Twelfth batch of the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM Ahmadabad)’s one yr full time residential Post Graduate Programme in Management for Executives (PGPX) for 2017-18 was inaugurated on Thursday, April 13, 2017, by Director, Professor Ashish Nanda. One hundred and fifteen college students have joined the PGPX-XII batch. The 2017-18 batch has a median GMAT rating of round 700, common age of around 32 years, common complete work expertise of eight.5 years, and common worldwide expertise of two years. 

The present batch can be very numerous when it comes to instructional backgrounds (25% are non-engineers), work-experience (18 industries, innumerable useful areas, and 102 firms), nationality (three worldwide contributors), gender (25% of the batch are ladies), and worldwide work-experience (57% of the batch has labored overseas earlier than becoming a member of PGPX), stated an announcement from IIM Ahmedabad.

This programme was launched in 2006 and greater than 900 college students have graduated from PGPX thus far. 

Till 2016-17, the PGPX consumption was 90. This yr the institute has added yet another part to reinforce studying expertise of contributors. Accordingly, 115 college students have been admitted this yr.  

Professor Sunil Sharma, Chairperson, PGPX, in his welcome tackle, exhorted the incoming batch to concentrate on studying. 

“To me, everybody who is part of IIMA family is privileged. Use this opportunity to give expression and lift to your wings. Many have done this before you and they have emerged from this “tapovan” and “tapasya” to become extraordinary problem solvers and leaders”,  stated Professor Sharma whereas talking on the event.

Prof. Errol D’souza, Dean Faculty at Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA), New campus additionally welcomed the scholars who’ve been admitted this yr.