Link open for Online Application: September 27, 2023
Last date for submitting Online Application: January 17, 2024
Interviews (Tentative): March/April, 2024

Candidates must possess-
A Master's Degree or Two-year Post Graduate Diploma (obtained after completing a bachelor's degree with 55% marks or equivalent) or a 5-year Integrated Master's Degree (obtained after completing higher secondary school in the 10+2 pattern) in any field with 55% marks or equivalent.
(OR)
Professional qualification - CA, CS, CMA (with a minimum of 50% marks) in addition to a bachelor's degree (with at least 55% marks).
(OR)
A four-year / eight-semester Bachelor's degree with a minimum CGPA of 6.5/10 or comparable grades.

Note that the Bachelor's/ Master's degree or equivalent qualification should be from any of the Universities incorporated by an act of the central or state legislature in India or other educational institutions established by an act of Parliament or declared to be deemed as a University under section 3 of UGC Act, 1956; or be recognized by the Ministry of HRD, Government of India; or possess an equivalent qualification from an institution approved by AICTE.

Candidates in their last year of a Master's/ Bachelor's programme that would qualify them to apply may also apply. Such candidates, if selected, will only be allowed to join the programme provisionally if they submit a certificate latest by May 31, 2024 from the Principal/Head of the Department/Registrar or Director of the university/institute (issued on or before May 31, 2024) stating that they have appeared for the examinations (including practical examinations) in all the subjects required for obtaining the Master's/Bachelor’s degree/equivalent qualification.

Their admission will be confirmed when they submit mark sheets and a certificate of having completed the Master's/Bachelor’s degree/equivalent qualification referred in the certificate issued by the Principal/Registrar of their college/institution. The deadline for the submission of Marksheet and the Certificate is December 31, 2024.

Please note that those candidates who have applied on the basis of their master's degree will have to meet the 55% marks stipulation, and those who have applied on the basis of their bachelor's degree will have to meet the 6.5 CGPA (or equivalent) marks stipulation. Non-fulfilment of these conditions will automatically result in the cancellation of the provisional admission.

Candidates applying to the Doctoral Programme are required to take the Common Admission Test (CAT) or a standard test in lieu of CAT. For NRIs and Foreign students this standard test is the Graduate Management Aptitude Test (GMAT).

Different areas of high levels of specialization of IIMA have specified different standard tests that candidates applying to the Doctoral Programme in their areas of high levels of specialization can take in lieu of CAT. These standard tests are given in the following table:

Area of high levels of specialization	Standard Test in lieu of CAT
Agriculture	GRE/GMAT/UGC-JRF (Economics/Development Studies/Development Economics/Business Economics/Management) ICAR-SRF (PGS – merit list for award of SRF)
Economics	GRE/GMAT/GATE/UGC-JRF in relevant discipline
Finance & Accounting	GRE/GMAT
Human Resource Management	GRE/GMAT/GATE
Information Systems	GRE/GMAT/GATE
Innovation and Management in Education	GRE/GMAT/GATE/UGC-JRF in relevant discipline
Marketing	GRE/GMAT
Operations & Decision Sciences	GRE/GMAT/GATE/UGC- NET JRF in Mathematical Sciences
Organizational Behaviour	GRE/GMAT/UGC-JRF in relevant discipline
Public Systems	GRE/GMAT/GATE/UGC-JRF (in relevant discipline)
Strategy	GRE/GMAT

The validity of the CAT and the other standard test scores are given in the following table. Note that the scores should be valid on the deadline for submission of the application form.

CAT	5 years
GRE#	5 years
GMAT#	5 years
GATE	3 years
JRF	3 years
SRF	1 year

# Online GMAT/GRE (Take home) exam scores are not valid. Only test center-based GMAT/GRE scores are valid.

Alumni of all IIMs should also meet the standard test score requirements as mentioned above.
Candidates will be short listed on the basis of their performance in CAT or the standard test in lieu of CAT, academic background, and experience. The Doctoral programme admission interviews will be held during March-April 2024. IIMA may conduct online or face-to-face interviews depending upon the health advisory issued by the authorities at that time.

IIMA provides a comprehensive fellowship that covers all academic expenses including tuition, computer, library, medical insurance, placement and alumni fees, and in addition includes a monthly subsistence allowance.
The details of monthly subsistence allowance are as follows:

Slab I: For first and second years	Rs. 42,000/-
Slab II: After successful completion of Area Comprehensive Examination	Rs. 45,000/-
Slab III: After submitting the TAC approved thesis proposal	Rs. 50,000/-

All students have access to a contingency allowance of Rs.25,000 per year (for five years) to cover research fees, book costs, photocopying, etc. Students are eligible to receive up to Rs. 3,00,000/- for attending an international conference/workshop/summer school during the first five years of their Doctoral Programme tenure. (Additional information is provided in the Doctoral Programme Brochure.)

The Doctoral Programme is a full-time programme that requires significant on-campus/local living. On-campus accommodations for single students for the initial part of their tenure, and limited housing on campus for married students are available.

Online Application Form and Brochure will be made available on the institute website. Candidates may submit applications for a maximum of two areas of high levels of specialization using the online application form. An application fee of Rs. 500/- can be paid through IIMA's payment gateway. The last date for submitting the application will be January 17, 2024.

Please also refer to the IIMA's Doctoral Programme advertisement that appeared in leading newspapers during September 2023.