Indian Institute of Forest Management (IIFM): Admissions 2023

Indian Institute of Forest Management (IIFM) offers following programs for the academic year 2023-2024

Post Graduate Diploma in Forestry Management (PGDFM)  (2 year)

Seats: 150

Post Graduate Diploma in Sustainability Management (PGDSM) (2 year)

Seats: 75

Eligibility:  Candidate should hold at least a three-year Bachelor’s Degree in any discipline from recognised by the Association of Indian Universities (AIU).

Minimum marks shall be secured 50%.

45%, in case of candidates belonging to Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribe (ST) and Differently Abled (DA).

Candidates appearing for the final year of Bachelor’s Degree/equivalent qualification examination and those who have completed degree requirements and are awaiting results can also apply.

If selected, such candidates will be allowed to join the program provisionally, only if he/ she submits a certificate latest by June 30, 2023 from the Principal/ Registrar of his/ her College /Institute (issued on or before June 30, 2023) stating that the candidate has completed all the requirements for obtaining the bachelor’s degree/ equivalent qualification on the date of the issue of the certificate.

Selection Process: Valid Score in  CAT / XAT / MAT /MAT (FEB) /CMAT followed by Personal Interviews.

IIFM will use CAT/ XAT/ MAT/ CMAT/ GMAT score for short-listing the candidates. 

Reservation:

As per Government of India requirements,

18.75% of the seats are reserved for SC and

9.375% for ST candidates.

For Other Backward Classes candidates belonging to the ‘non-creamy ‘layer (NC-OBC) 33.75% of the seats are reserved.

As per the provision under section 39 of the PWD Act, 1995 , 5% of the seats are reserved for Persons with Disability (PWD)/Differently Abled (DA) candidates. 

Fees: Rs. 7,80,000/- Total

Fellow Program in Management (3 year)

Specialization:

• Communication and Extension Management
• Ecosystem and Environment Management
• Environment and
• Development Economics
• Financial Management
• Human Resource Management
• Information Technology and Quantitative Techniques
• Marketing Management
• Sociology and Community Development
• Strategic Management
• Technical Forestry

Eligibility: Applicant should have a Master's Degree or equivalent in Engineering and Technology/Management/Economics/Social Science/Biological Science/ Pure Science/ Commerce/ Humanities with FIRST CLASS shall be considered for admission to Fellow Programme. Those appearing for their final examination in the respective discipline can also apply. Such students if selected shall be provisionally admitted provided they complete all requirements in obtaining their Master's Degree before 30th September 2023. The admission of these candidates shall remain provisional until they produce the mark sheet providing that they satisfy the eligibility criteria.

 The deadline for submitting the final year mark sheet is 31stDecember 2023.

Or

Professional qualification like CA, ICWA, CS with a minimum of 55% marks (absolute).

Or

For IIFM Graduates, who have done PGDFM and IIM graduates who have done PGDM, the minimum OGPA of 3.00 in 4.33 maximum scale, is required.

Or

For MRM Post Graduates from IIFM, with 3.00 CGPA and above. 

The maximum age limit is 45 years as on 1st July 2023.

Selection Process: Eligible candidates with CAT/ GMAT scores (scores of two years old with a minimum cut off score as decided by IIFM) or UGCCSIR-JRF/NET or GATE or ICAR NET (certificate/ scores not older than 5 years) or candidates who have obtained a PGDFM/PGDM from IIFM/ 11M with a minimum OGPA of 3.00 or M.Phil in Natural Resource Management students of IIFM with 3.00 CGPA or qualified FRI entrance test for Ph.D (two years old) or All India and allied services officers, officers in scale Il of Nationalized Banks & officers of equivalent rank of PSUs can apply directly. Candidates who fulfill the required eligibility criteria as above and do not have any of the above qualifying test scores, but have five years' experience (post their respective eligible degree) shall be called for the internal test and those who qualify in the internal test will be called for Presentation and Personal Interview.

Presentation & Interview: Shortlisted candidates will be required to make an Online Presentation on any research topic of his/ her choice followed by Online interview. The written test, Presentation and Interview for short-listed candidates will be held in online/ offline mode in June 2023

Reservation:

As per Government of India requirement,

27% of the seats are reserved for Other Backward Classes (OBC) candidates belonging to the “Non-Creamy” layer (NC-OBC),

15% for Scheduled Caste (SC),

7.5% for Scheduled Tribes (ST) candidates and

5% for Persons with Benchmark Disabilities (PWD)

Indian Institute of Forest Management (IIFM) Admission Process 2023

Interested candidates are required to submit their online applications in the prescribed application form with all supporting documents mentioned in the form.

The ONLINE application form and details about the program are available at Institute's website www.iifm.ac.in/fpm at FPM admission page.

Completed application form (accompanied by online fee remittance of Rs. 1,000/-  for GEN/NC-OBC/DA/EWS category, Rs. 500/- for SC/ST/DA in SC/ST category should be submitted online through the link provided in the online form.

Only eligible and shortlisted candidates will be called for further process.

Any detail in the application form of the candidate found to be incomplete would lead to rejection of his/her candidature.

Note: Shortlisted candidates will be required to make an Online Presentation on any research topic of his/ her choice followed by Online interview. The written test, Presentation and Interview for short-listed candidates will be held in online/offline mode .

Personal Interviews which will be conducted through Offline mode in the following centres viz

• 1) Bhopal
• 2) Chennai
• 3) Bengaluru
• 4) Kolkata
• 5) Delhi
• 6) Guwahati and
• 7) Ahmedabad