[tarunbajaj]

Hello All,
After IIMA, IIMC is the next premier school to have started a 1 year MBA.

I will be applying for the founding batch. So, thought it is the right time to start a thread to get all the prospective applicants on board.

My profile is -
Work Ex - 6.5 yrs
Industry - HiTech (IT ofcourse!!)
GMAT - 670 (ah!! it hurts!!)

Here's the link - www.iimcal.ac.in/pgpex/

[amit175]

Hi Tarun,

Good to know that someone's been tracking the IIM Calcutta program (I believe they haven't advertised the course as yet). I had submitted my GMAT scores to them way back in May 2005, in anticipation of the course. They have finally announced the course. The course content gives me a feel that this is going to be an extremely rigorous and analytical course, something typical of all Indian mgmt programmes. I wish they had two admission rounds if not rolling admissions. This one long wait till September to know about your admission decision, is very difficult to plan for (if this is your favourite program and you have a constraint of doing your MBA this year itself). Finally, if the demand for IIM-A PGPX was any indication, there's going to be a mad rush for this MBA as well !!!

BTW, here's my profile:
Workex: 5.25 years (Team Lead in IT MNC)
GMAT: 700
Acads: Average

Regards,
Amit

[denish]

This is the thread for Foreign MBA aspirants

Post a new thread in the CAT discussion forum.
Here's the link
http://www.pagalguy.com/forum/cat-an...ed-discussion/

Cheers.

EDIT: Mods ... is it OK ...'cause they are discussing GMAT scores :confused:

[kundalak]

IIMA's PGPX and IIMC's PGPEX are programs in direct competition with programs at INSEAD,IMD and all other one year programs ranked in the top 20 in the world.
Just take a look at the IIMA PGPX participant profile on their site.

[harshg]

D-uh.

When did this happen??

Many thanks for this tangent... I had been tracking the other courses offering 1 year MBA and had missed on IIMC.

Here is what I think (and fear)

IIMs happen to be a cloese community and as has happened in tha past follow IIMAs lead.Looking at the composition of IIMA_PGPX batch the IIMC would also try and admit the same profile even though the eligibility is 5yrs of work ex (IIMA_PGPX was avg 9yrs for the admit batch).

Have 2 questions though

1) would IIMC_PGPEX be better ( than ISB or IIMA_PGPEX) for someone who would like to major in finance and / or is looking for a career within the finance market in India.

2) how many of the Puys are applying for the first batch ( i am).

Please post.

PS.. IIMA_PGPX batch 2 forms are also available online.

[amit175]

Harsh, I suggest you have a look at the course curriculum and IIM-C's vision behind this course. I really don't think the course structure offers too much leeway for career-switchers. This course is primarily targeted at people who want to leapfrog in their current domain of work (they say they want to build CEOs.. or rather train potential CEOs). Having said that there are a number of courses in the curriculum related to finance. Sadly, going by the IIM-A precedent, the number of seats would be very less (this is not published on the site, as yet), and having been through the ISB application recently, I know very well that getting into top MBA programs in India is much much more competitive than getting into a good B-school abroad - a classic demand-supply mismatch.

I think the target audience for IIM-A and IIM-C programs is slightly different. Whereas, the former is looking for people almost ready for top-level leadership (at least seniority-wise), the latter is looking for people who can get there in 5-10 years (picked from IIM-C Dean's interview on Pagalguy).

[harshg]

Originally Posted by amit175

I really don't think the course structure offers too much leeway for career-switchers. This course is primarily targeted at people who want to leapfrog in their current domain of work (they say they want to build CEOs.. or rather train potential CEOs). Having said that there are a number of courses in the curriculum related to finance.

But, CEO is a 20+ years experience profile.. unless you are a wildcard Michael Dell. And most of those who would take a PGPEX would be middle management profiles considering the IIMA_PGPX entrants workex profile. Again, the IIMC_PGPEX has a low years of experience cut off (than IIMA_PGPX) so I believe they would get a higher application rate and would end up announcing a 150+seats.

Yep, I agree that being a capsule course the modules would be pre-formatted with little customisation possible; hence getting a substancial exposure to finance would be difficult.. but the brand value which an IIMC commands I am sure there would be many organisations willing to risk hiring a fresher (to the domain) with a workex ( of say people management or relationship management or project management).. again this may be supported by a CFA for the finance wannabes (like myself).

I am v optimistic.

Originally Posted by amit175

I think the target audience for IIM-A and IIM-C programs is slightly different. Whereas, the former is looking for people almost ready for top-level leadership (at least seniority-wise), the latter is looking for people who can get there in 5-10 years (picked from IIM-C Dean's interview on Pagalguy).

Yep, the intake expected would be from a different profile.. but the high competition is because one, any of the 1 year MBAs in India is not differentiated enough (along the career streams )and two, because as middle managers who are spending money we tend to flock to the course which has the best brand reco amongst the employers (case in point ISB or IIMA_PGPX v/s IIMB_PGSEM or IIMA_PGAM or NIDM Anand)

This is 1-0 in favour of the college; more applications less selections.

I just hope that with less fees and lesser workex cutoff the batch has a slightly younger crowd... one reason I had scored ISB over IIMA_PGPX in my reckoning was on the average age of the student batch.

[claptonfan]

I differ.
I think that the workex criteria should not come down to even 5 yrs experience.
If it does, what is the point in conducting a one year program when many ppl with that experience are already applying for another program (I mean two year program). IIMA/IIMC will be well aware that they cannot be running two supposedly two different programs where the participant profile is overlapping. Clearly there has to be a demarcation.
So, the avg experience level for the candidates for both the one year programs is expected to stay at 9+ years (may be it will even go up) so that this program is clearly for managers, or in Henry Mintzberg's words, this mgmt program is for working managers to learn mgmt through their personal work experience.

(As I said in an earlier thread, if IIMC or IIMA even lets out a single line in their program brochure that there is NO placement provided for the applicants, i am sure half if not most, of the applicant junta will run away, any way that is a different story)

Bye

[Psychodementia]

Originally Posted by kundalak

IIMA's PGPX and IIMC's PGPEX are programs in direct competition with programs at INSEAD,IMD and all other one year programs ranked in the top 20 in the world. Just take a look at the IIMA PGPX participant profile on their site.

You got to be kidding me by comparing PGPX by any of the IIMs or ISB to be anywhere close to what is offered by INSEAD or IMD. Those courses have an umatched brand equity anywhere in the world. Ask the McKinseys and the people on Wall St. Heck ! Ask the Harvards and Whartons to whom are they loosing our their admits to.

But yes from an Indian perspective both the PGPX and ISB are courses you would love to get in for a variety of factors. In my case it is personal reasons like I am foreign relocation-averse plus have no collateral for a huge foreign loan.

Arun

[DesiGuru]

I think this 5 year requirement is unjustified (I dont have it:wink
IIMA only has the requirement of age. From personal experience, sometimes you learn more in life by not being anyone's slave and doing nothing or rather working for yourself

I thought B was going to do this after A but C has already started it

K