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Bachelor of Business Administration (Hons.)
Duration
- 4 Years
Eligibility
- Pass in 10+2 with aggregate of 50% and above (any discipline). Students awaiting their final examinations results can also apply.
Admission Calendar
- Last Date for Submission of Completed Application Form: 16 September 2024
The Bachelor of Business Administration program is a campus based program offered with a view to impart in depth knowledge and broad understanding of the basics of Management. The program focuses on various areas of Management and also equips the students to pursue Master program in due course or pursue professions commensurate with the degree.
4-Year BBA Degree (Honours): A four-year BBA Honours degree in the major discipline will be awarded to those who complete a four-year degree programme with 160 credits and have satisfied the credit requirements as per UGC guidelines.
Award
Students successfully completing the program are awarded degree in their respective discipline by the University, in accordance with the University rules
| Admission Calendar | |
| Last date for submission of duly completed Application Form along with Admission Fees & release of Provisional Admission Letters | 16 September 2024 |
| Registration with scrutiny of original certificates & Payment of First Semester Fee | 19 September 2024 |
| Commencement of Classes | 23 September 2024 |
FIRST YEAR | Semester I | Semester II | ||||
Subject Code | Subject Name | Credits | Subject Code | Subject Name | Credits | |
CC- I | Principles of Management | 4 | CC- II | Principles of Economics | 4 | |
| MC- I | Computer Applications in Business Processes | 4 | MC- II | Fundamentals of Information Security | 4 | |
IDC- I | Statistics | 3 | IDC- II | Introduction to Psychology | 3 | |
AEC- I | Effective English Communication | 3 | AEC- II | Functional English | 2 | |
SEC- I | Fundamentals of Soft Skills | 3 | SEC- II | Digital Skills | 3 | |
VAC- I | Personal Family Health and Wellness | 3 | VAC- III | Human Values and Professional Ethics | 2 | |
| VAC- II | Understanding India | 2 | VAC- IV | Human Society in the Natural Environment | 3 | |
Total Credits | 22 | Total Credits | 21 | |||
Total Credits in First Year | 43 | |||||
INTERNSHIP PROGRAM I [Duration 4 weeks] | 43+4 | |||||
Note: CC- Core Course, MC- Minor Course, IDC – Inter Disciplinary Course, AEC- Ability Enhancement Course, SEC – Skill Enhancement Course, VAC- Value Added Course
- Provides an understanding of tasks and functions of management, theories and overall practices in the field of management.
- Develops communication skills with knowledge in business communication
- Familiarizes the student with computer usage and its application in the field of business.
- Students exiting the programme after securing 43 credits will be awarded UG Certificate if they secure 4 credits in summer internship.
- If the student proposes to continue further after exit, then he/she has to join in third semester within three years of exit.
- Students who wish to continue for Second Year is exempted from doing Internship Program I.
SECOND YEAR | Semester III | Semester IV | ||||
Subject Code | Subject Name | Credits | Subject Code | Subject Name | Credits | |
CC- III | Fundamentals of Accounting | 4 | CC- V | Financial Management | 4 | |
CC- IV | Introduction to Marketing | 4 | CC-VI | Organizational Behavior | 4 | |
MC-III | Minor Course | 4 | CC-VII | Quantitative Business Methods | 4 | |
IDC-III | Introduction to Philosophy | 3 | MC-IV | Data Science for Managers | 4 | |
AEC- III | Academic Reading and Writing | 2 | MC-V | Minor Course | 4 | |
| SEC- III | Impactful Presentations | 3 | AEC- IV | Introduction to Modern Indian Language(SWAYAM) | 3 | |
Total Credits | 20 | Total Credits | 23 | |||
Total Credits in Second Year | 43 | Cumulative Credits[FIRST YEAR + SECOND YEAR] | 86 | |||
INTERSHIP PROGRAM II [4 credits – Duration 4 weeks] | 86+4 | |||||
Note: CC- Core Course, MC- Minor Course, IDC – Inter Disciplinary Course, AEC- Ability Enhancement Course, SEC – Skill Enhancement Course, VAC- Value Added Course
Note:CC- Core Course, MC- Minor Course, IDC – Inter Disciplinary Course, AEC- Ability Enhancement Course, SEC – Skill Enhancement Course, Internship Program II is compulsory
Minor Course (MC) | |
MC-III | Business Laws |
Knowledge Management | |
MC-V | Corporate Laws |
Business Process Re-Engineering | |
- To understand the concepts, strategies and issues involved in the exchange of products and services.
- To develop the understanding of accounts, business finance and investment decisions.
- To familiarize the student with legal perspective of the business and to give the basic knowledge about the rules and regulations of business execution.
- To inculcate the sense of preparedness, confidence and effectiveness for impactful presentation in real life scenarios, to make the candidate confident to face interviews and all kinds of presentations.
- Students exiting the programme after securing 86 credits will be awarded UG Diploma if they secure additional 4 credits in summer internship.
- If the student proposes to continue further after exit, then he/she has to join in fifth semester within three years of exit.
- Students who wish to continue for Third Year has to do Internship Program II.
Semester V | Semester VI | |||||
THIRD YEAR | Subject Code | Subject Name | Credits | Subject Code | Subject Name | Credits |
CC- VIII | Management Accounting | 4 | CC-XII | Business Strategy | 4 | |
CC- IX | Human Resource Management | 4 | CC-XIII | Operations Management | 4 | |
CC- X | Business Environment | 4 | CC-XIV | Leadership and Change Management | 4 | |
CC-XI | Project Management | 4 | CC-XV | Industrial and Business Domain Analysis | 4 | |
DSE-I | Discipline Specific Elective | 4 | DSE-II | Discipline Specific Elective | 4 | |
Total Credits | 20 | Total Credits | 20 | |||
Total Credits in Third Year | 40 | Cumulative Credits[FIRST YEAR + SECOND YEAR+THIRD YEAR] | 130 | |||
Note: CC- Core Course, MC- Minor Course, IDC – Inter Disciplinary Course, AEC- Ability Enhancement Course, SEC – Skill Enhancement Course, VAC- Value Added Course
Note:CC- Core Course, MC- Minor Course, DSE- Discipline Specific Elective
- To give the required knowledge about the external environment in which the business and the industry is thriving.
- To help students understand the managerial process along with the tools and techniques used in Project Management.
- To teach the basic techniques of how an organization acquires, rewards, motivates and manages its people effectively.
- To equip the students with basic management decisions regarding production, operation, designing decisions and designing of a production system.
- Student who completes six semesters with 130 credits will be awarded Bachelor in Business Administration.
- If the student proposes to continue further after exit, then he/she has to join within three years of exit.
- Students after completing Bachelor’s Degree can either go for BBA Honors or Honors with Research if they maintain 7.5 CGPA.
FOURTH YEAR | Semester VII | Semester VIII | ||||
Subject Code | Subject Name | Credits | Subject Code | Subject Name | Credits | |
CC- XVI | Management Control Information System | 4 | CC- XVIII | Design Thinking | 4 | |
CC- XVII | Management Research Project-I | 4 | CC-XIX | Management Research Project –II | 4 | |
DSE-III | Discipline Specific Elective | 4 | DSE-V | Discipline Specific Elective | 4 | |
DSE-IV | Discipline Specific Elective | 4 | DSE-VI | Discipline Specific Elective | 4 | |
MC-VI | Advanced Computing Techniques | 4 | MC-VII | Discipline Specific Elective | 4 | |
Total Credits | 20 | Total Credits | 20 | |||
| Total Credits in Fourth Year | 40 | Cumulative Credits[FIRST YEAR + SECOND YEAR+THIRD YEAR+FOURTH YEAR] | 170 | |||
Note:CC- Core Course, MC- Minor Course, SEC- Skilled Enhancement Course, DSE- Discipline Specific Elective
- To help the student understand professional augmentation taking place in the global as well as domestic business area.
- To reduce the gap between industry and academia, with the right blend of theory and practice.
- To nurture the talent of the students for becoming good leaders and assets for an organization.
- To gain in-depth knowledge and analytical skills which will enable students to efficiently and effectively carry out various trade and marketing operations of an organization in the emerging globaluzed environment.
- To develop critical attitude necessary for “life long learning” through this course
- To reduce the gap between industry and academia, with the right blend of theory and practice.
- To nurture the talent of the students for becoming good leaders and assets for an organization.
- To gain in-depth knowledge and analytical skills which will enable students to efficiently and effectively carry out various trade and marketing operations of an organization in the emerging globalized environment.
- To develop critical attitude necessary for “life long learning” through this course.
- To help students have a research approach which is focused, systematic and investigative to discover applications and uses of theories, knowledge and principles in actual work front and in solving practical work related problems.
- To help students in the future to identify policies, strategies and tactics that are most likely to succeed in the organization and to help the organization succeed in the competitive world by effective research methods.
Note: DSE-Discipline Specific Elective
Electives
Proposed Electives offered for 4 Year BBA
Finance | Semester | Marketing | Semester |
Security Analysis | 5 | Services Marketing | 5 |
Financial Risk and Derivatives Management | 6 | B2B Marketing | 6 |
Banking and Financial Services | 7 | Introduction to Marketing Analytics | 7 |
Financial Statement Analysis | 7 | Brand Management | 7 |
Financial Analytics | 7 | Marketing Communication | 7 |
Strategic Financial Management | 8 | Introduction to Sales Management | 7 |
Portfolio Management | 8 | Strategic Marketing | 8 |
FinTech | 8 | Marketing Technology | 8 |
Project Appraisal and Finance | Managing Business Platform | 8 | |
Financial Analytics | Introduction to Digital Marketing | 8 | |
Wealth Management | Consumer Behavior | ||
Principles and Practices of Banking | |||
Business Taxation | Operations | Semester | |
Bank Products and Services | Quality and Productivity Management | 6 | |
Derivatives and Risk Management | Operations Research | 7 | |
Financial Markets and Services | Supply Chain Management | 7 | |
Goods and Service Tax | Business Analytics | 7 | |
International Business Management | |||
HR | Semester | Product Design Development | 7 |
Talent Acquisition Management | 5 | Industrial Safety and Maintenance Management | 8 |
Training and Development | 6 | Warehouse Management | 8 |
HR Analytics | 7 | ||
Introduction to Labor Codes | 7 | IT | Semester |
Diversity and Inclusion | 7 | Emerging Technologies for Future Managers | 5 |
Compensation and Benefits | 7 | Decision Support Systems | 6 |
Organizational Development | 8 | Basics Applications of AI in Business Environment | 7 |
International HRM | 8 | Data Mining | 7 |
Technology in HR | 8 | Managing IT enabled Services | 8 |
The future of work | 8 | Machine Learning for Future Managers | 8 |
Admission Modalities
The University follows semester pattern for all its programs. Each academic year consists of two semesters. Continuous evaluation is carried out through mid-semester examinations, assignments, quizzes etc., culminating in an end semester examination. The students also have to undergo faculty supervised internships for practical training. The medium of instruction is English.
Eligibility
- The selection of applicants into the UG/PG programs of the University is subject to fulfilment of the eligibility criteria made through screening of the applications.
- Due weightage is given to academic distinction, honors and awards in sports, cultural events, extra-curricular activities viz debates, quizzes and adventure sports.
- All applicants meeting the selection criteria will be given a provisional admission subject to verification of the documents at the time of registration and payment of fee.
Registration
- All applicants having received the provisional admissions are required to present themselves with Original academic/other certificates and residence proof/HRDD Govt. of Sikkim allotment letters in case seeking fee concessions, for verification along with semester and other fees on the date of Registration.
- In addition, photocopies are also required to be submitted for retention in their record with the University. Original certificates will be returned after verification
Admission Criteria
- The selection of applicants into the Program is made through screening of applications and interview. While evaluating students for admission, due weightage is given to their academic distinction, awards in sports/cultural events, debates, quizzes and other extra co-curricular activities.
- Original certificates and Domicile certificate should be produced for verification at the time of payment of first semester fee. The original certificates will be returned after verification.
- The admission decision will be communicated after the interview process.
Special Reservation
- There shall be a special provision for admission of applicants belonging to the State of Sikkim in any course of the ICFAI University, Sikkim, which shall not be less than 25 (twenty-five) per cent of seats in each course/discipline subject to the applicants meeting the minimum qualifying requirements referred below.
- Seats remaining unfilled under special reservation may be filled up by allotting the same to applicants belonging to Open Category.
- The Government Quota students will be given a fee concession of 50% on program fees.
- In addition to the Government quota, seats will be reserved with fee concession for applicants from the state of Sikkim, GTA area and the nearby North Bengal region as per the mandate of the University to serve the educational needs of the state of Sikkim and the nearby areas.
Anti-ragging & Anti-sexual Harassment
The ICFAI University provides a ragging free campus. The University follows the UGC guidelines and norms regarding the anti-ragging and anti-sexual harassment policies. The students are required to submit the duly signed affidavit for Anti-ragging at the time of admission to the University.
Application Modalities
Guidelines on how to Complete the Application Form :
The applicants are advised to read the guidelines carefully before completing the Application Form for Admission.
Application Form :
- Please make sure that you meet the eligibility criteria before filling up the Application Form.
- Fill the Application Form in CAPITAL LETTERS.
- Please provide all available and correct information in appropriate sections.
- Make sure to sign the Application Form.
- Retain a photo copy of the Application Form along with documents stipulated.
- Demand Draft for Admission Fee (One Time) of ₹3,000/- as applicable for the program applied for, towards Admission Fee drawn in favor of “The ICFAI University, Sikkim-Fee Collection A/c” payable at Gangtok
Attested Copies of Certificates :
Applicants have to enclose attested copies of the following certificates (Attestation should be done by any Gazetted Officer/Principal of the College).
- Birth Certificate / Class X Certificate
- Marksheets of Class XII / Degree Certificates (as may be applicable)
- Fee concession (if applicable) requisite documents to be attached.
- Nationality Certificate/Proof, for foreign students only.
- Other certificates pertaining to academic and extra curricularactivities.
Submission of Application Form :
The completed application form along with the Admission Fee DD should be submitted or sent at the address given below
The ICFAI University, Sikkim, Ranka Road, Lower Sichey, Gangtok (Sikkim) - 737101.
E-mail: admissions@iusikkim.edu.in
The scanned application form and the Admission fee DD to be sent along with the courier consignment number to the e-mail address given above in case sent through mail or courier.
Fee Schedule
Admission Fee
Admission Fee (One Time) of ₹3,000/- for all programs is to be paid by all the students along with the application forms.
Exam Fee
All the students need to pay an amount of ₹2,000/- per semester for UG PG programs towards Exam Fee along with the Program Fee.
Caution Deposit
All students are required to pay a Caution Deposit (One Time) of ₹5,000/- along with the First Semester Fee. The Caution Deposit will be refunded without interest and after adjusting for dues, if any, to the students on completion of the Program.
Program Fee
Students have to pay the fee at the beginning of each semester, as per the due dates which will be notified separately at the relevant time.
|
Program |
Duration |
Category |
Fee in Rs. ** (Per Semester) |
|
BBA (Hons.) |
4 Years |
Non Domicile |
36,500 |
|
Domicile |
25,500 |
||
|
Govt. Quota |
18,500 |
* The ICFAI University, Sikkim is enabling an equal opportunity for all. However, limited seats will be available for SC ST students with relaxation in the eligibility criteria as per the Govt. of Sikkim norms wherever applicable. Students awaiting for final year examination results are also eligible for admission. The Management reserves the right to accept or reject any application with valid ground/s.
# Note: Age restriction for Law Programs can be relaxed as per BCI guidelines.
** Fee Concession: The University proposes to give 50% of the program fee concession to the students coming from Sikkim Government Quota & 30% to the students from North East States, GTA Region & North Bengal respectively.
Remittance: All payments should be made by way of Demand Draft, banker’s cheque drawn in favor of “The ICFAI University, Sikkim - Fee Collection A/c” payable at Gangtok, Sikkim. or through University website only.
Merit Scholarships
The ICFAI University Sikkim offers merit scholarships to students pursuing the UG PG Programs. The scholarships are based on performance in Class XII (or equivalent)/ Graduation (or equivalent) and Semester-wise performance during the Program.
A. Merit Scholarships based on past academic record: Percentage of marks achieved in qualifying examination will decide the amount of scholarship. The Scholarship amount will be awarded in 2 equal instalments i.e. in the first and second semester of the program. The second instalment of the scholarship will be awarded on securing a minimum 8.00 GPA in the first semester. The students availing 50% program fee concession (i.e., Govt. Quota students) will not be eligible for scholarships based on Past Academic Record. However, they will be eligible for scholarships based on semester-wise performance. The scholarship details are as presented in the following table.
| Aggregate % in qualifying examinatio | % of 1st Semester program fee given as merit scholarship |
| ≥ 90% | 75% |
| ≥ 80% - < 90% | 60% |
| ≥ 70% - < 80% | 50% |
All subjects will be taken into consideration for calculating the percentage for Entry Level Scholarship.
B. Merit Scholarships based on Semester-wise Performance: Up to 10% of the students of the batch will be awarded merit scholarships based on their Semester-wise performance (Details presented in the table given below). These scholarships are offered in addition to the scholarships based on the past academic record.
| Academic Performance (CGPA) | Category I ≥ 9.00 | Category II ≥ 8.50 - < 9.00 | Category III ≥ 8.00 - < 8.50 |
| % of Program fee of the semester will be awarded as scholarship | 30% | 22% | 15% |