Indian Institute of Planning and Management - IIPM Delhi

About Indian Institute of Planning and Management - IIPM Delhi

A proposal by Dr. M.K.Chaudhuri to set up the Institute under the name of “Institute for Planning and Administration of National Economy” was forwarded to Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru, the then Prime Minister and Chairman, Planning Commission, Government of India. A study tour was undertaken by Dr. M.K.Chaudhuri during 1964-65 to acquire first hand knowledge about the working of similar institutions in Europe. A working paper on Regional Planning was circulated under the name of “Indian Institute of Planning” in 1969. The IIPM Institute was established in 1973. IIPM founder Director took over as Research Professor and Director after resigning from professorship of Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore. The first IIPM residential Full-Time Post Graduate Diploma Programme commenced on 12th August, 1974, with students selected through admission tests-cum-interviews held in IIPM Delhi, IIPM Calcutta, IIPM Bombay and IIPM Bangalore. IIPM International provides students with more than 10,00,000 sq. ft. of built-up infrastructure through its various facilities. The Institute is an academically independent, private, unaccredited and self-financed autonomous body. All IIPM International facilities are Wi-Fi enabled. IIPM international is headquartered in Delhi’s premier and most sought after address of Saket, where it operates from a sprawling campus spread over more than 75,000 sq. ft. The Institute also holds classes in IIPM’s state-of-the-art 5 acre campus in Mehrauli, New Delhi. The IIPM campus has World-Class facilities ranging from state-of-the-art computer dromes to huge amphitheatre type classrooms to mega-auditoriums, as well as exceptional recreational facilities like swimming pool, mini golf, pool, billiards etc. IIPM International also has branches in Gurgaon, Noida, Mumbai, Kolkata, Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Pune, Ahmedabad, Chandigarh, Lucknow, Jaipur, Bhopal, Indore, Cochin, Bhubaneshwar & Dehradun. IIPM International Mumbai is operating from two architecturally beautifully towers in Bandra & Khar - the heart of Mumbai. Other IIPM International branches also operate from similar modern buildings with state-of-the-art facilities. The IIPM Campus in Gurgaon, is a residential campus meant mainly for research activities etc. Unlike other national institutes, the residential campus (which looks like a rural hermitage) has been designed to incorporate the ideal of austere and simple living and to help inculcate non-elitist attitude.

The Real Test of Management Aptitude - IIPMs Admission test E-PAT (Entrepreneurship & Planning Admission Test) is based upon a written test, group discussion and inter view. Unlike CAT, IIPM’s admission test E-PAT is based more on parameters pertaining to EQ ( Emotional Quotient) and overall personality mapping since it has been globally observed that high IQ often takes a back seat to high EQ when it comes to Entrepreneurship, Management and dealing with human beings. Thus, the total scores of the written test, group discussion and personal inter view are compiled together to compose the final score. Success in E-PAT is more likely to make you a better future leader than success in any other examination focused primarily on IQ. E-PAT is conducted throughout India in more than 15 centres.

Two-Year Full-Time Programme:
Admission to the Two-Year Programme in National Economic Planning and Entrepreneurship is open to applicants who have completed 10 +1/2 School System with 2/3 /4 years’ education in colleges/institutes in any discipline. Candidates with mathematics at Higher Secondary Level are preferred.

Three Year Full Time Programme:
Admission to the Three-Year Programme in National Economic Planning and Industrial Entrepreneurship is open to applicants who have completed 10 +1/2 School System. Candidates with mathematics at Higher Secondary Level are preferred.

Unique Courses at IIPM - International

One Year Full-Time Global Programme in Planning and Entrepreneurship - The programme participants will undergo a unique programme spread over 1,400 contact hours in the space of twelve months, making it the most rigorous and superior Executive Programme taught anywhere. The programme will have a phenomenal focus on Economics, Entrepreneurship, Leadership & Personality Development, along with a compulsory specialisation in Marketing. A unique combination of major electives in Finance and HR coupled with super specialisations in Investment Banking, International Marketing, Supply Chain Management, MIS and IT etc. make up for the rest of the programme.

International Residency Programme At JBS, Cambridge - A unique and distinct from any other similar programme in India is the compulsory International Residency Programme on Advanced Global Management that the students will undergo at Judge Business School, Cambridge. At the end of the programme, all the students will be eligible for a certificate in Advanced Global Management from Judge Business School. Inclusive of the programme at JBS, Cambridge students undertaking this programme will be spending two weeks in the Europe. The entire cost of travel, boarding, lodging and teaching is a part of the programme fees. In India, the programme participants will be taught by a mix of IIPM’s world-class faculty and faculty from leading global B-Schools. All students will go through a special course on Strategic Marketing imparted by faculty from the Haas School of Business. The super specialisation on Investment Banking is conducted along with faculty from NUS.

• Global Certification - Apart from IIPM’s certification and becoming eligible for an Post Graduate Degree in Business Administration from IMI, Brussels, students doing this programme will get a certificate in Advanced Global Management from JBS, Cambridge, the World’s No. 10 Ranked B-School, and a certificate in Strategic Marketing from Haas School of Business, the World’s No. 6 Ranked B-School. Additionally, the students who get selected for the Investment Banking elective will get an additional Professional Certificate in Investment Banking from NUS, Singapore.
• Admissions - The programme will be delivered only at the New Delhi campus of IIPM and commences in March & August every year. Admissions will be based upon a written test cum group discussion and personal interview. The candidate’s current experience will be of crucial importance since the programme requires high levels of the understanding of how global businesses work. Over and above that, a high emphasis will be given on the personality of the student and his emotional quotient.

Location - IIPM is headquartered in Delhi’s premier institutional area (Qutab Institutional Area) where it operates from two buildings, the New IIPM Tower & the Old IIPM Tower. The campus in South Delhi is just 15 minutes from AIIMS, New Delh.

Faculty

1. Economics.
2. Finance.
3. Marketing.
4. Personnel.
5. General Management.
6. Production.
7. QT & Operations.

Facilities

International course - The IIPM International course incorporates World-Class global exposure through the three phase structure that every student undergoes:

• A compulsory global tour of a developed country like Switzerland/Germany/USA etc. that exposes them to the functioning of leading global corporations.
• Compulsory exposure to the classes/ seminars of globally renowned faculty members of leading B-Schools from all over the world.
• Constant interaction with students from all over the world who come to study/spend a semester at the Institute.

Global Opportunity & Threat Analysis (GOTA) - Students entering IIPM International have to undergo a 2/3 weeks study tour to a selected country in the continents of Australia, Africa, Asia, America, Europe. IIPM International bears the entire cost of this programme for all students. This cost includes cost of air travel (from the nearest international airport) as well as the entire cost of boarding, lodging, food and faculty mobilisation. Students should have passports available and would have to obtain visas for the country of their visit. If they are not given a visa, IIPM International cannot be held responsible. The idea is to make the students aware of how a truly global economy works and also to bring a fresh outlook to life conducive to entrepreneurial learning. From the batch of 2009 onwards GOTA s being taken to a completely different level all together. 100% of students joining IIPM will be doing a special course on Global Management for one week in one of the top 20 B-Schools of the world and getting a Certificate in Global Management from the B-School that they attend. Students will be sent to different B-Schools (which will impart the programme) as per the sole discretion of IIPM and they will have no right to choose which B-School they want to go to.

Some of the important companies/universities/sites visited during the GOTA tour:

1. Kyoto University - Japan.
2. Harvard Business School - Malaysia.
3. Oxford University, University of Central England - London.
4. NYMEX, UCA Global, DOW Chemicals - USA.

Global Faculty & Teaching - All IIPM International students get taught by professors from some of the world’s top 20 B-Schools. These interactions are not merely at a guest lecture level but at a level where students get to be taught at least an entire course by them, so that the students get the best possible exposure to world-class teaching. Typically the regular programme students undertake the Advanced Global Management course under these world renowned professors during their GOTA programme in one of the top 20 B-School campuses abroad. The students of the One Year Global Programme additionally get to be taught about twenty percent of the courses by them in India as well. The Global Outreach Programme thus also brings professors of International repute to IIPM in India, enabling these students to be taught by professors from not just one but a majority of the top 20 global B-Schools - thus giving them an exposure which very few B-Schools around the world can boast of giving. Apart from the above, professors from the top 20 B-Schools also take special sessions with IIPM students of multiple branches when they come to India to participate in IIPM’s Academic/ EDP calendar. Though Delhi and Mumbai being corporate hubs remain the favourite EDP destinations in India, in past students of IIPM’s branches in Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Pune and Ahmedabad have also had the opportunity of being part of such special sessions. Professors from Harvard University, MIT Sloan School of Management, Columbia GSB, Chicago GSB, Yale School of Management, London Business School etc. have in past taken classes and EDP’s in IIPM.

IIPM International Student Exchange Programme - Under the Global Student Exchange Programme at IIPM, Undergraduate and Graduate students of management institutes and universities from all across the world visit various IIPM campuses in India for a duration varying between three weeks and one trimester. After the successful completion of the programme, the students receive academic credits for the same. During the entire phase of their stay, the international students who come down to the IIPM campuses need to bear the cost of their food and accommodation. Under certain specific cases, accommodation is provided to these international students at the residences of IIPM students to give them a feel of Indian customs and culture. IIPM charges no tuition fees for the courses offered to these students under the student exchange programme. It is a firm belief at IIPM International that the globalised world requires more managers who can effectively and efficiently function in a multi-cultural environment. This is the reason why at IIPM International more stress is given to help these international students develop cross-cultural management skills, social skills and language skills. It also helps these students to explore more growth opportunities across the world.

Some of the Universities which participate in GSEP (Global Student Exchange Programme) :

• State University - Higher School of Economics - Moscow.
• Johannes Kepler University - Linz (Austria).
• Ingolstadt University - Germany.

Reimbursement of fees for 3 year programme - In order to encourage to pursuance of B.A (Economics)/B.Com (Hons.)/B.B.A. degree through correspondence courses of Universities, the Institute reimburses fees paid for pursuing such courses after successful completion (Note : Important subjects of B.A. (economics), B.Com (Hons.) and B.B.A. are included in the Programme).

Free Laptops and Wi-Fi Connectivity - IIPM sponsors free laptops for all its students. The IBM laptops, loaded with Windows XP operating system, have all the latest standard software packages required by a student in his/her daily academic life. As an additional feature, all the nine IIPM campuses, spread across seven centres in the country, have been made wire-free with the installation of Wi-Fi devices. This will provide the students with an additional advantage of staying online for unlimited time, whenever they are in any of the campuses.

Residential Accommodation - Students coming from various states can opt for the residential accommodation offered by IIPM. Past experience indicates that students living in small groups of two under the care and supervision of landlords’ families are able to devote more time to studies than students living in large groups in campus hostels. After hectic class hours, students also enjoy relatively quiet family atmosphere during the evenings. The Institute has, therefore, arranged for simple and ordinary rooms scattered throughout the cities where it has its branches, to provide residential accommodation to students. Only such accommodation is available to students who may need it. Female students will be refunded proportionate seat rent whenever their guardians arrange for their accommodation on their own.

Academic Centres - These are as follows:

1. Centre for Executive Development - Executive Development Programmes in the areas of Planning and Management of National Economy, Corporate Planning are conducted.
2. Regional Centres of Studies & Research - The Institute is likely to open centres of Studies and Research in Bangalore and Simla very soon. Whenever such Centres start functioning students living in Institute’s accommodation will have to abide by the Institute’s decision to enrol themselves in different centres to enhance the effectiveness of teaching by having small groups in each centre.
3. Centre for Human Development - The objective of the Centre is to initiate discussions, seminars and research on sustainable and ethical needs of man and woman (physical and psychological) and on how to plan and manage a society, which ensures full growth of human capabilities avoiding dehumanizing process of industrial civilization.
4. Art of Living - The centre intends to organise weekly lectures by renowned personalities from various walks of life apart from business in order to inculcate the finer aspects of human sensitivity in students. Centre for Leadership Training The centre intends to train social/political workers, trade union leaders etc.
5. Centre for Comparative Planning & Management - The Centre intends to study problems of planning and management of production units as well as social affairs in different socio-economic settings (e.g. USA, China, South Korea, Taiwan, Germany, Israel, etc.) and to draw appropriate conclusions for India.
6. Centre for Entrepreneurship Development - The objective of the centre is to teach how to write bankable project reports and to give theoretical as well as practical guidance in setting up and running industries/organisation. Centre for Foreign Languages To facilitate a career in export-import organizations, the Institute reimburses 50% of fees of foreign language course (conducted by the embassies) to students on successful completion of such courses.

Leadership, Personality Development and Mentorship Programme -The course creates exceptional communicators, orators, public speakers and leaders out of each and every student in the Institute, irrespective of their backgrounds.

Wi-Fi - The 8 Wi-Fi IIPM Towers are modern architectural wonders equipped with air-conditioned classrooms, auditoriums, huge state-of-the-art computer dromes & well stocked libraries. Each student is also given a laptop computer to accelerate the learning process. In New Delhi, IIPM has a sprawling eight storied building : IIPM Tower-I & a 40,000 sq. ft. building on 1 acre of land : IIPM Tower-II, both in Qutub Institutional Area, the most prestigious institutional area in the country. Similar IIPM Towers with exceptional facilities are also there in Bandra, Mumbai as well as in Chennai, Pune, Bangalore, Hyderabad & Ahmedabad.

Classrooms, Auditorium and Teaching - The campus is equipped with 7 huge amphitheatre class rooms and a 300 seater auditorium giving students a completely international feel.

Method of Teaching - The Institute uses case study methods (no overemphasis) along with class lectures to encourage active participation of the students in the total process of learning. Trimester Project/Research Project/Project Feasibility Report are essential parts of the curriculum with the aim to acquaint students with practice so that not only do the students have a sound theoretical background, but also have a relevant experience in application of theory to practical situations.

• Lecture Hours - To create an atmosphere of the pressure found in the competitive environment and long hours of work, the average IIPM full-time students have to attend a cumulative of more than 1250 contact hours, in addition to trimester projects (on-the-job training) etc. This is about much more than what is prescribed for M.B.E. programme.
• Attendance Failure - Failure to attend any class results in an automatic deduction of 2 marks per class from the marks awarded in the trimester examination. 100% attendance is rewarded with 5 additional marks. A fine of Rs. 25/- per class (of 45/50 minutes) will be imposed on students, if their attendance is less than 80%. The same will be collected at the time of handing over Attendance Certificate/Final Marksheet/Testimonial.

Hostels - Research fellows may opt to live in campus hostels. Campus hostel accommodation is also available for participants of short-duration Rural Development Programmes, Faculty Development Programme, Executive Development Programme etc.

Research & Publications - The journals provide as a platform and forum where creative and valid ideas, contemporary &tacit knowledge can be accommodated and archived. These publications create a space where ideas, theses, anti-theses, unconventional theories find place for expression and exposure. This also aims at empowering professionals everywhere to lead more productive (work) lives by disseminating knowledge processed here at the IIPM Intelligence Unit.

Industry Interface - It was ranked 4th in the Outlook survey, in the Industry Interface section. The entire set of corporate consulting activities are carried out through Planman Consulting - IIPMs strategic alliance partners for corporate activities. Planman Consulting also takes care of the entire range of international alliances, placement activities, media initiatives, marketing, growth & expansion activities of IIPM. Planman today employs more than 200 MBAs working through 10 branches in India, UK & Canada. More than 75% of the consultants at Planman are IIPM graduates. Through Planman, members of IIPM faculty are always engaged in numerous consulting assignments which in turn brings awesome industry exposure into the four walls of IIPM classrooms. Students invariably also become a part of a large number of industry consulting projects during their stay at IIPM. Planman further organises executive development programmes, undertakes T&D activities, HR Consulting, Marketing Consulting, Market Research, CEO Search, Event Management, Media Consulting, TV & Film Production in association with IIPM. Established in 1996 with intellectual resourcing from IIPM, it is today Indian’s largest multi interest Indian multinational management consulting firm. Its clients include every other Fortune 500 Co. as well as leading Indian organisations. CEOs and Presidents of India Inc. attend workshops organised by Planman - IIPM regularly to hone their leadership as well as corporate strategy skills.

Fellowship Programme - Successful completion of the fellowship programme leads to the award of the title of Fellow of The Indian Institute of Planning and Management. In the first phase of about two years, students have to study prescribed courses. After passing examinations in these courses, students are admitted to the candidacy of the fellowship and may use the title of Associate Fellow*(IIPM students are exempted from attending these courses.). In the second phase of about 2 years a student writes a thesis of doctoral standard. Research Fellowships of Rs. 15000/- to Rs. 25000/- per month are offered to participants of the fellowship programme. Research Associateship Research Associateships from Rs. 20000/- to Rs. 30000/- p.m. are available to candidates with Ph.D, Candidates with exceptional / multidisciplinary backgrounds may not have Ph.D. An additional amount up to Rs. 12000/- p.a. may also be awarded to deserving candidates.

Research Professorship - Research Professorships with emoluments comparable to Professor of Eminence are also available. No registration fee is to be paid by candidates for fellowship/Research Associateship/Research Professorship.

Scholarships & Awards - A few scholarships of a value up to Rs. 3000/- each per month are available to economically weak yet meritorious and social service oriented students. Director’s Gold (gold plated/gold in the centre) and Silver Medals are awarded for excellence in all spheres of life as perceived by the Director. Rank Holders in trimester examinations are awarded merit scholarships of Rs. 2000/- to Rs. 5000/- in each trimester.

Some of the prizes instituted by IIPM, individuals / organizations are:

1. Pranabendra Kishore Chaudhuri Memorial Award of Rs. 1000/- for best performance in Social Service Projects.
2. Aurobindo Chaudhuri Memorial award of Rs. 2500/- for best performance in Comparative Planning and Management Area.
3. Dhirendra Kishore Chaudhuri Memorial Award of Rs. 1000/- for best performance in Rural Development Programme.

Placements - IIPM International placements kicked off this year’s international placements by placing 30 students of the 2006-08 batch in the largest outdoor advertising & publicity company of u.a.e in dubai. More than 20 Fortune-500 companies have recruited students from the 2007-08 batch. Over the years more and more students have been placed at international locations with global giants. Some of the recruiters include Citibank, ICICI Bank, HSBC, Standard Chartered, HDFC,  ABN Amro etc.

Alumni Society - Members of IIPM alumni society of more than 3,000 enjoy a life long association with one another and with the institute, which aims to serve as an intellectual and professional home base for its graduates throughout their careers. IIPM alumni clubs are spread all over India, actively involved in various rural development and social upliftment programmes.

IIPM Clubs - Some of these include:

• Finance Club.
• Food & Agribusiness Club.
• Health Industry Club.
• IIPM Debate Society.

Achievements

Zee Business best B-School survey -  2009:

• Ranked 1st in Global Exposure in India (ahead of all the IIMs).
• Ranked 5th in Overall (ahead of 3 IIMs).
• Ranked 5th in Industry Interface (ahead of 3 IIMs).

Zee Business best B-School survey -  2008:

• Ranked No.1 B-School in India in Global Exposure.
• Ranked 7th Best B-School in India, ovreall.

Business Today Ranking, 2006:

• Ranked 5th best B-school in India by MBA students.
• Ranked 7th First Favourite B-school in India.
• Ranked 8th most Recommend by Recruiters, Executives, Functional heads, MBA Wannabes, Current MBAs.
• Ranked 11th Best B-school overall.

At the first ever 2008 Best B-School Awards in India organised by Deccan Herald, IIPM was awarded ‘India’s Most Innovative B-School Award for Its Unique Course Contents and Global Exposure’.

IIPM’s total faculty strength comprises more than 300 permanent members and more than 250 visiting members. The permanent members of the faculty are mostly IIPM alumni with exceptional academic records and industry experience,making it perhaps the only B-School in the world with so many management graduates in its permanent faculty.

As an initial phase, over 1500 notebook PCs have been given out to the new batch of students for the academic session 2005-07 in all the centres. This is by far, the largest number of free laptops ever given out by an institute in India to its students in a single academic session making it one of the most infrastructurally superior institutes in the country.

Roughly 35% of the permanent faculty at IIPM are women.