IRMA - Institute of Rural Management Anand

Institute Rural Management Anand (IRMA) 2008

IRMA 2008 Date of Entrance Examination of PRM & FPRM: November 9, 2008 -Sunday (09:15-12:15 hr)

30th Post-Graduate Program in Rural Management (PRM 2009-11)

PRM is a two-year residential postgraduate Programcomprising four different segments classroom, fieldwork, organisationalunderstanding and management training.

PRM is recognized as equivalent to Master's Degree by the Association of Indian Universities (AIU) and is also approved by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE).

8th Fellow Program in Rural Management (FPRM 2009)

FPRM is a course work based doctoral Program with a residency requirement of minimum 3 years, approved by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE).

Eligibility

30th Post-Graduate Program in Rural Management (PRM 2009-11)

Graduates in any discipline with a minimum of 15 years (10+2+3) of education and having 50% (45% for SC/ ST/ PwD) aggregate marks or an equivalent GPA from a recognisedIndian or foreign university/ institution are eligible to apply.

Candidates, who expect to fulfilthe eligibility requirements before June 08, 2009, may also apply. Only Indian nationals are eligible to apply.

8th Fellow Program in Rural Management (FPRM 2009)

Candidates with any one of the following:

  1. Postgraduationin any discipline from a recognisedInstitution with 55% marks and 50% marks at graduation level;
  2. PRM from IRMA;
  3. Four-year professional degree (engineering, agricultural sciences etc.) with 60% marks and at least one year work experience;
  4. Five-year professional degree (medicine, veterinary science, architecture etc.) with 60% marks are eligible for admission to FPRM.

SC/ST/OBC/PwD(Persons with Disability) candidates are eligible for 5% relaxation in the marks specified above. Candidates, who expect to fulfilthe eligibility requirements before June 08, 2009, may also apply.


  Selection Procedure / Application Form

IRMA 2008 Selection Procedure: A written test, common for PRM and FPRM will be conducted on November 9, 2008 Sunday (09:15-12:15 hr) at 27 centres across India.

PRM participants are selected on the basis of thewritten test, group discussion and interview. FPRM participants are selected on the basis of the written test, interview and presentation of research proposal. Candidates with PRM qualification from IRMA applying for FPRM are exempt from the written test.

IRMA 2008 27 Test Centres: Anand, Bangalore, Bhopal, Bhubaneshwar, Chandigarh, Chennai, Coimbatore, Dehradun, Delhi, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Kochi, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, Pantnagar, Patna, Pune, Raipur, Rajkot, Ranchi, Thiruvananthapuram, Udaipur, Varanasi, and Vijayawada.

Application Form

One of the following options:

  1. Printed application material(prospectus, application forms etc.) may be obtained from Admissions Coordinator, IRMA, Anand-388 001 on payment of Rs100/-, and an examination fee of Rs750/-(Rs500/-for SC/ST/PwD) with the filled-in application form.
  2. Application material is available withIMS centreson cash payment of full fee i.e. Rs850/ (Rs 600/-for SC/ST/PwD).
  3. Fill in the application form online through IRMA website, print it out, and send it to IRMA along with the full fee of Rs850/ (Rs600/-for SC/ST/PwD).
  4. Download the application form from IRMA website and submit along with the full fee of Rs.850 (Rs600/-for SC/ST/PwD).

Prospectus and sample question papers will be sent to the candidates opting for options c or d, after their applications are received at IRMA.

All the payments to IRMA shouldbe in the form of DD favouring'Institute of Rural Management'payable at Anand.

Completed applications should be sent to:

Admissions Coordinator,
IRMA, Anand-388001,
Gujarat.

For further details, please refer prospectus or visit IRMA website (http://www.irma.ac.in).

Last Date for Receiving Completed Application: October 6, 2008


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