Post Graduate Diploma in Personnel Management

Name of the Course

Duration

The duration of the course is two years

Eligibility Criteria

Graduate in any discipline with minimum of 50% marks or Honours degree or Master's degree or Graduate with 3 years working experience in HR Management in Industry or those who professionally qualified as Chartered/Cost/ Management Accountant/B Tech/LLB etc. Candidates should have completed 20 years of age at the time of application.

Prospectus

Prospectus including application forms is available from the National Office by sending a Demand Draft for Rs. 550/- (including postage) drawn in favour of National Institute of Personnel Management-DPM Trust payable at Kolkata. Prospectus is also available from counter of the National Office against payment of Rs. 500/-.

Course fee

Total Course fee for two years is Rs.16000/-(subject to revision) payable in four installments

· 1st installment Rs. 5000/- at the time of submission of completed application

· 2nd installment Rs. 5000/- within 6 months after appearing 1st semester

· 3rd installment Rs. 3000/- within 6 months from the payment date of 2nd installment

· 4th installment Rs. 3000/- within 6 months from the payment date of 3rd installment

Examination Fee

The examination fee is Rs. 200/- for each paper The Course fee and examination fees once paid to the Institute will neither be refunded nor be transferred under any circumstances.

The PGDPM Course is of two years' duration divided into four semesters. The candidates will be required to take four papers in one semester in accordance with the following schedule showing paper number with their subjects, marks each paper carries and the semesters to which each paper is earmarked.

Semester	Paper	Subject	Marks	Examination Duration

1st	I	Indian Economics	100	3 Hours
	II	Business Environment	50	2 Hours
	III	Industrial Sociology	50	2 Hours
	IV	Statistics & Social Research	50	2 Hours
2nd	V	Computer Applications	50	2 Hours
	VI	Principles & Practices of Management	100	3 Hours
	VII	Functional Management-1	100	3 Hours
	VIII	Functional Management-2	100	3 Hours
3rd	IX	Industrial Engineering & OM	100	3 Hours
	X	Organizational Behaviour	100	3 Hours
	XI	Human Resource Development(HRD)	100	3 Hours
	XII	Industrial Relations	100	3 Hours
4th	XIII	Employment Administration	100	3 Hours
	XIV	Wages & Salary Administration	100	3 Hours
	XV	Social Security & Labour welfare	100	3 Hours
	XVI	Research Project Paper	100
	XVII	Viva Voce test	100

A student may take the failed/back paper/s, if any, with the fresh three papers of the
subsequent semester paying examination fees for the failed/back papers at the prescribed rates.

Candidates after having passed in all the papers I to XII will have to prepare a Research Project Paper (RPP), which is one of the five semester of the course for the PGDPM examination and submit the RPP within one month after appearing 3 written papers XIII, XIV & XV. The viva-voce test will be held normally in March and October each year.

Validity of Registration

The registration of a candidate shall remain valid for five years.

Qualifying Marks

Minimum marks fixed for passing any paper are 50 percent.

Medium of Examination

The medium of examination is English.

Examination Centre

The Board of Studies decide upon the examination centers at the NIPM Chapter offices located in different parts of the country for holding Semester Examinations. New centers may be opened and existing centers may be discontinued at the direction of the Board of Studies. At present Examination are held in Bangalore , Kolkata, Delhi , Chennai, Mumbai and Trivandrum .

Some important dates of the PGDPM Examination:

Admission	July & January
Supply of Study Materials	August & February
Semester Examinations	December & June
Publication of Semester results	March & September
Last date of submission of application form	15th April & 15th October
Submission of Research Project Paper	January & July
Viva voce test	March & October
Final Results	April & November