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| Answers for Admission Process: |
Q1: How can one procure the application form for the various programs offered by your institute?
A1: You may send a cheque or demand draft for Rs.900/- drawn on SMOT
payable at Chennai on receipt of which we will courier the admissions
application package to your address. If you are in Chennai, you may
prefer to walk in to the office and collect the application package on
payment of Rs.900 in cash or cheque or draft.
Q2: Which is the most important aspect of the entire admission process (with maximum weight)?
A2: Personal Interview is the most important aspect in one’s selection process.
Q3: What are the skills/qualities you want to test during written exam, interview and GD?
A3: Written Test: Verbal and aptitude
Interview: Clarity of purpose, language, articulation, comforts level, intellectual honesty and competitiveness.
GD: A set of group activities including group discussion.
Q4: How do you ensure the diversity of the class?
A4: SMOT selects students from all over the country.
Q5: Will SMOT arrange for educational loans?
A5:SMOT
has tie-up with nationalized banks for Educational Loans for their
students at very attractive interest rates and repayment modes.
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| Answers for Academic Background: |
Q1: Are engineers more preferred over non-engineer?
A1: There is nothing of that sort. Any graduate degree is acceptable.
Q2: Is there a separate cut-off for engineers and non-engineers? Do you evaluate the two types of candidates differently?
A2: Graduate degree is only a pre-requisite. Any aspirant will have to satisfy the selection requirements of SMOT.
Q3: How important are grades in the selection process?
A3: Academic performance is important to the extent that the candidate
should have consistent record of academic achievement from the high
school level to college.
Q4: How do you take an applicant's undergraduate alma mater into consideration?
A4: The candidate should have graduated from any recognized college / university.
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| Answers for Work Experience: |
Q1: How important is work experience for the selection?
A1: Work experience is an important component for business education.
However, this does not stand in the way of getting selected if
performance otherwise is up to expected level. In fact, SMOT prefers to
have a balanced mix of both experienced and fresh graduates to comprise
the class.
Q2: What kind of work experience is preferred?
A2: Work experience in a formal corporate environment is desirable.
Experience in family owned business is also a desirable parameter.
Q3: What is the school's ideal amount of work experience?
A3: It takes about a year minimum for any fresh graduate joining a job to
gainfully understand and appreciate the responsibilities that go with a
role.
Q4: Are applicants with one year of work experience evaluated differently than candidates with five years under their belts?
A4: All things being equal, a more experienced applicant should score over another with lesser experience.
Q5: How much professional experience is too much? Is a candidate, say with
12 years of work? Experience, going to fit into the program?
A5: A few students with substantial work experience in the range of 12 to
15 years are always welcome for the class to provide moral support,
guidance and leadership.
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| Answers for Interview: |
Q1: What kinds of questions can an interviewee expect to hear during an interview?
A1: Interviewing process in SMOT will be an enlightened experience for the
applicant. The interaction will be so rewarding that the aspirant will
go with a feeling of fulfillment irrespective of the result. The
aspirant will have an opportunity to discover some of the aspects of
his / her own self.
Q2: What attributes are you looking for when you interview candidates?
A2: Intellectual honesty, competitiveness, comfort level, language are some of the attributes that will come under examination.
Q3: How long do your interviews last?
A3: Normally it should last between 20 and 30 minutes.
Q4: Is a long interview better than a short interview?
A4: Not necessarily. An appropriate candidate can be spotted within the
first three to five minutes. t is always better to give more time for
doubtful applicants and allow time for them to prove themselves. In any
case, a decision can be arrived at within the first 20 minutes.
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| Answers for Group Discussions: |
Q1: What do you want to learn about candidates in GDs?
A1: Appreciation of the topic, depth of analysis, respect for views of
others, articulation, Language and expression are some of the aspects
that SMOT will be looking for in the GD.
Q2: Do you expect a thorough knowledge of the topic being discussed?
A2: Not necessarily. But certain level of appreciation of the topic is
necessary for the group discussion to give opportunity for the
moderator to evaluate.
Q3: What is the worst thing a candidate can do during GD?
A3: Dominance and verbose among others are likely to show a candidate in a bad light.
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| Answers for Waiting List: |
Q1: How many applicants are placed on wait list? And how many eventually make it off?
A1: About 25% of the total intake will be the approximate number of aspirants on wait list.
Most of the aspirants on the waitlist are likely to make it.
Q2: Ultimately, what is it that separates accepted applicants from the wait listed and denied folks?
A2: How enthusiastic the interview panel was in recommending an aspirant for admission would have made the difference.
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| Answers for General: |
Q1: How can applicants convince you and your staff that they are a good match for the program?
A1:
- Best
way is to know as much as possible about SMOT, its program, selection
process, expectations and get thoroughly prepared for that.
- Sincerity and seriousness one would show in preparing the application is also an indication.
Q2: What's the worst thing an applicant can do during the selection process?
A2: Bungling in the personal interview could prove to be the worst thing.
Q3: What general characteristics is the B-school looking for?
A3: Generally the applicant should be in a position to demonstrate certain
level of maturity in relating his strengths and weaknesses to the kind
of profile of job role and responsibilities that he / she intends to
take up after graduation.
Q4: What does the school want to learn through the admission process? Are
there things that people? Do that are more appreciated by the
admissions committee?
A4:
- The
school would be interested in validating its own approach with regard
to its curriculum which is oriented towards career specific verticals.
- The
admissions committee certainly appreciates depth of understanding of
the post-employment woes that a typical management graduate would face
in the work place and appreciation that SMOT offers a modest solution
to squarely face such situations.
Q5: Which aspect of the application should an applicant is most concerned with to make himself / herself a competitive player?
A5: Preparation of statement of purpose and descriptive profile are the two
most important aspects that the applicant should be concerned about.
Q6: Whether the Institute has any ties with other International Institutes?
A6: SMOT has international collaboration at two levels: One is with professional organizations for career track endorsements. In this class, we have started with partnership Canadian Association of Management Consultants. The other is with academic institutions for certification. We have partnership with Saint Mary’s University, Halifax, Canada.
The partnership agreement with Canadian Association of Management Consultants (CAMC)
By this partnership,
- Students
of SMOT will have access to CAMC’s flagship program. This will benefit
those who intend to specialize in a Consulting Career Vertical –
Essentials of Management Consulting – the best practices common body of
knowledge in management consulting.
- CAMC will deploy its faculty expert pool to teach students of SMOT.
- CAMC
will endorse the Management Consulting Track offered in SMOT which
entails students of SMOT to opt for further international certification
if they choose to.
The tie up with Saint
Mary's University, Halifax, Canada is for co-certification, faculty and
students exchange and research.
Q7: Have you conducted any national/ international level Seminars/ MDPs/ Workshops?
A7: MDP on Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainable Development by
Bob White, President and CEO of BRI International, Toronto was
conducted on 29th March, 2007.
There are some more MDPs being organized.
Q8: Does SMOT have AICTE approval?
A8: SMOT is in the process of applying to AICTE for its approval.
Q9: Will residence facility be made available for the students?
A9: Certainly. Our Admin team will work with you to get the most suited
residence at the most competitive price. SMOT prefers its students to
stay as close to the institute as possible.
Q10: How is the program offered in SMOT relevant to industry?
A10: Career Track specialization makes it the most relevant to industry. The
courses offered in specialization phase are innovative, practical,
current and widespread and the students will not only find them
important for their career but interesting.
Q11: What are your plans for placing the students?
A11: A senior professor holds full time charge as the Associate Dean for
Career Guidance and Placement. He has to his credit long years of
service in similar assignment from well established B School.
Q12: Which university you will be collaborating with for certification?
A12:
- SMOT
collaborates with Saint Mary’s University, Halifax, Canada for
certification. SMU is among the top five universities in Canada and the
B School in SMU is AACSB accredited.
- he collaboration also enables SMOT students to transfer credits and pursue higher studies if they choose to.
- Faculty from SMU will teach in SMOT and engage in research with the faculty of SMOT as a result of this arrangement.
Q13: Who are the people behind?
A13:
- Dr. R. Narasimhan is the Director. He has to his credit postgraduate and doctoral degrees
from IIT, Roorkee and IIT Madras and postdoctoral work from TIFR. He
has over 20 years of teaching combined with entrepreneurship
experience. The most notable are his starting a center of computer
applications in Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering and his
association with Great Lakes Institute of Management during the
establishment phase of the school. Dr. Narasimhan is the Founder
Director of SMOT.
- the top team also consists of
Mr. Nazeer Kabeer, businessman and philanthropist. Mr. Nazeer has a
passion for education with a vision to make quality education
affordable to the needy. He heads the SMOT Governing Board.
- Ms. Heather Osler, President and CEO of Canadian Association of Management Consultant, is
well respected in industry for her innovations in streamlining the
profession of management consulting and also being instrumental in
making the organization world’s largest in consulting.
- Dr. Murtuza Fida Ali is a doctor by profession. He is an educationist with track record of
establishing and successfully running institutions of repute in
Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh. He is a member of the Governing Board.
- SMOT boasts of an Academic Council unparallel in having people with
highest level of achievements in their respective areas of
specialization. They come from academics and industry with right mix of
industry experience, professional practice and teaching.
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| Answers for Faculty : |
Q1: Number of full time faculty?
A1: SMOT has started with three full time faculties and intends to have
about six faculties on its role by the time it commences class in
September 2007.
Q2: Number of visiting faculty?
A2: SMOT has three visiting professors from academia, six from industry and
ten from professional organizations on the visiting faculty. This will
increase substantially increase in the months to come.
Q3: Ratio of full-time faculty to students?
A3: SMOT will achieve an excellent faculty time for the students outside class hours.
Q4: Qualifications of full-time faculty?
A4: All of the professors teaching in SMOT will be minimum postgraduates
with substantial business, Industry / teaching experience. Some of them
hold doctoral degree. Campus infrastructure
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Q1: What is the student/ computer ratio?
A1: All the students will have laptops and wi-fi Internet connectivity.
Q2: How big is the library?
A2: Our library consists of 2000 books and subscription to 25 journals to
start with.SMOT Library will also subscribe to some of the most popular
databases. The library is managed by a senior professional specialized
in Library science and has vast experience in managing B School
Resource Centers.
Q3: Is a laptop mandatory?
A3:
The program requires a laptop. SMOT will help the students to buy this at highly discounted price. However, all the students will be given a palmtop and broadband 24 by 7 Internet access.
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