Eligibility Student pursuing or having completed a minimum of three year graduate programme in any discipline with mini-mum 50% aggregate marks from any University, recognized by Association of Indian Universities (AIU)/AICTE, are eligible for Post Graduate Studies in Management. Except for PGDM ( Executive ) candidates, those students who are appearing for their final examination in April - May 2012 can also apply. However, they should produce docu-mentary evidence of having passed the graduation examination with minimum aggregate marks as specified above, on or before 31st July 2012, failing which the students will forfeit their admission. The student must have completed the graduation examination process before joining the Institute. No leave/absence will be granted af-ter the date of joining for any such examinations.

Admission procedure Stage1: Admission Test :

1. Appear for relevant tests as specified in TABLE—I.
2. Apply to K J Somaiya Institute of Management Studies & Research for admission through the Online Admission Form available on our website http://simsr.somaiya.edu ( refer TABLE—IV ).
3. Students can apply for all the five programmes : PGDM /PGDM-IB/PGDM-FS/PGDM-RM/PGDM-Executive
4. Separate Application Form should be filled in and separate fees should be paid for all the programmes. Single form costs Rs 1650. If a candidate wishes to apply for more than one course , the candidate will have to pay Rs 500 for every additional course. Eg. Application for two courses would cost : Rs 1650 + Rs 500 = Rs 2150 Application for three courses would cost : Rs 1650 + Rs500 + Rs 500 = Rs 2650 and so on.
5. Take printout of the filled up application form/s and paste photograph at the space provided.
6. Payment of application fees/- can be made as follows : Online through credit card payment, debit card OR Demand Draft in favour of ―K.J. Somaiya Institute of Management Studies & Research ‖ payable at Mumbai, OR Receipt of IMS Learning Center.

Stage 2 : Short listing of candidates : The short listing of candidates will be done on the basis of their qualifying test scores. The Institute reserves the right to use relevant work experience and / or past academic record as additional parameter for short listing candi-dates for the second stage of the admission process. The names of short listed candidates, along with date, time and venue will be displayed at the notice board in the Institute premises by 5:00 p.m. and on the website on or before 15th February, 2012. The above can also be accessed on our website http://simsr.somaiya.edu.

8. Send the following documents to the Institute in an envelope : Filled up application form with photograph pasted at the appropriate place. Attested photocopies of the Work Experience Certificates and latest pay slip (to claim credits for work experience), if any, along with the filled up application form. Photo copy of Admit Card of the appropriate qualifying test as given in TABLE—I. Demand Draft and / or Receipt of Learning Center (as applicable).
9. Super scribe the envelop with ― Admission to PGDM / PGDM ( IB )/RM/FS/EXEC Batch 2012-14 ‖ (as applicable). 10.Send the above documents to the Institute at the following address: Dr. Monica Khanna Admissions Coordinator K J Somaiya Institute of Management Studies & Research Vidyanagar, Vidhyavihar(East) Mumbai 400 077, India

Stage 3: Group Discussion/Personal Interview/ Written Com-munication Test : The third stage of the selection process will be conducted at Ben-galuru, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mumbai and New Delhi. However, the Institute reserves the right to change/delete any of these venues, which will be intimated through a notice on our web site. Group Discussions ( except for PGDM—Exec) are generally held on the basis of a short case analysis and the Written Communication Test con-sists of an essay on a contemporary topic. Stage 4 : Final Selection : Final selection will be based on the scores obtained by the candi-date in the following parameters; the respective weightage for the parameters are given in the TABLE-I. The management re-serves the right to fix the minimum qualifying marks for each of these parameters and/or change the parameters and their weightage.

Please note : 1.Relevant Work Experience only after graduation will be considered for giving credit. REFER TABLE-II 2.Number of years of Work Experience will be calculated as on 31st December 2011 ( no credits are given to work experience for PGDM—Exec course ). 3.Only relevant Work Experience in all Public Limited / Select Private Limited / Public Sector / Government Organization in Executive Position will qualify for credit. The decision of the Institute authorities regarding the relevance of work experience will be final and bind-ing and no appeals in this respect will be entertained. 4.For assessing Work Experience and / or awarding credits for Academics, candidates must produce original documents at the time of GD/PI, failing which no credits will be awarded whatsoever.