Dear Students,
After this mail, the student community should be very clear on how we manage the admissions process at SCMHRD. The admissions process is backed by extensive internal research on the entrepreneurship and corporate requirements.
I am hereby detailing the admissions process, step by step:
1. We have the following types of Students:
* Open Category on Merit
* Family Business Oriented/Industry Sponsored
* NRI Students
* Management Quota (As per AICTE specification)
2. We then wait for the SNAP results of the applicants
3. We take 4,000 Top Scorers from the SNAP exam who have applied to SCMHRD
4. We then assign positive weightages for the criteria as under based on the Bio-Data ( Filled in during the application process) of these students:
* If the applicant is professionally qualified like MBBS, CA, ICWA, MSc (Biotech) or MPharma
* If the candidate is an engineer from Premier Institutes like IITs, NITs (erstwhile RECs), etc.
* If the applicant is a postgraduate from a reputed institute.
* If he/she has relevant work experience
* If specific potential is reflected in his ability to become an entrepreneur.
* If the applicant has achievements at National or State level Sports, music and dramatics.
5. We also assign negative weightages for the criteria mentioned below:
* If the candidate has taken more time than expected to complete his/her studies
* If he/she reflects lack of focus in his/her academics and work experience
6. Hence after assigning these weightages to the 4,000 Top scorers in SNAP, around 2,000 calls are given out for the Group Process and Personal Interview (GP/PI) stage.
7. The Group Process (GP) is an elimination round, but at this stage the applicant is judged for around 50 minutes in two separate rounds. This gives the Group Process panel of judges enough conviction to select students for the Personal Interviews.
8. The endeavour of the institute is to innovate in the Group Process rounds with new set of activities/processes, because every year we identify the competencies expected out of students when they pass out two years later. Thus competencies required at the end of two years are forecasted and included in the selection process.
9. Also during the Group Process stage, the credentials of the applicant which he/she has mentioned in the Bio-Data are duly verified by seeking for original copies of certificates from the candidates.
10. The Institute is high on ethics and any false declaration in the application form will seriously undermine his/her candidature. Hence please fill in your application form with utmost diligence.
11. The Personal Interview stage forms the crucial part of the admission Process, with maximum weightage given to this round in the overall grand score of the candidate.
12. An Essay writing/Psychometric Test is also carried out for candidates selected for the Personal Interview round, which helps in differentiating the candidates with an understanding of his/her thought process.
13. Hence, at the end of the Personal Interviews, a cumulative score of the Pre-GP stage and PI stage of each candidate is available. The GP stage scoring is only used to select students for the next round and is not included in the final tally of the merit list scores.
14. Thus a Merit list is formed based on these scores and Final calls are given out for the following in each category:
* Open Category on Merit
* Family Business Oriented/Industry Sponsored.
* NRI Students
These steps outline the procedure we follow at SCMHRD during the admissions process.
Regards
Prof K S Subramanian
Director, SCMHRD