GOA INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT

PG PROGRAMME IN MANAGEMENT

ADMISSIONS 2009-2011


ELIGIBILITY:-
Minimum 50% 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 15th June 2009 may also apply. If an applicant does not complete all the requirements of his degree by 15th June 2009, or does not obtain 50% aggregate marks in his degree, the offer of admission made to him will stand cancelled. 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. For admission to the post graduate programme in business management 2008-2010, 90.01 was the qualifying percentile cutoff. 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.


SELECTION:
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.

HOW TO APPLY:
Obtaining a Demand Draft in favour of Goa Institute of Management, payable at Panaji for Rs.1200/- OR
Make cash payment to Coaching Centres 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 Centre receipt to GIM postal address given below.
On Receipt of the payment GIM Bulleting 2009 will be sent to you.

CONTACT AT:
The Admissions Office, Goa Institute of Management, Ribandar, Goa-403006
Tel: (0832) 2490300 , 2490304; Fax: (0832) 2444136
Email: pgp2009@gim.ac.in

THE INSTITUTE
Accredited by NBA (AICTE)
Fully networked residential campus
Ranked among the top Twenty B-Schools inteh country (CSR 2007, Outlook 2007) and among the top Three B-Schools in Western India (Deccan Herald Award 2008).
Excellent Placement record Placement Report 2008

Year--Average salary-- Minimum salary--Maximum salary
2008-- Rs. 7.43 Lacs-- Rs. 5.50 Lacs --Rs. 12.1 Lacs
2007-- Rs. 6.41 Lacs-- Rs. 4.00 Lacs --Rs. 9.00 Lacs
2006-- Rs. 5.24 Lacs-- Rs. 3.00 Lacs --Rs. 8.00 Lacs
ADMISSION PROCEDURE
Candidates seeking admission to GIM are required to observe the following procedure:

Applicants to GIM are required to take the XLRI Admissions Test (XAT), which will be held on 4th January 2009. Register for XAT at www.xlri.edu
Apply online on gim.sify.net
Last date for application is 31st December 2008.

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. (Interview centres – Bangalore, Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai and Panaji)
The final selection will be made tentatively in April 2009 on the basis of XAT scores (50% weightage), the candidate’s past academic performance (10% weightage), performance in face to face evaluation process (30 % weightage) and work experience (10% weightage), if any.
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.


IMPORTANT DATES:

. Admission notice in National Dailies September 2008
. Filling of online application forms September 2008 to December 2008
. Last date for online registration 31st December 2008
. Last date to receive payment 3rd January 2009
. XAT (Xavier Labour Relation Institute Admissions Test) 2009 for PGDM 4th January 2009
. Face to Face evaluation process February/March 2009
. Announcement of Final Admission results April 2009
. Beginning of new academic session Last week June/first week July 2009