A very warm welcome to

EPBM 18
Participants

PROGRAMME DIRECTORS

PROF. MANISHA CHAKRABARTY PROF. SUREN SISTA PROF. SUDIP CHAUDHURI

EPBM 18 An introduction
For details: please see Academic Guidelines to be uploaded in Yahoo group

Course structure
14 courses in the programme: 7 courses in Term I 7 courses in Term II Also sessions in campus in Joka spread over 5 days during April-May, 2014 (tentatively 25 April, 2014 evening to 30 April, 2014 afternoon)

Course materials
Books to be collected from respective centres (Please check yahoo group messages from Programme executive for necessary information in this regard) Other materials to be uploaded in the yahoo group

Academic Issues
Approximately 261 on line class hours plus 27 campus class hours Usually 2 courses run in tandem

Schedules are uploaded in advance in the Yahoo group (Also note the messages for changes, if any)

There will be exams for each course almost immediately after the course is over.
Request for rescheduling of examinations cannot be entertained

Chat

Three Channels of interaction through:

Chat Voice Email

Chat is not meant for private purpose

Evaluation Procedure
Participants are evaluated on the basis of examinations for all the courses. Participants will be given any one of the following grades:

Excellent; Good; Average; or Poor.

Make up and grade improvement examinations

Will be held towards the end of the programme for absentees and those (with Poor grade) who want to improve grades In such cases, for grades above the Average grade, the grade will be adjusted one grade lower, i.e., the grade of a participant getting Excellent grade in the make up examination will be adjusted downwards to Good and Good grade will be downgraded to Average grade.

Certification

Participants will be awarded either a Certificate of Successful Completion or a Certificate of Participation

Certificate of Successful Completion

Certificate of Successful Completion will be awarded to the participant who fulfills the following criteria:
Has at least 66% attendance in each course of the programme Has appeared in all the examinations Has obtained Poor grade in not more than two courses.

Certificate of Participation
A Certificate of Participation will be awarded to the participant who has failed to satisfy the above conditions. However, if any participant has not appeared for all the examinations, his/her result will be treated as Incomplete. The rules on Dropout will apply in case of incomplete candidates.

Drop-out Rules
In case a participant fails to complete the programme with the current batch, he/she will be given the opportunity to complete the programme with one of the next two batches after paying the requisite fee, provided the programme is offered at that time. If a participant fails to complete the programme even in next two batches, his/her registration will automatically get cancelled.

Unfair means and practices

Copying in any form in any examination will be considered as an act of indiscipline. The institute will initiate serious disciplinary action, including debarring the participant from the programme in case a participant is found guilty. In such cases the fees paid will NOT be refunded.

Archives

of the lecture sessions available only for absentees

Campus visit

A 5 day programme in the Joka campus of the Institute during April-May, 2014 (tentatively 25 April, 2014 evening to 30 April, 2014 afternoon) Not mandatory but strongly recommended During the campus programme, participants will be required to stay at the IIMC campus. Board and lodging will be arranged by IIMC and a fee will be charged.

Placement

Not provided to the participants of any Long Duration Programmes (LDP)

Alumni status

All participants of LDP, who receive a successful completion certificate, will enjoy alumni status They will be called alumni of IIMC-MDP. They will get access to the alumni portal of IIMC

Yahoo group

A Yahoo group will be created by the programme executive, IIM Calcutta. All the participants are required to join the yahoo group All course materials will be uploaded through the Yahoo group All announcements will be made through the Yahoo group For programme related matters, participants may communicate with each other through the yahoo group But to communicate with the Programme executive, please use cc_ldp@iimcal.ac.in.

Yahoogroups Membership
Yahoo group link: http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/epbm18 Participants need to follow the steps mentioned below for sending the request to join the yahoo group

type the link in address bar -> click on "Join this group" -> sign into yahoo group using yahoo id only -> follow three steps (please mention full name along with student ID in "comment to owner" option) > join.

After getting the approval from the owner, participant will be able to access the yahoo group.

Contact Details

Academic matters:
Ms. Chaitali Chakraborty (Programme Coordinator)
cc_ldp@iimcal.ac.in (USE this one not Yahoo group)

The telephone number of the programme office:

+91-33-2467 8300-06 (Ext. 586).

If the participants want to bring anything to the notice of the Manager, LDP, IIMC, Ms. Subhra Dhar or the programme directors of EPBM 18, then this may kindly be done through Ms. Chaitali Chakraborty.

Other matters:
please contact Hughes directly.