Admissions

Important Announcement:

The last date of submission of online application for DPM 2025 has been extended to Friday, 21st February 2025.

ADMISSION

For its Doctoral Programme in Management (DPM) IIM Indore seeks high-quality candidates with strong academic background, preferably with professional experience, and intellectual curiosity needed for scholarship in management.

AREAS OF STUDY (SPECIALIZATION)

The institute presently offers DPM in the following areas of specialization

• Communication
• Economics
• Finance & Accounting
• Humanities and Social Sciences
• Information Systems (Information Systems Management, Emerging technologies, and Data Science / Analytics)
• Marketing Management
• Operations Management and Quantitative Techniques (Operations Management, Operations Research, Statistics and Mathematics)
• Organizational Behaviour and Human Resource Management
• Strategic Management (Strategic Management, International Business and Entrepreneurship)

Out of the aforementioned areas, an applicant can choose any one area of specialization only and submit his/her application along with all attachments as required and mentioned in the on-line Application Form. Candidates are encouraged to check the individual faculty research profiles in their areas of specialization to understand the research interests of the faculty.

ELIGIBILITY

Candidates must have:

Master’s degree in any discipline with at least 60 percent aggregate marks or equivalent grade point average.

(OR)

Postgraduate Diploma (2 years) with at least 60 percent aggregate marks or equivalent grade point average.

(OR)

Professional qualifications CA, ICWA, CS with at least 50 percent aggregate marks.

(OR)

A five year integrated Master’s degree program in any discipline, with at least 60 percent aggregate marks or equivalent grade point average.

 (OR)

First Class/ equivalent Bachelor’s degree (4 year/8 semesters)

Note:

1. In addition to the above academic eligibility, a minimum 60 percent marks in Secondary (Class X) and Senior Secondary (Class XII) is required.
2. Five percent Marks relaxation is given to SC, ST and PwD candidates

Candidates who are in the final year of their qualifying programmes that would make them eligible can also apply. Such candidates, if selected, will be allowed to join the programme provisionally only if they submit a certificate latest by June, issued by the Principal/ Head of the Department / Registrar or Director of the University / Institute stating that they have appeared for the examinations (including practical examinations) in all the subjects required for obtaining the Master’s / Bachelor’s degree / equivalent qualification. Their admission will be confirmed only when they submit the marks sheet and the certificate of having passed the Master’s / Bachelor’s degree/equivalent qualification referred to in the certificate issued by Principal / Registrar of their college / Institute. The deadline for submission of marks sheet and the Certificate by December. The candidates who have applied on the basis of their bachelor’s or master’s degree will have to meet the eligibility criteria as specified earlier. Non-fulfilment of these conditions will automatically result in the cancellation of the provisional admission.

The candidate must hold a bachelor’s degree, awarded by any of the universities incorporated by an act of the central or the state legislature in India or other educational institutions established by an act of Parliament or declared to be deemed as a University under section 3 of UGC Act, 1956, or possess an equivalent qualification recognized by the Ministry of HRD, Government of India.

The equivalence of the foreign degree needs to be certified by the Association of Indian Universities. The bachelor’s degree or equivalent qualification obtained by the candidate must entail a minimum of three years of education after completing higher secondary schooling (10+2) or equivalent.

The percentage of marks obtained by the candidate in the bachelor’s degree would be based on the practice followed by the institution/university from where the candidate has obtained the degree. In case of the candidates being awarded grades/CGPA instead of marks, the equivalence would be based on the equivalence certified by the institution/university from where they have obtained a bachelor’s degree.

In case the institution/university does not have any scheme for converting the CGPA into equivalent marks, the equivalence would be established by dividing obtained CGPA by the maximum possible CGPA and multiplying the result by 100.

The percentage of marks obtained in Class X and Class XII would be the aggregate marks of all subjects that appear in the mark sheet of grade sheet, irrespective of whether the Board considers them for calculation of percentage.

Acceptable Standard Test Scores

Candidates require a standard test score, from any one of the acceptable tests for the area(s) of specialization they are applying to, as shown in the following table.

The validity of the CAT and the other standard test scores are given in the following table. Note that the scores should be valid on the deadline for submission of the application form.

CAT – 3 years

GRE – 3 years

GMAT – 3 years

GATE – 3 years

JRF – 3 years

Online GMAT/GRE (Take home) exam scores are not valid. Only test centre-based GMAT/GRE scores are valid.

Exemptions from the above tests would be given to candidates who have an MBA or equivalent from any of the IIMs.

Intake for Doctoral Programme in Management (DPM)

The proposed intake for Doctoral Programme in Management (DPM) is 34.

Reservation norms for Doctoral Programme in Management DPM

As per the Government of India requirement, 27% of the seats are reserved for Other Backward Classes candidates belonging to the “Non-Creamy” layer (NC-OBC), 15% for Scheduled Caste (SC), 7.5% for Scheduled Tribe (ST) candidates, 10% for students from Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) and 5% for Persons with Benchmark Disabilities (PWD).

As defined in The Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 (RPwD Act 2016), “person with benchmark disability” means a person with not less than forty percent (40%) of a specified disability where specified disability has not been defined in measurable terms and includes a person with disability where specified disability has been defined in measurable terms, as certified by the certifying authority.

“Specified disability” means the disabilities as specified in the Schedule of the RPwD Act 2016. The categories of disability are:

1. blindness and low vision,
2. deaf and hard of hearing,
3. locomotor disability including cerebral palsy, leprosy cured, dwarfism, acid attack victims and muscular dystrophy,
4. autism, intellectual disability, specific learning disability and mental illness,
5. multiple disabilities from amongst persons under clauses (a) to (d), and
6. other ‘specified disabilities’ mentioned in ‘The Schedule’ of the RPwD Act 2016.

For the purpose of being considered for reservations, the applicable Central Government list as on the last date of submission of application from for the DPM shall be binding. No subsequent changes will be effective for any subsequent selection process of IIM Indore.

The candidates belonging to categories for which seats are reserved need to note and read carefully the eligibility requirements before applying. It should be noted that while it is the endeavour of IIM Indore that the candidates belonging to NC-OBC/SC/ST/PWD categories join the programme in proportions mandated by the law, they have to meet the eligibility criteria and a certain minimum level

Application Procedure

Candidates seeking admissions to the Doctoral Programme in Management (DPM) of IIM Indore should submit their application online between the period end-November to mid-February, and pay the online non?refundable/non-transferable application fee of Rs. 1000/- (Rupees one thousand only) + GST extra for General, NC-OBC and EWS category and Rs. 500/-(Rupees five hundred only) + GST extra for SC, ST, and PWD category.

Candidates belonging to NC?OBC, SC, ST, EWS and PWD categories need to produce a valid certificate(s) in support of their reservation category. No change in the category will be entertained after submitting the application.

Selection Process for DPM

The candidates will be shortlisted (on the recommendation of the respective areas) on the based information provided in the application form. The selection process is as follows:

Stage 1: The candidates satisfying the academic eligibility criteria as mentioned above should submit their application online.

Stage 2: Based on the applications received, candidates satisfying Academic eligibility criteria and acceptable standard test the shortlisting will be done by the respective Areas and candidates will be called for Personal Interview (PI), to be conducted at IIM Indore during March / April

Stage 3: IIM Indore also expects a consistent and minimum performance in the different parameters of Personal Interview (PI), which will be decided by Admissions Committee. Candidates not meeting the minimum performance in any of PI parameters will not be considered for the next stage of the selection process i.e. Stage-4.

Stage 4: Final selection will be based on the requirements of the academic area to which the candidate has applied and an area-wise offer list will be prepared.

Only the candidates satisfying the requirements mentioned in earlier stages will be considered for the final selection. Category-wise and Academic Area-wise merit list will be generated based on the performance in the Personal Interviews and the provisional admission offers will be made.

All matters pertaining to admission into the DPM at IIM Indore is governed by the decisions taken by the Admissions Committee.

INSTRUCTIONS

A candidate can submit the On-line application with all the attachments as required on or before mid-February.

• Please note that the mailing address and email id provided by the candidate shall be considered for all correspondence by the Institute
• All fields marked with * are mandatory.
• While filling the On-line application form, scanned copy of the documents must be uploaded wherever it has been asked for.
• The applicant must provide the correct and valid email id and mobile number
• Giving false information will affect your candidature negatively if you are admitted to the programme on the basis of false information furnished by you, it will lead to your expulsion from the institute.
• Please note that mere fulfilling of the minimum qualifications will not make a candidate eligible for admissions into DPM.
• Your complete application should include

1. Personal details
2. Educational qualification
3. Standard test score details
4. Employment history & References
5. Academic Achievements
6. Statement of Purpose
7. Payment of application fee (as applicable)