survey. The school's alumni include Jeffrey Immelt, General Electric Co. (GE) chairman and chief executive officer, and former U.S. President George W. Bush.

By John Lauerman and Brian K. Sullivan

Source : http://www.businessweek.com/bschools/content/dec2009/bs2009122_689354.htm