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Get into IIM after Class 12: Indore gears up for a 5-year course

  

Now, IIM aspirants don't have to wait to get a bachelor's degree before taking the entrance test; at least a few can hope to step into India's top management school right after school. The Indian Institute of Management-Indore has launched a five-year integrated post-graduate programme in management a three-year degree programme followed by masters. The first batch scheduled this year will have 120 students. 

The five-year residential programme allows students to drop out after the degree course, designed to be a mix of essential skill subjects maths and statistics, history, literature and political science, biological sciences, languages, finance and accounting, economics and information technology. Apart from classroom lectures, IIM-I has a component on international exposure and an internship at a social organization. 

The minimum eligibility is 60% in Class XII, and final selection will be based on an aptitude test and interview. The details will be revealed in a few days. The tuition fee for the first three years will be Rs 3 lakh per annum; for next two years, it will be Rs 5 lakh a year. 

Under the integrated PGP, says IIM-Indore director N Ravichandran,"we will have the time and oportunity to shape young minds towards management education". Many other IIM directors feel such courses will affect the image of the instition. " I don,t think it will strengthen it,"says Ravichandran. "Nobel layreates in the West teach undergraduates. We won,t compromise on quality of any of our programmes.

Posted on 18 Jul 2011