IRMA 2012 on November 11; Registration Deadline September 30

Aug. 7, 2012 - PRLog -- Institute of Rural Management Anand (IRMA) Gujarat has announced the admission for the flagship program Postgraduate Programme in Rural Management (PRM) and Fellow Programme in Rural Management (FPRM) through IRMA entrance exam to be held on Sunday, November 11, 2012.

The announcement was made on Sunday, August 4, 2012. The application process has started and the last date of application is Sunday, September 30, 2012. Before you decide whether you want to apply for the IRMA entrance exam, know the important information shared by the institute.

Eligibility

For the PRM program, you have to be a graduate in any discipline with minimum 50 per cent marks in aggregate or equivalent GPA by June 17, 2013. Only Indian nationals are eligible to apply.

For the FPRM program, the candidates should either be Postgraduates in any discipline from a recognized university with 55 per cent marks and 50 per cent marks in graduation or a PGDRM from IRMA or have a four or five year professional degree with 60 per cent marks and at least one year work experience or candidates who have valid score of UGC JRF (NET) or CSIR in relevant disciplines are eligible.

Important Dates

IRMA 2012 will be held on Sunday, November 11, 2012.

The last date to apply is Sunday, September 30, 2012.

Application Process

The online application fee for one programme is Rs. 1000 and for two programmes it is Rs. 1500.  For hardcopy application, the application fee is Rs. 1050 for one programme and Rs. 1550 for two programmes.

IRMA Exam Pattern

The duration of IRMA exam is three hours. There are four sections in the exam, English Comprehension, Quantitative Ability, Analytical Reasoning and Issues of Social Concern. There are 200 questions in total. The difficulty level is moderate to difficult.

Test Centers

IRMA 2012 will be held across 27 test centers in India. The cities in which the test will be held are Anand, Bangalore, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Chandigarh, Chennai, Coimbatore, Dehradun, Delhi, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Kochi, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, Pantnagar, Patna, Pune, Raipur, Rajkot, Ranchi, Thiruvanthapuram, Udaipur, Varanasi and Vijaywada.

Selection Procedure

The PRM students will be selected on the basis of written test, group activity and personal interview. FPRM students would be selected on the basis of the written test, interview and presentation of an essay.

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