PGDM (ExP) at IMT Ghaziabad: Exploring new career horizons for experienced professionals

A successful company is built on the contributions of a diverse talent pool. Some employees join the company straight out of business school, whereas others start their careers early, after their bachelor’s degree. However, at some point, smart and hard-working graduates hit the ceiling in their careers. They need an MBA degree that could re-orient them towards more challenging and rewarding roles within the organization. Other graduates might see growth ahead but are interested in shifting to a different profile that excites them more. A few enterprising professionals wish to create wealth for themselves after working in the industry. In all these cases, gaining an MBA degree from a reputed institution is necessary. The industry experience puts these people ahead of other MBA aspirants on the learning curve. Hence an accelerated executive MBA program is the most appropriate option for them.

Companies recruit thousands of MBAs annually. Many of them are freshers because the Indian education regulations do not mandate work experience as a pre-requisite for an MBA program. The industry also needs people who can hit the ground running. Experienced MBAs with broader and deeper skill sets will likely acclimate faster to the organization. The fact that they take a career break in re-training themselves reflects that they are ambitious and committed, skills that any company would cherish.

The industry and the executive MBA students offer superior value to each other. However, both parties need an intermediate platform that assures the value inherent in this relationship.  This is where top business schools like IMT Ghaziabad come into the picture and catalyze the value creation and transfer to benefit the students and the industry. IMT Ghaziabad has been doing so successfully through its PGDM (ExP) for the last 20 years.

PGDM (ExP) at IMT Ghaziabad has been able to catapult its students to the next orbit of their careers. The excellent placement performance of the program stands on many pillars. These include the rigorous admission process selecting the most meritorious candidates, a vast pool of experienced and dedicated faculty, the industry-focussed program architecture reflecting the current needs of the industry, the experiential learning interventions making students industry-ready during the program itself, and a small batch of students that allows the institute to plan and monitor the career progress of individual students. Building on these pillars, IMT has successfully opened new horizons for its students regarding diverse roles, profiles and industry sectors.

The contemporary content and pedagogy have enabled the PGDM (ExP) students to gain wide acceptance with some of the leading names in the Indian industry. These include companies like Accenture, Deloitte, KPMG, EY, Infosys, Tata Trust, Reliance Retail, L&T, TAFE, Genpact, Delhivery and many more. Strong work experience and analytical capabilities carved by quality academic inputs make these students highly sought after by consulting companies. Nearly 54% of the students in the batch of 2021 were placed in the consulting domain. Other popular sectors include Supply Chain Management and Information Technology. These companies and roles were also financially lucrative. The average package for the batch was INR 21.37 LPA. The average salary for the top 25%$ of the batch was INR 29.21 LPA, while the top 10% excelled with an average salary of INR 33.80 LPA. The program’s impact on the students’ lives can be judged by the fact that it increased their average salary by 135% compared to their pre-MBA package.

Truly, IMT Ghaziabad transformed the lives of PGDM (ExP) students and gave wings to their aspirations.

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