PAT- 2009 Pharma Management Admission Test for admission to NMIMS University MBA (Pharmaceutical Management)

MBA - Pharmaceuticals Management at NMIMS University

Full Time MBA (Pharmaceuticals Management)

The overall objective of the course is to prepare students to become successful managers in the pharmaceutical industry. It aims to achieve this through (i) class work, (ii) individual study programmes, (iii) case studies, and (iv) field work.

Eligibility Criteria
a) The candidate must hold a Bachelor’s Degree in Life Sciences, Pharmacy, Microbiology, Biotech, Medicine (MBBS) and allied subjects with at least 50% marks or equivalent CGPA in aggregate from any of the Universities incorporated by an act of the central or state legislature in India or other educational institutions established under section 3 of UGC Act, 1956, or possess an equivalent qualification recognized by the Ministry of HRD, Government of India.

b) Candidates holding a Masters degree in any discipline may also apply.
c) The Candidates having 2 years of post qualification work experience will be preferred.

d) The Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent qualification obtained by the candidate must entail a minimum of three years of education after completing higher secondary schooling (10+2) or equivalent. The percentage obtained by the candidate in the bachelor’s degree would be based on the practice followed by the university/institution from where the candidate has obtained the degree.

e) In case of the candidates being awarded grades/CGPA instead of marks, the equivalence would be based on the equivalence certified by the university/institution from where they have obtained bachelor’s degree. In case the university/institution does not have any scheme for converting CGPA into equivalent marks, the equivalence would be established by NMIMS by dividing obtained CGPA with the maximum possible CGPA and multiplying the resultant with 100.
f) Candidates appearing for the final year of bachelor’s degree/equivalent qualification examination and those who have completed degree requirement and are awaiting results can also apply. But their admission will be subject to their fulfilling the eligibility norms as mentioned above.

Intake: 60 Seats

Selection Process
Selection to the MBA (Pharmaceutical Management) Programme of NMIMS University for the academic year 2009-11 will be based on a three stage process.

Stage 1:

1) The first stage consists of Pharma Management Admission Test (PAT).
1.1 All the eligible candidates will have to appear for the PAT.
1.2 PAT will be conducted in Mumbai, Delhi and Bangalore Centre.

2) Structure of the Test :
2.1 PAT is an objective type test designed and developed to test the aptitude of the candidates to undergo a Post Graduate Programme in Management. Aptitude is the potential of an individual to perform subsequent to proper training. Therefore, the PAT is designed to identify this potential.

2.2 The PAT will have four sections. The four sections together will have 100 questions to be attempted in 90 minutes. The test structure is given below :

Section No.	Section Name	No. of Questions
I	Language Skills	20
II	Quantitative Skills, Data Analysis & Sufficiency	20
III	Intelligence & Logical Reasoning	20
IV	Subject Knowledge (Pharma)	40

Important Dates
PAT 2009 on Sunday 15th March 2009
(10.00 a.m. to 11.30 a.m.)
(Reporting time 9.00 a.m.)

1	Forms available on website for download (Rs. 1600/- registration fees to be paid by way of D.D. in favour of “ SVKM’s NMIMS” payable Mumbai	Thursday , 15th January 2009
2	Last date of Receipt of Forms by Post, Courier, Registerd A.D.	Wednesday , 18th February 2009
3	Call letters available on website for PAT 2008. Log on to www.nmims.edu at 5.00 p.m.	Friday , 5th March 2009
4	Date of PAT 2009 10.00 a.m. to 11.30 a.m. (Reporting time : 9.00 a.m.)	Sunday , 15th March 2009
5	Result of PAT 2009 and List of candidates called for GD & PI available on website www.nmims.edu at 5.00 p.m.	Monday, 30th March 2009