• At least 50% marks or equivalent CGPA in both class X and XII.
• Bachelor’s Degree Minimum 3 years duration for PGDM, PGDM-HRM & PGDM-Business Analytics (Minimum 4 years duration for PGDM-IB), with at least 50% marks or equivalent CGPA in any discipline from any University recognized by the AICTE/AIU/ Ministry of HRD, Government of India.
• Candidates appearing for the final examination for the Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent examination) and completing all requirements for obtaining the Bachelor’s degree by 30th June, 2026 can also apply to the PGDM, PGDM-HRM and PGDM-Business Analytics programmes, subject to furnishing evidence to that effect latest by 31st October, 2026.
• Applicants to the PGDM-IB programme must possess a minimum of 1 year (one year) work experience as on 31st January 2026, after completion of a minimum 4 years duration Bachelor’s degree for the programme. The candidates with 3 years’ duration bachelor degree are NOT ELIGIBLE to apply for PGDM-IB Programme.
• Indicate only paid and full-time work experience, acquired after completing the Bachelor's Degree. Apprenticeship, Articleship, Internship etc. which form an integral plan of a course of study should not be treated as work experience.

The basis for computing the percentage obtained by the candidate would be based on the practice followed by the university/ institution/board from where the candidate has obtained the degree/certificate. In case of the candidates being awarded grades/CGPA instead of marks, the equivalence would be based on the equivalence certified by the university/ institution/board from where they have obtained bachelor’s degree/certificate. In case the university/ institution /board does not have any scheme for converting CGPA into equivalent marks, the equivalence would be established by MDI by multiplying the obtained CGPA with the factor of 9.5.

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“Instances of provision of incorrect information detected at any stage of the selection process will lead to disqualification of the candidate from the selection process. If such instances go undetected during current selection process but are discovered later, the admission of the candidate will be cancelled.”

POST GRADUATE DIPLOMA IN MANAGEMENT (PGDM)

Objectives

Management Development Institute Murshidabad, Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) is a 2-year fulltime residential programme designed to nurture students and help them build and enhance their managerial competence. The meticulously structured programme will enable students to:

• Understand the social, economic, political, technological and ecological environment to make them environmentally and socially responsible ethical managers through hands-on-learning experiences.
• Become effective leaders, who can achieve results beyond expectations and transform organizations.
• Emphasis on lateral thinking so that they evolve with innovative ideas, alternative solutions, and set benchmark for others through enabled entrepreneurial skills.
• Imbibe values of discipline, integrity, justice and fairness so that they promote and maintain high ethical standards in management.
• Develop a global mind-set so that future managers can meet the challenges of international competition .

Curriculum Design

The PGDM curriculum has been designed to enrich student’s skills and abilities in order to enable them in applying management theories and concepts in live problems existing in business and industry. The programme enables students to identify and diagnose complex problems in management through hands on learning experiences. It includes gamut of pedagogy: lectures, case studies, seminars, assignments, live projects, group discussions, business games, outbound based experiential learning activities, educational excursions, role plays, simulation exercises, structured and unstructured group work, and field visits. Consistent with state-of-art technology, the programme integrates the use of computers (IT) in the learning process. The students undertake several field based projects (live projects) so that they can get better insights into real life situation. These all will inevitably assist students to achieve high standards of excellence.

Specializations

In the second year, the student opts for elective/ optional courses to specialize in a maximum of two functional areas.

These areas of specialization may deal with any of the following:

• Accounting and Finance
• Organizational Behaviour and Human Resource Management
• Marketing
• Operations Management
• Information Management and Business Analytics
• Strategic Management and International Business

All elective Courses, however, may not be offered, as this would be determined by the number of students showing interest in aforementioned area of specializations. Details about the electives are made available to students when they join MDIM. To specialize in an area, a student must opt for a minimum of five elective courses offered in that area that assigns a weightage of 15 credits and three each for a course. Students will be allowed to opt in a range of 14 to 17 electives. However, CGPA would be decided based on the best 14 electives out of total electives where students have scored relatively better.

The Institute has envisaged new electives in line with latest demands of the students and corporate like Econometrics and many more expected to appear in the forthcoming academic session that will meet corporate requirements.