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The one-year MBA can be a good option for mid-career professionals wishing to accelerate their career advancement without an extended break from work. Typically, one year business programs were more popular and commonly offered in the UK and Europe. However in the recent years, they have been gaining traction in the US as well. According … Read more
Vivek got his undergrad and masters degrees from two premier institutes in Kerala – NIT Calicut and IIM Kozhikode. With those degrees, he had a pretty good run in the corporate world – with 2 Big 4 firms and a startup. But Vivek longed for more! A one-year MBA from Kellogg seemed enticing. It was … Read more
Both deliver a Master’s in Business Administration at the end of their respective full terms. The difference lies in the way you get there – an express vs a regular train. First one with no stops until you reach your destination while the later affords you a pleasant view of the countryside, as you eventually … Read more
Accelerated MBA programs offered by even the best business schools are sometimes belittled as “quickie” degrees. However, all the bad press about these programs probably disappeared when The Financial Times released its 2016 list of global full-time MBA courses. INSEAD’s one-year program topped the rankings, and there were as many as eight “quickies” in the … Read more
Most of the good one year MBA programs for executives in India (offered by ISB and the IIMs) are based outside Mumbai, Interestingly, apart from the traditional 2-year MBA programs like Jamnalal Bajaj (JBMIS), Narsee Monjee (NMIMS) there’s not much for executives with experience to choose from in the commercial capital. Here’s one –> Executive … Read more
Laura Trott is considered to be among the most successful cyclists in the world, for the number of titles she’s won in a short span of time. Among her accomplishments is a double Olympic gold in two disciplines – the ‘Team pursuit’ and ‘Omnium’. ‘What’s the big deal?‘ you might say, ‘Beyond the fancy names … Read more
Among the various one year MBA programs across the world, one program stands head and shoulders above the rest – the Post-Graduate Programme in Management for Executives (IIMA PGPX) at IIM Ahmedabad. Consider these facts. The class size is small (85 students in the current PGPX classroom), but the class profile is among the most … Read more
Here’s another addition to our blog posts on one year MBA programs in India. The Executive Post Graduate Programme in Management (EPGP) offered by IIM Indore is a 1 year course where the average experience in the class is 7.5 years. In the class profile PDF hosted on the official site, we couldn’t find the … Read more
Before getting into INSEAD Singapore, Nihar Prasad tried for several years to get into good MBA colleges in India and abroad. He got a high percentile in the CAT exam, but the IIMs were still out of reach. Instead of settling for a lower ranked MBA in India, he changed his gameplan to target foreign … Read more
MBA success stories are not always about beating the GMAT exam and entering into the 700+ GMAT Club. Sometimes they are about beating personal challenges and entering into a fighters club of a different kind. Sriram narrates all the hurdles that came in his way and how he tackled them before he got an admit … Read more
You’ve read many stories on our blog about success after failed attempts. You haven’t? Well, here are some reapplicant success stories. But, the one that we are covering below is unique. It is a ‘successful’ success story that happened after multiple ‘failed successes’. Confusing? INSEAD MBA student ‘MBA Juggernaut‘ (her parents gave her a much … Read more
Nisha Shukla faced a dilemma that’s not-so-uncommon among professionals who’ve been working for quite a while and are now looking for some serious career rejuvenation. The options at that stage seem pretty limited. With an experience of 10+ years and a 6XX GMAT score, Nisha didn’t want to target the traditional MBA programs where the … Read more