IIM Ahmedabad Executive MBA

Ahmedabad boasts of the country’s best B-school – the IIM (Indian Institute of Management). There are other B-schools in Ahmedabad that offer an executive level education.

Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad offers one year PGP in Management (PGPX) for executives with substantial work experience. This full time residential program and is focused on developing participants for top management positions.

This course design is unique to other executive MBA programmes. The program attracts participants from India and abroad. The modular program design includes an international exposure of five weeks.

The programme starts with an induction Module, goes on to Building Blocks module which deals with the basic courses in management, the third module is preparing for Top Management module as the name suggest. Special focus is given on developing top management competencies. The last module is elective module and capstone module which is designed to integrate the learning from multi-disciplinary perspective.

The programme cost is approximately 20 lakh for one year. The candidate needs to appear for the GMAT and get good scores for entering this programme. Minimum age limit is 27 years.

One year lead time is given to ensure that those admitted get sufficient transition time to move from employment to campus. New, world class academic and residential campus is provided. Educational loans assistance and scholarships are also provided by the institute.

Nirma Institute of Management, also in Ahmedabad offers Executive Diploma Programmes. These programmes are conducted on Sundays so as to suit the needs of working executives, managers and entrepreneurs. This helps managers who can work and learn at the same time. An exposure to modern management concepts and practices is given to candidates. The programme course fee is Rs. 30,000/- which includes cost of tuition, teaching materials, lunch and refreshments. Educational loans can also be arranged through banks.