INSTRUCTIONS FOR FILLING THE ONLINE APPLICATION TO PGP 2019 BATCH

A. General Instructions:
1. Help text is readily available in the concerned section of the online application.
2. For the application to be complete all the necessary documents have to be uploaded in the
respective sections and also all the referees have to submit their references.
3. A BLUE TICK mark appears across respective section in the opening menu to indicate that, the
section is completed.
4. You will notice that some of your data has already been populated in the form. This has
been obtained from your CAT 2018 application and you will not be able to modify / change
the pre-populated data.
5. You need to save and submit the application form on or before the stipulated due date.
6. Application once submitted cannot be changed. Hence preview the application using the
‘preview Application’ tab before you submit the application.
7. Download and retain a copy of application after successful submission.

B. Instructions relating to individual sections of the online application:

Biographic Details :

Last Name : Providing ‘Last Name’ in the application is optional. If you have not specified the last
name the text box shows as “No Last Name”.

Preferred Full Name: The name given under this text box will be used on all official transcripts.

You are required to upload Caste / PwD certificate (as applicable) in the “SOP and other uploads”
section, as per the category claimed by you in the CAT 2018 application.

Contact Details:

If your country does not feature in the 'Country' drop down, select 'Others' and enter your Country &
State in the corresponding 'Others' box. If your current address is same as permanent address, you
can click on 'Same as current address' box.

Academic Scores:

Class 10/SSC:

Major Subjects - Mention all the subjects that appear on the marks sheet.

Board Name and Final Marks (%) –is pre-populated as per your CAT 2018 application and not
editable.

Upload your Class 10/SSC Score Sheet in this section along with the conversion formula certified by
the concerned board by consolidating into a single PDF (Max. File Size: 1 MB)

Class 11/12/HSC/PUC:

Major Subjects - Mention all the subjects that appear on the marks sheet.

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Board Name and Final Marks (%) –is pre-populated as per your CAT 2018 application and not
editable.

Upload your Class 11/12/HSC/PUC Score Sheet along with the conversion formula certified by the
concerned board by consolidating into a single PDF (Max. File Size: 1 MB).

University Level:

Details of each degree level qualification must be entered by clicking on Bachelor’s Degree link in the
table.

Note: The data in grey coloured text boxes is pre-populated as per your CAT 2018 application and
not editable.

If you are pursuing/completed 'Integrated Master’s degree' enter the first 3 years details under
'Bachelor’s Degree level' and next 2 years details under 'Master’s Degree level'.

Specialization - Specialization is your areas of study in the degree mentioned. Examples of

Specialization are: Mechanical Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, Economics etc. Please do not enter
every subject you studied in all the years of your degree course.

Provide detailed scores for each degree entered. You can do this by clicking on 'Enter/Update Detail
scores' link For each degree entered, upload respective semester/year/term score sheets ,degree
award certificate along with the conversion formula certified by the concerned university by
consolidating into a single PDF (Max. File Size: 1 MB Gray scale) .Also note, If you are in degree final
year and yet to complete, you should include the “Bonafide final year student certificate" in your
uploads. The format of the same can downloaded in this section.

You can remove / update / view existing degree details. Click on the 'Degree Level' link for updating
Degree details. You can also update / view detailed percentage scores by clicking 'Enter / Update
Detail Scores'. When you 'Remove' a degree, respective detail percentage scores will also be removed.

Work Experience:

Part time / project/ internship /articleship/ pre-graduation work experiences are not considered as
Work experience and ensure that the work experience period does not overlap with the period of
graduation.

Job progression / multiple designations within a company should be entered as a single work
experience. The designation should be the last designation held within the company for a single
tenure.

Roles & Responsibilities - Describe your job responsibilities and your achievements at your work
place, in approximately 200 words.

For each work experience entered, upload corresponding proof of Work Experience such as
employment certificates or pay slips by consolidated in to a single PDF (Max. File Size: 1 MB)

DO NOT UPLOAD ANY FILE WHICH REQUIRES A PASSWORD OR IS READ/COPY PROTECTED. In case
your PDF is password/read protected, ensure that you remove the password / read restriction
before uploading file.

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Work experience is not mandatory for applying to PGP Programme. If you do not have work
experience, you can skip this section of application.

References:

Provide contact details of two referees who can write about your abilities and achievements. These
references form one of the criteria for selection.

You are required to enter the details of the referee and save. Once you have saved the referee details,
you must click on 'Send E-mail to referee requesting reference' to each referee to initiate an email
communication to the referee. Your referee should provide the online reference within the due date
without which you cannot submit the application.

You can correct / update the email id of a referee if reference has not yet been received, by Clicking
on the Referee Name Link. Upon ‘Save’, the original link will be invalidated and the same will be
communicated to the referee.

You can resend e-mail to a referee by deleting the referee details completely using the ‘Delete’ option
on the References page. Re-enter the same details for the referee and save. The ‘Send E-mail to
Referee requesting reference’ link will be activated again.

You can replace a referee completely if reference has not yet been received, by deleting the original
referee and adding the new referee. Upon ‘Save’, the original link will be invalidated and the same will
be communicated to the referee.

You are allowed up to 10 changes to referee details. You will receive an email communication upon
receipt of the references. Please inform your referees about reference seeking mails originating from
pgpadm@iimb.ac.in. This is to avoid the e-mail from landing in their SPAM mail folder. If your referees
are not able to access 'Online reference' page, please ask them to seek help from the System / Network
administrator of their Organization in case of any possible firewall restrictions.

SOP and Other Uploads:

Statement of Purpose (SOP): Prepare a short essay of 600 words on yourself. You may wish to talk
about your background, significant events, accomplishments, experience at your workplace,
extracurricular activities, relationship with friends and family, career plans and how the Post Graduate
Programme in Management from IIMB fits into your dreams and ambitions. Please make sure that
your essay forms a coherent whole. The essay should in simple direct English and preferably typed in
a readable format.

Download the template, type the essay, convert into a PDF and upload.

Anti-ragging to be uploaded in the prescribed format available in the online application.

Disability Certificate: If you are applying as a PwD candidate, upload a certificate attested from the
concerned authorities, as per The Rights of persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 (RPwD ACT 2016).

Caste Certificate: If you are claiming reservation under NC-OBC/ SC/ST category, upload the valid
certificate obtained from the concerned authorities.

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