The document provides information about the PGPX program at IIM Ahmedabad, India's top-ranked business school. The one-year PGPX program is for experienced professionals, admitting around 80 students each year from over 1,400 applicants. It provides 860 credit hours of instruction through core courses, electives, projects and an international internship. Students have diverse industry and functional backgrounds, and the program places strong emphasis on general management and cross-border experience. Past batches have seen over 130 job offers on average from top consulting, financial and industrial firms, with large salary increases both domestically and internationally.

1. PGPX @ IIM Ahmedabad
One Year Full-time MBA for
Experienced Professionals

2. The Best B-School in India
• India’s #1 Ranked Business School
• Included in top 100 B-Schools in the world
• Ranked 7th in Asia in 2008
• Toughest B-School in the world to get into
• Only B-School in India accredited by EQUIS
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3. The IIMA Advantage
Alumni: Global thought leaders;
Academics and Industry leaders
Leading Faculty
Current Students: IIMA is ranked #2 in
the world for new career opportunities
Top-Notch
Infrastructure Competitive
and Admission
Curriculum Management Research: One-third of
management research in India comes
from IIMA.
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4. Leading Faculty
World Class Faculty Top-Notch
Infrastructure
and
Curriculum
Competitive
Admission
•Faculty-Student ratio of 1:8, 90+ Faculty for ~700
students
•Advanced degrees from international institutions
including: Stanford, Harvard, Cambridge, Cornell, NYU
Stern etc.
•Published 6 books, 75 journal papers and 88 case studies
in 2005-06
•Leading consultants for Indian industry, and are credited
with over one third of India’s management research
•Exchange faculty with International Business Schools
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5. Leading Faculty
Top Notch Infrastructure Top-Notch
Infrastructure
and
Curriculum
Competitive
Admission
• Acclaimed 100 acre campus designed by Louis Kahn
• Fully residential - Housing for all students
• Comprehensive library: Over 180,000 volumes, access to e-
journals
• WiFi Campus: Fully wifi enabled campus and classrooms
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6. Leading Faculty
Rigorous Curriculum Top-Notch
Infrastructure
and
Curriculum
Competitive
Admission
• Early collaboration with Harvard Business
School
• Case-study based instruction
• Credit Hours:
– 2 Year MBA: 1060 hours
– 1 Year MBA: 860 hours
• Case discussions are supplemented with
lectures, seminars, games, role plays, industry
visits, and group exercises.
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7. Leading Faculty
Competitive Admission Top-Notch
Infrastructure
and
Curriculum
Competitive
Admission
2 Year MBA (PGP) Program
• Written test + Group Discussion + Personal Interview
• 276,000 applicants for written test, < 1% admitted
• Rated the “Toughest MBA to get into” by Economist
Magazine
1 Year MBA (PGPX) Program
• GMAT + Application Essays + Personal Interview
• 1400 applicants, < 6 % admitted
• Interviews in India, US, Europe and SE Asia
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8. Alumni: Global thought leaders; Academics and
Industry leaders
Global Thought Leaders Current Students: IIMA is ranked #2 in the
world for new career opportunities
Management Research: One-third of
management research in India comes from
IIMA.
• Prof. C K Prahlad: Strategy at • Mr Ajay Banga: CEO Citibank
Ross School of Business Asia-Pacific
• Prof. Raghuram Rajan: Finance at • Mr Jerry Rao: Founder, MphasiS
Chicago GSB and Chief Economist
at IMF (2003 – 2006) • Mr. MS Banga: President at
Unilever
• Prof. Kasturi Rangan: Marketing
at Harvard Business School • Ms. Vedika Bhandarkar : MD and
Head of IB at JP Morgan India
• Prof. Srikant Datar: Accounting at
Harvard Business School • Mr. K V Kamath: MD and CEO of
ICICI Bank Ltd
• Prof. Marti Subrahmanyam:
Economics at Stern School • Mr. Deep Kalra: Founder/CEO of
makemytrip.com
• Prof. Harbir Singh: Mack Center
for Technological Innovation at • Mr. Sanjeev Bikhchandani:
Wharton Founder/CEO, Naukri.com
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9. New Career
Alumni: Global thought leaders; Academics and
Industry leaders
Current Students: IIMA is ranked #2 in the
world for new career opportunities
Opportunities Management Research: One-third of
management research in India comes from
IIMA.
ABN Amro Dabur ICICI Bank Pepsi
Accenture Deloitte Consulting Infosys Philips
AC Nielsen ORG MARG Dragoco ITC Power Finance Corporation
AF Ferguson Dr Reddy's Labs ING Procter & Gamble
American Express DSP Merrill Lynch Johnson & Johnson PriceWaterhouse Coopers
ANZ Eicher Consultancy JM Morgan Stanley Polaris
Applied Materials EID Parry JP Morgan Chase Ramco Systems
Asian Paints Electrolux KLM Ranbaxy
AT Kearney Eli Lily KPMG Reebok
AV Birla Group Ernst & Young Larsen & Toubro Reckitt Benckiser
Bank Boston Fedex Lehman Brothers Reuters
Bank of America Feedback Strategic Consulting Lazard RPG
BNP Paribas Gallup Leo Burnett Saint-Gobain
Barclays Capital GE Capital Lintas SAS
BASF General Motors Lucent Technologies Satyam Infoway
Booz Allen & Hamilton Gillette MBT SBI
Bosch Goldman Sachs Marakon Associates Seagram
Bain Consulting Glaxo Smithkline Marico Shell
Boston Consulting Group Godrej Marubeni Sonata
Britannia HCL Technologies McKenna Group Sony
Cadbury Hewitt Associates McKinsey & Co. Standard & Poor
Colgate-Palmolive Hindustan Lever Merrill Lynch Standard Chartered
Capital One HSBC Microsoft STCI
Citibank Heinz Mindtree Consulting Swatch
Citi Group Asset Management Hero Honda Mitsubishi Tata Consultancy Services
Coca Cola Hewlett Packard Monitor Group Tata Administrative Service
CRISIL IBM Monsanto Tata Strategic Management Group
Cognizant Technology Solutions i2 Technologies Morgan Stanley Times of India Group
Cargill India IBP Mphasis Trinus
Castrol India ICI Nestle UBS
Leading Consulting, Financial, Technology and Industrial
Chrysalis Capital
Coats India
IFC
IL & FS
NIIT
Nicholas Piramal
UTI
Whirlpool
Credit Lyonnais IMRB NKF Singapore Wipro
Cummins
firms are regular recruiters at IIMA
Credit Suisse First Boston Inaltus
Inautix
OLAM International
ONGC
Wockhardt
World Health Organisation
Deutsche Bank Indian Airlines Oracle Yantra Corporation
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10. The PGPX Program
One year MBA for experienced professionals
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11. Overview
• Introduction
• Course Overview
• Batch Profiles
• Details about Class of 2009
• Placement History
• Placement Calendar
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12. Introduction
• Started in 2006 – current batch is the third
• Full time residential program (April to March)
• Class Size: 80 out of 1400 applicants
• Admission criteria:
– Minimum age 27
– Typically 6+ years of work experience
– Bachelor’s degree
– GMAT score
– Deep expertise in chosen industry
• Mission: “To develop bright, enthusiastic, and aspirational
executives into management leaders and change agents in the
global arena”
• Focus: “General management focus with emphasis on managing
across borders and cultures”
Comparisons with Other MBA’s
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13. Course Overview
• 860 Credit Hours:
– IIM 2 Year MBA: 1060 hours
– Average 2 Year MBA: 680 hours
• 400 Core Credits
– 20 Core Courses: Building Blocks
– 12 Core Courses: Preparing for Top Mgmt
– Strategy, Marketing, Finance, Economics, Operations,
Leadership & Organizations
• 120 Elective Credits
• 135 Project Credits
– 30 credit Independent Research Project
– 90 credit International Internship
– 15 credit Capstone Simulation Project
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14. Batch Profiles
Statistic 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09
Number of Students 60 72 78
Average GMAT Score 699 695 728
Average International
41 34 53
Work Experience (months)
Average Total Work
113 117 118
Experience (months)
Fraction of Class with
50% 51% 55%
Advanced Degrees
Average Age 31.5 33 33.5
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15. The Class of 2009

16. Work Experience and Age Profile
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17. Academic Qualifications
• 35 Bachelors, 41 Masters, 2 PhD’s
• From Leading Indian Institutions
NIT/REC
BITS
NDA
• And International Institutions
More Details…
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18. Multinational Experience
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19. Industry and Functional Experience
Industry Experience Functional Experience
50% 47% 80%
71%
70%
40%
60%
50%
30% 42% 42%
23% 38% 37%
40%
19% 19%
20% 30%
15%
22% 22%
19%
10% 9% 20% 17%
10% 8% 8%
5%
10%
0% 0%
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20. Placements @ PGPX

21. Recruiters at PGPX
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22. Placements: Roles offered
• Chief Operating Officer
• Chief Financial Officer
• Corporate Strategy Officer
• Vice President (Sales and Marketing)
• Business Unit Head
• General Manager
• Operations Manager
• Group Engagement Manager
• Associate
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23. Placement Statistics
Statistics PGPX 2007 PGPX 2008
Offers made 135 to 58 students 130 to 69 students
Avg Incoming Salary (Overseas) $ 75,713 $ 83,704
Avg Outgoing Salary (Overseas) $ 135,000 $ 145,000
Percentage Increase (Overseas) 79% 73%
Number of Placements (Overseas) 14 7
Avg Incoming Salary (Domestic) Rs. 0.92 mn Rs. 1.08 mn
Avg Outgoing Salary (Domestic) Rs. 2.47 mn Rs. 2.68 mn
Percentage Increase (Domestic) 168% 166%
Number of Placements (Domestic) 44 62
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24. Placement Statistics
Function
General Management
8%
24% Marketing / Business
16% Development
Operations
18% 21% Strategy/Planning
13% Consulting
Sector
Consulting
15% 13% Finance
3%
Telecom
11%
7% IT / ITeS
7% Retail
12%
Energy
Others
32%
Conglomerates
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25. Placement Calendar
• Rolling placement system
• Resume collection/shortlisting: Oct 1 onwards
• On-campus interviews: Dec 22 – Mar 6
• PGPX course ends on March 19 2009
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26. Thank You
Questions?