The greatest barrier to success is the fear of failure.
- Eriksson
This Programme prepares young talented managers to undertake challenging responsibilities in the rural Co-operatives and the development organizations. It is a two-year residential programme leading to a Post-Graduate Diploma in Rural Management (PGDRM) which is recognized as equivalent to Master’s Degree by the Association of Indian Universities (AIU) and is approved by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE). The participants of this programme are highly valued in local, national and international co-operatives, NGOs, development organizations, and funding agencies. All participants are suitably placed in different organizations through Campus Placement programme.
A graduate from any discipline, with a minimum of 15 years (10+2+3) of education, having 50 per cent (45 per cent for SC/ST/PwD) aggregate marks at the graduation level can apply for admission. The percentage of aggregate marks is to be calculated as per the practice followed by the concerned university or institution. Those who are in the final year and who expect to complete all the requirements of graduation before June 07, 2010 can also apply. Only Indian nationals are eligible to apply for PRM. There is no management quota for admission to PRM at IRMA. IRMA encourages the employees of its designated organisations to apply with sponsorship from their employers. IRMA encourages applications from candidates with diverse academic backgrounds.
Tuition fees, refundable deposits, charges for various services etc amount to about Rs 3 lakh for the entire program.
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No. of programmes |
General & OBCs |
SC/ST/PwD* |
|
One Programme |
Rs 1000/- |
Rs 700/- |
|
Two Programmes |
Rs 1500/- |
Rs 1000/- |
|
Three Programmes |
Rs 1800/- |
Rs 1200/- |
*PwD means persons with disability
An applicant can opt for one of the following options:
Prospectus and sample question paper will be sent to the candidates following options C and D, after their application forms are received at IRMA.
All the payments to IRMA should be made in the form of a demand draft favouring ' Institute of Rural Management' payable at Anand , or payment is done online. The completed application form should be sent to: Admissions Coordinator, IRMA, Anand 388001, Gujarat.
All correspondence related to admission should be addressed to:
Admissions Coordinator,
Institute of Rural Management (IRMA), Anand 388001
Gujarat
All eligible candidates, including sponsored candidates, are required to appear for a written test conducted by IRMA. The written test (200 marks), comprises four sections: Analytical Reasoning (50 marks), Quantitative Ability (50 marks), English Comprehension (40 marks), and Issues of Social Concern (60 marks). The test will be conducted at 27 centres across India. These centres are Anand, Bangalore, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Chandigarh, Chennai, Coimbatore, Dehradun, Delhi, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Kochi, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, Pantnagar, Patna, Pune, Raipur, Rajkot, Ranchi, Thiruvananthapuram, Udaipur, Varanasi, and Vijayawada.
Based on the performance in the written test, candidates will be selected to attend a personal interview (PI) and a group discussion (GD), to be conducted at IRMA in February, 2010. There is a sectional cut-off of marks, in order to judge the candidate’s performance across the sections. The cut-off marks used for selecting candidates for attending PI and GD for PRM 2008-10 are shown in Table below. Normally, the ratio of candidates called for PI and GD to the number of seats available is 4 : 1.
Cut-off marks for the selection of candidates for attending PI and GD for PRM 2008–10
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Particulars |
Category-wise cut-off (%) |
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|
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General |
SC/ST |
Sponsored |
|
Analytical Reasoning |
40 |
36 |
20 |
|
Quantitative Ability |
40 |
36 |
20 |
|
English Comprehension |
40 |
35 |
20 |
|
Issues of Social Concern |
25 |
22 |
20 |
|
Overall Cut-off Marks (%) |
40 |
36 |
20 |
The final selection of candidates will be done on the basis of the overall performance in the written test, PI, and GD. The marks obtained in PI and GD will be normalised across the evaluating panels. The marks obtained in the written test and the normalised marks obtained in PI and GD will be reduced to the equivalent marks of 50, 40, and 10, respectively. An overall merit list will be prepared based on the total marks obtained out of these 100 marks. Such a listing will be prepared separately for the different categories of applicants, and the required number of candidates will be selected from the different categories according to their order of merit. The cut-off marks used last year for the final selection of candidates are shown in Table below.
Cut-off marks for the final selection of candidates for PRM 2008–10
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Category |
Cut-off marks (%) |
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General |
53 |
|
SC/ST |
48 |
|
Sponsored |
48 |
Candidates can track the status or progress of their application, allocation of roll number, allocation of test centre, and test results at the appropriate stages of the admission process on the IRMA website. The admit card, the call letter, and the letter of admission offer can also be downloaded from the IRMA website at the appropriate stages. Candidates will also receive some of this information through a system-generated SMS. In order to avail of this facility, candidates should provide their mobile telephone number on the application form.
Total number of students for PRM 2009-11 is 95
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Batch |
Average Salary |
Highest salary |
% Placements |
|
2005-07 |
6.09 lakhs |
9.25 lakhs |
100% |
|
2006-08 |
6.13 lakhs |
10.61 lakhs |
100% |
|
2007-09 |
4.5 lakhs |
6.7 lakhs |
100% |
My expectations from MBAGuru were completely fulfilled and exceeded, both in terms of attention and enthusiasm. The classes are intensive and rigorous, along with a very relevant series of tests.
