Master of Management Studies (MMS)

Welcome to Master of Management Studies

MMS is a two year program affiliated to the University of Mumbai. In a short time of two years, the MMS program from DSIMS has emerged as truly exceptional. On successful completion,

the student gets the MMS degree from the University of Mumbai. Our recruiters (almost 100 companies) are a testimony to our acceptance.

At DSIMS our focus is on nurturing employable managers. To do this, we have taken the University curriculum and imparted it the DSIMS touch to make it contemporary and relevant.

As a student of DSIMS, you will go through a faculty aided transformation exercise that will develop you as employable managers. We invite you to browse through our site to learn more about our differentiators.

We offer specializations in

  • Finance
  • Marketing
  • Human Resource Management and
  • Operations

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    APPLICATION PROCESS: (for Institute level seats.)

    • 1. The Application Form for MMS is available online on the institute’s website: www.dsims.org.in
    • 2. The student needs to fill & submit the form on DSIMS Website and pay the application fees of Rs 2000 on the DSIMS portal form.
    • 3. Submit a printout of the downloaded PDF along with the below mentioned documents.
      1. Entrance Score Card
      2. Inter-se- merit rank issued by DTE in CAT process.
      3. Graduation Mark sheet , if appearing submit last semester mark sheet.
    • 4. The form and Application fees should reach the institute within 7 days.
    • 5. Only on receipt of the form and application fees, one would be considered for admission based on Inter-se-merit rank issued by DTE.
    • 6. Submission of online admission form does not guarantee an admission to the institute.

    CODE OF CONDUCT:
    The selected candidates will have to observe the “Code of Conduct” as defined by AICTE, DTE and the Institute. A copy of the “Honor Code” of the Institute will be given to the student at the time of admission, which contains details regarding Anti Ragging and other aspects of discipline. The student will need to return the “Honor Code” to the institute duly signed by him / her.

    PROHIBITION OF RAGGING:
    Institute shall take all necessary and required measures, including but not limited to the provisions of these regulations to achieve the objectives of eliminating ragging within the institution or outside (Refer UGC Regulations on curbing the menace of ragging in Higher Educational Institutions, 2009)

    GRIEVANCE REDRESSAL MECHANISM:
    Any Grievance / Complaint should be brought to the notice of following committees of the Institute. The Members of the various committees are put up on the Institute website and Notice Board:

    • Grievance Redressal Committee
    • Anti ragging Committee
    • Internal Complaints Committee
    • Examination committee
    • Library Committee
    • Unfair Means Enquiry Committee

    The Master of Management Studies (MMS) is a flagship program of DSIMS started in 2010. It is a two- year full time management program affiliated to the University of Mumbai and is approved by the AICTE (All India Council for Technical Education) and DTE (Directorate of Technical Education).

    The course curriculum for MMS has been structured by University of Mumbai. It comprises of four semesters  spread over two years. The first and second semester are common for all students, the students can choose any one out of the four customized specializations offered from third semester onwards.

    We at DSIMS offers four functional specializations namely:

    1. Finance
    2. Human Resource Management
    3. Marketing 
    4. Operations 

    The pedagogy includes Class room learning, Case study analysis, Simulations, Beyond Classroom Initiatives, leading to development of DSIMS Management graduates as humble yet progressive managers.

    MMS Course Structure

    Term wise course structure (Academics)

    The list of courses/exercises conducted in various terms is given in the following sections.

    First Year Core Courses*

    FIRST YEAR – SEMESTER I
    CORE PAPERS MARKS
    1.1 Perspective Management 100
    1.2 Financial Accounting 100
    1.3 Business Statistics 100
    1.4 Operations Management 100
    1.5 Managerial Economics 100
    ELECTIVES PAPERS
    1.6 Effective and Management Communication 100
    1.7 Organizational Behaviour 100
    1.8 Negotiation and Selling Skills 100
    FIRST YEAR – SEMESTER II
    CORE PAPERS MARKS
    2.1 Marketing Management 100
    2.2 Financial Management 100
    2.3 Operations Research 100
    2.4 Business Research Methods 100
    2.5 Human Resource Management 100
    ELECTIVES PAPERS MARKS
    2.6 Business Environment 100
    2.7 Corporate Social Responsibility (For Non- Finance Students) 100
    2.8 Cost and Management Accounting (For Finance Students) 100
    2.9 Analysis of Financial Statement (For Finance Students) 100
    2.10 Entrepreneurship Management (For Non- Finance Students) 100

     

    SECOND YEAR – SEMESTER III
    COMMON SUBJECTS Marks
    3.0.1 Strategic Management (University Assessment)* 100
    3.0.2 International Business 100
    3.0.3 Summer Internship  100

     

    SECOND YEAR- SEMESTER III
    SPECIALIZATION- CORE (Marks-100)
    FINANCE MARKETING HUMAN RESOURCES OPERATIONS
    Financial Markets and Institutions  Sales Management Training & Development Supply Chain Management 
    Corporate Valuation and Mergers & Acquisitions  Marketing Strategy  Compensation and Benefits Operations Analytics
    Security Analysis and Portfolio Management  Consumer Behaviour Competency Based HRM and Performance Management Service Operations Management 
    Financial Regulations Services Marketing  Labour Laws and Implications on Industrial Relations  Manufacturing Resource Planning & Control
    Derivatives and Risk Management Product & Brand Management HR Planning and Application of Technology in HR Materials Management

     

    ELECTIVES

    (Students are supposed to choose any One of the following specialization Electives as per their area of specialization)
    FINANCE MARKETING HUMAN RESOURCES OPERATIONS
    Banking and Financial Services Institutions Retail Management Personal Growth Laboratory World Class Manufacturing
    Investment Banking Rural Marketing Global HRM Business Process Engineering And Benchmarking
    Wealth Management Marketing Analytics Employee Branding and Employer Value Proposition Technology Management & Manufacturing Strategy
    Financial Modeling Digital Marketing HR Analytics Strategic Operations Management
    Strategic Cost  Management Customer Relationship Management O.S.T.D. Industrial Engineering Applications & Management
    Commodities Markets Marketing Research & Analysis HR Audit TQM
    Mutual Fund Event Management Employee Relations , Labour Laws and Alternate Dispute Resolution International Logistics
    Financial Modeling Health Care Marketing – Quantitative Models in Operations
    International Finance Distribution & SCM Productivity Management
    Tourism Marketing
    Marketing of Banking & Financial Services

     

    SECOND YEAR – SEMESTER IV
    COMMON SUBJECTS Marks
    4.0.1 Project Management (University Assessment)* 100
    4.0.2 Final Project  300

     

    ELECTIVES

    (Students are supposed to choose any one of the following specialization Electives as per their area of specialization)
    Finance  Marketing  Human Resources  Operations 
    Commercial Banking Integrated Marketing Communications OD and Change Management Operations Applications and Cases
    Business Analytics Business to Business Marketing Strategic HRM Strategic Sourcing in Supply Management
    Venture Capital and Private Equity International Marketing Management of  Corporate Social Responsibility in organizations Operations Outsourcing & Offshoring

    In order to secure admission to two year full-time MMS course, the candidate should fulfill the following eligibility criteria:

    1. Appeared/Passed with minimum of 50% marks in aggregate or equivalent CGPA (45% in case of candidates of backward class categories and Persons with disability belonging to Maharashtra State only) in any Bachelor’s degree awarded by any of the Universities incorporated by an Act of the Central or State Legislature in India or other educational institutions established by an act of Parliament or declared to be Deemed as a University under Section 3 of the UGC Act, 1956 of minimum three years duration in any discipline recognised by the Association of Indian Universities, or possess an equivalent qualification recognized by the Ministry of HRD, Government of India.
    &
    2. Appeared and secured positive non zero score in MAH-CET (Conducted by DTE) for Academic Year 2020-21
    or
    Appeared and secured positive non zero score in CAT (conducted by IIMs)/ / CMAT (conducted by AICTE)/ MAT (Conducted by AIMA) / XAT (Conducted by XLR)I /ATMA (Conducted by AIMS) for academic year 2020-21..

    If offered admission to the MMS program seat, fees payable for the academic year 2020-21 are as follows:

    Sr. No. Fee Structure OPEN (Institute) OPEN- CAP OBC – CAP SC/ST CAP NT/DT/VJ/ SBC CAP
    1 Tuition Fees 1,93,636 1,93,636 96,818
    2 Development Fees 19,364 19,364 19,364 19,364 19,364
    3 Library deposit (Refundable) 5,000 5,000 5,000 5,000 5,000
    Other fees 18,725 18,725 18,725 18,725 18,725
    Net Amount Payable

    2,36,725

    		 2,36,725 1,39,907 43,089 43,089
     

    # Fees are subject to revision by Shikshan Shulka Samiti
    Students of Other than Mumbai University shall have to pay Enrolment and Eligibility fees as follows
    1 Students of Universities with in Maharashtra except Mumbai University. 440.00
    2 Students of Universities outside Maharashtra 540.00

    Please Note: The fee is set by the Shikshan Shulka Samiti, a government body. The fee given above is an interim fee. Any decrease in fee will be refunded to the student. Similarly, the student has to pay the difference in fee if there is any increase.

    Click here for documents required for admission

    The Demand Draft/ Pay Order for the fees should be in favor of “Durgadevi Saraf Institute of Management Studies”, payable at Mumbai.
    In addition, you have to bear an additional expense of a laptop and a foreign immersion, which will be based on actual expenses.

    Refund of Fees:

    The refund of fees as applicable shall be made in due course. It is made clear that such application for cancellation will be considered only if the admission is confirmed by paying the prescribed tuition fee and other fees in full and by submitting the original documents. Refund shall be made after deduction of cancellation charges as shown below:

    Sr. No. Situation Refund
    1 Cancellation Request received before the starting of the course Entire fee Less: Rs. 1,000.00
    2 Cancellation request received after commencement of the course and if vacated seat is filled in by another student Entire fee Less: Rs. 1,000.00
    3 Cancellation request received after commencement of the course and if vacated seat is not filled in by another student Only security deposit will be refunded
    1) GAP Certificate : Click Here
    2) MINORITY Affidavit : Click Here
    3) Documents for MMS : Click Here
    4) Anti ragging affidavit : Click Here
    Admission

    APPLICATION PROCESS: (for Institute level seats.)

    • 1. The Application Form for MMS is available online on the institute’s website: www.dsims.org.in
    • 2. The student needs to fill & submit the form on DSIMS Website and pay the application fees of Rs 2000 on the DSIMS portal form.
    • 3. Submit a printout of the downloaded PDF along with the below mentioned documents.
      1. Entrance Score Card
      2. Inter-se- merit rank issued by DTE in CAT process.
      3. Graduation Mark sheet , if appearing submit last semester mark sheet.
    • 4. The form and Application fees should reach the institute within 7 days.
    • 5. Only on receipt of the form and application fees, one would be considered for admission based on Inter-se-merit rank issued by DTE.
    • 6. Submission of online admission form does not guarantee an admission to the institute.

    CODE OF CONDUCT:
    The selected candidates will have to observe the “Code of Conduct” as defined by AICTE, DTE and the Institute. A copy of the “Honor Code” of the Institute will be given to the student at the time of admission, which contains details regarding Anti Ragging and other aspects of discipline. The student will need to return the “Honor Code” to the institute duly signed by him / her.

    PROHIBITION OF RAGGING:
    Institute shall take all necessary and required measures, including but not limited to the provisions of these regulations to achieve the objectives of eliminating ragging within the institution or outside (Refer UGC Regulations on curbing the menace of ragging in Higher Educational Institutions, 2009)

    GRIEVANCE REDRESSAL MECHANISM:
    Any Grievance / Complaint should be brought to the notice of following committees of the Institute. The Members of the various committees are put up on the Institute website and Notice Board:

    • Grievance Redressal Committee
    • Anti ragging Committee
    • Internal Complaints Committee
    • Examination committee
    • Library Committee
    • Unfair Means Enquiry Committee
    Course Structure

    The Master of Management Studies (MMS) is a flagship program of DSIMS started in 2010. It is a two- year full time management program affiliated to the University of Mumbai and is approved by the AICTE (All India Council for Technical Education) and DTE (Directorate of Technical Education).

    The course curriculum for MMS has been structured by University of Mumbai. It comprises of four semesters  spread over two years. The first and second semester are common for all students, the students can choose any one out of the four customized specializations offered from third semester onwards.

    We at DSIMS offers four functional specializations namely:

    1. Finance
    2. Human Resource Management
    3. Marketing 
    4. Operations 

    The pedagogy includes Class room learning, Case study analysis, Simulations, Beyond Classroom Initiatives, leading to development of DSIMS Management graduates as humble yet progressive managers.

    MMS Course Structure

    Term wise course structure (Academics)

    The list of courses/exercises conducted in various terms is given in the following sections.

    First Year Core Courses*

    FIRST YEAR – SEMESTER I
    CORE PAPERS MARKS
    1.1 Perspective Management 100
    1.2 Financial Accounting 100
    1.3 Business Statistics 100
    1.4 Operations Management 100
    1.5 Managerial Economics 100
    ELECTIVES PAPERS
    1.6 Effective and Management Communication 100
    1.7 Organizational Behaviour 100
    1.8 Negotiation and Selling Skills 100
    FIRST YEAR – SEMESTER II
    CORE PAPERS MARKS
    2.1 Marketing Management 100
    2.2 Financial Management 100
    2.3 Operations Research 100
    2.4 Business Research Methods 100
    2.5 Human Resource Management 100
    ELECTIVES PAPERS MARKS
    2.6 Business Environment 100
    2.7 Corporate Social Responsibility (For Non- Finance Students) 100
    2.8 Cost and Management Accounting (For Finance Students) 100
    2.9 Analysis of Financial Statement (For Finance Students) 100
    2.10 Entrepreneurship Management (For Non- Finance Students) 100

     

    SECOND YEAR – SEMESTER III
    COMMON SUBJECTS Marks
    3.0.1 Strategic Management (University Assessment)* 100
    3.0.2 International Business 100
    3.0.3 Summer Internship  100

     

    SECOND YEAR- SEMESTER III
    SPECIALIZATION- CORE (Marks-100)
    FINANCE MARKETING HUMAN RESOURCES OPERATIONS
    Financial Markets and Institutions  Sales Management Training & Development Supply Chain Management 
    Corporate Valuation and Mergers & Acquisitions  Marketing Strategy  Compensation and Benefits Operations Analytics
    Security Analysis and Portfolio Management  Consumer Behaviour Competency Based HRM and Performance Management Service Operations Management 
    Financial Regulations Services Marketing  Labour Laws and Implications on Industrial Relations  Manufacturing Resource Planning & Control
    Derivatives and Risk Management Product & Brand Management HR Planning and Application of Technology in HR Materials Management

     

    ELECTIVES

    (Students are supposed to choose any One of the following specialization Electives as per their area of specialization)
    FINANCE MARKETING HUMAN RESOURCES OPERATIONS
    Banking and Financial Services Institutions Retail Management Personal Growth Laboratory World Class Manufacturing
    Investment Banking Rural Marketing Global HRM Business Process Engineering And Benchmarking
    Wealth Management Marketing Analytics Employee Branding and Employer Value Proposition Technology Management & Manufacturing Strategy
    Financial Modeling Digital Marketing HR Analytics Strategic Operations Management
    Strategic Cost  Management Customer Relationship Management O.S.T.D. Industrial Engineering Applications & Management
    Commodities Markets Marketing Research & Analysis HR Audit TQM
    Mutual Fund Event Management Employee Relations , Labour Laws and Alternate Dispute Resolution International Logistics
    Financial Modeling Health Care Marketing – Quantitative Models in Operations
    International Finance Distribution & SCM Productivity Management
    Tourism Marketing
    Marketing of Banking & Financial Services

     

    SECOND YEAR – SEMESTER IV
    COMMON SUBJECTS Marks
    4.0.1 Project Management (University Assessment)* 100
    4.0.2 Final Project  300

     

    ELECTIVES

    (Students are supposed to choose any one of the following specialization Electives as per their area of specialization)
    Finance  Marketing  Human Resources  Operations 
    Commercial Banking Integrated Marketing Communications OD and Change Management Operations Applications and Cases
    Business Analytics Business to Business Marketing Strategic HRM Strategic Sourcing in Supply Management
    Venture Capital and Private Equity International Marketing Management of  Corporate Social Responsibility in organizations Operations Outsourcing & Offshoring
    Eligibility

    In order to secure admission to two year full-time MMS course, the candidate should fulfill the following eligibility criteria:

    1. Appeared/Passed with minimum of 50% marks in aggregate or equivalent CGPA (45% in case of candidates of backward class categories and Persons with disability belonging to Maharashtra State only) in any Bachelor’s degree awarded by any of the Universities incorporated by an Act of the Central or State Legislature in India or other educational institutions established by an act of Parliament or declared to be Deemed as a University under Section 3 of the UGC Act, 1956 of minimum three years duration in any discipline recognised by the Association of Indian Universities, or possess an equivalent qualification recognized by the Ministry of HRD, Government of India.
    &
    2. Appeared and secured positive non zero score in MAH-CET (Conducted by DTE) for Academic Year 2020-21
    or
    Appeared and secured positive non zero score in CAT (conducted by IIMs)/ / CMAT (conducted by AICTE)/ MAT (Conducted by AIMA) / XAT (Conducted by XLR)I /ATMA (Conducted by AIMS) for academic year 2020-21..

    Fees & Refunds

    If offered admission to the MMS program seat, fees payable for the academic year 2020-21 are as follows:

    Sr. No. Fee Structure OPEN (Institute) OPEN- CAP OBC – CAP SC/ST CAP NT/DT/VJ/ SBC CAP
    1 Tuition Fees 1,93,636 1,93,636 96,818
    2 Development Fees 19,364 19,364 19,364 19,364 19,364
    3 Library deposit (Refundable) 5,000 5,000 5,000 5,000 5,000
    Other fees 18,725 18,725 18,725 18,725 18,725
    Net Amount Payable

    2,36,725

    		 2,36,725 1,39,907 43,089 43,089
     

    # Fees are subject to revision by Shikshan Shulka Samiti
    Students of Other than Mumbai University shall have to pay Enrolment and Eligibility fees as follows
    1 Students of Universities with in Maharashtra except Mumbai University. 440.00
    2 Students of Universities outside Maharashtra 540.00

    Please Note: The fee is set by the Shikshan Shulka Samiti, a government body. The fee given above is an interim fee. Any decrease in fee will be refunded to the student. Similarly, the student has to pay the difference in fee if there is any increase.

    Click here for documents required for admission

    The Demand Draft/ Pay Order for the fees should be in favor of “Durgadevi Saraf Institute of Management Studies”, payable at Mumbai.
    In addition, you have to bear an additional expense of a laptop and a foreign immersion, which will be based on actual expenses.

    Refund of Fees:

    The refund of fees as applicable shall be made in due course. It is made clear that such application for cancellation will be considered only if the admission is confirmed by paying the prescribed tuition fee and other fees in full and by submitting the original documents. Refund shall be made after deduction of cancellation charges as shown below:

    Sr. No. Situation Refund
    1 Cancellation Request received before the starting of the course Entire fee Less: Rs. 1,000.00
    2 Cancellation request received after commencement of the course and if vacated seat is filled in by another student Entire fee Less: Rs. 1,000.00
    3 Cancellation request received after commencement of the course and if vacated seat is not filled in by another student Only security deposit will be refunded
    Download Documents
    1) GAP Certificate : Click Here
    2) MINORITY Affidavit : Click Here
    3) Documents for MMS : Click Here
    4) Anti ragging affidavit : Click Here
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