Supercoolguy Says

Guys,,, did anybody try paying the application fee using the payment gateway mentioned in the application form?.......Its giving me hard time to get thru the payment gateway.

AYes........I did it through my credit card(Citibank) without any hassle in the IIMB's HDFC GateWay!

What issues you are facing exactly?

Rgds,

Hi,

Guys, can you tell me the nos. of seats for batch of 2013 ?
Some insights about the batch size of class room as it has increased upto 102.
When adcom would announce the formal application dates ?

Thanks!

Regards,

MissionPGPX Says

thanks man. U just increased the probability ;)... Unfortunately my own application number is 1745. So i believe this time there are atleast 2500... Anyway, i have completed the final draft of my application and it looks ready to submit. Will go through it during weekends and finally submit it monday morning.

Hey MKA,

Last year, I heard from one of the professor its 5:1 for interview.In my view applicants are more this year compared to last year,as you pointed it out your own no. is 1745.I registered on first day and my application no. is 4xx, hence within few hours it reached 500+.

ATB for 10th Sept'10 !

Hi guys,
if I plan to apply for IIMA, do we need to specify the GMAT code of IIMA while taking GMAT ?
Is the process same as any other foreign MBA university ? If I fail to do that, will I have to pay more than the usual application fee while applying for the course ?

Hi ,

When you would take GMAT exam, you can choose IIMA (without code-search option, India-Gujarat-IIMA(one yr course, PGPX)).

Even after GMAT exam, one can report score through GMAC website by paying $28.

Dear Class of 2011,

Like all other posts , my post is also a humble request to you guys to review my profile.

Age : 33
Total WE: 11 Years , IT (Top Indian Outsourcer)
Overseas WE : 6 Years (Europe , Japan , US , UK and Singapore)
GMAT : 700
Certs : Six Sigma , Quality , SAP Solutions Consultant
Acads : BE Electrical from BIT (80%) , 12th (73%) , 10th (76%)
Extras : Been part of several NGO's working/teaching/conducting medical camps for slum and underprivileged. Been part of blood donation drives. Taught slum students for TOI's Teach India Campaign.

Do you think with a strong SOP/essay the adcom may be interested in my profile for the Exec MBA program ?

Or will I suffer because of my low GMAT Score ?

Please let me know.

-Chandu

Hey Chandu,

Your profile is very competitive and 700 is not bad score.

XLRI GMP placement sees pre-recession glory


Wed, Jul 21 01:51 AM




Source: Yahoo ! India news

With as many as 36 candidates of the batch of 97 having been able to change roles at the recently concluded placements of XLRI's one-year full-time General Management Programme (GMP) one felt that the heady days of placements of the pre-recession period of 2006-2007 was almost back.

According to Prof Madhukar Shukla who teaches OB & Strategic Management at the XLRI School of Business & Human Resources, while 17 per cent students could successfully make a shift to a different sector/industry than that they belonged to previously, around 38% students were able to change roles.
Started in 1997, XLRI's full-time one-year flagship GMP programme is claimed to be the oldest in the country and is only open to students having minimum of 5 years' quality managerial work experience.
Notable shifts at placements were made by doctors in the batch who were able to switch from medical practice to bagging leading managerial roles in the health sector.

Also many students from the IT sector were able to shift from conventional programming and project management roles to business manager/consultant's roles.

Other remarkable industry shifts noticed had been in the case of two students belonging to the IT sector who were offered roles in operations in a large retail group and in corporate sales/marketing in a leading music label respectively.

Further, several students from core sectors made a shift to IT as domain/subject matter experts/consultants.

The salaries being offered to the batch also saw a huge jump as compared to last year, with the highest salary offered being Rs 30 lakh whereas the average for the batch stood at Rs 15 lakh per annum.

The GMP placements also saw an increasing trend of corporates hiring for senior management positions.
Prominent among the corporates who took part at the B-School's GMP placements included names like Google, MindTree, SAP, Accenture, IBM, HCL, HP, Mahindra Satyam, Tech Mahindra, Wirpo, TCS, Future Group, Apollo Hospitals, Infosys, Applabs, Daimler, Exide, Genpact, Tata Motors, etc.

A break-up of the placements showed that as much as 57 percent of the batch size of 97 opted for IT & ITES sector, 9 per cent for energy & infrastructure sectors, 8per cent for the manufacturing sector, 6per cent for healthcare sector, 6 per centfor banking & financial services sector while the balance 14per cent opted for other sectors.
In terms of salary, while around 7% of the batch settled for an annual salary of Rs 18 lakh and above, 29per cent bagged an annual pay packet between Rs 15 to 18 lakh, 35% would be getting between Rs 12 lakh and Rs 15 lakh while the balance 29 per cent would be receiving compensation between Rs 10 to 12 lakh per annum.

Of the B-School's GMP batch of 97 students only 82 participated at the actual placements as 15 went back to join their previous organisations at elevated positions.

waiwai Says

Wow. Thats very good news !!!

Hey Ankit and Supratim,

Jai Ho !

Hii! I live in Canada & I would like to go to IIM for my future career. I m currently in 11th. Can anyone help me with all the information regarding IIM's admission please. I saw many people wrote IIM A,B & C ! I don't know what it means by A , B & C ! can anyone take a priority to make me understand.

Thanks,
KrinaK =)

Hey Krinak,

For any B-School admission and related process, one can access the institutes website, hence same applies for IIM-A,B,C.
For knowing more about them and meaning of IIM-A,B,C try google.

attiDude Says

hi, does anyone know wht's the process for sending GMAT score? Is it cumpulsory to send it via the GMAT folks or can we just send in a xerox? I do have the official copy, but just the one

Hi,
For sending GMAT score go to GMAC website and one can report to IIMC PGPEX by paying $28 or at the time of your GMAT exam if you have entered IIMC PGPEX, your score is available with IIMC.

I received letter today.

Hi..
I thought of sharing a few things with the aspirants of this year..

I applied for this amazing & esteemed course in 2009, and got a reject after the 2nd round. However I got to conclude a few things after the entire process of selection was over. Find a few personal views as marked below;
IIMA has the biggest filter placed right at the first step. Majority of the students got a reject after the 1st step of online form submission only. Now if you look closely, the online application revolves mostly around numbers, viz:GMAT, 10th, 12th, Grad, PGrad, salary, revenue, yrs of exp, yrs of international exp, no. of ppl reporting to you...etc etc etc. Now when you have such huge data around numbers, the selection process is bound to be OBJECTIVE. Anyone who has 1week of hands on MS-Excel would be able to make amazing charts out of all this data and would be able to solve the problem of adcom. So anyone who says GMAT doesnt matter or acads dont matter or international exp is not important, is bluffing.

The second round of essay writing and PI is quite interesting. The essays expect you to open and be honest. Now here you have to make an educated guess on whether there are any buyers in adcom for your honesty and staright forward ness. You be the best judge and take the best step forward. Dont hesitate to disclose your high remuneration expectation post MBA from IIMA (in a subtle way)...but dont be too blunt either. Personal Interview is something you cant ever be sure of. You would have given your best, but you cant bet on how the other candidates would fair. So again, read through your profile, brush through latest in your field and your industry, be updated on the latest on world news...and most importantly, be opinionated..dont be docile.

Best of luck to all.. ;)

Hey Varun,

I remember your last year's valuable and interesting comments.They were just opposite than the comments which you have posted this year.Your last year's comments were:

I am assured that all the discussions we had in the past about selection criterion were mere speculations..and its not GMAT score or international experience or lateral work inclination that helps you get through.. something more along with lots of luck is required.."Karma".