Introduction of

DoMS- M.Mgt

About the

specialization?

How to prepare

for GD/PI?

Important

questions and

APRIL (16-18) topics for GD/PI?

GD-PI KIT How to reach

IISc?
The road to success!!
With a wholehearted appreciation for getting successfully shortlisted in
the first round, here come the most important and rigorous rounds to
reach your final destination and get the glory. This kit serves like a road
map for various questions in your mind and help you throughout the
process. All the best!!

VENUE
DEPARTMENT OF
MANAGEMENT STUDIES
Indian Institute of Science

admissions@mgmt.iisc.ernet.in
 Introduction

Master of Management
DOMS – IISc

The Department of Management Studies at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) is

one of the oldest departments of management in India. It has been running post graduate
programme and the doctoral programme since the mid-1950s. Being a premier research
institute of higher learning, it positions itself to train students in futuristic areas like
technology management, business analytics.
In 2011, the Department launched a new Master of Management (M.Mgt)
programme with a focus on Business Analytics and Technology Management. In this
millennium, India is emerging as one of the global hubs of high-technology industries and
R&D. This is largely due to the increasing entry of MNCs into India in the above sectors, as
well as rapid growth of domestic enterprises. Such high-technology and R&D intensive
industries need managerial personnel who have exposure and training in Business
Analytics and/or Technology Management.
Students will be encouraged to do summer internships and projects as part of
their curriculum. This exposure to live problems and challenges of running an enterprise,
leads to an understanding of application aspects of management.

Minimum Qualification:
Ist Class BE/B Tech/BSc(Engg)/ BS(technical) or equivalent degree and should qualify in CAT or
GATE or GMAT.

Selection Process:

Group Discussion and Personal Interview. Both rounds will be conducted for all the
candidates who are shortlisted. Usually, the process will be only for one full day
from morning to evening.
About the specializations

Business analytics & Technology Management

We have attached the details of the specializations in the form of fliers in the official
Facebook group. Candidates can go through the following link and download the same.

Interview day tips

1. The interview venue for all the days will be Department of Management
Studies, IISc Bangalore.
2. The process will start at sharp 9:00 am. Try to reach the department at least
15 minutes earlier and mark the attendance. The process will end max. by 5:30
in the evening same day. There will be only one slot running throughout a
day.
3. Make sure you are properly dressed.
4. Carry all the necessary documents and one set of Xerox copies.
5. It is mandatory for all the shortlisted candidates to bring interview call letter
and category certificate (if applicable), failing which they will not be
allowed for the interview process.
6. In the interview call letter it may state that the process will last for 2-3 days.
However the entire process will last for a single day. Candidates can make
arrangements accordingly. The exact time details is mentioned in the
earlier points.
7. It takes around 2 hours to travel between Bengaluru Airport and IISc.
Around half an hour is consumed to travel between IISc and the (‘Majestic
Benagaluru’ or ‘Yeshwanthpur’) railway station.

Change in interview dates

Candidates who have a problem on attending interview on the date he/she is supposed to attend
should send a mail immediately to office.mgmt@iisc.ac.in or chair.mgmt@iisc.ac.in stating a valid
reason. He/She can attend on any of the interview dates (16th,17th, 18th ) ONLY. The same should be
mentioned in the email.
Kindly bring the printout of the email during the interview day.
List of Documents Required during GDPI

Candidates need to carry the documents (Original + at least 2 photocopies) of the following
documents

1. Score card- (GATE/GMAT/CAT)

2. Caste Certificate (certified by the Government of India)- (if applicable)
3. Application form
4. Resume
5. Printout of call letter
6. Work experience certificate (if applicable)
7. 10th standard marksheets
8. 12th standard or Diploma (all semester) marksheets
8. Undergraduate Engineering degree all semester marksheets (if available)
9. All semester marksheets of any other higher education (if applicable)
10. Aadhaar Card for Indians or Passport for Overseas candidates.
 Some frequent questions asked in PI

● Tell me about yourself

● Long term and short term goals
● Why should we select you for the course? What difference will you bring on to
the table?
● Why do you want to join DoMS IISc?
● Why Master of Management?
● Any example of real life application of statistics
● Why do you think analytics, technology management is important?
● How our course squares with your aspiration?
● About yourself
● Which specialization do you want to take?
● Give an example of use of technology management in industry
● Name some latest invention for which patent is granted.
● Difference between patent, copyright and trademark. What other intellectual
property rights do you know?
● Favorite subject? (This is a common question asked and one can expect the
interviewers to grill a candidate based on his/her answer)
Ex- Economics – Questions on GDP, oil prices, Sliding rupee value etc. where asked.
Operations- Can you draw a six sigma graph?
Mathematics-Probability, Functions, linear
algebra. Energy – tell us Renewable energy
scenario in India
● Questions on Linear Algebra and optimization
● Explain us about your work in your past company
● Why break in job?
● You have taken a probability and statistics course in your under graduation. What did
you study in it?

Tips for Business analytics

Since Business analytics is broadly application of statistics in real life world candidates are advised
to study basic statistics and be ready for questions on topics like Probability, Permutation and
Combination etc.
 Tips for Technology management
Go through topics Technology, Technology management, R&D management,
Innovation and kinds of Innovation, Intellectual property rights etc.

Candidates are expected to have a basic idea and not in depth knowledge, so that if anyone
asks, one can confidently answer at least outline of things. However do not waste much time
on them.

GD & WAT Topics:

Initially Candidates will be given a topic and time will be given to write about that topic briefly (a
page or two). After this, candidates will have a group discussion on the same topic. Time for WAT:
15-20 minutes, GD: 20-30 minutes.

• Social Development Vs. Economic Development

• "Is IPL fulfilling the aim of development of sport spirit or just making money"
• Which is more sustainable: Villages or Megacities?
• Should policy makers concentrate only on economic growth?
• Economics drive engineering
• Too many IIT’s and IIM’s
• Terrorism and how to deal it?
• Slump in oil prices
• Sliding rupee value
• Repo and reverse repo rate policies of RBI
• Should private companies be involved in reducing poverty?
• Brain drain in India.

GD tips
Candidates should go through current affairs .Some topics can be like ‘Inflation Rate in India after GST and
Demonetization’, ‘Stephen Hawking’, ‘Space-X towards the future’, ‘Future of solar power in India’,
‘Scope of Chandrayaan 2 mission by ISRO’, ‘Economic Survey 2017-18’ etc.

Note:- The above mentioned GDPI tips are just for the indication purpose. One may (or may not) have
exactly the same GDPI experience as mentioned here. The direction, in which the discussion gets
headed, is solely upto the candidate.
How to reach IISc ?

Trivia’s:

Local name for IISc is 'Tata Institute’. Always use 'Tata Institute' with the taxi, auto drivers, and
bus conductors. Auto rickshaw and taxi drivers can generally converse in Kannada, Tamil,
Telugu, and Hindi.

Transport from/to the Airport:

IISc is about 30 km from the Bangalore Airport (both domestic and International). Prepaid
taxis are available at the airport to all parts of the city. While both private (OLA, Uber ) and
airport taxis are available. In addition to it, BMTC runs AC buses (Vayu Vajra) from Airport to
all parts of Bangalore. If one wants to commute by bus from Airport, board the bus which
goes towards Yeshwanthpur and mention ‘Tata Institute’ to the Conductor or driver.
Bus Number ‘KIAS-10’ or ‘KIA-10’ travel between IISc and the Airport.

Reaching IISc From the Main Railway Station and Majestic:

The main railway station in Bangalore is called Bangalore City which is about 7 km from IISc.
The railway station and the main bus stand (called as Majestic) are opposite to each other.
Pre-paid auto rickshaw facility is available at the Bangalore City Railway Station. You
could tell the counterperson that you are travelling to Tata Institute. You can also use the
bus services from the Majestic bus station: Bus Route nos. 252 E, 258 C, 271 series, 273 series,
275, 99 A and B . Alight at TATA INSTITUTE Bus Stop.

Reaching IISc From the Cantonment Railway Station:

Another important railway station in Bangalore is Cantonment Railway Station, also known
as Bangalore Cantt. The distance from this station to IISc is almost same as the Bangalore
City railway station and it also has prepaid auto rickshaw facility. You can also use the bus
services from the bus stop just opposite to the station. Route Nos. 94 A and E, 252 A, 270 A,
272, 276 A .

Reaching IISc from the Yeshwanthpur Railway Station:

Yeshwanthpur is a small railway station, located within Bangalore, but it is NOT the main
railway station of Bangalore. One good thing about Yeshwanthpur is that it is very close to
IISc, but very few trains stop here. The auto rickshaw ride from Yeshwanthpur to IISc will
cost around Rs. 50 to Rs. 80.
After reaching IISc:

MANAGEMENT STUDIES building is present on the other side of campus near Prakruthi
eatery. You can ask any security for guidance. For convenience a campus map is put here. Try
to reach Satish Dhawan Auditorium (on the map location 9). This auditorium is directly
connected to Management studies building and this is the convenient landmark.