Bachelor of Management

Bachelor of Management Studies

A candidate for being eligible for admission to the B.M.S. Degree Course shall have passed H.S.C. Examination of the Maharashtra Board of Higher Secondary Education or its equivalent examination or Diploma in any Engineering branches with two years or three years duration after S.S.C., conducted by the Board of Technical Education, Maharashtra State or its equivalent examination by securing minimum 45% marks for general category (in one attempt) at the respective Examination and minimum 40% marks for the reserved category (in one attempt)"

Eligibility for B.M.S. Admissions

A reference is invited to the Ordinances, Regulations and syllabi relating to the Bachelor of Management Studies (B.M.S.) degree course vide pamphlet No.309 and this office circular No. UG/278 of 2007, dated 16th June, 2007 and the Principals of the affiliated Colleges in Arts, Science, Commerce and Engineering and Professor-cum-Director, Institute of Distance and Open Learning are hereby informed that the recommendation made by the Faculty of Commerce at its meeting held on 8th September, 2009 has been accepted by the Academic Council at its meeting held on 17th September, 2009 vide item No.4.13 and subsequently approved by the Management Council at its meeting held on 25th September, 2009 vide item No.21 and that,in accordance therewith, it has been amended Ordinance 3941 relating to the eligibility of B.M.S. degree course to read as under :

Q.3941 :
"A candidate for being eligible for admission to the B.M.S. Degree Course shall have passed H.S.C. Examination of the Maharashtra Board of Higher Secondary Education or its equivalent examination or Diploma in any Engineering branches with two years or three years duration after S.S.C., conducted by the Board of Technical Education, Maharashtra State or its equivalent examination by securing minimum 45% marks for general category (in one attempt) at the respective Examination and minimum 40% marks for the reserved category (in one attempt)"

No college shall conduct any entrance test in any form and the admissions are purely based on merit duly following the reservation policy as per the norms of Government of Maharashtra. While drawing the merit list, weightage has to be given to students from Arts, Commerce and Science stream at 12th Standard level. The stream wise weightage to be given is as under :

Stream Commerce Arts Science Diploma in Engineering and other
Percentage 45% 25% 25% 5%

The Aapplications are to be accepted and processed by the colleges stream wise separately and the merit list is to be displayed stream wise taking into account the reservation policy prescribed by the Government of Maharashtra.

  • The merit list is to be prepared and displayed streamwise.
  • In case if no applications are received under the "Diploma in Engineering and Other Category" or if the seats remain vacant in "Diploma in Engineering and other Category" after all the merit lists / forms are exhausted, the vacant seats must be transferred to Commerce Stream.
  • In case if no application is received from any stream the vacant seats are to be distributed equally between the remaining twostreams only.
  • After the first merit list is displayed, if any seat allotted to one stream remains vacant, the same shall be distributed equally between the remaining two streams. In case of vacancy in one stream is of single / odd number of seats, the single seat is to be allotted to the Commerce Stream. In case if no applications are available from the two stream, then all the vacant seats of such two streams must be transferred to the third stream.
  • Step(d) be repeated for the subsequent merit lists till all the forms are exhausted or the final merit list is displayed, whichever is earlier.

First Semester

1. Elective Course (EC)
  • Introduction to Financial Accounts
  • Business Law
  • Business Statistics
2. Ability Enhancement Courses (AEC)
2.A Ability Enhancement Compulsory Courses (AECC)
  • Business Communication - I
2.B *Skill Enhancement Courses (SEC)
  • Foundation Course - I
3. Core Courses (CC)
  • Foundation of Human Skills
  • Business Economics - I

Second Semester

1. Elective Course (EC)
  • Principles of Marketing
  • Industrial Law
  • Business Mathematics
2. Ability Enhancement Courses (AEC)
2.A Ability Enhancement Compulsory Courses (AECC)
  • Business Communication - II
2.B *Skill Enhancement Courses (SEC)
  • Foundation Course - Value Education and Soft Skill - II
3. Core Courses (CC)
  • Business Environment
  • Principles of Management

Third Semester

1. Compulsory Courses
  • Environmental Management (FC III)
  • Business Planning & Entrpreneurial Management
  • Accounting for Managerial Decisions
  • Strategic Management
  • Information Technology in Business Management - I
Any One Elective to be selected by the learner
I. Finance Group - Electives
  • Basic of Financial Services
  • Corporate Finance
II. Marketing Group - Elective
  • Consumer Behaviour
  • Advertising
III. Human Resource Group - Elective
  • Recruitment & Selection
  • Motivational & Leadership

Fourth Semester

1. Compulsory Courses
  • Business Economics - II
  • Business Research Methods
  • Ethics & Governance (FC-IV)
  • Production & Total Quality Management
  • Information Technology in Business Management -II
Any One Elective to be selected by the learner
I. Finance Group - Electives
  • Financial Institutions & Markets
  • Strategic Cost Marketing
II. Marketing Group - Elective
  • Integrated Marketing Communication
  • Rural Marketing
III. Human Resource Group - Elective
  • Training & Development in HRM
  • Human Resource Planning & Information System

Fifth Semester

Compulsory Courses
  • Logistics & supply chain management
  • Corporate Communication & Public Relations
Any one elective to be selected by the learner
Financial Group-Electives
  • Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management
  • Commodity and Derivatives Market
  • Wealth Management
  • Risk Management
Marketing Group-Electives
  • Services marketing
  • E-Commerce & Digital marketing
  • Sales & Distribution Management
  • Customer Relationship Management
Human Resource Group-Electives
  • Finance for HR Professional & Compensation Management
  • Strategic Human Resource management & HR Policies
  • Performance management & Career Planning
  • Industrial Relations

Sixth Semester

Compulsory Courses
  • Operations Research
  • Project Work
Any one elective to be selected by the learner
Financial Group-Electives
  • Strategic Financial Management
  • International Finance
  • Innovative Financial Services
  • Project Management
Marketing Group-Electives
  • Brand Management
  • Retail Management
  • International Marketing
  • Media Planning & Management
Human Resource Group-Electives
  • HRM in Global Perpective