Executiv Programs in India

Institute	Symbiosis Institute of Management
Course Name & Duration	Executive MBA – 2 ½ Years
Approx Fee	Rs 45,000 P.A., Rs. 75,000/- for sponsored candidates
Eligibility	Graduate with 5 years experience
Selection Process	Written Test and Interview
Res./ Non Residential	Non Residential

Institute	IIM Ahmedabad
Course Name & Duration	PGPX (Post Graduate Program for Executives ) 1 Year
Approx Fee	10 Lakh
Eligibility	Graduate, Minimum 27 years of age
Selection Process	GMAT Scores
Res./ Non Residential	Residential

Institute	IIM Bangalore
Course Name & Duration	Executive General Management Program Duration 7 to 8 Months
Approx Fee	1.8 Lakh
Eligibility	Graduate, Minimum 5 years experience
Selection Process	CV and Interview
Res./ Non Residential	Non Residential

Institute	IIM Bangalore
Course Name & Duration	Advanced Management Program
Approx Fee	Not Available
Eligibility	Graduate, Minimum 10 years experience
Selection Process	CV and Interview
Res./ Non Residential	Non Residential

Institute	IIM Bangalore
Course Name & Duration	Advanced Financial Risk Management Program
Approx Fee	1.6 Lakh
Eligibility	Graduate, Minimum 2 years experience
Selection Process	CV and Interview
Res./ Non Residential	Non Residential

Institute	IIM Bangalore
Course Name & Duration	Advanced Financial Risk Management Program
Approx Fee	1.6 Lakh
Eligibility	Graduate, Minimum 2 years experience
Selection Process	CV and Interview
Res./ Non Residential	Non Residential

Institute	IIM Calcutta
Course Name & Duration	PGPX (Post Graduate Program for Executives )1 Year
Approx Fee	8 Lakh
Eligibility	Graduate, Minimum 5 years experience
Selection Process	GMAT Scores
Res./ Non Residential	Residential

Institute	IIM Calcutta
Course Name & Duration	19 Program for Executives - 1 Year
Approx Fee	varies
Eligibility	Varies
Selection Process	Varies
Res./ Non Residential	Residential

Institute	IIM Lucknow
Course Name & Duration	Post Graduate MBA Program (Part Time) - 3 Years
Approx Fee	1.5 Lakh
Eligibility	Graduate (50%), Minimum 2 years experience
Selection Process	Written test, GD and interview
Res./ Non Residential	Non Residential

Institute	IIM Indore
Course Name & Duration	Executive Post Graduate Program (Part Time) – 18 Months
Approx Fee	4Lakh
Eligibility	Graduate, Minimum 5 years experience
Selection Process	CAT/GMAT Scores and interview
Res./ Non Residential	Non Residential / Residential

Institute	FACULTY OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES (FMS) UNIVERSITY OF DELHI
Course Name & Duration	MBA (Part-Time) – 3 Years
Approx Fee	Rs 10,000 p.a.
Eligibility	Graduate, Minimum 3 years experience – Employer Sponsorship Required
Selection Process	Written Test and interview
Res./ Non Residential	Non Residential

Institute	FACULTY OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES (FMS) UNIVERSITY OF DELHI
Course Name & Duration	MBA (Health Care Administration: Part-Time) – 3 Years
Approx Fee	Rs 10,000 p.a.
Eligibility	MBBS or Minimum 5 years experience in Hospital Administration - – Employer Sponsorship Required
Selection Process	Written Test and interview
Res./ Non Residential	Non Residential

Institute	Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management studies (JBIMS)
Course Name & Duration	Management Development Programs – Marketing, Finance, Operations, Personnel, Systems Management
Approx Fee	Fee varies
Eligibility	Graduate and work experience (for middle to senior level employees only)
Selection Process	Test / interview or both
Res./ Non Residential	Non Residential

Institute	Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management studies (JBIMS)
Course Name & Duration	MBA (Part-time) - 4 programs with different specialization – 3 Years
Approx Fee	17000 per annum
Eligibility	Graduate and Minimum 2 years experience
Selection Process	Test , Group Discussion & interview
Res./ Non Residential	Non Residential

Institute	XLRI Jamshedpur
Course Name & Duration	Graduate Management Program – 1 Year
Approx Fee	2.25 Lakh
Eligibility	Graduate and Minimum 3 years experience
Selection Process	XAT Test & interview
Res./ Non Residential	Residential

Institute	XLRI Jamshedpur
Course Name & Duration	Executive Post Graduate Program– 3 Years
Approx Fee	3.05 Lakh
Eligibility	Graduate and Minimum 3 years experience
Selection Process	XAT Test & interview
Res./ Non Residential	Residential

Institute	XLRI Jamshedpur
Course Name & Duration	Executive Fellowship Program in Management – 4 Years
Approx Fee	0.90 Lakh
Eligibility	MBA, Managerial / Supervisory experience Minimum 3 years experience
Selection Process	Personal Interview
Res./ Non Residential	Residential / Non Residential

Institute	XLRI Jamshedpur
Course Name & Duration	Satellite Program in Management – 14 Months
Approx Fee	1.8 Lakh
Eligibility	MBA, Managerial / Supervisory experience Minimum 3 years experience
Selection Process	Interview
Res./ Non Residential	Non Residential

Institute	Indian Institute of Foreign Trade - IIFT
Course Name & Duration	MBA(International Business) – 3 Years
Approx Fee	0.85 Lakh
Eligibility	Graduate with 3 years experience (Company sponsorship or No Objection Certificate)
Selection Process	Essay, GD and Interview
Res./ Non Residential	Non Residential

Institute	Indian Institute of Foreign Trade - IIFT
Course Name & Duration	Executive Masters in International Business – 18 Months
Approx Fee	1 Lakh
Eligibility	Graduate with 5 years managerial experience or PG degree with 3 years managerial experience
Selection Process	Essay, GD and Interview
Res./ Non Residential	Non Residential

Institute	Indian Institute of Foreign Trade - IIFT
Course Name & Duration	Executive Masters in International Business (Via VSAT)– 18 Months
Approx Fee	1.4 Lakh
Eligibility	Graduate with 5 years managerial experience or PG degree with 3 years managerial experience
Selection Process	Essay, GD and Interview
Res./ Non Residential	Non Residential

Institute	Indian School of Business ISB Hyderabad
Course Name & Duration	MBA 1 Year
Approx Fee	15 Lakh
Eligibility	Graduate, Work experience desirable
Selection Process	GMAT Scores Plus Personal Interview
Res./ Non Residential

SPJIMR PGDM batch signs off with Rs 24 lakhs highest salary

he one-year PGDM program of the S. P. Jain Institute of Management & Research scripted a fantastic success story with placements touching dizzying heights for the Class of 2007. The placement for the participants was conducted from December 6 to 8, 2006 and has been a resounding success with 33 companies giving a total of 151 offers to 57 participants.
The highlight of the placements was the first offer of the first day being the highest salary offer of Rs 24.35 Lakhs. The booming and the fast growing economy saw an unprecedented number of companies vying to recruit the experienced professionals of the one-year program.


The Class of 2007 has 58 students, of which 57 participated in the Placements Process. 55 companies showed initial interest in participating in the placement process and finally 41 companies participated in the placement process with 33 companies making a total of 151 offers. The average salary offered to the participants was INR 11.35 Lakhs. A significant number of the participants saw phenomenal rise in their salaries from their previous professional portfolios. The average increase in salaries for the participants was 70%, which translates into an average salary increase of Rs 5.15 Lakhs, a little less than the program fee of Rs 5.53 Lakhs. The four women participants of the program also saw a roaring success with more than 15 confirmed offers to choose from.


Several of the blue chip companies, like Infosys, Satyam, Reliance Retail, Mphasis, ICICI and Covansys offered more than 10 offers each to the participants. Some of the conglomerates participating in the placement process were IBM, McKinsey KC, SAP, Cognizant Technologies, L & T and TCS.


The participant with the highest salary offer and more than a decade of experience in the process industry had this to say, “After having worked in the industry for so many years, I had a feeling that my career was progressing at a slower pace than I would have liked to and this drove me to join SPJIMR. My one-year at the institute has been one of intense academic rigour and I am specially impressed by the innovative program architecture and the structured approach of SPJIMR to the one-year PGDM program. I am especially enthralled by the fact that my decision to join SPJIMR over other foreign B Schools has been proved so correct. I am excited about the forthcoming challenge and the responsibility and looking forward to use my learnings.”


The participant with the highest quantum jump in salary package of 342% over the last package, says, “Working for a leading industrial house in the field of Manufacturing was a pleasant experience, but I strongly felt the need for a Business Management education for an accelerated growth of my professional track. Today I am thrilled & excited to have received an offer from one of the leading global consultancy firms, where I would be able to leverage my previous experience and contribute effectively on a global platform.”


Professor Sunil Rai, Chairperson of the PGDM program, had this to say; “A number of participants had chosen to join SPJIMR’s PGDM program looking for value addition at a critical juncture of their professional careers. The PGDM program architecture was designed on the SPJIMR ethos of value based and dynamically innovative pedagogy. This is the only one-year program in the country to offer specialisations in Information Management and Operations & Manufacturing. This makes the SPJIMR PGDM program a sought after program to help professionals to explore advancements and career shifts successfully. Some of the dramatic career shifts made by participants of the program include: A lady participant from the Merchant Navy joining one of the retail giant”.


The lady participant from the Merchant Navy, Sonika Joshi, the first woman Officer Cadet from India, had this to say, “I feel that this dramatic career shift from the Merchant Navy to high growing Retail Business area would not had been possible without the extremely valuable inputs and training I received at S. P. Jain. I feel that my people and project management skills from my professional experience and the business knowledge from SPJIMR will propel me to great heights.”


Prof. Abbasali Gabula, Chairperson, External Relations and Placements said, “SPJIMR plans to drive the one-year program to a greater milieu of professionals by adding diverse but relevant courses as elective from Jan 2008. The institute strongly feels that the huge growth of economy and the rapid industrialisation will need an unprecedented number of managers empowered with the learnings of a management education and endeavours to meet a significant number of these requirements of the industry.”


The PGDM program at SPJIMR has received the appreciation of the industry and has lived up to its promise of providing the corporate with highly experienced and focussed mid-level managers with modern outlook.

The Below Average Student's Guide to Cracking the CAT

Here’s a survivor’s guide to cracking the CAT. In this article, our contributor tells you all you need to know about scoring well in the Mock CAT's, the big CAT, and all that follows:

Originally I was going to title this “The average student’s guide to cracking the CAT” .Then I realized I wasn’t average. This could hardly be called a guide. And I hadn't even cracked the CAT. So I modified the title. I was going to rip-off Five Point Someone's opening line and modify it to read “I am pretty sure lots of other people could write this better if only they’d get off their asses. They didn’t. I did. So sit up straight, press Ctrl+D and let’s move on.”

Before we go any further, remember that I am going to be giving a lot of examples based on my experience. What worked (or didn’t work) for me may not(or may) work for you. The important thing is, you have to decide what to do and be flexible about it. Lately, with the number of students appearing for CAT going up, the starting period of students preparing for the CAT seems to be getting more and more ridiculous. I’ve seen requests from kids in their first year of Engineering asking for tips/strategies to crack the CAT. So first off, if you are thinking about starting that early, forget it. There’s no point. Honestly speaking, the best time to start preparing for the CAT is in May of the year you are going to take the exam. Seven months is more than sufficient time. I know because I managed a 94.5 percentile in CAT 2k3 (I told you I didn’t crack the CAT. In my defense, the paper was leaked in this year and I had done a whole lot better in the leaked paper).

However, there is plenty you can do if you want to start early.

1) If you notice, more often than not, the Verbal section seems to be horror of most students. So, start reading. If you don’t already, there’s no time like now. Get rid of that vernacular paper. Take in The Hindu, on weekdays and the Economic Times on weekends. Read the editorials. Chuck that SportsStar in favour of a good B (Business for the uninitiated) magazine .Read, Read and then Read some more. Did you know that our contributor himself read over 2000 books before his 12th. He exhausted his local library doing that. Believe me, it shows. How many of you even have a membership to a library??

2) Improve your academic performance. Now is never too late to start. Academics play an important role to some extent, so it helps.

3) Go out and make a difference. Join a social service community.

4) Do some all round improvement. Get into shape, work out, learn to play a musical instrument, improve your relationship with God/Parents/Family members/Friends……. When things get tough these are the people who’ll be there.

5) Make friends with Google.

6) Practice for Group Discussions and interviews. Improve your communication skills.

Its May and you’ve joined some institute. They’ve given you material and hopefully you’ve opened them and seen them. Now here’s the thing—when I was preparing for the CAT in 2k3, at one of the student meets, one of students asked a faculty member whether the material provided would be enough or whether they should look for more material from other places. The director replied that that particular institute provided 5000 pages of material, and in all his years of teachings, no one had ever gotten through it all. This is true. Most kids have so much material piled up at the end of year its ridiculous. That said, there are a few books I think you should get and go through. Vedic math, Arun Sharma/Guhati, last ten years CAT papers. Vedic mathematics maybe a lot of work on its own but can also be a lot of fun.

Discipline yourself. Pace yourself. Draw up a flexible timetable. Contrary to what most people think, a time-table needn't bind you down. Instead it gives you the time to do what you really want without letting you take your eyes off your goal. For instance, when I started prep, I used to wake up at 4 in the morning, study till 5:40 or so and then get ready for class at 6:30. Class finished by 8 and I had to rush back home to grab my bag, a quick bite and run for the college bus. Now my college was an hour and a half away which I spent in sleeping. My classmate on the other had, spent his time reading the editorials which we would then discuss on the trip back home. My VA skills, if I may say so myself , are rather strong so we'd discuss the topic and I'd help him with grammar and correction of sentences. My friend's QA was strong so he'd help me out with that

Form a study group. You are competing with over 1.5lakh students, so your group will just be a sample of what to expect. Make sure your group members are the serious sort-- not the types who run off to watch a movie after every mock. Well ok, they needn't be that serious too because it’s important to relax and enjoy the whole experience of preparing but its also important not to get carried away. A study group is very handy when it comes to taking sectional tests, mocks, FLT’s et al. Compare your scores with theirs. Find out what questions they attempted in QA that you didn’t and why they attempted them. Find out the approach and if there's a way of doing them that you didn’t know about. Check those errors in VA. Find out what the easy sets in DI were.

Google has this project for which the tag-line is "Standing on the Shoulders of Giants". Given the competition, every little thing helps. Go ahead, find your Giants.

Majority of you who go for coaching will mostly go 3 times a week, say Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Right now, the mocks haven’t started yet, so that means you have 3-4 study sessions before the next class. STUDY!! Four sessions is a lot!!

Let's say you were taught numbers on Monday morning. On Monday evening, study what you were taught and solve the problems from the material. Tuesday morning and evening, solve the problems from whichever book you've picked up. Wednesday morning, have a dekko at the topic that's going to be taught (don’t most institute's give you a schedule of sorts??). Above all, make sure you become really thorough with what you are studying. For e.g. all of us know the area of a triangle. Off the top of your head, can you tell me how many such formulae are there? Learn to analyse. It'll be very helpful when it comes to D.I.

Whatcha waiting for?? Go crack that CAT

Getting into 'shape' with Munira Lokhandwala: Love thy Triangles

She of the 100 percentile fame is back with a series on Geometry! In this part, Munira Lokhandwala writes a quick fix to help you make sense of triangles and remember their intricate rules and formulae easily.

Hello Everyone,

It feels good to finally write an article on Math. As the title correctly suggests, this is all about geometry. I do like Geometry but I am not one of those people who can balance vague 3-D structures all in the mind and come out with answers that go like "obviously the volume has to be 3500 cubic meters". If you do wake me up in the night to ask about the 'sine rule', I will just ask for forgiveness for I have not sinned. So jokes apart, what is the purpose of this article?

Geometry is all about a lot of formulae, but it is difficult to remember them. What we will try to do is come up with some ways to understand and hence memorize formulae. We can also look at some general techniques that can help us solve a wide range of problems. To kick off the series we will start with Lines and Triangles followed by Polygons and Circles in the next part. Finally we shall look at Mensuration.

Parallel Lines

When you have a transversal cutting two parallel lines you can have two cases.

Case I: The transversal cuts the lines perpendicularly in this case all angles are equal to each other.
Case II: If the transversal does not cut perpendicularly then the angles formed are either acute or obtuse. Now all angles can be related in the following manner:
1. All acute angles are equal to each other
2. All obtuse angles are equal to each other
3. Any acute angle + any obtuse angle = 180

Triangle Inequality

Let’s say you have two sides ‘a’ and ‘b’. If you place them at an angle of 180 degrees, then you will get a straight line of length ‘a+b’, which will not lead to a triangle. To get a triangle you will have to nudge one of the sides up or down, hence the third side will always be less than the straight line ‘a+b’. In a similar fashion if you put one line on the top of another then the length between the two points is |a-b| again this will not be a triangle. To get a triangle you will need to nudge one of the sides again hence the third side will always be more than |a-b|. You do not need to check this with all combinations of sides, any two sides will do.

Interior and Exterior Angle Bisection Theorem

It is very easy to remember the interior angle bisection theorem because the ratio is of sides on the same side of the bisector. If you have a triangle ABC where angle A is bisected by AD then on one side of AD you have AB and BD on the other side you have AC and CD and guess what, their ratios are equal.

But unhappily on cursory observation, the exterior angle bisection theorem does not appear as beautiful. So in the same triangle if angle A is bisected externally and the angle bisector cuts line BC at X you will have AX lying outside the triangle. Now imagine this angle bisector actually pivoting inside and becoming the internal angle bisector then you will have AB/BX = AC/CX which is how it actually looks. So it is very easy to get the external bisection ratio by considering it to be an internal bisection.

Along with this you will need to know the Appollonius Theorem and the various methods for finding the area of a triangle.

Important Points

There are four different lines we can draw in a triangle, these lines are centered around a vertex and its bisection, perpendicularity and mid-point of opposite sides.

1. Vertices and mid-point of opposite sides give you medians.
2. Vertices and perpendicularity to the opposite sides give you altitudes.
3. Vertices and bisection of the angle at the vertex give you angle bisectors.
4. Perpendicular at the mid-point of sides give perpendicular bisectors.
5. Medians intersect to give us the centroid where centroid divides each median in the ratio 2:1.
6. Altitudes intersect to give you the orthocenter.

Now the major property of angle bisectors is that any point on the angle bisector is equidistant from the two sides of the vertex. So the intersection of the angle bisectors will be equidistant from the three sides. Hence you get the incenter which will be equidistant from the sides, that distance is the inradius and you can draw the incircle.

Similarly any point on the perpendicular bisector will be equidistant from the end-points of the segment. Hence the intersection will be equidistant from the vertices so that gives you the circumcenter and you can draw the circumcircle from the same point.

Important Triangles

Equilateral Triangle

Know all the following things inside out.
1. Area, height
2. It is composed of two 30-60-90 triangles
3. Circumradius = side / root(3)
4. Inradius = side / 2xsquareroot (3)
5. The only triangle where all points that is, incenter, circumcenter, orthocenter, centroid intersect.

Right angled triangle

Circumradius can be found as half of hypotenuse, Inradius can be found using the area formula i.e. 0.5xbxh = 0.5 (inradius)x(semi-perimeter).

Pay special attention to these triangles.
1. 3-4-5 know its inradius (1), its circumradius = 1/2 of hypotenuse = 2.5, its area.
2. 5-12-13 triangle, here inradius is 2, circumradius = 6.5.
3. 30-60-90 triangle can be seen as half of an equilateral triangle so sides opposite the respective angles bear the ratio of 1: squareroot(3):2.
4. 45-45-90 can be seen as half of a square so in a similar fashion sides bear the ratio of 1:1:squareroot(2).

How does knowing all these triangles help?

Good Question. A lot of times I have solved tougher triangle problems which was based on sides a,b,c and changed that to an equilateral triangle or if the sides are distinct to a 3-4-5 triangle got the required answer and re-substituted a,b,c with the required numbers. Believe me it is much faster. Also comfort with these basic triangles means a lot of on-paper solving reduces. So lets hope this was helpful. I will start looking squarely at polygons and circles now.

Munira Lokhandwala is an alumna from IIM Calcutta, batch of 1999. She has been associated with CAT coaching since 2001. In 2005, she started Catalyst Group tuitions for CAT. (www.catalyst4cat.com) she is a regular CAT taker herself. These are her scores:
Year - Overall percentile
2005 - 100 %ile
2004 - 99.99 %ile
2003 - 99.98 %ile