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CONTENT
A.INTRODUCTION
1. Programme Objectives...........................................
3. Academic Calendar................................................
4. Pedagogy...............................................................
5. Courses..................................................................
6. Credits....................................................................
7. Credit load..............................................................
B.PROGRAMME ADMINISTRATION
9. Faculty Council.......................................................
11. Registration............................................................
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C.FACILITIES
24. Library & Computing Facilities........................
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APPENDIX
APPENDIX 1: Conduct of Quizzes & Examinations........
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A. INTRODUCTION
This Manual provides a brief description of the Post Graduate Programme (PGP) in
Management at IIM Sambalpur and lays down the norms governing its design and
administration. All participants are required to be conversant of these norms. The Institute
reserves the right to change these norms any time without notice.
1. PROGRAMME OBJECTIVES
The Post Graduate Programme (PGP) in Management at IIM Sambalpur is a two-year, fulltime, residential programme. The programme aims to groom participants into competent
professional managers with
The Post Graduate Programme in Management is spread over two years, each year
consisting of three terms. While transiting from the first to the second year, the participant
spends eight weeks on a summer project in a business organization. The academic year
begins in June/July and ends in March/April of the following year.
2. Special Features of IIM Sambalpur
IIM Sambalpur is one of the six new Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) set up by the
Government of India in 2015.
Mentored by IIM Indore, IIM Sambalpur was registered as a Society under Societies
Registration Act, XXI of 1860 on August 19, 2015. The present campus of IIM Sambalpur
has been setup at Silicon Institute of Technology, Sason, Sambalpur, Odisha. IIM
Sambalpur has been allotted a piece of land measuring over 237 acres in Basantpur, for
the permanent campus by the Government of Odisha.
3. ACADEMIC CALENDAR
The Academic calendar for the first and second years of PGP will be available in the
Program Office.
4. PEDAGOGY
IIM Sambalpur uses a combination of various teaching methods such as cases, projects,
computer aided instructions, group discussions, lectures, seminars, presentations by
participants and lectures by guest speakers from industry and government. The case
method is the predominant pedagogical tool. This sharpens the analytical skills of
participants and helps analyze problems from multi-functional perspectives. Instructors
mainly guide the group, encourage participants to develop and defend arguments and take
decisions.
5. COURSES
Academic input is delivered through two types of courses: core courses and elective
courses. Core courses are compulsory for all participants and constitute around 60% of the
total curriculum. They provide participants with the fundamental conceptual knowledge,
analytical skills and techniques, contextual understanding, environmental awareness and
overall perspective that will serve as the bedrock for the programme. The elective courses
offered in the second year, give participants a deeper understanding of different functional
areas and enable them to specialize in areas of their choice.
6. CREDITS
6.1 The concept of credit is used to compute the workload of a course. As a general rule, a
four-credit course requires a commitment of about 100 hours from the participant of which
is 25 hours are to be spent in the classroom (usually 20 sessions of 75 minutes each) and
the balance to be utilized for preparation and assignments. The courses are of two, three
or four-credits.
6.2 Skill Development Courses (SDC) in the first year:
Skill Development Courses of 1 credit or 2 credits will be offered in the first year of the
programme. Such courses are compulsory for all participants. The following SDCs will be
offered in the first year:
a. Entrepreneurial Orientation (including creativity and innovation, writing a business plan
and spreadsheet modelling)
b. Communication (including business, oral and written ability and communication)
c. Leadership (including ethics and corporate social responsibility, sustainability)
Themes (a), (b) and (c) will be of 5 credits each.
Based on the performance, participants would be awarded any of the four grades:
Excellent (E), Good (G), Satisfactory (S) and Poor (P). Participants receiving the lowest
grade (i.e. Poor) would be required to undergo the SDC(s) once again for reskilling.
Participants receiving a poor grade are eligible to be promoted to the second year,
provided they fulfill all other requirements, however unless they undergo reskilling and
obtain a satisfactory or a higher grade, they will not be eligible to graduate. Such
participants will get maximum 3 chances for improving grade in an academic year. Results
of these courses are not included in the computation of CGPA.
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7. CREDIT LOAD
7.1 Core Courses:
A first-year participant has to satisfactorily complete 70 credits of core and elective courses
spread over Terms I, II and III (Refer the Table given below).
7.2 Skill Development Courses:
A first-year participant has to complete 15 credits of compulsory Skill Development
Courses (Refer the Table given below).
Table: Courses for PGP-1
Core Courses:
Sr.
No.
1
2
3
4
5
6
Term-1
Financial Accounting & Control
Marketing- I
Microeconomics for Managers
Operations Management- I
Organizational Behaviour- I
Quantitative Techniques- I
Total
1
2
Finance-I
Macroeconomics
Credits
4
4
4
3
4
4
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Term-2
3
4
5
6
7
8
3
4
3
4
3
4
3
2
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Cr.
Themes
2
1
2
5
B
B
A
Term-2
Entrepreneurial Orientation
ETHICS & CSR
Written Analysis and
Communication
1
2
A
C
Total
Term-1
Business Communication
Critical Thinking Skills
Spreadsheet Modeling
Total
1
2
3
4
5
6
Term-3
Finance-II
Human Resource Management
Information Systems for Managers
Legal Aspects of Business
Strategic Management-II
Elective Courses (Any Two)
1. Marketing Research
2. Supply Chain Management
3. Sales & Distribution
Management
4. Corporate/Retail Banking
Term-3
4
2
2
2
3
8
Total
Design Thinking
Leadership
Sustainability
Total
2
1
5
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Total : Core Courses
Total : SDCs
70
15
Credits
Term IV
Term V
Term VI
Total
Minimum
20
20
12
60
Maximum
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The lists of courses for the Academic Year are uploaded on the Intranet of PGP Office from
time to time.
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C
C
Credits/ECTS
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4 Cr
24
5 ECTS
Conversion rate
= 4 * 24/25 Cr.
B. PROGRAMME ADMINISTRATION
9. Faculty Council
Faculty Council is the policy making body of the Post Graduate Programme. It consists of
all the faculty members and is headed by Director.
10. PGP EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
PGP Executive Committee is responsible for all operational matters of PGP, under the
overall policy framework provided by the Faculty Council. It consists of ex-officio members
and faculty members nominated by the Director and is headed by Chair-PGP.
11. REGISTRATION
All participants are required to register on the notified registration day or the first day of
each term unless permitted by the PGP Chairperson to register later.
A participant who fails to register on the specified dates will be deemed to have left
the programme, and would be allowed to register only after he/she has obtained
permission from the PGP Chair who may charge a late registration fee of Rs. 5000/(Rupees five thousand only).
In addition to the late registration fee, late payment fees of Rs.100/- per day will be levied
in case the payments are not made on time.
12. FEES & PAYMENT SCHEDULES
i. The details of fees payable by each participant are intimated by the Program Office.
Payment of fees for each term has to be made by the participants at the beginning of
the term.
ii. Term fees will have to be paid by the due date communicated by PGP Office for each
term. Those who fail to clear all their dues in a particular term will not be permitted to
register for the next term.
iii. Refunding the term fees to the students may be allowed, where he/she leaves the
Institute in the subsequent terms, provided it is within the first 7 days from the
beginning of the term concerned. Hostel and other expenses may be deducted on
actual/pro-rata basis. There would not be any refund of the fees for earlier terms.
14.2 Attendance
PGP Office will keep a record of attendance in all courses. The students will be
required to sign the attendance sheet for the sessions. Alternatively, the course
instructor may check attendance on the attendance sheet through roll call. Marking
proxy attendance will invite disciplinary action.
14.2 Procedure to Apply Leave
i.
If a participant is leaving the campus, he/she will have to take prior permission from
the PGP Office. Leaving campus without authorization will attract disciplinary action.
ii.
Leave has to be applied online through Google form (on the same day of missing
sessions) at via email to the PGP Office.
iii.
iv.
Failure to submit the leave application in due time would result in being marked as
unauthorized absence.
Class participation;
Quiz (announced or unannounced);
Assignments;
Individual / Group Presentations;
Oral examination (in special cases);
Mid term examination; and
End term examination.
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ii.
Courses of two credits or less should have at least two components of evaluation while
courses of more than two credits should have at least three components. The
weightage of any one component should not be more than 50%. Individual evaluation
(as against group evaluation) components should constitute at least 60%. In
other words, group components should be less than or equal to 40%. Mid-term
and end-term examinations, if any, should have a minimum weightage of 20% and 30%
respectively. A course instructor may decide not to have any written component of
evaluation, after obtaining appropriate approval from the competent authority.
iii. Shorter duration quizzes will be conducted by the course instructor during class hours.
Longer duration quizzes and mid-term/end-term examinations will be conducted by the
PGP Office at pre-announced timings.
iv. A five-point scale will be used for evaluating participants in individual courses.
Grade
Description
Excellent
Good
Satisfactory
Low
Pass
Fail
I
Incomplete
(Final Grade
Pending)
v. For each component of evaluation, generally marks are first awarded which are next
converted into letter grades with the instructor deciding the range of marks for each
letter grade. The component-wise letter grades are then converted into numerical
values (up to four decimal points) by using the Grade Conversion Table given in
Appendix 3.
The values, so obtained by a participant in various components of evaluation in a
course, would be added and the sum would be divided by 3 to obtain the final course
grade points which will then be converted into a final letter grade for the entire course
by using the following conversion table:
Grade
Point
Grade
0.00 to 0.54
F
vi. The instructor should specify the grading plan in the course outline. Course
coordinators should ensure that the components of evaluation, the weights attached to
them and the grading plan for a course taught by different instructors in different
sections are identical.
vii. Normalization grading pattern would be adopted, as per the table given below:
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Grade
D&F
viii. If a participant has not fulfilled the academic requirements of a course, he/she may be
assigned I (Incomplete) grade temporarily, representing non-completion of the
academic requirements of the course. First year PGP participants must complete any
such incomplete course work before they proceed for their summer assignment. In
case of a second year participant, such incomplete course work of a particular
academic term should be completed within the course of the following term. A sixth
term I has to be completed well in time to graduate. If for any reason, the participant
fails to complete the course within the time stipulated by the course instructor and/or
the PGP Office, then the I grade would be automatically converted into an F grade.
ix. If a participant misses one or more components of evaluation with prior permission, the
following procedure will be followed:
a) Initially, the participant will be awarded I (incomplete) grade. I is a temporary
grade, not intended to be shown as a final grade in a course.
b) When the participant completes the make-up requirements as specified by the
course instructor within the specified time, I will be replaced by the final grade
(A, B, C, D, F) awarded for that component by the instructor.
c) In case the participant fails to complete the make-up requirements as indicated
in (b) above, the instructor will give an F for the missed component(s) of
evaluation.
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x. The grades given by an instructor in any component of evaluation are final. The
instructor will not be called upon to justify the grades as long as they conform to the
norms. A student, who desires clarification on the grade(s) awarded, may discuss the
matter with the concerned instructor(s) within 4 days after receiving the grades. If any
grievance regarding grading is not resolved through discussion with the instructor or if
the instructor is not available in station, the concerned student may refer the matter to
the Chair PGP in writing within 2 days thereafter, who will then discuss the matter with
the instructor, if required.
In case of Term-III end-term examination, the students may ask queries through email.
The faculty members are expected to respond as deemed necessary.
xi. Evaluation of Summer Internship Projects:
A comprehensive evaluation in the form of Viva or an exam would be held in term IV.
16.2. Grade Point Average (GPA)
GPA for a term is the weighted average of the grade points obtained in the courses
registered for by a participant in that term, the weights being the respective course credits.
16.3. Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA)
CGPA, as at the end of a term/year, is the weighted average of the grade points obtained in
all the courses registered for by a participant upto and including that term/year, the weights
being the respective course credits.
16.4. Deficit Credit Points (DCPs)
Grades D and F will carry DCPs as follows:
A "D" will carry one DCP in a one-credit course, two DCPs in a two-credit course,
three DCPs in a three-credit course, four DCPs in a four-credit course and so on.
An "F" will carry two DCPs in a one-credit course, four DCPs in a two-credit course,
six DCPs in a three-credit course, eight DCPs in a four-credit course and so on.
Total number of DCPs will be calculated by adding the number of DCPs
accumulated by obtaining both "D"s & "F"s during the academic year.
Course instructors are required to communicate the participants the marks obtained
in the quizzes/exams as soon as possible.
Instructors may communicate the component-wise marks directly to participants,
while the final course grade is communicated to the participants by the PGP Office.
The PGP Office will communicate to participants their final letter grades in various
courses along with GPA and CGPA.
CGPA and Deficit Credit Points (DCP) will be the two criteria that will be used (i) to promote
a participant from first year to second year and (ii) to award the Diploma to the second year
participant.
18.1. Criteria for Promotion
1. A first-year participant will qualify for promotion to the second year if he/she satisfies
the following two criteria:
He/She should have CGPA of at least 2.0 at the end of the first year.
He/She should not have accumulated more than twelve DCPs at the end of the
first year.
2. A participant, who does not satisfy either one or both of the criteria mentioned in 1
above, shall be given an option of repeating the first year of the programme or
withdrawing from the programme.
3. However, a participant, who is repeating the first year of the programme, will have to
compulsorily withdraw from the programme if he/she fails to satisfy the criteria 1
above.
18.2. Criteria for Award of Diploma
1. A second-year participant, who has satisfactorily completed the summer project, will
qualify for the award of the Diploma if he/she satisfies the following two criteria:
He/She should have CGPA of at least 2.0 at the end of the second year.
He/She should not have accumulated more than ten DCPs at the end of second
year.
2. A participant, who does not satisfy either one or both these criteria and who has not
already repeated the first year, will be given an opportunity to make up for the
shortfall in CGPA and/or DCPs either by repeating the course(s) in which he/she has
obtained a D or F or by choosing a new elective course offered in Term IV of the
next academic year. As and when such a participant makes up the shortfall in CGPA
and/or DCPs by successfully completing the required number of course credits, the
PGP Office would issue a Provisional Certificate. The Diploma would be awarded to
him/her at the Institute's next Annual Convocation.
3. A participant, who does not satisfy either one or both of the criteria mentioned in 1
above and who has already repeated the first year, will be asked to withdraw from
the programme.
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The preliminary list of participants for consideration of awarding the medal would be
selected based on the following criteria;
The participants should be in the top 10 per cent of the batch in the first year,
The participants should also be in the top 10 per cent of the batch of the second
year class, based on the CGPA,
Information pertaining to all the terms will be taken into account in deciding the
award of gold medal.
(The CGPA would be assessed on the basis of the weightages of the courses taken at the
Institute in the first and second years)
The participant should not have an F grade in any course, during the entire
programme, including exchange term,
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Fine
Public apology
Community service
Expulsion from the Institute
Any other
3. Notwithstanding the academic regulations mentioned above, the Chair PGP is
empowered to refer to the PGP Executive Committee any deserving case for review.
The PGP Executive Committee will review such cases and take appropriate
decisions/actions.
4. A participant, who is aggrieved by the penalty imposed by the PGP Executive
Committee under clause (2) above, has the right to appeal, within 7 days of the date of
intimation of the penalty imposed, in writing to the Director, through the PGP
Chairperson. The decision of the Director on such an appeal shall be final.
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C. FACILITIES
24. LIBRARY & COMPUTING FACILITIES
Library and the computing facilities are available in the Institute.
25. PLACEMENT
The participants who successfully complete all PGP programme requirements within
the time frame and also get convocated at the end of second year of the PGP will only
be allowed to participate for placements.
The Placement Committee helps, guides, and counsels second year participants in
securing suitable permanent placement by bringing them in touch with prospective
employers. No leave of absence from class is given for attending placement interviews.
26. STUDENTS ACTIVITIES COUNCIL (SAC)
An elected body of the PGP participants manages the co-curricular and extracurricular
activities on the Campus. SAC coordinates and participates in activities in the following
areas: sports, social & cultural, placement, academic affairs, hostel, mess,
infrastructure and publications.
27. ACADEMIC ADMINISTRATION
The Director is the chief academic and administrative head of the Institute. He appoints
various Committees to advise and assist him in the management of different activities
of the Institute. Each Committee will have a Chairperson and several members. In
addition, there are also Chairpersons for different academic Areas of the Institute.
28. GENDER SENSITIVITY
The Institute has an Internal Complaints Committee to look into all complaints against
sexual harassment received from participants, staff, faculty or other personnel
connected with the Institute.
Notes:
1. Any contingencies not provided for herein shall be decided by the PGP
Executive Committee.
2. The clauses mentioned are subject to changes from time to time.
3. The final interpretation of the clauses contained herein, if necessary, will be
made by the PGP Executive Committee.
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12. Invigilators should report to the PGP Office any violation of these rules by the
participants.
13. Any violation of the 'Quiz & Examination' rules would attract 'F' grade and/or the
matter would be referred to the Disciplinary Committee.
APPENDIX 2: Grade Conversion Table
5%
10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40% 45% 50% 55% 60% 100%
2.60
3.25
3.90
4.55
5.20
5.85
6.50
7.15
7.80
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2.40
3.00
3.60
4.20
4.80
5.40
6.00
6.60
7.20
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A-
2.20
2.75
3.30
3.85
4.40
4.95
5.50
6.05
6.60
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2.00
2.50
3.00
3.50
4.00
4.50
5.00
5.50
6.00
10
1.80
2.25
2.70
3.15
3.60
4.05
4.50
4.95
5.40
B-
1.60
2.00
2.40
2.80
3.20
3.60
4.00
4.40
4.80
1.40
1.75
2.10
2.45
2.80
3.15
3.50
3.85
4.20
1.20
1.50
1.80
2.10
2.40
2.70
3.00
3.30
3.60
C-
1.00
1.25
1.50
1.75
2.00
2.25
2.50
2.75
3.00
0.80
1.00
1.20
1.40
1.60
1.80
2.00
2.20
2.40
0.60
0.75
0.90
1.05
1.20
1.35
1.50
1.65
1.80
D-
0.40
0.50
0.60
0.70
0.80
0.90
1.00
1.10
1.20
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