• Post-graduates from any discipline with at least 55% marks having a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent qualification obtained after a minimum of three years of work subsequent to higher secondary schooling (10+2) or equivalent.
• Those who possess professional qualifications such as CA, ICWA and CS that are considered equivalent to a postgraduate degree and have at least 55% marks.
  
  EFPM : Candidates be currently employed in a full time job and have atleast 7 years of executive/managerial/academic experience in the relevant area as on 30th June 2014. For engineering graduates the executive / managerial / teaching / research experience should be eight years. Candidates will complete 20 courses equivalent to 40 credits in 5 campus visits of 20 days duration each spread over a period of 2 years. Besides the campus visits of 20 days’ duration each, at least 3-5 additional campus visits will normally be needed. These visits are meant for comprehensive examination, defense of the thesis proposal and final thesis defense. Candidates must not be more than 55 years of age on 30th June 2014. On successful completion of all requirements of the Programme, a student will be awarded the title "Fellow of Indian Institute of Plantation Management".
  
  Degree / Diploma / Certificate holders through part-time, weekend, evening, correspondence, private appearance, or satellite-based programmes are not eligible. (Exception IGNOU).

The minimum expected duration of the programme is four years and the maximum permitted period is six years. Two extensions, of six months beyond the aforesaid maximum period of six years may be considered in exceptional cases. Students failing to complete the requirements within this time period will be deemed to have withdrawn from the programme. For the first two years, the student does course work and in the subsequent years he/she does dissertation work.

Eligible candidates with any one of the following score will be called directly for Presentation and Interview :

• CAT (scores of two years old with required cut off) as decided by the IIPMB.
• GMAT/GRE (not older than five years)
• UGC-CSIR-JRF/NET (scores not older than five years) in relevant area of specialization.
• ICAR NET (scores not older than 5 years)

• Candidates who fulfill the required eligibility given above not taken any of the above qualifying tests, but have five years experience post to their eligible degree will have to qualify the internal test designed by IIPMB for the Group Discussion & Personal Interview.
• Those who qualify eligibility norms, and sponsored by Commodity Boards / Concerned Ministry / Plantation and Associated Agri-Business sectors / Associations etc., are exempted from the test. However they will be subject to interview.

HOW TO APPLY :
For Prospectus and Application form, write to the ‘The Admissions Office’ along with a crossed Demand Draft for Rs. 1000/- (Rs. 500/- for SC/ST/PWD candidates, with relevant certificates) drawn in favour of "Indian Institute of Plantation Management", payable at Bangalore. Application form can also be downloaded from Institute's website and filled-in application along with fee may be sent to :

The Admissions Office
Indian Institute of Plantation Management
Jnana Bharathi Campus, P.O. Malathalli
Bangalore - 560 056.
Tel : 91 80 2321 2767, 91 80 2321 1716 (EPABX)
Fax : 91 80 2321 2775
e-mail : admission_iipm@vsnl.net, admissions@iipmb.edu.in.

The FPM:ABPM would ordinarily demand four years of residential requirements in two stages. In the first stage, the selected candidates need to meet the course requirements over two years.

On successful completion of the course work, the student has to qualify in the comprehensive examination before taking up the thesis work.

The thesis stage is of two years. The student will select a thesis topic from among the areas listed above. The student is expected to identify a thesis topic in consultation with the adviser and work under the supervision of a Thesis Advisory Committee. On successful completion of all the requirements of the FPM:ABPM, a student will be awarded the titled "Fellow of IIPM".