[sameer_nayak]

XLRIGMP BATCH 09-10 WELCOMES PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS

XLRI GMP Batch of 09-10 welcomes all the prospective MBA students in this forum.

We truly understand that decision to quit your current job and become a student at this stage of your life has to be a thoughtful and mature decision and hence, you have all rights to know everything about this course before taking this big step.

So, here we are, the “Students Ambassadors Committee” of XLRI GMP, to help you with timely information straight from our experience being inside the campus. Please note however that information we provide should not be taken as official information from XLRI Management.



GMP is a full-time, residential, 1-year General Management Program to provide practicing managers substantial exposure to theoretical foundations in management .Without much gyaan , we would just like to give basic information for everybody :

• It is one of the three flagship programme of XLRI and is given the same respect and resources in XLRI as other flagship programmes(BM and PMIR).
• It’s a full time 1 year residential course with all benchmarks of a world class MBA truly met. (including a dedicated placement cell and the XLRI fulltime faculty cum learning)
• The minimum years of full time work experience is 5 years.
• Students can apply to GMP course through XAT as well as GMAT.

Please feel free to shoot any doubt you have in your mind regarding this course. We will be more than happy to welcome your queries.

Please feel free to visit the collaborative blog : http://xlrigmp2010.blogspot.com/ for GMP2009-10 updates and information.

Regards
Sameer Nayak
Santosh Sahoo
Sanjeev Reddy
Praneet Prakash
Kaushik Chakraborty

[waiwai]

Could you give a general idea about your batch profile. And also the most attractive thing (dazzling) in each profile that made the final admission possible ?

[strongbow]

Can confirm that XLRI only accepts GMAT scores which are not more than 2 years old.
Also can you throw some light on the placement for the 2009 batch.

[adabass]

Thanks for starting this thread. Some queries
1. When does the placement season ends and how have been the placements, if any till now. Is there a link that I could go to.
2. The xlri site still has forms for 2010 batch. I saw that there were two links for application forms. One if for NRI and one for others. Do you know why a difference?
3. International exposure - Do all students go through this or only few? Who pays for this experience.
4. Form submission - I see that it is a word document from last year. So we have to print it and mail? Can we attach GMAT scorecard along or it needs to be sent from mba.com

[sameer_nayak]

The batch is infact highly diverse including IT and consulting ,doctors, architects, BFSI, armed forces, enterprenuers, Manufacturing, PSUs. Non IT consists of around 40% of the batch which is better than many of our peer MBA programmes in India. The exact details will be posted soon. The average workex is 7.5 years with around 3.5 years as average international workex for more than 30 students.

Please let me know if you want to know anything specific.

[sameer_nayak]

Originally Posted by strongbow

Can confirm that XLRI only accepts GMAT scores which are not more than 2 years old.
Also can you throw some light on the placement for the 2009 batch.

The placement of last years batch 2008-09 was affected by the downturn/slowdown as was with all MBA programmes across India but we were able to place almost everyone till the last count came a few days back(yes it took a lot of effort and the placements had to be done on an extended basis).
This year the placecom has been built with innovation , lessons of last year and higher effort quotient as the backdrop.Things are looking up, the accenture tie up news(in the recent news articles) being one of them. we are confident to do far better than last year and I believe we are far well prepared on the resources and the mental front, last year actually the placecom was caught a bit unaware due to the slump, but this time we are confident the script is going to be far different and far better.

Will answer all questions above objectively when I circle back into PG tomorrow.

[vishalvivek]

i gave my gmat in nov,2007 . is my gmat valid for this years' app ?

[ponds_ggn]

Hi,
Is 5 yrs of experience is mandatory as a manager, or one needs to have overall experience of 5+ yrs.

I'm a project lead with 8+ expr in major telecom software organization, handling a team but not as manager only in technical areas.

My profile.
GMAT=710(Q48,V39, AWA Awaiting)
B.E(E&C)=Average(CGPA of 2.5/4.0).
12th=Average.
Extra-Curricular=Few Accolades in Olympiads in schools and paper presentation in college. Liitle accolades in Sports.No NGO work expr. but donated for Parikrma(Bangalore based ngo foundation)

Looking at my profile what is the possibility of getting into this program.

Looking forward !

Thanx

[sanjeev_1981]

Originally Posted by ponds_ggn

Hi,
Is 5 yrs of experience is mandatory as a manager, or one needs to have overall experience of 5+ yrs.

I'm a project lead with 8+ expr in major telecom software organization, handling a team but not as manager only in technical areas.

My profile.
GMAT=710(Q48,V39, AWA Awaiting)
B.E(E&C)=Average(CGPA of 2.5/4.0).
12th=Average.
Extra-Curricular=Few Accolades in Olympiads in schools and paper presentation in college. Liitle accolades in Sports.No NGO work expr. but donated for Parikrma(Bangalore based ngo foundation)

Looking at my profile what is the possibility of getting into this program.

Looking forward !

Thanx

Hi Ponds_ggn,
XLRI is not very strict on 5 years of MANAGERIAL Experience, so for example if a person has 6 years of experience and 2 years of managerial experience then he/she is elgible to apply to XLRI. Your profile looks good and you have a decent chance to get in XLRI for the GMP programme.

Thanks
Sanjeev Reddy
GMP Class of 2010,XLRI,Jamshedpur
Colloborative Blog: XLRI GMP Class of 2010 Collaborative Blog

[waiwai]

I have 6 years of exp, completely in a development role in a prod dev company, and no managerial experience. And a GMAT of 720.
What are my chances ?