32nd Meeting of Academic Council - IGNOU

due to scarcity of appropriate counselors. The counseling for
BDP students with effect from 2006 will be held from July to
November. Therefore, to allow the counseling sessions to
coincide for both intakes, it was necessary to change the
admission cycle of the programme from January to July.
ACSC 12.27.2
The Academic Council’s Standing Committee approved the
proposal for cost-effectiveness and requirements of counseling.
ITEM NO. 12.28
ACSC 12.28.1
ACSC 12.28.2
ACSC 12.28.3
TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE AWARD OF MBA
DEGREE FOR STUDENTS ADMITTED TO PGSDM
UNDER ‘DIRECT ENTRY SCHEME”.
Prof. Pardeep Sahni, Registrar, SRE explained that according to
the rules applicable between 1991 and 1996, students having
Master’s Degree were admitted to Post Graduate Specialization
Diplomas in four functional areas under the direct entry scheme.
Such students could, after completing specialization PG Diploma,
enroll. for MBA after clearing entrance test like other applicants.
They were eligible for credit transfer and w.e.f. 1997, entrance
test was made mandatory. A few students, who registered for
PGSDM Direct Entry, continued to register for the remaining
courses of the MBA, without qualifying the entrance test, under
the same enrolment number and completed all courses required
for the award of MBA way back in 2001. This came to notice in
2002 and the award of the degree was withheld for three students
as they did not fulfil the mandatory requirement of qualifying the
entrance test. The matter was examined by the School of
Management Studies and the students were advised to appear in
the entrance test (Openmat) for MBA programme and clear it.
One of these students (Sh. M.S.Sudheer) appeared in the entrance
test (OPENMAT) and was admitted in January, 2004 batch of
MBA. On expiry of the Ist semester, he applied for credit
transfer, which has been granted by the University and he has
become eligible for MBA degree. Prof. Sahni proposed that Shri
Sudeer be awarded MBA degree.
ACSC 12.28.4
The Academic Council’s Standing Committee considered the
proposal and approved the award of MBA degree to the students
admitted to PGSDM under “Direct Entry Scheme” subject to the
condition they qualify mandatory eligibility condition of clearing
the OPENMAT.