IIMA e-Inaugurates the 15th Batch of MBA-PGPX, Uses Zoom to Connect With Students

The Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Ahmedabad has e-inaugurated its 15th batch of its Post Graduate Programme in Management for Executives, also known as the MBA-PGPX programme. While MBA-PGPX at IIMA is a residential programme, it is being conducted online in light of the lockdown conditions in the country due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The institute is using the virtual classroom software Zoom to connect with the students.

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Errol D'Souza, the Director of IIMA, oversaw the live video session as the IIMA professors virtually greeted the students, and as Vishwanath Pingali, the chairperson of MGA-PGPX, and Shailesh Gandi, the Dean of Programs, delivered the welcome note. A total of 174 people attended the e-inauguration. In the welcome note, Prof. Pingali informed the students that the institute has decided to take a portion of the first term of the course online to help them stay ready when campus classes begin.

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IIMA provided more details about the batch in a statement. The 2020-21 batch of the MBA-PGPX course has around 690 average GMAT score and 317 average score in GRE. The average age of the batch is 31 years 7 months and students hold a total of 8.6 years of work experience on average. The average international work experience of the batch is 1.5 years.

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The MGA-PGPX batch also shows the highest share of girl students in four years and is quite diverse in all aspects. 28% of the MBA-PGPX batch students are girls, 9.29% are NRI students and 36% of the students have international work experience. Expressing confidence in this batch, Prof. Pingali has said that this batch will take the course to newer heights.

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