Focusmba, Sorry for the delay. I will attempt to answer your questions as per below: DOs when you are at IIMB EPGP - Build a strong network during your time on the campus. Interact with industry people, renew your old connections in organisations that you have worked before. - Pick electives that in...

Hi, I have around 8 years of experience in IT industry, with 4.5 years in Europe & UK in client facing development projects. I am planning to take up GMAT soon and expect a score in the range of 710-720. My post MBA expectation is to take-up IT related consulting roles. Acads: above average, if...

Hi, I have my interview scheduled for EPGP at Bangalore. I have some questions regarding this course. I have an experience of more than 7 and half years in downstream petroleum sector (gov PSU). Is there any candidate similar to my profile in the present batch.(2012-13) I suppose Shell was one of t...

Hi Krunal, If you are planning to stay in IT itself, for the first few years you need to focus on relevant technical areas of interest and see if you can pursue some relevant technical certifications ( I am assuming that you cannot look at pursuing MS abroad etc). After a few years of team leading /...

ok, you need to highlight in your essays any significant achievements or anything in your work/extracurricular profile which will set you apart from the rest of the crowd. The profiles of most of the IT junta is identical so the Adcom needs some way of differentiating and selecting the better set of...

Hi you haven't mentioned which industry you come from and your extra-curricular activities, and responsibilities at work, career progression etc. Regardless of this, your GMAT score is on the lower side. you can look up the average GMAT score for the participants of this programme on IIMB website to...

Hi I cannot answer for IIM-A since I dont know how exactly the placement went this year. First of all the programmes are known by different names in these 3 institutions: IIM _ A (PGPX), IIMB (EPGP) and IIMC (PGPEX) Regarding your questions: * Do companies really come to their campus for hiring 1 yr...

Also mentioning that no recruiter-specific event was held .

In addition to the above companies several people got placed through their own efforts, the above list does not include those companies.

Placement is almost entirely student driven, so most of the companies visiting would be based on the students' initiative, so mixture of companies result. Here's the definitive list of those companies who hired this year from the campus. (Note : there were other companies who visited but did not hir...

Akshay To answer your queries - Curriculum for the PGSEM program is nearly the same as that for the 2 yr programme. - "Adding value"---really depends on what you are looking for. Yes, your knowledge will certainly be enhanced. However, bear in mind that there is no campus placements etc fo...