Guidelines – 2021

for full -time MBA program with

SNU-MBA Sabbatical Program

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Guideline Details

Objective

Enabling employees to expand their knowledge and imbibe new skills by providing a platform through HCL- SNU MBA
Sabbatical program.

Scope & Eligibility

This Policy is applicable to all permanent employees (“Employees”) of HCL Technologies Ltd including its subsidiaries
(“HCL”) in E1.1 to E2.2 bands, who have completed a minimum of 2 years with HCL from Date of joining, and have a
pass percent at 60% for overall educational till graduation, based in India with rating as Distinguished Performance’,
‘Exceptional Performance’ and ‘Good performance’ in last annual appraisal cycle (only if annual aligned).

Program Details

• Employees fulfilling the above eligibility criteria and qualifying the selection process as mentioned below can
enroll for full-time MBA program from Shiv Nadar University (“SNU”)
• The employment with HCL on a leave without pays basis will continue during their study period with medical
coverage in line with the medical policy of the company at that time.
o Post successful completion of the MBA program from SNU the following joining criteria will be followed:
- At the time of completion of the course, employees at E1.1/E1.2 band will be given opportunity to apply
for SMT roles at E1.2 band (maximum three opportunities provided by CPO as per role availability, no
choice of roles will be entertained). If an employee clears the interview process, he/she will rejoin at
standard SMT level. If the employee fails to clear the process after 3 attempts, he/she will still be
considered a part of MBA cohort and will be eligible to apply for focused Internal Job Postings rolled out
regularly by Cadre Program Office with no change in band and compensation.
• At the time of completion of MBA, employees who are already at/above E2.1 band will be eligible to apply for
Key Strategic Roles designed specifically for MBA cohort with no change in band and compensation (Selection
and movement through IJP will not have any change in band, compensation and designation)
• In addition to the chosen primary specialization, students are encouraged to build their knowledge and skills by
choosing two additional elective courses for an Advanced “deep dive” Specialization in their primary area. Such
an additional specialization would require courses from specific course clusters offered by the relevant SME
department. Examples are “Cyber Security”, “IOT”, “Lead like an Entrepreneur”; “Quantitative Finance”, E-
commerce and Digital Marketing, Data Science and Analytics; Performance Management and Behavioral
Assessment; and Environmental Management and Enterprise Sustainability

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 o Global Immersion Program Candidates will be part of recommended program component for the
following attractions:
▪ Gain international exposure.
▪ Get exclusive opportunity to learn from international faculty and guest speakers.
▪ Gain an understanding of the culture.
▪ Become global leaders of tomorrow.
▪ Enjoy the London campus of Warwick Business School
▪ Experience London as the home to one of the major global financial hubs and a bustling metropolis

For details on MBA program content – refer below:

▪ www.snu.edu.in/
▪ https://sme-snu-stage.innoraft-sites.com/hcl

Selection Criteria

• Employee to self-nominate during the stipulated time window for the program by expressing interest and filling
Statement of Purpose form
• Employees will be selected based on their passing the different selection filters as follows:

Step 1: Evaluation of candidate’s “Statement of Purpose.”

Step 2: List of eligible candidates’ post clearing Step 1 will be provided to SNU by HCL
Step 3: Candidates can apply for admission based on the scores in one of these tests CAT 2019,20 /
NMAT 2019,20-21/ XAT 2020, 21 / CMAT 2020, 21 or a valid GMAT score from 2017 onwards. SNU would
administer a written test* of 2h 10m duration on verbal Reading, Quantitative Aptitude , Data
Interpretation and Logical Reasoning and writing abilities as following:
Sl. No. Section Number of Questions Time

1 20
Quantitative Aptitude
2 Data Interpretation and 20 90 minutes
Logical Reasoning
3 20
Verbal Reading
4 Writing Ability Test One short essay on a given 40minutes
topic

The written test will be conducted at HCL at Shiv Nadar University/ HCL Campus for all Noida employees and
at HCL Facilities for Chennai, Hyderabad and Bangalore or Online Mode. Based on the interest of candidates,
more cities may be added later.

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 Step 4: Applicants shortlisted from Step 3 will move to personal interview round. PI will be conducted by joint
panel of HCL & SNU.
Final selection of employees for program will be a joint decision of this committee comprising of HCLT and SNU
members.
The Selected employee will be on Leave without Pay for the Study period of 2 years and will be marked as
“Not Rated” in system for this period.

Merit Based Scholarships (By Shiv Nadar University)

Elite Prime
Test Advanced Select
50% of Tuition 30% of Tuition
40% of Tuition Fee 20% of Tuition Fee
Fee Fee

CAT 95+ 90 - 94.99 85 - 89.99 80 - 84.99

NMAT 98+ 95 - 97.99 90 - 94.99 85 - 89.99

XAT 95+ 90 - 94.99 85 - 89.99 80 - 84.99

CMAT - - - 95+

GMAT 700+ 650 - 700 600 - 650 550 - 600

Note: The scholarships shall be provided on the first-year tuition fee. To retain the scholarships for second year, a
student would need to have a minimum CGPA of 7.0 at the end of second semester.
*As per SNU Guidelines

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Passing Criteria

SNU Students of Batch 2021 will adhere to following guidelines for successfully completing the MBA program –
• Mandatory 90% attendance

• Timely submission of Assignments and Projects

• CGPA Scores:

o Below 6 CGPA – No Change in Band / Designation / Compensation

Internship & Final Deployment

Students will undergo Internship in the First year for 2 months as per internship opportunity available into core
domains and functions. Employees will be deployed back to different LOBS basis deployment criteria and business
demand at the time of course completion.
❖ Employees will be working as interns for 2 months after 1st year and will receive 25,000 INR per month stipend
during the period of this internship.
❖ Deployment will be basis availability of Role at any location Pan India.

❖ Declining of Roles / Non-Selection / Location constraint by the students will lead to Bench allocation as Regular
employee (Non SMT) and previous compensation – Band – Designation.
❖ Employee will continue to be on LWP till deployment, if not selected / Deployed to any role post course
completion.
❖ Employee will not be given any location preference. Deployment will be based on business
requirement at any India Location.

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 Fee Structure

The fee structure at SNU consists of 5 components. These are mentioned in the table below.

At the time
After the offer 2nd Semester, 3rd Semester 4th Semester, Total
Fee Heads of
of Admission January July January Program
Admission
Admission Fee ₹ 25,000 ₹ 25,000

Security Deposit (refundable on

₹ 25,000 ₹ 25,000
exit)
Medical Insurance* ₹ 1,181 ₹ 1,181 ₹ 2,362
Tuition Fee ₹ 2,67,500 ₹ 2,67,500 ₹ 2,67,500 ₹ 2,67,500 ₹ 10,70,000
Hostel Charges ₹ 70,000 ₹ 70,000 ₹ 70,000 ₹ 70,000 ₹ 2,80,000
Mess Charges* ₹ 27,500 ₹ 27,500 ₹ 27,500 ₹ 27,500 ₹ 1,10,000
Laundry Charges* ₹ 2,100 ₹ 2,100 ₹ 2,100 ₹ 2,100 ₹ 8,400
Total Payable ₹ 25,000 ₹ 3,93,281 ₹ 3,67,100 ₹ 3,68,281 ₹ 3,67,100 ₹ 15,20,762

Security deposit is refunded on Graduation after deduction of any recoveries.

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Revision History

Version
Date Prepared by / Modified by Significant Changes Approved By
No
1.1 11th Jan Meera Sain (40108359)/ Amended for the batch Ashish Bhalla (40107070)
2018 Disha Gupta (51571747) 2018-
2020 – Eligibility Criteria,
Selection Process and Fee
structure.
1.2 23rd Jan Meera Sain (40108359)/ Amended for the batch Ashish Bhalla (40107070)
2019 Rupali Bhutani (51735223)/ 2019-2021 – Eligibility
Nikita Criteria, Selection Process
Chawla (51654521) and Fee structure.
1.3 20th April Kokil Shrivastava Amended for the batch Ashish Bhalla (40107070)
2019 (51830400)/ Priyanka Sengar 2020-2022 – Eligibility
(51786793) Criteria, Selection Process
and Fee structure.
1.4 20th April Garima Chawla (51875597) Amended for batch 2021- Ashish Bhalla (40107070)
2021 23-Eligibility criteria,
Selection Process and
Fee Structure

This Policy can be amended, modified or withdrawn at HCL’s discretion, and such withdrawal will not
render an existing batch null and void.

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