One Year MBA Program for Executives at IIM, Ahmedabad

1. PGPX: One Year Post Graduate Program in Management
What is PGPX? How is one admitted? The Class of 2009 (Class size: 77)
One year, full time, residential program Criteria Work Experience Highlights
Minimum age 27 years Average experience 10 years; Range 6 ~ 26;
For professionals with substantial work
experience (6+ years) GMAT Score Median 70% have 7 ~ 13yrs
Bachelor’s degree Average tenure in past job: 4 years
Coursework consisting of management
Focused and exceptional career growth > 90% have international experience; 73% in
building blocks and leadership training
Americas; 28% in SE Asia/ANZ, 24% in EU
Special emphasis on international perspective Final Selection Based On
Program started in 2006-07 Application Essays Sector Experience
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60%
Personal Interviews by IIM Faculty IT Consulting
~80 selected from ~1400 applicants Hardware/Telecom
How is it Different? IT Products
BFSI
Students with 6 to 20+ years experience What is in the Course? Retail/Mfg/Ops
Infra/Energy
Worked in top global companies such as GE, Coursework (660 in-class hours) Auto/Aero
Govt/Defense
IBM, Deloitte, Infosys, etc. 500 hrs core courses Other
Diverse participant mix: IT, Telecom, Power, 160 hrs electives
Functional Experience
Armed Forces, Manufacturing, Finance, Retail 1 week exchange at an international B-school 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80%
Focused on middle/senior management roles Project Mgmt
Business Dev
Project Work (190 equiv. hours) Product Dev
40hr Independent Research Project Ops and Logistics
Relationship Mgmt
Target Opportunities post MBA
Executive
4 week International Internship at a company Finance & Audit
Executive
MBA 2 week Capstone business simulation project Research/Academia
VP Sales & Marketing
Analytics
GM
PGPX @ Comparison
Director IIMA Academic Highlights
Total PGPX credit hours: 850 hours
Manager 1 Yr MBA @ Average GMAT 728 – highest in the world for
ISB, Insead 2 Year PGP @ IIMA: 1100 hours
Associate 2 Yr MBA 2008 entering classes
@ IIMA Average 2yr MBA in USA: 680 hours
1 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 17
55% have post-graduate degrees
Years of Experience prior to MBA 27% educated outside India

2. Placements at PGPX
Key Dates (2008-09) Placement Record (2007, 08)
Invitations to firms from Sep 1, 2008 First 2 batches to graduate
Pre-placement talks from Oct 15 , 2008 265 offers to 127 students
Resume submission from Oct 15 , 2008
Interviews starting Dec 22 , 2008
Average CTC approx Rs. 25 Lakh
16% overseas placements
PGPX @ IIMA
Course ends March 19, 2009 Functions Placed in Sectors Placed In
Finance General Mgmt Retail Others IT / ITeS
8% 24% 7% 3% 32%
Energy
Placement Process Options
Email resume screening
Consulting
16%
7%
Finance
11%
The One Year
Browse/screen candidates at IIMA’s placement
portal: TalentBouquet
Strategy
18%
Operations Mktg/Biz Dev
Telecom
12%
Mgmt
Post Graduate
Phone screening and/or Video-Conferencing Consulting Conglomerates
Program in
13% 21%
13% 15%
4 week internship (Nov-Dec)
Interviews at company office Representative Recruiter List
Interviews on campus
Conglomerate Tech Consulting Financial
Management
Aditya Birla Google A D Little Citigroup
Information Links Reliance ADAG Infosys Booz & Co Fino
PGPX Website Reliance Ind IBM McKinsey HSBC
http://www.iimahd.ernet.in/pgpx/pgpxone.htm RPG Group Microsoft PRTM Reliance Cap
PGPX Placement Brochure Tata Group TCS PWC YES Bank
http://www.iimahd.ernet.in/pgpx/PGPX0809.pdf
TalentBouquet
Representative Roles Offered
http://placement.iimahd.ernet.in/placement Biz Dev Mgr at a leading Pharma Company
VP Strategy at a leading Engine Manufacturer
IIMA Placement Office
In Charge: Mr. Pravin Christian Business Unit Head at an Engineering Company
Phone: +91-79-6632 4666 Strategic Business Manager at an IT Products Co
Email: placement@iimahd.ernet.in COO at a microfinance start-up
AVP at a leading Energy/Infra company
www.iimahd.ernet.in