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IIM Calcutta offers a 1 year MBA Post Graduate Program for Executives (PGPex) that is meant for those with many years of work-experience. It competes with IIM Bangalore and IIM Ahmedabad that have similar programs. Just like in the case of 2-year MBA programs offered by IIMA, IIMB and IIC, the shorter MBA programs (accepting … Read more
The SP Jain Global MBA, as the website says, is designed for mature participants. Their 2-year MBA designed for applicants with lesser experience has already carved a niche for itself in. With the Global MBA (GMBA) offering, they’ve taken the SP Jain brand to an international level – literally. With cities like Dubai, Singapore and … Read more
The NUS Singapore 1 year MBA program gets a lot of applications from Indian IT Male Engineers, just like all the other top bschools. Being closer to India and being more affordable than the US programs means that it gets more than its fair share of such profiles. Rohit Jaggi was one of the hopeful … Read more
Mays Business School is the Best value for money school in the US (and 4th in the world) according to Financial Times 2012 MBA rankings. FT also gives it a thumbs up for other aspects such as ‘Salary Percentage Increase’ (2nd in US), ‘Employment at Three Months’ (7th in US) and ‘Aims Achieved’ (6th in … Read more
Though the MBA rankings might have a different viewpoint, Komal Pathak (name changed) thinks of the Vanderbilt MBA program (Owen) as the ‘Harvard in HR’. She had a bit of a rough ride with her GMAT score and she was pretty clear about the business schools that she wanted to apply to. Many of her … Read more
When MBA education costs are spiralling out of control, a full-tuition scholarship can mean a lot to Indian candidates with pockets that aren’t as deep as their other MBA classmates. Smeal MBA granted a full-ride (100% tuition waiver) and more, in terms of a steady income (stipend) to Pushkal Kumar. He stands tall and confident … Read more
MBA scholarships are tough to come by at the good business schools. Convert $20,000 into Indian Rupees (what would you do with the extra 10 lakhs that you save?) and the MBA success story sounds so much better. For Ankit Chopra, all this came after he had put in more than the usual share of … Read more
Preeti Wadekar has managed to get into an executive MBA program at an Ivy League school despite challenges (like a low GMAT score). What was her application strategy? What can you learn from Warren Buffett when it comes to B-school applications? Why couldn’t Munni and Sheila get into a B-school? Preeti explains all this and … Read more
Got a low GMAT score and wondering what to do about it? This post is for you. If you aren’t aware of statistics yet, this article lists the average GMAT scores for the world’s best MBA programs. And to make matters worse, you’ll find many Indian applicants (specially engineers) who crack the test as if … Read more
Should you choose an Indian MBA program over a top international MBA college or Ivy League university? What does a foreign MBA mean from an RoI and post MBA career perspective? Last unrelated question: What do you see in the photo on the left? Option 1: An anaconda slowly tightening its grip around an unsuspecting … Read more
Talk about modesty. Bodhisattwa Gupta considers himself the black sheep of the family…and he’s got into one of the toughest and most selective MBA programs anywhere in the world – ISB Hyderabad (Indian School of Business). So you can imagine what others in his family have achieved (we know but we can’t tell you!). Here’s … Read more
There’s one trait that makes Nitin Vig special – Tenacity. Having known him for a while, I know more about him than this following post reveals. And that I think the quality to hang in there when the chips are down and keep pushing is gonna take him places. He had to struggle with an … Read more