Pinnacle MBA
The JK Lakshmipat University has announced admissions for Pinnacle MBA for the year 2019. Pinnacle MBA is a two-year full-time, residential, post-graduate degree programme, recognised by UGC, Government of India. The programme is led by Dr Pramath Raj Sinha, founding Dean, ISB Hyderabad, and Prof Asheesh Gupta, former director, McKinsey Knowledge Centre; MBA, IIM Calcutta. Pinnacle MBA is focused on the holistic development of future professional with experiential and project based learning.
Candidates aspiring for the admission may apply online at http://jklu.edu.in/mba_landingpage/
Eligibility criteria: A three-year bachelor’s degree (10 +2 + 3 ) or equivalent degree in any discipline from any recognised University with at least 50 per cent marks (45 per cent for SC/ST candidates) or equivalent CGPA.
Students appearing in the final examinations of bachelor’s degree can also apply. The candidate must have appeared in CAT, MAT, ATMA, XAT, CMAT or any other national level entrance test.
Selection procedure: Candidates will be first shortlisted after consideration of their merit on the basis of score in CAT/MAT/ CMAT/XAT/ ATMA, their previous academic records and preliminary interactions with the admissions team at JKLU. Shortlisted candidates will go through two rounds of interviews with senior leaders at JKLU. Candidates will be finally selected through overall evaluation of merit and the quality of interactions during the personal interviews.
Important dates: March 15, 2019.
PhD programme
The IIHMR University, Jaipur invites application for three-year PhD programme in different areas of research. Some of them includes public health, pharmaceutical management, health and hospital management, nursing management, population and development, health economics and finance, rural and urban health, health communication and behavioural change, information technology in the health sector, food security and nutrition and rural development.
The programme has a total intake of 30 students (part-time as well as full-time). The registration in PhD depends on the subject to passing qualifying examination which will be based on the course work in the first year of the programme.
Eligibility criteria: The candidates should have a master’s degree or MPhil degree by the corresponding statutory regulatory body, with at least 55 per cent marks in aggregate or its equivalent grade 'B' in the UGC 7-point scale (or an equivalent grade in a point scale wherever grading system is followed). Or an equivalent degree from a foreign educational Institution accredited by an Assessment & Accreditation Agency which is approved, recognised by an authority, established or incorporated under a law in its home country.
Selection process: The admission process will include three steps— screening of applications, IIHMR Research Aptitude Test (IRAT) and personal interview. The IIHMR University will conduct a qualifying test after the screening of applications and short-listing candidates. IRAT will be a written test consisting of multiple choice questions from English language proficiency, reasoning, basic quantitative analysis and research aptitude.
UGC CSIR qualified JRF & NET, SLET, GATE and Teacher Fellowship holder and have passed MPhil programme in relevant subjects are categories which will be exempted from writing the IRAT. A personal interview will be conducted on the day of IRAT or next day after IRAT at the IIHMR University, Jaipur.
Important dates: Last date to apply is January 25, 2019. IRAT and personal interview is on February 1 and 2, 2019
For more information, log on to www.iihmr.edu.in.