PGP
launch and class profile
The ISB launched its first post-graduate programme
in management in July 2001. The founding class of
the ISB, with an average GMAT score of 690, average
age of 26 years, and average work experience of
4.6 years, is exceptionally talented and diverse.
Faculty
The first class is in its fifth term now. During
the four terms, faculty from the ISB's partner
schools - The Wharton School, Kellogg School of
Management, London Business School, as well as
from other leading global institutions such as,
Chicago, Duke, Minnesota, and Stanford have come
to teach here.
Corporate interaction
A number of entrepreneurs and business leaders
have visited the campus and interacted with the
students. These corporate visitors included:
| Vindi Banga |
Chairman |
Hindustan Lever Ltd. |
| Jeroo Billimoria |
Founder & Director |
Childline India Foundation |
| Shitin Desai |
Vice Chairman |
DSP Merril Lynch |
| Raj Jain |
Managing Director |
Whirlpool India |
| K V Kamath |
Managing Director & CEO |
ICICI Bank |
| Vinod Khosla |
General Partner |
Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers |
| Ranjit Pandit |
Managing Director |
McKinsey & Co., India |
| Laura Perkins |
Vice President |
Ashoka Innovators for the Public |
| Bhaskar Pramanik |
Managing Director |
Sun Microsystems |
| Anji Reddy |
Chairman |
Dr Reddy's Laboratories |
| Ruchir Sharma |
Head of Fund Management |
Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, India |
| Siddharth Verma |
Managing Director |
Reebok India |
| B M Vyas |
Managing Director |
Amul India |
International
programmes
Two students have been selected to go to London
Business School, and three to Kellogg School of
Management for the exchange programmes that begin
in Jan 2002.
Eight students have been selected to work with
students of Goizueta Business School at Emory
University for the Goizueta Marketing Strategy
Competition and have made a consulting trip to
Emory University.
15 students from the ISB and 15 from Wharton
have begun working on 3 projects (Mahindra &
Mahindra, Max India, Satyam Computer Services)
under the Wharton Global Consulting Practicum.
Placements
The placements process for the first batch is
in progress. The Resume Book was compiled and
sent out to 200 recruiters in the first round.
Several organisations have made pre-placement
visits to the campus. The Placement Microsite
has gone live and the rolling placements process
began on January 11.
Admissions
The admissions process for the second post-graduate
programme has begun. Two rounds of roadshows in
India (Delhi, Mumbai, Calcutta, Chennai, Bangalore,
Pune), the World MBA Tour in Singapore and Hong
Kong, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and the GMAC US Tour in
New York, Washington, Chicago, San Francisco,
and Los Angeles have been completed.
Interviews for the first round of applications
have been completed and 37 offers of admission
have been made. The profile of the first round
of offers is: GMAT 710, Age 27 years, Work experience
5.16 years. Applications for the second deadline
are being screened and short-listed for interviews
to be conducted during the second and third weeks
of February.
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