Executive Program in Applied Finance - IIM Calcutta: Executive Management Programs- Enrollment January 2008

This Program is aims to provide cutting edge knowledge in the frontiers of finance using latest pedagogy to develop brilliant finance minds. The Program is designed to provide training in the techniques and nuances in finance expected of a successful professional in the corporate sector, banks, and financial institutions.

Who is eligible to attend?
Finance professionals in the corporate sector with more than two years’ relevant experience, seeking to develop their careers in Corporate Finance will find this program most useful. Executives in the Banking and Financial Services sectors will find this program beneficial before taking on specialised responsibilities. Professionals who have just completed their studies in Finance, Commerce or Accountancy, will add recent advanced concepts and application areas to their knowledge-base. The program would also be relevant for professionals working (or planning to work) as broking/security analyst,consultants, and chartered/cost accountants.

Eligibility Criteria and Selection Process: Graduates (10+2+3 or equivalent) in any discipline with 50% marks, who would like to build their career in finance. Preference will be given to graduates with at least two years of work experience, preferably in finance, accounting or related functions. Students would be selected on the basis of their performance in the Program Aptitude Test to be conducted by NIIT Imperia, together with assessment of background and motivation based on the application form submitted.

Common Application and Selection Process: There is a Common Application and Selection Process for students applying for any number of Programs. All candidates need to complete the Common Application Form (CAF) as the first step in the admission process.
Fees and Payment Schedule
Program Fees: Rs 1,70,000/-. The fees above are inclusive of all academic charges, including initial services, examinations, text-books and study material. An additional amount of Rs 1500/-day is payable towards boarding & lodging during the intensive workshop at IIM Calcutta. All fees are non-refundable.Payments are to be made to NIIT Imperia, by cash, cheque, demand draft, credit/debit card, ECS or EFT. A deferred payment facility exists with the following schedule:
On Registration Rs 50,000/-
On 1st of Mar'08 Rs 40,000/-
On 1st of May'08 Rs 40,000/-
On 1st of Jul'08 Rs 40,000/-
A Customized Education Loan scheme has been worked by NIIT Imperia with Leading Banks in order to enable students to pursue these programs. The scheme is innovatively designed to enable working executives to spread out the repayment.

IMPORTANT DATES:

Last Date of Program Aptitude Test : 17th Jan., 2008#
Last Date of Submission of Application Form at centres: 16th Jan, 2008
Last Date to Apply Online: 15th Jan., 2008
Latest Date of Result: 25th Jan., 2008
Last date of regular Registration & Fees Payment: 7th Feb, 2008.
Classes commence: On or after 8th Feb., 2008
# These tests are to be administered online and will commence from 2nd Dec and continue till 17th January, 2008 or until maximum limit of applications is reached,whichever is earlier.

ABOUT NIIT:

NIIT Imperia Centre for Advanced Learning specially created for working professionals, offers long-term Executive Management Programs (4 month to 12 months), specialized Management Development Programs (typically 3 days to 10 days) and Customised Programs specially created to meet the needs of corporate organizations. The programs offered are from the most prestigious institutions in the country leading to certification by them or delivered by reputed academicians who are leaders in their field. Programs offered in the Current Cycle are as follows:
General Management:
Senior Management Program- IIM CalcuttaGeneral Management program for Executives- IMT Ghaziabad
Finance:
Executive Program In Applied Finance- IIM CalcuttaStrategic Management: Advanced Program in Strategic Management- IIM CalcuttaProject/ Technology Management: Certificate Program in Management of Software Development- IIM Calcutta.
NIIT Imperia Centres:
New Delhi: NCR Admission Office, GF, 1&2, Chiranjeev Towers,Nehru Place,
New Delhi - 110024.
Mumbai: C3 Ground floor, Balarama Building, Bandra Kurla Complex, Bandra East,
Mumbai-400051.
Hyderabad: 2nd Floor, 205 & 206, Babukhan Estate, Basheerbagh, Hyderabad-500002.
Chennai:1st Floor, 27 & 28 Dowlani Towers,Dr R K Salai Road, Mylapore, Chennai-600004
Bangalore: Ist Floor, No 74-2, Sanjana Plaza, Elephant Rock Road, 3rd Block,Jayanagar, Bangalore-560011.
Kolkata:3rd Floor, 3A Shakespeare Sarani, Beside AC Market, Theater Road, Kolkata-700071.
Ahmedabad:303, 3rd Floor,3rd Eye Building, Panchvati Circle,CG Road, Ahmedabad-380006
Pune: 601/602,KARAN SELENE, ABOVE YES BANK,BHANDARKAR ROAD, PUNE - 411 004
Bhubhaneswar: 2nd Floor,610, Shahid Nagar, Bhubaneswar-751007
Nagpur: 3rd Floor, Bajaj Wing, Mangalwari ComplexSadar, Nagpur-440001
Chandigarh: SCO 156-157, IInd Floor, Sector 34 AChandigarh.

For further details visit: www.niitimperia.com

PGDM 2008-2010 in SDM-IMD

SDM – IMD, MYSORE, is a No. 1 B-School in Karnataka.
ADMISSION OPEN

POST GRADUATE DIPLOMA IN MANAGEMENT (PGDM) 2008-2010 – Two Year Residential Programme. It is approved by AICTE, New Delhi.

The Institute invites applications from the candidates who have appeared in Common Admission Test (CAT) 2007/GMAT.
LAST DATE FOR ISSUE & RECEIPT OF COMPLETED FORMS: 15th January 2008.

ELIGIBILITY: 50% aggregate in any graduation and appeared for CAT 2007. Log on to www.sdmimd.ac.in for details on Admission, Application Form availability etc.

Specialisation Offered:
Marketing, Finance, HRM, Systems and Operations. Students can specialize in any stream or opt for dual specialization.
PGDM - Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM)
Eligibility:
Applicants should have at least a three-year Bachelor's degree or equivalent in any discipline from any recognised college by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) / Association of Indian Universities (AIU) with minimum 50% aggregate marks in degree examination. Those appearing for their final year Bachelor's degree examination in April / May 2008 may also apply, provided they complete their degree final examination and meet other requirements before the commencement of the course in the first week of June 2008. They should submit degree certificate / provisional pass certificate and marks sheets latest by 31st October 2008.
Selection Process:
1. Appear for the Common Admission Test (CAT) to be conducted by Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) on 18th November 2007 all over India. (Refer CAT Notification released by IIMs on 15th July 2007 in leading national newspapers for the application details). Click here to view CAT 2007 Notification 2. Simultaneously apply to SDM Institute for Management Development, Mysore (SDM-IMD, Mysore). 3. Based on performance in CAT, previous academic records, applicants will be called for Group Discussion (GD) and Personal Interview (PI) in January - March 2008. 4. Final selection will be made based on the composite scores of performance in CAT, previous academic records, relevant work experience (if any) and performance in GD and PI.
NRI and foreigners with a minimum valid GMAT score of 550 out of 800 may directly apply to SDM-IMD.
Other Details: 1. Total Intake is 120 students per batch 2. Program is mandatory residential.
How to get Application Form:
Application forms can be obtained from the institute in person or by post by paying Rs. 1,350/- (Rupees One Thousand Three Hundred and Fifty only) in Cash or Demand Draft (DD should be drawn in favour of SDM Institute for Management Development, Mysore, payable at Mysore).
Application forms are also available at the following Institutions listed below:
SDM Educational Trust Institutes, Bulls Eye Centres, Career Forum Centres, Career Launcher Centres, Cerebral Heights Centres, IMS Centres, PT Education Centres , and T.I.M.E. Centres.

Application form can also be downloaded from this institute's website, by following the procedure below:
Important Instructions to download the application form:
Down load the application form by clicking the below given hyperlink. Take the printout of the same on A4 size 80 GSM paper (back to back) and fill-it up as per the instructions given in the application form. You need to send the completely filled-in application form along with a crossed DD of Rs. 1,350/- (Rupees One Thousand Three Hundered and Fifty only) drawn in favour of SDM Institute for Management Development, Mysore, payable at Mysore. You need to leave blank the application number column. On receipt of your application, the institute will allocate an application number and intimate the same to you. You should quote that application number for any future communication. The institute will also send the institute brochure along with the acknowledgement.
Send your application form, DD, and all the documents as mentioned in the application form to the Institute address (for address refer application form) in the name of "The Chairman - Admissions" through reliable courier/registered post/speed post only. Please note that you need to send all in a big size cover and also mark "Application Form for PGDM 2008-10 Batch" on the top of the cover without fail. Do not keep more than one application form in the envelope.
Instructions for Candidates: The candidate may note that his / her application would be summarily rejected if the application is incomplete in any respect, specifically if documents supporting qualifications are not provided, any mandatory field is left blank, the form is not signed, photograph is not attached or the candidate fails to meet the eligibility criteria. No corrections will be permitted after submission of the application form. However, in case a candidate identifies any mistakes in the submitted form, he / she may buy and submit a fresh form duly filled in.
Candidates buying the SDM-IMD application form from any coaching centres should submit the application form along with the copy of the receipt to the Institute. SDM-IMD application forms once sold, will not be taken back and no claims of refund of application fee will be entertained. SDM-IMD would not be held responsible for non-delivery or postal delays incase of SDM-IMD application form sent by the speed / registered post / courier and / or non-delivery or postal delays in receipt of completed SDM-IMD application form.

Applications have to be obtained from the authorized institutions listed above and from SDM-IMD, Mysore only. This Instiute have no branches and all admissions are through SDM-IMD, Mysore only.
For further details Contact:
Prof. C.S. Somu Chairman - Admissions,
SDM Institute for Management Development, No. 1, Chamundi Hill Road,
Siddarthanagar Post, Mysore - 570 011.
Phone: 0821-2420491 (Admissions) / 2429722 / 2429161 / 2420490 /
Mobile: 9886634642, Fax: 0821-2425557
E-mail: cssomu@sdmimd.ac.in / admission@sdmimd.ac.in
Mr. R. Raghavendra Rao
Admissions Officer, SDM Institute for Management Development
No. 1, Chamundi Hill Road, Siddarthanagar Post, Mysore - 570 011
Phone: 0821-2429722 / 2429161 / 2420490 ; Extn. : 2010 Fax: 0821-2425557
E-mail: raghavendra@sdmimd.ac.in / admission@sdmimd.ac.in
Visit: http://www.sdmimd.ac.in/

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Law universities to hold joint entrance exam

From next year students seeking admission to law universities in the country won’t have to apply separately to each Law university. They’ll have to sit for a joint entrance exam just like IIT aspirants do.

A memorandum of understanding (MoU) to hold a joint test was signed by heads of the NLUs in presence of representatives from University Grants Commission (UGC) and Bar Council of India (BCI) in Delhi on November 23.

The Law universities which have signed the MoU are: National Law School of India University (NLSIU), Bangalore; National Academy of Legal and Sociological Research (NALSR), Hyderabad; National University of Juridical Studies (NUJS), Kolkata; National Law Institute University (NLIU), Bhopal; National Law University (NLU), Gandhinagar; National Law University (NLU), Jodhpur; Hidayatullah National Law University (HNLU), Raipur.

The UGC vice-chairman Prof Mooolchand Sharma and BCI chairman G K Nair were present in the meeting. Other law universities can also join the exercise being undertaken on the direction of the Supreme Court.

According to the MoU, the entrance test will most likely be held on the first Sunday of May 2008. A common admission form will be released for candidates. The NLSIU, Bangalore, will hold the first entrance test.

A core committee having directors and vice-chancellor of all the seven NLUs will frame a policy for the entrance test. The policy will be implemented by a committee headed by director, NLSIU, Bangalore, Jai Govind, and comprising registrars/
controllers of examinations of other six NLUs.

Dr Balraj Chauhan, director, NLIU, Bhopal, who was also present at the meeting, told reporters that all the students who had cleared the 10 plus 2 exam were qualified to take the entrance test. Admissions will be done on the basis of a merit list drawn up after the objective type test. All the reservations and state quota applicable in respective NLUs will continue as before. NLUs of Lucknow, UP, Patiala, Punjab and Kerela, would be given an option to take admission through the joint entrance test, he said.

The MoU has been signed at the initiative of the ministry of human resource development, which on directions of the SC asked the UGC to convince NLUs for a joint entrance test.

Karnataka CET on April 19

On December 2 the Karnataka Examinations Authority (KEA) announced the date of the state Common Entrance Test (CET) 2008 sending the students in real tizzy. The CET will be held on a single day this year April 19.

Those who are planning to join medical course are even more worried as their admission to medical colleges depend completely on their CET rankings. For engineering courses, the aggregate of Pre University (PU) Board exams and CET are considered.

According to the schedule announced by the KEA all the three papers of CET 2008 — physics and chemistry (combined paper), maths and biology — have been scheduled on April 19. Besides, CET used to be held in May.

When asked for her comments Nupoor Sharma of National College, Basavanagudi said : “I am appearing for both engineering and medical exams. That means I have to take four tests on a single day. It is going to be confusing for me. It would have been better if CET was conducted on two days.”

A notification regarding the application form, brochures and other details will be put up on the KEA website ( http://www.kea.kar.nic.in ) soon. This is the first time that the entrance examination is being conducted by the newly-formed KEA.

The PU board exams will conclude on March 27. The IIT Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) would be held on April 13, while the AIEEE is on April 27.

Defending their decision the KEA officials argued that last year also the CET was a one-day affair. “Last year only a few weeks were available for preparation. In fact, this time the students have got some more time to prepare. Since the PU exam is being conducted early, it is logical that the CET is also held early. All we wanted was to help the students to prepare better for other exams as well. The entire decision was taken keeping the students’ interest in mind,” the officials said.

The students, however, have decided to protest against the move. Association of Concerned and Informed Citizens of Mysore — a voluntary organisation, has also joined hands. ACICM Convenor M Lakshmana said, “A public meeting has been called at the Institute of Engineers on December 8 at 4 pm,” he said, adding that representatives from 47 colleges are expected to participate in the public debate.

According to the schedule, all three examinations — Physics and Chemistry (combined paper), Mathematics and Biology — will be conducted on April 19. The Physics and Chemistry examination (combined paper) will be conducted from 10 a.m. to 12.30 p.m., followed by the Mathematics examination from 2 p.m. to 3.20 p.m. and the Biology examination from 4 p.m. to 5.20 p.m.

The Kannada language tests for gadinadu and horanadu candidates will be held on the following day at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.. As many as 1,99,250 students attended CET 2007, out of which 57,000 and 17,000 students were allotted ranks which made them eligible to appear for counselling for Engineering and Medical seats respectively. Around 2,500 seats were left vacant in engineering colleges. According to the arrangement between government and private colleges, last year 55 per cent of engineering seats was allotted to government colleges.

Comed-K entrance test on May 4

The Undergraduate Entrance Test-2008 (UGET), conducted by the Consortium of Medical, Engineering and Dental Colleges of Karnataka (COMED-K) for admission to private medical, dental and engineering colleges in Karnataka, will be held on May 4, 2008.

Like Karnataka CET, all three examinations -- Physics and Chemistry (combined paper), Mathematics and Biology, will be held on the same day. For the first time, COMED-K will be introducing the English language examination for students applying for medical and dental courses. The English test is mandatory only for students applying to medical and dental courses.

“The Medical Council of India (MCI) and Dental Council of India (DCI) have been pushing for this exam all along,” said S. Kumar, executive-secretary of COMED-K. The exam will test basic comprehension skills and grammar. The cut-off for awarding
ranks will be 50 per cent for students in the general category and 40 per cent for those in the SC/ST category. However, this will only be an eligibility factor and the marks obtained in this test will not be included to calculate their ranks.

“Over the last three to four years, there has been an influx of students who do not understand English, especially from places such as Bihar and Jharkhand. They fail in the first year itself, and pick up habits which they spread to other students too,” explained Mr. Kumar.

In spite of protests by students and parents over the Common Entrance Test-2008 being held over a day, UGET-2008 has stuck to the same pattern. “There is nothing wrong with the pattern,” defends Mr. Kumar. “This exam caters to people all over India who will find it difficult and expensive to stay for two days. Hotels and lodges take advantage of the situation,” he explained.

Speaking about the seat-sharing allotment, he said that the undergraduate seat sharing structure has to be revamped. Last year, 55 per cent of engineering seats were allotted to government colleges. Only 40 per cent of seats in medical colleges
and 35 per cent in dental colleges were given to the Karnataka Examination Authority. “In the case of medical colleges, it continues to place undue burden on the COMED-K students, which is exactly what the Supreme Court opposed in its judgment,” says Mr. Kumar.

“With government colleges doubling the salaries of the staff, we will also have to face an additional burden of Rs. 3 crore. Where will we recover this from. The fees of the COMED-K students will again go sky-high,” Mr. Kumar pointed out.

“This question is beyond me. There is no government in power, but something will have to be worked out,” he said.

Utter Pradesh State Entrance Examination on April 19 & 20

The State Entrance Examination (SEE) for admission to technical institutes and engineering colleges affiliated to UP Technical University (UPTU) would be held on April 19 and 20, 2008.

The central admission board of UPTU has decided that application forms would be made available at all major post offices in Lucknow, Nainital, Dehradun and New Delhi from January 17 to February 28, 2008.

According to the newly-appointed Coordinator of the SEE, Dr J P Saini, the admission committee has decided that General and other backward class (OBC) candidates with atleast 45 per cent marks and the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (SC/ST) candidates with atleast 40 per cent in the ‘eligibility subjects’ of the previous examination would be eligible to appear for SEE 2008. In addition to this, General and OBC candidates should have minimum 40 per cent marks and SC/ST candidates must have 35 per cent in ‘eligibility subjects’ separately.

This means, that if a general or OBC candidate has applied for BTech, then he/she should have 45 per cent or above marks in physics, chemistry and mathematics collectively in their intermediate but at least 40 per cent marks in each of these subjects when taken separately in the same examination.

For SC/ST candidates the corresponding figures should be 40 and 35 per cents respectively. This criterion would be followed for admissions in B.Tech, B.Pharma, B.HMCT, BFAD, MBA and MCA.

For B.Arch, the qualifying marks in eligibility subjects are 50 per cent. Individually, marks in each subject should not be less than 40 per cent (for SC/ST 35 per cent). While general and OBC candidates appearing for admissions in various courses would have to score at least 30 per cent marks in SEE for finding place in the merit list, for SC/ST the cut-off would be 25 per cent.

The application forms for the girls would cost Rs 500 as it is in the case of scheduled caste candidates. However, the price of the application forms for general and OBC candidates would be Rs 1000.

The non-refundable fees for locking the seat allotted to the candidates in the college of their choice after counselling has also been reduced. For general and OBC candidates, the fees has been brought down to Rs 10,000 from Rs 15,000 and for SC/ST candidates it has been reduced to Rs 4000 from Rs 7500. The fees would have to be submitted within three days of counselling.

Eamcet on May 8

The Andhra Pradesh state Government has announced dates of various common entrance tests for admission into professional courses for the year 2008.

Chairman of APSCHE K.C. Reddy on said on December 27 that the EAMCET-2008 would be held on May 8 while ECET (FDH) - 2008 would be held on May 1. He said that ICET-2008 under OU would be held on May 11 and LAWCET-2008 would be conducted on May 31. The Ed-CET examination under AU would be held on June 8.

The pattern of the question papers is not likely to change for all the common entrance tests except for ED-CET. However, final decision would be taken only after meeting of the CET committee, Mr. Reddy said.

Order for Eamcet 2009

The EAMCET 2009 would be different from the previous once because the state government has decided to give 25 per cent weightage to marks obtained in the Intermediate (MPC and BPC streams) group subjects for admission to engineering, medicine, pharmacy, agriculture, medical and dental courses.

The remaining 75 per cent weightage will be given to marks secured by the students in Eamcet, the common entrance test for admission to professional courses.

According to a Government order the new set-up will be implemented from the year 2009. Its impact, however, would be felt from the ongoing academic year 2007-2008 as students who are now doing their Intermediate first year will appear for Eamcet in
2009.

The Principal Secretary of Higher Education Mr Asutosh Mishra, told reporters on November 26 that the decision was taken to make students realise the importance of basic Intermediate syllabus.

Explaining the government decision, Mr Mishra said that students were paying more attention to preparation for entrance examinations and were neglecting the basic conceptual knowledge desired at the Intermediate level.

The Secretary of the Board of Intermediate Education, Mr R.P. Sisodia has, in a statement, asked all principals, students and parents to make note of the government’s decision.

However, the Government order (GOMs No 165) has came in for severe criticism from noted academician and MLC Chukka Ramaiah who argued that such a move would further widen the gulf between rural and urban students. While the Government junior
colleges in rural and semi-urban areas still lacked in infrastructure, the problem of vacancy of lecturers was another big problem.

However, the corporate colleges had an edge over them. The evaluation by the Board of Intermediate was also not up to the mark and several lapses had also been noticed by the Government. Unless there is a clear conduct of exams, the latest move would
further damage the interests of rural students, Mr. Ramaiah said.

It may be recalled that the neighbouring Tamil Nadu has already abandoned the common admission test for admission to professional colleges in the state and admission to private and government professional colleges in Tamil Nadu is being done
on the basis of the state education board results.