Creativity in diversity at IIM PGPX batch

20/04/2017

Creativity in diversity at IIM PGPX batch

Times of India

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The 12th batch of the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A)'s one year full-time residential post gThe 12th batch of the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A)'s one year full-time residential post graduate programme in management for executives (PGPX) for 2017-18 was inaugurated recently by IIM-A director, Professor Ashish Nanda, said an official statement of the institute.

As many as 115 students have joined the 12th batch of PGPX which has an average Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) score of around 700. The average age of the batch is around 32 years, with average work experience of 8.5 years. Students have an average international experience of two years.

The current batch is also diverse in terms of educational backgrounds (with 25% non-engineers), work-experience (18 industries, innumerable functional areas, and 102 companies), nationality (three international participants), gender (25% of the batch are women), and international work-experience (57% of the batch has worked abroad before joining PGPX), said the statement.

Launched in 2006, more than 900 students have graduated from PGPX so far. Till 2016-17, the PGPX intake was 90. This year the institute has added one more section to enhance learning experience of participants. Accordingly, 115 students have been admitted this year graduate programme in management for executives (PGPX) for 2017-18 was inaugurated recently by IIM-A director, Professor Ashish Nanda, said an official statement of the institute.

As many as 115 students have joined the 12th batch of PGPX which has an average Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) score of around 700. The average age of the batch is around 32 years, with average work experience of 8.5 years. Students have an average international experience of two years.

The current batch is also diverse in terms of educational backgrounds (with 25% non-engineers), work-experience (18 industries, innumerable functional areas, and 102 companies), nationality (three international participants), gender (25% of the batch are women), and international work-experience (57% of the batch has worked abroad before joining PGPX), said the statement.

Launched in 2006, more than 900 students have graduated from PGPX so far. Till 2016-17, the PGPX intake was 90. This year the institute has added one more section to enhance learning experience of participants. Accordingly, 115 students have been admitted this year.

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