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PGDM (FM)
Post Graduate Diploma in Management-Financial Management (PGDM-FM)
The Two-year full-time Post Graduate Diploma in Financial Management is an AICTE approved
Programme. It is designed on a unique curriculum structure to cater to the growing requirements
for finance professionals in the field of investment management, banking and financial services
with leading corporates, banks, and financial institutions.

This programme builds students’ skills and knowledge in finance, and attempts to develop a
holistic approach to management in all disciplines of Finance. The programme equips the
students to gain a hands-on approach to business and financial information through the usage of
technological platform, and attempts to bridge the gap between financial theory and practice.

Objectives:

 Familiarizing the students with the financial environment of business, especially the financial
markets

 Equipping students to gain insight into equity research, financial services, and investment
banking services
 Developing conceptual framework for regulatory environment with respect to financial markets
and institutions

 Developing analytical skills and knowledge base of students for risk management and
operations and econometrics

Pedagogy
The instructional methodology comprises an optimum mix of lectures, classroom discussions,
case studies, role-plays, group discussions, special sessions from professionals from industry
and trade, management games, sensitivity training, management films, industrial visits, and
industry interaction. Students are encouraged to present their cases through written case reports,
individual or group presentations. Further opportunity is provided through participation of
students in various seminars.

Curriculum
The curriculum of the PGDM (FM) at FORE School of Management is an outcome of
benchmarking against the best in the world, and continuous review by the faculty in concert with
practitioners from industry, alumni and students. The content and design of courses are directed
towards developing managers who (i) have holistic and deep knowledge of their functional
specialization along with the appreciation of its role in the value proposition of the firm; (ii) are
industry-ready due to understanding of concepts, frameworks and models steeped in the context
of practice; (iii) and have sustainable employable competencies suffused with learning through
cutting-edge courses that are contemporaneous as well as futuristic.

In the two years of the programme, students have to undergo both core and elective courses.
These courses are an eclectic mix of foundational, perspective building, tools and techniques
oriented, and functional courses. The core courses provide rigorous grounding in the discipline of
management and the understanding of business in their proper relief. The core courses are
taught in the First year, which is divided into three Terms (a Term is typically of 10 weeks of
classes and at most 2 weeks of examinations).

Elective courses begin from Term-3 onwards. Thus, while Term-1 and Term-2 have only core
courses, Term-3 has both core and elective courses. The elective courses allow students to
choose and develop proficiency in their Area of Specialization.

Following the first year programme, students are required to undertake 8-10 weeks of Summer
Internship in a public or private corporate organization. The successful completion of the
Summer Internship programme is a mandatory requirement for the completion of the Post
Graduate Diploma Programme. Summer Internship is expected to provide students powerful
managerial insights with regard to business problems, understanding of management concepts
in the bedrock of industry practices, and refinement of knowledge acquired in the classroom.

The second year of the programme, from Term-4 to Term-6 consists only of elective courses.
These electives comprise courses offered by different Areas, courses of independent study,
exchange programmes, and mandatory International Immersion Programme (IIP).

The International Immersion Programme is a part of the full time course curriculum held after
Term-3 for students to have an exposure to international business scenario and global best
practices in their respective area of specialization. The immersion involves 15 hours of in-class
course in an elective of choice along with industrial and corporate visits at any one of the
international partner institutions abroad. The credits earned in the IIP accrue in Term-6.

Programme Structure and Credits

The institute uses the concept of credits to indicate the number of in-class contact hours in a
course. One credit equals 10 in-class contact hours. The 3.0 credit course involves around 100
hours of work-30 hours in the classroom, and the rest for preparation and assignments.

A student at FORE is required to do 103.5 credits (in total) for the award of Post Graduate
Diploma in Management (Financial Management). Out of the required credits, 97.5 credits come
from classroom teaching, and the balance 06 credit from summer internship. The 97.5 credits of
classroom teaching are obtained from 54.0 credits of core courses and 43.5 credits of electives.
It must be noted that the credits earned from Summer Internship are not used for calculation of
CGPA.

Year and Term Wise Credit Course Structure

First year

Term-1 21 credits (core)

Term-2 21 credits (core)

Term-3 18 credits (12 credits from Core courses + 6 credits from Electives)

1 week International Immersion Programme* of 3 credit (will reflect in Term-6)

8-10 weeks Summer Internship Project of 6.0 credit

Second year
 Term-4 18 credits (Electives)

Term-5 9 credits (Electives)

Term-6 10.5 credits (electives including 1.5 credit earned in IIP)

TOTAL 103.5 credit

* International Immersion Programme (IIP) is a complementary component of the PGDM/PGDM (IB)/PGDM (FM)/PGDM
(BDA) programs. It is subject to the safe International traveling conditions during the said period of time and Institute
reserves the right to cancel the same in a pandemic like situation.

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