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The Indian School of Business (ISB), you are talking of is a premier and finest institute in India which provides Global Executive MBA level programmes. The ISB is often equated with IIMs (Indian Institute of Managements) which are centers of excellence established by the government. With such a high repute and quality, the ISB has been enriching business leadership since many years. Getting admission here in ISB, means enlarging horizons of opportunities which will help you widen your career scope. The ISB offer two courses in an Executive Category, one is PGPpro and the second one is PGPMAX. Following sections contain detailed information of the course along with the admission requirements and procedure.

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PGPpro – Post Graduate Programme in Management for Working Professionals:

The PGPpro course is specially meant for working professionals for which batches are held only on weekend. This course aptly suits the need of the working professionals who are in their mid-career. The course allows you to specialize in Finance or marketing with the lectures from a world-class faculty. It’s around a 16-month weekend prograame along with international immersion. This is the first such prograamme of ISB which is available outside the campus location at places like Delhi (NCR) and Hyderabad. Students of the course will have campus visit of one week at Mohali and another week at Hyderabad campus. One international immersion is a great opportunity for learners. The students enrolled here no need to take leaves from work for attending classes as the classes will be held on alternate weekends on Saturday and Sunday. There will be an online module of few hours on intervening weeks which makes a perfect blend of convenient learning.

Admission Requirements:

• Candidates should have a Bachelor Degree or an equivalent like CA, ICWA, etc. as specified by the admission authority.
• Full-time work experience is required strictly between 5 to 12 years, more than this will amount to a cancellation of the candidature, i.e. The candidates with experience less than 5 years and more than 12 years will not be eligible for the admission.
• Apart from the above requirements, certain other things will be taken into consideration for the admission purpose like academic performance, personal attributes, professional qualities and interview performance, etc.
• The programme fee varies year by year but it generally will be around Rupees 28 Lakhs.

PGPMAX – Post Graduate Programme in Management for Senior Executives:

The PGPMAX is a globally recognized world-class course and is equivalent to any global Executive MBA from any reputed B-school world over. It’s a 15-month programme for experienced professional and entrepreneur/business owner. The candidates to be enrolled here must have had 20 to 25 years of work experience. The main objective of the course is to create global business leadership with strong business/management capabilities. The ISB is endeavoring to evolve the finest business culture world over. That is why the ISB is strictly choosy for their faculty which is able and renowned. Participants get great business insight and knowledge which will enable them to emerge as a business leader.

Highlight of the PGPMAX programme:

• 15-month programme with purely classroom-based lectures on every 6^th week for a week long period. Sometimes there will be a blend of online (Harward Online Course) and classroom lectures at its best.
• There are two campuses for this course - Hyderabad and Mohali.
• Generally, the course consists of around 9 Indian modules and 3 international modules.
• The course begins in August every year. You can get further information on the web portal of ISB and from the Experts at CareerGuide.
• Participants will be experiencing world-class faculty including industrial experts.

Admission Requirements:

• Aspirants need to possess a bachelor degree or equivalent as specified by the admission authority.
• Candidates must possess a managerial level experience of 10 years and more to close 15 years.
• Other things which would matter for admission purpose are as following:-
  • Professional maturity
  • Leadership potential
  • Personal qualities
  • Proficiency in written and spoken English
  • Academic performance.
  • And most important the face to face interview performance will have a much weightage.
• Employer support letter and recommendation letters from two professional referees are required.
• The course fee generally goes above Rupees 35 Lakhs.

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Dear aspirant, the course is really suited for the ambitious business entrepreneurs and the course structure has been designed as such which any executive will find it easy to attend. Now you have got a dream and we the CareerGuide are here to help you fulfill it. We will be guiding you through our Professional Experts until you get into your desired position. Just have a talk with the Experts and start your proud journey towards what you deserve. Hope this will help you!