XLRI GMP: One Year PGDGM Program

[abcIndia]

Hello everyone,

I'm Daya Nand Katyayan from the current XLRI GMP (General Mangement Program) batch. This is a 1-yr full time residential program, awarding a Exec-PGDGM degree.

This thread is meant for those of you who are interested in pursing a
1-yr course, and want to know more about XLRI GMP program. I and my
colleagues will do our best to answer your queries. Let me give a short background on this program. The GMP program was started more than 5 years back, as a requirement was felt to train managers from Tata Steel Ltd. Until 3 years back, this was a purely company sponsored program. 3 years ago, it was opened to self sponsored candidates via GMAT & XAT.

Features of the program:
1. 1-yr full time residential program.
2. Dual speciliazation offered. Electives are - Finance, Operations
Management, Marketing, Information Systems, HR, Economics/Strategic
Management
3. XLRI brand name!!
4. LATERAL PLACEMENT OFFERED FOR LAST 3 YEARS. LAST YEAR AVERAGE SALARY WAS INR 17.8 LAKHS
5. Amazing batch diversity - work exp from 5 yrs to 20 yrs. Excellent peer learning - levels above the normal courses
6. A very cost effective course. Total package for year 2008-09, including fees, hostel, international immersion program etc - 8 Lks.

The application criteria for our batch was a minimum work ex of 5 years.


Batch profile for GMP’08-09

Average GMAT score 690.77
1. Average Work Ex 7.37 years
2. Average age 29.63 years
3. Average International Exposure 18.56 months
So, feel free to shoot any questions.

[barkers]

Originally Posted by abcIndia

Hello everyone,

I'm Daya Nand Katyayan from the current XLRI GMP (General Mangement Program) batch. This is a 1-yr full time residential program, awarding a Exec-PGDGM degree.

This thread is meant for those of you who are interested in pursing a
1-yr course, and want to know more about XLRI GMP program. I and my
colleagues will do our best to answer your queries. Let me give a short background on this program. The GMP program was started more than 5 years back, as a requirement was felt to train managers from Tata Steel Ltd. Until 3 years back, this was a purely company sponsored program. 3 years ago, it was opened to self sponsored candidates via GMAT & XAT.

Features of the program:
1. 1-yr full time residential program.
2. Dual speciliazation offered. Electives are - Finance, Operations
Management, Marketing, Information Systems, HR, Economics/Strategic
Management
3. XLRI brand name!!
4. LATERAL PLACEMENT OFFERED FOR LAST 3 YEARS. LAST YEAR AVERAGE SALARY WAS INR 17.8 LAKHS
5. Amazing batch diversity - work exp from 5 yrs to 20 yrs. Excellent peer learning - levels above the normal courses
6. A very cost effective course. Total package for year 2008-09, including fees, hostel, international immersion program etc - 8 Lks.

The application criteria for our batch was a minimum work ex of 5 years.


Batch profile for GMP’08-09

Average GMAT score 690.77
1. Average Work Ex 7.37 years
2. Average age 29.63 years
3. Average International Exposure 18.56 months
So, feel free to shoot any questions.

Hello abcindia,

I am interested in applying for the 1 year GMP program offered by XLRI?

When will the online applications be accepted?

Like many other MBA colleges does the admission take place in cycles or will it be year long?

By what date the experience should be 5 years?

Will be there be any telephonic interviews for the Overseas Candidates.

Cheers,

[corporate.kunal]

Hi Daya!

Thanks for apprising the details in blog.
Myself kunal B.E Mechanical graduate, working as Team Leader in Sales & BD for India-Swiss JV Auto 2-Tier company & will be completing 3 years work exp. in july'08.

I am quite interested to proceed for MBA as the minimum work exp. requirement for most of B-schools of 3 years is completed.I wanted 2 pursue core in marketing & elective as finance.

When the admission for this 1-year course happens? Is it twice the year or once?
If i plan know to start off with GMAT preparation......when can i look forward to get admission if score as required in achieved.....

Can u apprise me with the list of B-schools in India where GMAT Score is accepted......

Looking forward to hear from you!

Regards

[abcIndia]

Originally Posted by barkers

Hello abcindia,

I am interested in applying for the 1 year GMP program offered by XLRI?

When will the online applications be accepted?

Like many other MBA colleges does the admission take place in cycles or will it be year long?

By what date the experience should be 5 years?

Will be there be any telephonic interviews for the Overseas Candidates.

Cheers,

Hi! I am pleased to note the usefulness of this thread. As for as querries:
1. the date for counting 5 years will be 31st march of application year.
2. The last date of application will be announced later on , however, watch for Dec end.
3. It has one round of application process, unlike multirounds or rolling admission process of foreign universities.
4. I don't have any information regarding telephonic interviews. I will talk to my batchmets and then confirm. please note that there are many students in our batch who are working outside india.

I hope , I have clarified your querries. However, please feel free to ask any question.

regards

[abcIndia]

Originally Posted by corporate.kunal

Hi Daya!

Thanks for apprising the details in blog.
Myself kunal B.E Mechanical graduate, working as Team Leader in Sales & BD for India-Swiss JV Auto 2-Tier company & will be completing 3 years work exp. in july'08.

I am quite interested to proceed for MBA as the minimum work exp. requirement for most of B-schools of 3 years is completed.I wanted 2 pursue core in marketing & elective as finance.

When the admission for this 1-year course happens? Is it twice the year or once?
If i plan know to start off with GMAT preparation......when can i look forward to get admission if score as required in achieved.....

Can u apprise me with the list of B-schools in India where GMAT Score is accepted......

Looking forward to hear from you!

Regards

Hi Kunal! normally, In India , the exprience counted is upto 31st march (end of financial year). So, check your eligibility on that basis. For example, IIMA require 7 years, IIML 6 years and XLRI requires 5 years of experience. However, ISB require only 2 years of experience as minimum. So, plan accordingly.
regards,

[BallisticMeteor]

For this year, telephonic interviews were also conducted. So, that shouldnt be an impediment to apply to this course.

[impal]

Originally Posted by abcIndia

Hi! I am pleased to note the usefulness of this thread. As for as querries:
1. the date for counting 5 years will be 31st march of application year.
2. The last date of application will be announced later on , however, watch for Dec end.
3. It has one round of application process, unlike multirounds or rolling admission process of foreign universities.
4. I don't have any information regarding telephonic interviews. I will talk to my batchmets and then confirm. please note that there are many students in our batch who are working outside india.

I hope , I have clarified your querries. However, please feel free to ask any question.

regards

Hi abcIndia,

Sorry for bringing up the work experience eligibility once again. I intend to apply for the 2009 - 2010 session. I started working from October 2003. Kindly let me know what will be my effective work experience for XLRI GMP Programme.

Thanks in advance!

[The River Card]

Originally Posted by impal

Hi abcIndia,

Sorry for bringing up the work experience eligibility once again. I intend to apply for the 2009 - 2010 session. I started working from October 2003. Kindly let me know what will be my effective work experience for XLRI GMP Programme.

Thanks in advance!

Hi

Calculate your work ex till March 31, 2009. However, if you are on borderline, I would suggest go ahead and apply.

[abcIndia]

Dear aspirants, I have more data to share. In the current batch (GMP'08-09) GMAT score varries between 640 to 770. It is heatening to note that 2 candidates are having 770 GMAT score. However, GMAT score is not the only criteion for selection. your academics, work experience and Interview along with your GMAT score determine the selection.

Further, seats have also been increased from 60 to 110+, because of success of program.
GOOD LUCK.

PS: All the above data given is not provided by XLRI officially. The data is collected in google group of our batch. So, please evaluate the data in this perspective.

[abcIndia]

Hi Aspirants! here is the official report on GMP placement 2008.
GMP Placements 2008

XLRI General Management Program (GMP), one year full time management program, has concluded a successful season of placements for its 2008 batch. The batch has been offered plum roles – like AVP -Finance, Director, Associate Director, AGM Operations, Chief Manager, Managing consultant, Strategic Account Manager, Client Solutions manager, etc - clearly highlighting the potential of the participants to don middle and senior management roles. Also placements helped 30% of the batch change sectors where students had prior work experience. One participant opted out of the process to start his own entrepreneurial venture.


The process attracted 54 companies, as opposed to 23 last year, and made 101 offers to 53 participating students. The average salary of individual offers stood at INR 17.8 lakhs (an increase of close to 20% from previous year), while the highest domestic offer was INR 33.8 lakhs and the average of international offers was USD 130,000 (an increase of 30%). Sponsored candidates have also got elevated roles and middle/senior management responsibilities from their parent companies


The batch witnessed a good mix of participating companies from diverse sectors such as Banking, Energy, IT, Consulting, Manufacturing, Steel, Real Estate and Telecom. Arcelor Mittal, Reliance ADAG, Jindal Steel, DLF, Tata Communications, Cairns Energy, L&T were some of the major recruiters of the batch. Few of the Consulting companies that participated are Mckinsey, Accenture, IBM S&C, ICRA Management Consulting (IMACs), TCS Global Consulting, KSA Technopak. Axis bank, SBI Capital, ICRA, UBS were some of the BFSI companies that turned up for recruitment. IT/ITES majors like HP, Cognizant, Satyam, Wipro, Inautix, Hexaware, and Genpact participated.


"With just two years of organized placement support from the Institute, the one year General Management Programme of XLRI has firmly established itself as a source of quality talent for recruiters. There were a number of recruiters who personally expressed their extreme satisfaction with the quality of the participants. These positive comments reinforce our belief that we are doing things right as far as our one year programme goes.” quoted Prof. Uday Damodaran, Chairperson of the Placements at XLRI.


The placement season was held during 2nd week of February at Mumbai followed by rolling placements in March at Jamshedpur. The process was aimed at offering flexibility to the students and recruiters to find the right fit, as the participants were potential middle and senior management candidates with experience ranging from 5.5 to 15 years, with the average pegged at 7.5 years. Students also visited Australia as part of the international immersion introduced in the curriculum from this year. From the next batch, the immersion module is expected to include various options for students, with the tie-ups that XLRI has with major universities across the globe. XLRI has plans to increase the student intake from the next batch, due to high response from industry.