Welcome to Sri Balaji Society
The selection process for admission to the following management institutes of Sri Balaji Society, which offer Two Year Full-Time Post Graduate Diploma in Management will be conducted centrally, in various centres. These Management Institutes are as under :-

(a) Balaji Institute of Modern Management (BIMM)
(b) Balaji Institute of Telecom & Management (BITM)
(c) Balaji Institute of International Business (BIIB)
(d) Balaji Institute of Management & HRD (BIMHRD)

All the four Management Institutes of Sri Balaji Society are well known in the country for the excellent grooming up processes and Campus Placements. The founder of Sri Balaji Society is paying equal attention to each of the Management Institutes and ensures that the leaders in the society as well as in the institutes work together to deliver the results. All the Directors both from the Society as well as from the Institute are integral part of each Institute, work like a family and are interdependent as we ensure common customs, traditions, standards and examinations. This collective efforts and the concept of unity in diversity is ensuring that common culture, common rules, common procedures, common grooming up process and common examinations produce good results although every Institute is fully equipped to innovate and produce good results. Therefore, taking admission to any of the Institutes imply that you have taken the right decision towards achieving the goal of corporate careers.

Common Prospectus and Application Form
Since Sri Balaji Society is one family, we have decided that we shall go for one prospectus and one application form where, all the courses of all the Institutes of Sri Balaji Society are listed so that each student can apply to any one or all the courses of any one institute or all the courses of all the four Institutes of Sri Balaji Society according to his/her order of preference of the course(s) . The application form has appropriate columns and the students should carefully fill up the same, so that, a student can get maximum opportunity to get admitted to any of the courses of Sri Balaji Society. Please note that, all the courses of Sri Balaji Society are approved by AICTE and all the vacancies put together in all the four management institutes we have 1020 vacancies. In case the candidate is not opted for an institute / course he/she will not be considered for the same while preparing the Merit List. However students without five years of work experience cannot apply for the Executive PGDM course. Available vacancies in BIMM are: PGDM-120, PGDM (IT & Marketing)-120, PGDM (PM & HRD) - 60 and PGDM (Executive) - 60. Available vacancies in BITM are: PGDM (Telecom)-120, PGDM (Telecom & Marketing)- 60, PGDM (Marketing & Finance) - 60. Available vacancies in BIIB are: PGDM (International Business) - 60, PGDM (Marketing) - 60 and PGDM (Finance) - 60. Available vacancies in BIMHRD are : PGDM - 120, PGDM (Marketing & Finance) – 60 and PGDM (PM and HRD) - 60.

Status of our B Schools
As mentioned above, all the courses offered by all the B-Schools of Sri Balaji Society are approved by AICTE, Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India. Most of the companies visiting us for Campus Placements are seeing all the qualified students of all the four Management Institutes during Common Campus Placements. While the President, Sri Balaji Society is the Executive Director of BIMM, the first B-School of Sri Balaji Society, he is the Dean of all the remaining three B-Schools. The Directors of the society are devoted to and are integral part of all the Management Institutes of Sri Balaji Society. Besides this, each Institute is having full complement of Director, Full Time and Visiting Faculties, Infrastructure, Library and everything required for a growth oriented B-School as per AICTE norms. All the Institutes are located in one beautiful campus. The hostel is also common to all. The courses offered by each of these institutes are listed in the Handbook. Thus each institution is important and enjoys equal status and attention from the Top Management.

Eligibility Criteria

1. Graduate from any statutory University with a track record of 60% of marks i.e. minimum of 60% in 10th Std, 12th Std and Graduation. (55% for SC/ST and physically challenged candidates).However in exceptional cases the marks criteria may be waived by the Managing Committee.
2. Candidates appearing for any final year Degree examination up to June 2012 can also apply. However, if they fail to match the above qualitative requirement when the result is declared for the graduation examination, they will be relieved from the course compulsorily. Same will be the case with respect to those who fail in their degree examination. The mark sheets should be submitted to the Institute latest by 01 November 2012.
3. Medical Fitness should be as explained in this prospectus.
4. Should be willing to comply with the Rules and Regulations of the Sri Balaji Society as explained in the prospectus & important instruction webpage.
   
   Eligibility Criteria for PGDM- Executive Batch
5. Any graduate with 50 percentage of marks who have at least five years of industrial work experience as a full time employee in the field of Sales, Marketing, Human Resource, Finance, Operations, Systems and related areas of management in the industry is eligible to apply for our PGDM - Executive Batch (Full Time). These applicants should submit the industry experience certificate signed by the Director (HR) or any other authorised signatory of the Company / Companies and copies of their Appointment Letters along with the application form. There will be no difference in the course curriculum for this batch and they will receive the same inputs as applicable to the PGDM Programs except for the fact that they can expect lateral placements with higher compensation packages. Those having lesser number of industrial experiences also get different and upgraded placements depending upon their corporate experience though they may not be admitted to the Executive Batch, but to the other courses.
6. Relevant work experience means full time employment in any company and not in the family business. It also means working on fulltime basis on the specialization departments in the company such as Sales, Marketing, Finance, HR, IT, Operations and so on. Only such candidates can expect differential compensations based on work experience. However the selection committee can look into all the other type of work experiences and consider award of marks.

   Eligibility Criteria for BIMS Noida & BIMS Chennai

7. Two Year Full Time Job oriented, face-to-face, on Campus MBAProgramme offered by
   BIMS Noida & BIMS Chennai in Collaboration with Centre for Corporate Education, Training & Consultancy IGNOU (Central University)
   1. Specializations Offered: Sales and Marketing, Finance, HR, Operations Management.
   2. Eligibility- Candidates should have a minimum of 50% marks in graduation from any statutory University as per IGNO

Selection Procedure
Written Examination
We accept CAT/MAT/CMAT scores. However, as CAT/ MAT/CMAT scores are issued to the students, any student who has appeared for the CAT/MAT/CMAT examinations can apply for our courses with the CAT/MAT/CMAT scores. Thus, all the four Management institutes will accept CAT/MAT/CMAT scores. However, the MAT and CMAT scores will be equalized and validated to the CAT score value and that will only be counted for the purpose of merit list. Anyone having any objection to the same, need not to apply. We do not believe in any cut-off points as we give only 30% of the weightage for the entrance examination, while making the merit list.

Essay Writing as Integral part of Interview Process.
Written Communication Skill is very important for anyone to succeed in the industry. Therefore, the applicants will be required to appear for an essay writing exercise on a subject, which will be given on the spot in the selection centres. This will be for 30 marks and fifty percent of the marks will be counted. This essay writing will be for half an hour. The topics will be general in nature and anyone who follows the National Newspapers can easily appear for the same and score good marks.

Group Discussion and Personal Interview

Candidates who fulfill the qualitative requirements will be called for the Group Discussions by experts. This will be for duration of 30-45 minutes per group. This may include role play, case studies and extempore speech and GD. 40% of the weightage in the merit list will be given to the GD process. Therefore the GD process may extend to the second day although all efforts will be made to complete the process in one day. This is an elimination round.

This expert panel interview and the essay marks will carry 30% of the weightage. This panel will assess the candidates on various parameters including the suitability of the candidate for a particular specialisation. The panel will also give opportunity to the applicants to add or delete course options.

Selection Centres for Group Discussion and Personal Interview

While we are keen to have the admission process in all the centres mentioned below and have been having many of the centres for many years in the past, we reserve the right to cancel any of the centres depending upon the contingencies.

However, it may be noted that, the hall ticket issued by us to any centre is valid to all the centres and the students who may need a change of centre due to any reason can automatically go to any other centre by just informing us through an e-mail/fax and without expecting any response to the same. Changes in dates, if any, for the Group Discussion, Essay writing and Interviews will be available on our website on as required basis. Students are therefore advised to see this website page regularly.

Hall Ticket Issued by any Institute

Admit Card issued to any centre is valid for all the centres and candidates can appear before the selection committee in any centre provided they have informed about their intention to appear before a selection centre other than the one mentioned in the admit card well in advance. No separate communication for change of centre will be communicated by us. The candidates are required to come with all their original and certified copies of degrees and mark sheets when they come for the selection process.

Documents to be attached along with application form
The following documents are required to be attached to the Application Form at the time of application:
(a) Attested true copies of all Mark-Sheets and Certificates of 10th std., 12th Std., and Graduation. In case of those who are still in final year of the degree course they should submit mark sheet of the previous years.
(b) Work-Experience Certificate. (If applicable)
(c) Certificates related to Extra-Curricular Activities (If applicable).
(d) Copy of Caste Certificate in case of SC/ST candidates.

Submission Of CAT/MAT Result Score
Candidates should submit the application form with the photostat copy of CAT/MAT/CMAT scores which will be verified during PI. The latest MAT score which is available with the candidates can be submitted. It may be noted that we are not going to do our short listing based on the CAT/ MAT/CMAT score alone, although weightage is allotted for the same.

Merit List
On completion of interviews, we compare the performance of all candidates appearing for the interview and generate a final merit list based on their overall performance. The candidate is considered for the course which he has preferred according to the priority mentioned by him / her in the application form. In case, he / she is not selected to the course applied by him / her, then he / she will be considered for other courses and selected on merit. It may be noted that, all the Management courses are of the same status and the inputs are also similar according to specilisation. As we have already mentioned the placement opportunities for all the courses are very good as has been proved by the track record of Sri Balaji Society.

It means that each institution is important and enjoys equal status and attention from the top management. We select the best possible candidates for all the Institutes from amongst the common pool of all the candidates applied for admission to any or all the institutes of Sri Balaji Society; although such a consideration arises only when a candidate is not selected for admission to the particular institute to which he or she may have applied originally. By doing so, we are in no way taking away any opportunity from anyone but are providing an additional opportunity to get selected in any of the prestigious institutes of Sri Balaji Society.

This is done  subject to the following conditions: -

1. That they are eligible for the same. To become eligible, they should have opted for the institute(s) / course(s) (one can opt for either one institute / course(s) or for all the institutes / all the courses as per his / her choice in the application form) for us to consider them.
2. That vacancy exists in those Institute(s) for such a consideration.
3. That they come up in the merit of scope of those institutes / courses.
4. Changes in Government policies where applicable.

Women Empowerment
As a socially conscious trust we believe in the upliftment of women. Hence we ensure 50% of the intake of the students go to female candidates and remaining 50% goes to male candidates. In order to cater for the same, merit will be drawn separately for female & male candidates.

Declaration of result & Confirmation of admission
The admission list will be declared in the web site and also communicated through E Mail. Selected students will be required to remit the first installment of ₹ 50,000/- (Rupees Fifty Thousand only) within 10 days from the date of declaration of the admission list as above to confirm their admission. In case the selected candidate fail to remit the fee in time it will be assumed that the candidate is not interested in the admission and the vacancy will be released to the candidate in the waiting list.

Important Dates

Note: Dates mentioned above are tentative.

Education Loan
BIMM, BITM, BIIB & BIMHRD have been specially approved for educational loan schemes for the students who gets admission to any of these institutions from HDFC Bank & Central Bank of India as Sri Balaji Society has signed MOUs with these banks. All those students who get admitted in any of these institutes can approach these banks for availing educational loan. However students have the liberty to approach any other bank as per their convenience.

How to Apply

Application - How to fill the courses
All the courses offered by all the institutes are listed in the application form. A student can opt either for one course of any institute or more courses or all the courses listed in the application form. Please note that all the courses are of equal status and of two-year duration. At the end of the admission process, a merit list will be drawn for each course separately and those who stand at the top ranks, for each course will be allotted the courses according to prescribed vacancies for each course.

The probability of a candidate being selected for a particular course will be communicated to the concerned applicant. The applicant will be asked to give his/her consent or otherwise. The applicant will be expected to respond within a week. On receipt of the information from the applicant as to whether the applicant is accepting the course suggested/proposed to him or otherwise, a final merit list will be drawn and the admission letter will be issued. While suggesting/allotting a course, the preferences given by the applicants will be taken into consideration. However, if the expert panels consider them fit for any other course or if the applicant doesn't come within the Merit-List/ vacancies for the course preferred he/she may be considered to other courses preferred by the applicant.

The option of the students is therefore very critical for them to be considered for alternate courses. Therefore students are advised that they should opt for maximum or all the courses so that they have better chances of getting selected to any one of the courses offered by Sri Balaji Society.

Fee Structure

1. Imparting management education in a conventional manner for a few hours by the full time faculties alone cannot help the students to get holistic development to get into a fast track corporate career. In order to provide overall development to the students through various additional grooming process for long hours by good number of experts from out side/industry is warranted. Providing IT skills, personality development exercises, workshops, seminars, assessment centres, parties and various activities related to campus placements such as visits by experts and directors to industrial units in India and abroad, we are charging fee/ other charges as under:
   
   

   Particular	Amount (INR)
   Fee (p.a.)	₹ 3,00,000

2. The payment should be made as per the following schedules:
   (i) ₹ 50,000 (Rupees Fifty thousand only) immediately within 10 days from the date of declaration of the merit list.
   (ii) ₹ 1,50,000 (Rupees One lakh and fifty thousand only) within 30 days on receipt of the admission letter.
   (iii) ₹ 1,00,000 (Rupees One lakh only) to be remitted by 1st October 2012.
3. All the payments will be remitted through a bank draft drawn in favor of ‘The Director - (Institute Name), Pune’ payable at Pune. Eg. If the bank draft is drawn in favor of BIMHRD that it should be 'The Director - BIMHRD, Pune'.

Management of Quota Seats
15% of the seats are allotted to candidates who qualify the eligibility criteria at the discretion of the President, Sri Balaji Society with twice the prescribed fee. Allotment of these seats will be made only after declaration of the results for admission from all the selection centres. Those seeking management quota seats should mention the same in the application form and only the candidate or the parents are permitted to communicate directly with the management . Third party interference will disqualify the candidate. We have not appointed any agent and we will not accept the recommendations from any one. Therefore, paying money to any agent who may claim and act as if they are very close to the management or any one closer to the management will be doing so at their risk. Such dangerous people do exist, and in fact they even take advances giving invalid guaranty for admission .Such people simply gamble. in case the student is selected on his/her merit they will say that they have got them the admission. Incase the candidate is not selected they may or may not return the money .In most of the cases they vanish. We have reports from the past that many were cheated. Therefore, we caution everyone not to depend on such characters, notwithstanding their positions, status or affiliations to anyone as many cases of cheating have been reported in the past.

Industry Sponsored Candidates
Five seats in each program are reserved for industry-sponsored candidates. These seats will be allotted to only those companies which are participating in our campus placements or which intend to participate in our campus placement program provided the candidates are qualifying the eligibility criteria. The Director - HR or Managing Director of the company will be required to write to the President, Sri Balaji Society for such admissions.

Refundable Deposit
At the time of admissions, students have to submit a sum of ₹ 10,000 /- which can be spent by the Institute for emergency situations like hospitalization of students. This amount is refundable at the completion of the course .

Refund Rules

1. Cost of the Prospectus and Application form is Non-Refundable.
2. If the admission is cancelled before the commencement of the academic program, ₹
   1,000/- from the fees paid by the student will be deducted and the balance will be refunded.
3. If admission is cancelled after joining the course and if the seat consequently falling
   vacant has been filled by another candidate, by last date of admission that is , one month
   from the date of commencement of the course, ₹ 25,000/- from the fees paid by the
   student will be deducted and the balance refunded
4. No refund is permissible after thirty days of the commencement of the course.

SAP Fee
We are offering a few modules of SAP Training in our institutes, to a few selected students as an additional course for which a separate fee will be charged. This training will be provided by an external agency for a duration of 10-15 days and the fee for the same will be ₹20,000/-. Only Engineers and preferably, those pursuing Systems specialization are eligible for the course. Although subject to availability of the facilities the same may also be extended to other disciplines.

SBS  Alumni Association (SAA) :  Membership Fee
A life time membership fee of ₹ 25,000/- will be payable by each student. Payment of this amount will be payable as under :-
               
                (a) First year       :               ₹ 15,000/-
                (b) Second year   :               ₹ 10,000/-

Enquiries
The entire admission process will be handled by the students. In fact, an Admission Cell comprising of students has been formed and it is they who will be handling the entire admissions from start to end. They will be more than keen to respond to all your queries not only on phone but also at the selection centres. You can address your mail to:: admissions@balajisociety.org All the requests for prospectus and all the enquiries related to admission should be directed to the address mentioned above.

In case of any queries related to admission, your communication channels are as under :-
Telephone : 020-66741235/36, Fax : 020-66741234
Email : admissions@balajisociety.org

Note: Any dispute will be settled by arbitration, subject to the jurisdiction of Pune.