@ashish.gwl.shar If you are serious about FPM, I would suggest that you take some test and then apply at all the places.
@dd2013 Yes correct. Standardized test scores are always preferred everywhere. Only thing is if someone wants to apply just for the sake of applying (which is not the correct attitude to have), these are 2 placed where one can apply.
Hi All,
This post is regarding the FPM at ISB. I was going through the previous 2 years' threads and there were some concerns expressed regarding the approval of the Fellow program at ISB. Turn out that the program is not approved by AICTE as a 'doctoral level' program or by AIU as a 'PhD equivalent' program (guys, correct me if there has been some updation on this front which I am not aware of). Furthermore, ISB's association with INSEAD for the Fellow Program has also been terminated.
If there are no new developments, then the grads can neither be hired for positions at Govt. management institutes in India like the IIMs nor can they be recruited by business schools abroad (since the program is not recognized as equivalent to a PhD and somehow the INSEAD association didn't work out).
Agreed that the profiles of the school's faculty members are very impressive and the profiles of the FPM admits are also very solid, but is the technicality regarding approval not a point of concern? Any inputs from anybody?
@dd2013 I had applied to and was accepted at ISB last year. So have some second hand knowledge about this entire issue.
Foreign business schools won't have a problem recruiting ISB FPM grads as ISB is AACSB accredited. Abroad, your research matters more than any accreditation! In India, getting placements into private business schools won't be a problem. The only issue is to get placed in a govt. school like the IIMs or IITs.
They are planning to tackle this in 3 ways. Firstly, they can get AICTE certified. Secondly, they can tie-up with some local university to give a PhD degree. Thirdly, in case ISB becomes a deemed university, things will get sorted. If nothing works out, they may leave it like what it is. Two years back, one of the applicants spoke to some IIT/IIM professors and they said, some way can be devised to recruit these graduates because there is huge shortage of faculty and they can't let go of someone just because of some approval. However, this is again kahi suni baatein.
You may be surprised to know that even INSEAD do not give PhD degrees as it is not a University. The degree is provided by some local university in France.
Coming to the INSEAD association, I feel that it is good that it ended. It gives ISB more freedom to carry out its own program design and administration. ISB faculty members are competent enough to take doctoral level courses. This is not just my opinion. The other day I was talking to someone who is currently at one of the top IIMs and had also got selected at ISB and he had the same opinion as we felt the same during the admission process.
hi friends,
kindly guide me what all needs to be done if one has to pursue fpm/phd. I have taken CAT and i m sure to get good %ile
my brief profile:
10 83%
12 85%
BE 70%
MBA 61%
I HAVE 4 YEARS OF WRK EX.
i want to do reserch in IT field.
Kindly guide me.
@sb29 I would hope that one of the 3 possibilities that you have mentioned about the accreditation works out for ISB in the future. That would make the program even stronger. Regarding the INSEAD alliance, I would have wanted it to continue. The Wharton-INSEAD alliance has worked out quite nicely in terms of academic exchanges and I was reading somewhere that their students are eligible to use each other's placement service as well (can't find it now, though: I should use the bookmark tool more effectively 😃 ). Maybe ISB will work something out with one of their other existing partners. Time will tell.
@dd2013 Obviously INSEAD is a strong brand and anyone would have wished it to work out. Who would want to miss out on an opportunity to study at one of the best places in the world? But I am sure you appreciate the fact that the alliance you are talking about is an alliance of two schools perceived equal in stature. I don't want to speak further on this issue but I hope you get the drift.
IIMK has increased its stipend for 2013 batch.
First 2years :- 21000
After that- 25000
Refer below link for details
http://www.iimk.ac.in/fpm/fpm_financialaid.php
Hi,
Is there anybody who is applying for FPM Marketing in IIMA. Need help regarding the SOP of FPM.
kindly tell me how to zero down a topic?
@restsearch I hardly have any research experience to guide you on how to choose a topic. But this is what my professors say. Find out a phenomenon around you which you think is interesting. Study the literature related to that phenomenon and try to find if any research has been done. Most probably some research will exist. Try to find what new you can add to what already exists and that should be your topic.
Dear All,
Hopefully you had a good CAT ...
Now start working on your applications ...
Some of the dead lines are approaching ..
i have not marked the f.p.m. part in cat form still can i go for f.p.m.???
please reply.
@TJNDR
Yes you can.
As long as you apply separately for FPM, it hardly matters if you had selected FPM option in the CAT form or not.
@restsearch There are so many research topics in the area you have mentioned. Just pick one. Moreover, I don't think it will be ethical for me to give you a research topic for your applications. It should be your own original idea.
@ restsearch: Though it is difficult to answer what you have asked, I could try to suggest one possible way: Try to think of different topics in 'guv+IT' sector and then try to categorize them under some sort of labels such as 'public policy', 'public finance', 'innovations in IT'. Then try to read about those topics/labels, which interests you. Keep reading more and see if some ideas shape in your mind also about that same topic. Also try to go through some academic papers in the chosen field (Use Google Scholar to search for some of such articles). Then take a call if there are few topics which interests you more than others. Hope it helps
To all who are applying to IIMA, you might want to post your applications in due time so that you meet the deadline of Nov 30. I was checking the administrative calendar at IIMA and there are lots of holidays post Diwali (Compulsory Holidays on Nov 13, 14, 25, 28 and Restricted Holidays on Nov 12, 15, 19, 24).
@drish Will the office be open on restricted holidays to receive applications sent by post/courier?
@drish Will the office be open on restricted holidays to receive applications sent by post/courier?
@dd2013 The institute remains open on restricted holidays. It's good that you mentioned about the compulsory holidays. One should keep this in mind while applying as courier agencies/Indian post could also be closed on such days.