Recognizing the acute shortage of Ph.Ds in management to serve the academia, research and industry, these three leading Business Schools of India -

SVKM’s NMIMS University, Mumbai

TAPMI, Manipal and

XIME, Bangalore

have come together to offer a high quality Ph.D. programme. This is the first of its kind in the country where three Business Schools together offer a Ph.D. programme.

T.A. Pai Management Institute (TAPMI)
Manipal

The T A Pai Management Institute, popularly known as TAPMI, is located at Manipal, Udupi district, Karnataka. Manipal is also known as the “International University Town” renowned for education and healthcare. It is home to a large number of educational institutions for medicine, pharmacy, dentistry, arts and science, engineering and technology. Manipal is also known for its innovative development in banking and financial services sector.

The Founder of TAPMI, the late Shri T A Pai, had a vision to establish a management institute with an objective to not only strengthen the existing educational and health infrastructure in Manipal, but to provide the much needed impetus to building professional management capability in the country.

The T A Pai Management Institute was established in 1980, in pursuance of the vision of late Shri T A Pai. The first batch of about 40 students was inducted in 1984 and a regular two year Post Graduate Programme in Management was commenced. We induct about 150 students each year to our PGDM Programme now.

TAPMI is today among the top 15 B-Schools in India and among the top 50 in Asia. The programmes of TAPMI have been recognized by its stakeholders as being among the best in the country. Continuous improvements and innovations in the curriculum, structure and academic systems, has contributed significantly to making TAPMI a preferred centre for management education.

Over 1,700 alumni of TAPMI are in positions of responsibilities and pride in India and abroad. TAPMI has extended its activities to Bangalore by setting up an exclusive Centre for Executive Education. A week-end and week day Executive MBA programmes are being offered as flagship programmes besides corporate and other short term programmes.

From its very beginning, it was decided that it would have no quota, no reservation and no management seats. All admissions to the Institute were to be based solely on merit. In another noteworthy feature, XIME is one of the leading B-Schools where the percentage of women students in each batch ranges from 40 to 48 every year.

XIME received AICTE approval to start its full-time PGDBM programme in May 1995. From its very first batch of graduates in 1997, it enjoyed full placement featuring some of the best companies of India. Considering its consistent good performance and market standing, AICTE permitted XIME to double its intake capacity to 120 in May 2002.

XIME's beginning in June 1991 was rather modest, and in a leased building. But in January 2002, it moved into its new campus in the heart of Electronics City having practically all modern facilities. In architecture, facilities and landscaping, it is a beautiful campus. It is located in a 4.30 acre plot of land. In terms of achievements, XIME :

• Has had 100 percent placement every year
• Has organized a number of path breaking national seminars and workshops, some of which with the sponsorship of AICTE
• Organized on behalf of AICTE the first ever Workshop on Accreditation of Management Schools in November 1995
• In September 2004, XIME received the highest level of 5-year accreditation from the National Board of Accreditation

XIME tries to be innovative in many ways. It is perhaps the first B-School in the country to offer a one-year Diploma Programme in Construction Management to contribute to the ever-growing need of professional manpower in the construction industry.

The policies relating to the Doctoral Programme in Management offered by Consortium of Business Schools, introduced from the academic year 2006-2007 are outlined in the ensuing sections.

        • Master's degree or equivalent in relevant disciplines like humanities, social sciences and commerce, from            a recognised university /deemed university / institution recognized by Association of Indian Universities            (AIU).

        • Post-graduate Diploma in Business Administration, considered equivalent to MBA by AIU.

  Minimum Marks Required:
        55 % marks or equivalent CGPA at PG level

   Work Experience:
        At least 2 years' full time relevant work experience in executive or supervisory capacity after obtaining         Master's Degree.

  » Candidates have to submit their applications for the programme in the prescribed form, along with a      two-page 'Statement of Purpose'. Statement of purpose should briefly describe the area of research      interest.

  » All candidates will be required to appear for a written Research Aptitude Test.

  » Candidates short-listed after the written test will be invited to make a presentation to a team of experts,      based on their 'Statement of Purpose'. The presentation will be followed by an interview.

  Those with MBA qualifications will be given exemption from the first year if they are declared successful in     the waiver test. Those granted waiver will have to attend classes for the second year course-work. For the     second year course-work, all classes will be held over the five weeks as follows:

  In the second year, candidates will receive instruction / have classroom interaction in five compulsory     subjects as follows:

      » Management Thought, Theories & Research (Philosophical Foundations of Management)

      » Economic Theories & Research,

      » Strategic Management Research,

      » Human & Organizational Behaviour Theories & Research,

      » Research Design & Methodology,
            • Quantitative Research
            • Qualitative Research

  In addition to above, candidates will have to study their specialisation subjects from the fields of Strategic     Management, Marketing, Economics / Finance, Systems, Human resources, Operations, and     Entrepreneurship. This shall be a reading paper, which will review up to 100 seminal works in the area of     specialization.

  In addition to (3) & (4) above, the candidate will be required to write 2 research papers and teach one     course at any of the participating institutions.

  Consistent good grade will have to be maintained in course work, exam and seminar combined for     proceeding to the proposal stage. A candidate has to appear for a re-exam in any paper he may fail in.     Failure in more than one paper during the course-work will necessitate re-registration.

  The candidate has to offer a Seminar on the proposal to a group of Experts (up to 5 nominated experts,     including the proposed Ph.D. guide) for approval.

  The approval is a qualifier for progressing to the dissertation stage.

  The faculty member chosen as a guide must be currently listed on the NMIMS list of guides, to be approved     by the Ph. D. Committee.

  All candidates will have to present a progress review report every three months.

  Candidates will be required to complete their dissertation within 2-4 years after registration.

  Candidates who do not submit their Ph.D. thesis within the stipulated period will be required to re-register,     following the standard re-registration procedure.

  The panel of examiners will be selected by the Ph.D. committee.

  Separate reports from all three examiners will have to be submitted to the university within three month.

  Final examining committee will be required to submit its report within two weeks after the viva.

      » VC, NMIMS

      » Two members nominated by TAPMI & XIME

      » Two Ph.D. guides nominated by the VC, NMIMS, University.

      » Registrar, NMIMS (Ex-officio member)

      » Chairperson (Research & Publications), NMIMS University.

All other incidental costs of travel & stay etc are to be borne by the candidates.