What: Announcing admissions to Goa Institute of Management's (GIM) Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) 2009 - 2011.
Eligibility
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Minimum 50 per cent aggregate marks in a three-year Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) recognised by the Association of Indian Universities/AICTE. Candidates who will complete all requirements for the degree by June 15, 2009 may also apply.
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If an applicant does not complete all the requirements of his degree by June 15 2009, or does not obtain 50 per cent aggregate marks in his degree, the offer of admission made to him will stand cancelled.
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The total number of seats is 120. The qualifying cutoff for each year is determined on the basis of the scores of the applicants to the Institute, in the entrance test in that year.
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For admission to the post graduate programme in business management 2008-2010, 90.01 was the qualifying percentile cutoff.
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For admission to the post graduate programme in business management 2009-2011, only those candidates who register for the XLRI Admissions Test (XAT) 2009 of Xavier Labour Relations Institute, Jamshedpur (XLRI) may apply for admission to GIM.
Application Form
Obtain a Demand Draft in favour of 'Goa Institute of Management ', payable at Panaji for Rs 1200/- (Rupees twelve hundred only) or make cash payment at coaching institutes centers mentioned on GIM website.
Log on to www.gim.ac.in and follow the instructions and fill the online application form. On successfully completing the online application form, you are provided with a Payment Advice Form.
Take a printout of this page, which is to be mailed along with the Demand Draft/coaching institute receipt to GIM.
On receipt of the payment GIM Bulletin 2009 will be sent to you.
Selection Procedure
Applicants are required to take the XLRI Admissions Test (XAT), which will be held on January 4, 2009. Register for XAT at www.xlri.edu. Short-listed candidates will be called for further evaluation around February 2009.
Interview centres
Bangalore, Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai, Panaji
Admission Procedure
Candidates seeking admission to GIM are required to observe the following procedure:
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Applicants to GIM are required to take the XLRI Admissions Test (XAT), which will be held on January 4, 2009. Register for XAT at http://www.xlri.edu/
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Apply online on http://www.gim.ac.in Last date for application is December 31, 2008.
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Candidates who have applied for admission to GIM will be shortlisted on the basis of their XAT scores. The shortlisted candidates will be called for face to face evaluation process for final selection in February/March 2009.
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The final selection will be made tentatively in April 2009 on the basis of XAT scores (50 per cent weightage), the candidate's past academic performance (10 per cent weightage), performance in face to face evaluation process (30 per cent weightage) and work experience (10 per cent weightage), if any.
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The academic session would begin in last week of June/first week of July 2009.
For further evaluation, the qualifying cut-off XAT score will be lowered by 15 points for candidates of Goan domicile/origin. Documentary evidence of domicile will have to be supplied along with the completed Application Form.
Contact
Address all correspondence to:
The Admissions Office,
Goa Institute of Management
Ribandar, Goa 403006
Tel: (0832) 2490300, 2490304
Fax: (0832) 2444136
Email: admissions@gim.ac.in
Website: www.gim.ac.in
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