Importance of GMAT in INDIA
GMAT is thought to be an examination that gets admission only into B-schools outside India. This is true only to some extent. There are some top ranked Indian B-Schools also which accept GMAT scores for admissions to their one-year full time residential programme.
In general, GMAT Scores range from 600 to 770 in Indian Schools. The admission depends a lot on the candidate's profile and essays apart from the GMAT score. The candidates should aim to score 700+ to improve their chances of selection.
Following are the Indian B-schools that accept GMAT score for various courses:
Indian School of Business (ISB), Hyderabad
- Programme: 1 year Full Time Post Graduate Programme in Management
- Last Batch Size: 569
- Average GMAT Scores (for last batch): 716
- Admission Pre-requisites:
A Bachelor’s degree in any discipline.
2 years of full-time work experience.
GMAT Scores of the last five years are valid.
TOEFL / IELTS, only if language of instruction during under graduate education was not English.
- Application Deadline (for 2011-12 batch):
Cycle 1 : September 15, 2010
Cycle 2 : December 1, 2010
- Programme Expenses: USD 40000
- Placements of Class of 2011:
Average International CTC: USD 121008
Average Domestic CTC: INR 17,92,715
No of Companies: 310
No of Offers: 661
http://www.isb.edu/pgp/
Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
- Programme: PGPX: One Year Post-Graduate Programme in Management for Executives
: One Year Post-Graduate Programme in Public Policy & Management
- Last Batch Size: 101
- Average GMAT Scores (for last batch): 713.76
- Admission Pre-requisites:
Bachelors Degree or equivalent in any discipline
Minimum Age 27 years or more at the start of the programme
Valid GMAT score obtained between April 1, 2008 and August 10, 2011
Full-time substantial work experience (desired 6-7 years for graduates, and 5-6 years for post-graduates)
- Application Deadline (for 2012-13 batch): August 10,2011
- Programme Expenses: INR 21,00,000
- Placements of Class of 2010:
Average Domestic CTC: INR 26,10,000
www.iimahd.ernet.in/pgpx
- Email: pgpxquery@iimahd.ernet.in , Tel: +91-79-6632 4449
Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore
- Programme: 1 year Executive Post Graduate Programme in Management, First Batch Graduated on March 29th ,2010
- Last Batch Size: 65
- Average GMAT Scores (for last batch): 700 , (Range : 630 - 770)
- Admission Pre-requisites:
Graduate in any discipline.
A minimum of 7 years full time work experience.
A valid GMAT score.
- Application Deadline (for 2012-13 batch): Sep 30, 2011
- Programme Expenses: INR 18,25,000 for a single accommodation
INR 19, 20,000 for a family accommodation
Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta
- Programme: 1 year POST-GRADUATE PROGRAMME FOR EXECUTIVES (PGPEX), Inception in 2007
- Expected Batch Size for 2012-13 : 60
- Average GMAT Scores (for last batch): 718
- Admission Pre-requisites:
Graduate in any discipline.
A minimum of 5 years full time work experience as on March 31st, 2012.
A valid GMAT score.
- Application Deadline (for 2012-13 batch): August 31, 2011
- Programme Expenses: INR 14,00,000
- http://www.iimcal.ac.in/pgpex
- Email: pgpex@iimcal.ac.in , Tel : 91 33 2467 8300-06
XLRI, Jamshedpur
- Programme: One year General Management Programme
- Last Batch Size: 120
- Admission Pre-requisites:
A Bachelor’s degree of 3 years in any discipline from a recognized university
A minimum of five years of relevant managerial experience
Submission of GMAT Scores (taken between 01 January 2009 and 31 December 2010) for 2011-12 batch or XAT 2011.
- Programme Expenses: INR 14, 00,000 (approx) for 2011-12 batch.
- Application Deadline (for 2011-12 batch): 15 January 2011
- Placements of Class of 2010:
- Average CTC: INR 15,00,000
- Highest CTC: INR 30, 00,000
- www.xlri.ac.in/scripts/gmprogram.php
- Email: admis@xlri.ac.in , Tel : +91 - 657 - 398 3333
Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow (Noida Centre)
- Programme: 1 year International Programme in Management for Executives (IPMX)
- Last Batch Size: 50
- Admission Pre-requisites:
Executives with Bachelor's Degree in any discipline or equivalent
Minimum of 6 years full time post-qualification experience
GMAT Score obtained from July 01, 2007 to October 30, 2010 (for 2011-12 batch)
- Programme Expenses: INR 15, 00,000 (includes everything)
Application Deadline :
(For 2011-12 batch)19th July 2010 to 30th October 2010
(For 2012-13 batch): Not announced
www.iiml.ac.in/post_graduate_program_ipmx.html
Email: ipmx@iiml.ac.in Tel: +91-120-6681081
Indian Institute of Management, Indore
- Programme: 1 year Full Time Executive Post Graduate Programme in Management (EPGP)
- Admission Pre-requisites:
A Bachelor's Degree or its equivalent in any discipline.
GMAT score obtained from Jan1, 2008 to March 31, 2011 (for 2011-12 batch) or CAT score
Minimum 5 years of managerial/ entrepreneurial/ professional experience after graduation.
- Median GMAT Score (for last batch): 690
- Programme Expenses: INR 18,00,000
- Application Deadline : (For 2011-12 batch) 16th May 2011
- http://www.iimidr.ac.in/iimi/pages/programmes_main/epgp.php
- Email: epgpoffice@iimidr.ac.in , Tel: 91-731-2439672
S.P.Jain Institute of Management & Research, Mumbai
- Programme 1: 11 months Full Time Post Graduate Programme in Management (PGPM)
- Last Batch Size: 80
- Admission Pre-requisites:
Minimum 3 years of Bachelor's degree
GMAT/CAT/XAT score
Work Experience - More than 5 years
- Application Deadline (for batch starting Jan 2012): 15th July 2011
- Programme Expenses: INR 7,50,000 + International Project( INR 2 lakhs)
- Web : http://www.spjimr.org/pgpm/pgpm_home.asp
- E-mail: admissionspgpm@spjimr.org , Tel: 022 - 26237454
- Programme2: 2 year Full Time Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM)
- Admission Pre-requisites:
Minimum 3 years of Bachelor's degree
Test score: GMAT taken in 2010/CAT/XAT Score (For 2011-12 batch)
- Minimum GMAT Score : 680
- Application Deadline (for 2011-13 batch):
Last date of application 1st September - 30th November 2010
- Programme Expenses: INR 4,50,000 (approx for 2010-12 batch)
- Placements of PGDM 2011 :
Average Domestic Salary: INR 14.07 lacs
Highest Domestic Offer: INR 23 lacs
Average International Salary Offered : 39400 USD
- Web : http://www.spjimr.org/pgdm/pgdm_home.asp
- Email : admissions2011@spjimr.org Tel: 022 - 26232401
Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai
- Programme: 1 year Full Time Post Graduate Program in Management (PGPM)
- Last Batch Size: 300 (for 2011-12 batch)
- Median GMAT Scores (for last batch): 690
- Admission Pre-requisites:
A Bachelor’s degree in any discipline.
2 years of full-time work experience. Special profiles with less than 2 years of experience are also considered.
GMAT Scores of the last 3 years is valid. CAT, XAT and GREAT are also acceptable.
- Application Deadline (for 2011-12 batch):
February 7th, 2011.
- Programme Expenses: INR 12,90,000
http://www.greatlakes.edu.in/pgxpmAdmissions.php
- Email : admissions@greatlakes.edu.in Ph: 044-3080 9000/9011
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Disclaimer: The institutes listed above are not ordered based on any particular ranking methodology and the serial numbers don't reflect any preference or ranking for any of the institutes.
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