Launched by IIM Indore in 2011, the five-year Integrated Programme in Management (IPM) is the first of its kind in India. It is a unique and creative programme meant for young students with managerial and leadership aspirations. Through the IPM, IIM Indore seeks to attract young students, and mould them as outstanding leaders through a world-class education.

IPM is aimed at students who have passed out of class XII /Higher Secondary or equivalent from schools across India.

The Programme consists of 15 terms spread over a period of 5 years, with each year having 3 terms of 3 months. IPM is in two parts. The first three years build a foundation, and the last two years focus on management.

A combination of analytical rigour and wide exposure equips IPM students for leadership roles and positions of responsibility indifferent sectors.

At the end of five years of Integrated Programme, the participants would be awarded with Bachelor of Arts (Foundations of Management) and Master of Business Administration (under the Dual Degree Programme) by IIM Indore. The awarding of degrees to students will be done, provided, the student fulfills all academic requirements as per the programme manual.

IPM students are required to complete a social internship at the end of year 2,and a business internship between years 4 &5.

Triple Crown

Indian Institute of Management Indore is established as an Institution of Excellence by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India. llM Indore has the Triple Crown of prestigious international accreditations from the following organisations:

•  AMBA: Association of MBAs (UK) for 4th and 5th year of IPM.

•  AACSB: The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (USA).

• EQUIS: European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD) Quality Improvement System (EQUIS), Belgium.

The five-year Integrated Programme in Management (IPM) of llM Indore seeks to attract young candidates and mould them as outstanding leaders, through a world-class education.

COURSES OFFERED IN THE FIRST THREE YEARS

Mathematics, Statistics and Economics Foundation Courses in Mathematics and Statistics Linear Programming

• Statistical Methods

• Sampling Distribution & Statistical Inference Economics Statistics

• Micro and Macro-Economics Econometrics

• Development Economics Public Economics

• Indian Economy

• International Trade Environmental Economics

Psychology, Sociology and Political  Studies Introduction to Sociology, Psychology and Philosophy Political Theory, World History & Politics, Public Policy Research Methodology

• Law Accounting

• Business History

• Business, Governance and Society

Others

• Languages: English, French, Spanish, German

• Presentation Skills

• Dance, Music, Drama, Sports

COURSES OFFERED AT PGP LEVEL

(Same as PGP Curriculum)

• Communications Economics

• Finance & Accounting Humanities & Social Sciences Information Systems Marketing

• OB & HR

• Operations Management & Quantitative Techniques Strategy

• Rural Immersion Programme Himalaya Outbound Programme

• Industry Visit Workshop Other Optional Workshops

The new curriculum has four main pillars namely, Economics, Mathematics, Statistics and Humanities & Social Sciences. Apart from these pillars, the new curriculum provides for a set of courses termed as 'Enablers' (comprising courses based on communication, information system, and few bridge courses (for instance, courses like Business History, Business, Government  and Society). Further, the new curriculum also provides  for courses related  to foreign  languages, arts/music/drama and sports/yoga. These have been labeled as the 'Enhancers'.

At the end of 4'" year, the IPM students appear for the Summer Placements. Leading recruiters participate in the placement process every year. There is a significant increase in the number of recruiters and the stipend offered by them every year.

The Institute plays host to recruiters from myriad sectors, the major ones being Banking, Financial Services and Insurance (BFSI), FMCG, and Media & PR.

The course fee for resident Indians for the first three years of the IPM would be Rs. 4,00,000/- (Rupees four lakh) per annum and Rs. 6,00,000/- (Rupees six lakh) per annum for International applicants. Course fee for the fourth and fifth years would be as per prevailing Post Graduate Programme in Management (PGP) fees. The course fee includes lodging, access to lectures, internet facilities and library.

Accommodation would be arranged on a sharing basis for the first three years of IPM. Single room accommodation would be made available for the fourth and fifth years of the Programme.

The students undergo a rigorous selection process:

1. An application form aimed at understanding the students' proficiency in academics, as well as in co-curricular activities is filled up by the aspirant

2. An entrance examination follows, to test the applicant's aptitude, logical reasoning and proficiency in English and Mathematics.

3. Shortlisted candidates appear for a written ability test (WAT) and personal interview. The interview panel comprises well¬ qualified professors from llM Indore and other prestigious institutions. The interview judges the students' level of confidence, communication skills, general awareness, persuasion skills and knowledge.

The Sanctioned intake for IPM 2022 batch (Domestic Applicant) is 150.

Candidates satisfying the following criteria are eligible to apply for the Five-Year Integrated Programme in Management of IIM Indore.

• Age: Candidate should have been born on or after August 01, 2001 (5 years of relaxation to the candidates from SC/ST/PwD category will be given i.e. born on or after August 01, 1996).

• Qualifying Exam: Candidate should have passed Standard XII/HSC or equivalent examination in 2020, 2021 or appearing in 2022.

• Minimum Percentage (%) of marks: Candidate should have Minimum 60% in standard X/SSC (55 % for the candidates from SC/ST/ PwD category) and should have passed standard XII/ HSC or equivalent examinations.

Note 1: Candidates who are likely to complete standard XII/ HSC or equivalent by the end of July 31, 2022 can also apply, subject to meeting the eligibility criteria as mentioned above. If selected, such candidates will be offered admission to the programme provisionally. At the time of registration for the programme, such candidates must have to produce standard X/ SSC and standard XII/ HSC or equivalent examinations mark sheets (securing minimum marks, as indicated above) along with school leaving certificate/migration certificate, failing which the candidate’s provisional admission offer will stand cancelled.

Note 2: The percentage of marks obtained by the candidate in X and XII Standard would be calculated based on the aggregate marks of all subjects that appear in the mark sheet/grade sheet, irrespective of the Board’s regulation. In case the candidates are awarded letter grades or grades points instead of marks, the conversion of grades to percentage of marks would be based on the procedure certified by the Board/ Competent Authority explaining the method of conversion from where they have obtained the certificate.

Note 3: Applicants completing their X and/or XII standard / pursuing their XII standard from international schools affiliated to foreign board’s like IGCSE (International General Certificate for Secondary Education) and IB (International Baccalaureate) can also apply.

Note 4: IIM Indore reserves the right to decide the eligibility conditions in terms of equivalence, percentage marks, and the recognition of the qualifying examination, intake etc.

Eligible candidates should submit their application online (visit www.iimidr.ac.in) during the period Tuesday, March 23, 2022 (tentative) to Wednesday, May 05, 2022 (tentative) and pay the online non-refundable/non-transferable application fee of Rs. 4,130/- (Rupees Four Thousand One Hundred Thirty only, inclusive of GST @18%) / Rs.2,065/- (Rupees Two Thousand Sixty Five only, inclusive of GST @18% for SC/ST/PwD category candidates).

No change in the category will be entertained once the application is submitted.

The candidates will be selected on the basis of overall performance in Aptitude Test (AT) and Personal Assessment (PA) {this may be a Personal Interview (PI) or a Video Based Assessment (VBA), which will be decided by the Admissions Committee in due course of time}. However, the Personal Assessment process (PI/ VBA) will be the same for all the candidates who get selected for the further selection process. Any candidate who fails to appear either in Aptitude Test and Personal Assessment or both shall not be considered for selection. The selection process is as follows:

Stage 1: The candidates satisfying the minimum eligibility criteria should submit their application online as described previously.

Stage 2: Based on the applications received, candidates satisfying minimum eligibility criteria will be called for the Aptitude Test (AT) to be conducted across 34 cities (tentatively) in the country i.e. Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Chandigarh/ Mohali, Chennai, Dehradun, Delhi, Faridabad, Ghaziabad, Gurugram, Guwahati, Gwalior, Hyderabad, Indore, Jaipur, Kolkata, Kozhikode, Lucknow, Ludhiana, Meerut, Mumbai, Nagpur, Noida, Patna, Pune, Raipur, Ranchi, Roorkee, Siliguri, Thiruvananthapuram, Udaipur, Varanasi and Visakhapatnam. However, IIM Indore reserves the right to change the cities/ centres or cancel the centre at any time if the situation so warrants. The date of conducting AT is Monday, June 14, 2022 (evening shift i.e., 4:30 PM-6:30 PM) (tentative).

Stage 3: In this stage, the eligible pool for Stage-4 {i.e. Personal Assessment (PA)} is created considering only the candidates having positive raw scores and a minimum mark in each of the three sections of Aptitude Test. The minimum cut off mark in each section will be decided by the Admissions Committee. The minimum cut off mark in each section will be based on the categories of applicants. Individual regret letters will not be sent to applicants who are rejected at this stage.

Stage 4: Sufficient number of candidates will be shortlisted for Personal Assessment (PA) from the eligible pool (refer Stage- 3) for each category (General, EWS, NC-OBC, SC, ST and PwD) using the merit list generated based on Aptitude Test Score (ATS)

Application Procedure – IPM 2022-27 Batch (For International Applicants)

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Indian Institute of Management, Indore

Prabandh Shikhar, Rau-Pithampur Road,

Indore – 453556 (M.P.), India

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