Post Graduate Diploma in Management (Agri Business Management)

The Genesis

MANAGE was established in 1987 as the National Centre for Management of Agricultural Extension at Hyderabad by the Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India, in response to the challenges of agricultural extension in a rapidly growing and diverse agriculture and allied sectors. In recognition of the importance of MANAGE and expansion of its activities all over the country, its status was elevated to that of a National Institute in 1992 and renamed as National Institute of Agricultural Extension Management.

MANAGE offers services in the following streams:

• Management Education

• Training in Agricultural Extension

• Action Research

• Consultancy

• Information, Documentation and Dissemination Services

• Implementation of Government of India Programs/ Schemes

• Policy Advocacy

A. Eligibility

 The candidate must hold a Bachelor’s Degree in Agriculture Sciences or in Agriculture-related disciplines, with at least 50% marks or equivalent CGPA of any of the Universities incorporated by an act of the Central or State legislature in India or other educational institutions established by an Act of Parliament or declared to be deemed as a

University under Section 3 of the UGC Act, 1956, or possess an equivalent qualification recognized by the Ministry of HRD, Government of India or a Bachelor’s degree in Agriculture Sciences or Agriculture-related disciplines recognized by ICAR. The Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent qualification obtained by the candidate must entail a minimum of three years of education after completing higher secondary schooling (10+2) or equivalent.

Agriculture related disciplines shall include:

Agriculture, Agri Business Management, Commercial Agriculture, Agricultural Marketing and Cooperation, Agricultural Engineering, Agricultural Information Technology, Bioinformatics, Biotechnology, Dairy Technology, Fisheries, Food Technology, Food Processing Engineering, Forestry, Horticulture, Sericulture, Veterinary Science & Animal Husbandry

The candidate must hold a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent qualification in any other subject such as Humanities, Social Sciences, Engineering, Pure Sciences, Commerce etc. (This list is only illustrative) with at least 50% marks or equivalent CGPA  from a University or Institution as defined in the above paragraph. The Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent qualification disciplines recognized by ICAR. The Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent qualification obtained by the candidate must entail a minimum of three years of education after completing higher secondary schooling (10+2) or equivalent.

The candidates must have a valid Score of CAT-2017 conducted by Indian Institutes of Management.

MANAGE uses CAT score for short-listing the candidates for admission to PGDM (ABM). IIMs have no other role either in the selection process or in the conduct of the programme.

Candidates who are in final year of their graduation can also apply and submit their provisional certificate and marks sheet/grade card indicating up to date and latest cumulative marks/ CGPA/OGPA till the previous year/ semester and also indicate the same in the application form.

Their provisional eligibility will be decided based on the same. If selected, they may seek provisional admission into the programme on payment of the required fee and other charges as specified. After joining the programme, they will have to submit the provisional degree certificate and aggregate marks/CGPA/OGPA latest by August 31, 2016 failing which the provisional admission will automatically stand cancelled.

Last date for receiving filled in applications:

January 31, 2018.

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