IFIM Business School Announces Admissions To PGDM - INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS PROGRAMME FOR THE BATCH 2

Online, October 28, 2011 (Newswire.com) - The objective of this program is to create professionals with an in-depth understanding of international trade, Global Agreements and Cross Border Resource Management with the knowledge of managing organizations and the intricate dynamics of their business processes. It comprehensively covers International Finance, International Marketing and International Human Resources Management. Students will also be studying some specific courses like International Economics, International Business Strategy, Export Import Management and French language. The program has a healthy blend of theory and practice like case studies, take home assignments, industry visits and research. At the end of the course the students are introduced to the corporate world through Industry Internship Programs across various FMCG, IT, BFSI, Manufacturing and trading companies.

Faculty is drawn from both from the academic world and the industry to give emphasis on practical learning. Professionals from the industry who have handled International Business Operations and have extensively travelled across the globe impart their invaluable experiences to the students. IFIM business School has much international collaboration with universities like Virginia common Wealth University, University of Applied Sciences (LUBCK, Germany), New York Institute of Technology and such others. These international collaborations lend dynamism and academic rigor to the PGDM (IB) program. Students of this program also undertake an International immersion program where they travel to different parts of the world to get a first hand feel of Global Business Operations. The faculty exchange programs that IFIM Business School has with its academic partners mentioned above facilitate academicians from overseas to teach our students. We also undertake student exchange programs where IFIM students visit our academic partners and foreign students visit our Institute in Bangalore.

Key Highlights of the program:

• Ranked No. 1* Private B School in Bangalore
• Over 15 years of delivering excellence in Finance Programs
• AICTE Approved and NBA Accredited PGDM program
• 100% placement record; with Global Placements in fortune 500 Companies
• Academic partnerships with International Universities, National Stock Exchange, Bombay Stock exchange
• High quality, contemporary and industry relevant curriculum
• Experienced and Renowned faculty with industry experience
• Education Loans available from several Banks like SBI, HDFC, Canara and ICICI

Eligibility and Admission Procedure:
• Students with valid CAT/XAT/GMAT/IIFT/MAT/ATMA scores and those intending to take the CAT/XAT/GMAT/IIFT/MAT/ATMA exam in '11/12' may also apply.
• Short-listed candidates will be called to participate in the Group Discussions and Personal Interviews at designated test centers, for details please refer to website www.ifimbschool.com
• Final selection will be based on 'composite parameters' that include:
the Entrance exam; scores, consistent academic record in Class X and XII, overall personality, easy in the application form and the extra/co-curricular activities, work experience (if any) and performance in the Group Discussions and Personal Interviews.

Since the Entrance Exam score is only an input in the selection process, it is possible for a candidate with a lower Entrance Exam score to be selected for GD/PI and to be offered admission, in preference to a candidate with a higher Entrance Exam score on account of better performance in other criteria

• Applications and the prospectus can be bought
o By cash payment of Rs. 1100/- at IFIM Business School, Bangalore or
o By post (enclosing a crossed DD or at par cheque for Rs. 1100/- drawn in favour of 'Centre for Developmental Education'), payable at Bangalore or
o By downloading from the website and sent together with a crossed DD or at par cheque for Rs. 1100/- drawn in favour of 'Centre for Developmental Education'
o Applications can also be bought from www.careerlauncher.com/simplyapply and centres of Career Forum and Cerebral Heights

Students seeking more information can log onto http://www.ifimbschool.com/pgdm_finance.html or can Download Application Form or Apply Online. Students may alternately visit campus or may contact the institute at Tel: 080-4143 2826 (9.30am to 5.30pm), Mob: 096866 63380 (after 5.30pm), E-mail: [email protected]. Alternativley they may logon to / http://www.ifimbschool.com/

About IFIM Business School:
IFIM (The Institute of Finance and International Management) Business School, Bangalore was founded in 1995 with its first batch of students graduating in 1997. Today, IFIM finds its place among the Top 50 Best B-schools of the Country. Students from across the country have come to IFIM to go on to graduate as one of the fine managers at corporate India.

Under the leadership of highly innovative and academically oriented professionals as Institute's thought leaders who believe that "Along with the skills of professional management, IFIM also inculcate human values, professional ethics and consciousness about wellness in our students, so as to make them capable of not only taking good decisions for corporate but also making all efforts that their decisions should also contribute to our society at large. The IFIM has achieved a worldwide recognition for its academic and professional excellence over the years, which is evident from continuous flow of foreign students for academic course here. Moreover, the consistent excellent rating by number of business magazines has developed a confidence amongst all the stakeholders, be employer or prospective students."