ISB PGP Class of 2024 : A Global Talent Pool

About Career Advancement Services (CAS)

Since inception, the CAS team at ISB has been facilitating transformational career journeys for the PGP (Post Graduate Program) suite students, especially for the flagship one year PGP program. The PGP Program is a globally top-ranked one year management program which has been consistently ranked in the top 40 B-Schools Globally as per the coveted Financial Times (FT)Rankings . In India, ISB’s PGP program is one of the most sought after courses especially by experienced professionals who, after graduating from the Program, make major upward transitions into leadership roles across industries and functions. To explore talent partnership with us , please write to placements@isb.edu.

The ISB Edge

ISB has been #39 in the FT ranking of the top B-Schools in the world & is the #1 in India. ISB is the first B-School in India to achieve 'triple crown' accreditations from EQUIS,AACSB & AMBA

Talent Pool At ISB

In terms of representation of Gender, Education, Global Work Experience, Industry, Functions, Perspectives, and Life Skills, the ISB PGP student profiles are on par with international standards.

One School Two Campus Philosophy

The two campuses of ISB follow a unified process for admissions and placements. Both the campuses integrate world class academic & residential facilities that help create a perfect balance between the learning and an enriching campus life.

Careers Advancement Services

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ISB has achieved remarkable success in placing its students since its inception. The school pioneered the practice of lateral placements in India, leveraging the unique student profile characterized by a minimum defined work experience. Consequently, ISB has not only facilitated significant career transitions but also secured prestigious leadership positions for its business graduates. This outstanding accomplishment has been made possible by the dedicated and professional Career Advancement Services (CAS) team at ISB.

CAS works in collaboration with various stakeholders including students, corporates, and internal groups within ISB. Its primary objective is to empower students in their career development journey through introspection and self-discovery. The CAS office provides an extensive range of services encompassing career counseling, corporate networking sessions, and career management, all designed to assist students in making informed decisions about their professional paths. By working closely with student representatives and clients from diverse sectors, we strive to develop effective and efficient recruitment strategies.

CAS Connecting Best with the Best

ISB’s CAS Team has a unique structure and its strength stems from its professional nature and the skills and experience of its team members.

To support our recruiters and students CAS has created robost processes and policies complimented by a state-of-art-placements portal and customer relationship module built on latest technology.

Reach out to us on placements@isb.edu to know more about hiring from ISB.

Career Advancement Journey of a PGP Student

The career journey of students begins the moment a class is onboarded in April. The year long metamorphosis comprises of self-reflections, in-class learnings, peer to peer interactions, networking, corporate connects and experiential immersions. Through a series of engagements with corporates, students get the opportunity to learn about recruiting companies with national and global presence. Placements commence with pre-placement talks (PPT) by recruiters to the student body.

Get in touch with our team if you are interested to know more about hiring from ISB on placements@isb.edu

2023

Class Year

324

Companies

1609

Offers Made

Career Progression Of PGP Student Over The Years

CTC Over The Years

PGP Class of 2024

We are delighted to announce that we successfully welcomed the PGP class of '24 on campus in April of this year. The students are from diverse industrial, functional, and global backgrounds. We are proud to have 41% women leaders in the class, as we strive to continually enhance and uphold excellence in our inclusive learning environment. These class demographics exemplify our dedication to nurturing future leaders for India and the world.

The average age of the class is 27 years, and the average work experience stands at 4.6 years. As in previous years, we have a fantastic blend of talent from engineering and non-engineering backgrounds, covering a wide range of work experience from 2 to 20+ years. The Class of '24 comprises students with backgrounds in Consulting, Retail, Pharma, Analytics, Finance, Healthcare, Hospitality, Legal Services, Marketing, Technology, Medicine, Merchant Navy, Défense, and various other fields.

Engage with ISB PGP Class of 24

We invite senior leaders and industry experts to come and interact with our current class. Last year we hosted 200+ number of leaders - CXOs , Board Members, Women Leaders, Entreprenuers and Business Heads who inspired our students with their life and career journeys.

Important Timelines - Placements PGP Class of 24

ISB prepares its students to envision & execute compelling goals, explore global possibilities and change the face of business to achieve the triple bottom line (profit, people and planet). While students can major in structured functions like Entrepreneurship, Information Technology, Strategy, Operations, Finance and Marketing etc.

Click Here to view the learning model for the PGP Program , they get to choose an industry specialization such as Manufacturing, Healthcare, Public Policy and Infrastructure.

We look forward to seeing you in the month of November/ December for placements of PGP Class of 2024.

Student Trained For Multiple Career Trajectories

Women Leaders

Women make up 41% of the current class of PGP Class of '24 and come from a diverse set of educational backgrounds and industry experiences.

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International Careers

ISB is a truly global B-School - every year, international students join ISB or come to ISB for exchange programs.

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Young Leaders

ISB selects a talented group of students and mentors them to set them on a path of high performance from the start of their career.

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Senior Executives

We have a strong representation of students with 8+ years of experience who fulfill requirements for senior level roles in our client organizations.

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Message From the Senior Leadership

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Prof. Ramabhadran Thirumalai

Deputy Dean, Programmes

I am happy to share with you the E-Profiler for the PGP Class of 2024. Our Post Graduate Programme in Management (PGP) has been ranked #39 globally in the Financial Times Global MBA 2023 ranking. We are triple accredited by AMBA, EQUIS and AACSB. These accreditations represent the highest standard of achievement in post-graduate business education. Our resident and visiting faculty bring cutting edge curriculum and learning methods into the classroom. This gives our students exposure to best business practices that are current and global. Our students are trained to see the big picture while diving deep into issues at hand. They have proved their ability to innovate, lead teams across countries and cultures, and are contributing to the success of their respective organizations.

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Kiran Neti

Director & HOD

Dear Recruiter,

Thank you for showing your interest in partnering with ISB for your strategic talent requirements. The Class of 2023 had plethora of opportunities on the Placements front in terms of diverse kind of roles and responsibilities that came across their way as well as the salaries offered. Our students were sought after by the entire spectrum of corporates, including from the Government and semi-government space to well established MNCs and Conglomerates, unicorns, as well as new age fi rms. More than two-thirds of the PGP Class of 2023 could pivot their industry and function with several of them accepted leadership roles in India and abroad.

Select Roles Offered By Companies

Select Leadership Roles Offered To ISB Students In The Past-

Account Leadership Program
Business Leadership Program - Sales & Marketing, Operations & Supply Chain
Entrepreneurial leadership development program
Future Leaders Program
Future Builder Program
India Operations Leadership Program
ISB Women - Leadership Program
Leadership Trainee - Finance / Sales & Marketing/ Operations
Young Leaders Program
Emerging Leadership Program
Leadership Associate Program

Roles Offered to ISB Students

Select Lateral Roles Offered To ISB Students In The Past

Vice President - Delivery Head,Global Operational Leader,Lead Digital Transformation,Strategy & CFO Services
AGM - Design Strategy
AVP - Investment Consulting,GFO,Operations
Chief of Staff
Senior Director/Director - Strategy,Marketing,Sales,Operations
Deputy General Manager- Sales & Marketing
Entrepreneur in Residence
Head - Commercial Process,Investor Relations
Product Head
Partner/ Managing Director-Consultant

Professional Clubs And Outside The Classroom Learning

Formed by industrial and functional interest areas and driven by the students, Professional Clubs facilitate enhanced learning opportunities for the cohort. The Clubs help students stay in touch with the latest developments in industry and learn about or create new best practices during the year. The students gain exposure to cutting-edge trends within the industry and the right tools to harness their potential and excel during placement interviews.
The Learning and Development (L&D) ecosystem at ISB is a blend of in-class and outside the class engagements. Under the guidance of a highly accomplished committee that comprises academicians, alumni and industry experts, we have created Leadership Development modules, Industry Deep-Dive sessions, Career Pathways meetings, Resume Reviews and Mock Interviews sessions as well as flagship conferences for students to undergo a holistic development.

Here is the link for details on outside the classroom learning

Quotes From Some Of Our Recruiters

Waterfield Advisors

'Kartik Kini COO, Waterfield Advisors' - “Waterfield Advisors was glad to be a part of the Placement Week at ISB. Students are uniquely suited to meet Waterfield Advisors needs in terms of their experience, knowledge and poise. The ease of campus recruitment was amazing, enabling us to meet and select from a large number of candidates in a short while – kudos to the management team for the same. Look forward to continued engagement with ISB in the years to come”

Landmark Group, UAE

'Ashutosh Sinha Head HR, Centre of Excellence' - “ISB's curriculum and exposure to industry helps them bring out the best in students and prepare them well for corporate world. Our experience with ISB has been excellent with meeting some of the brightest minds in Business Schools during the placement season.”

Postman

'Ankit Sobti CTO' - "The student quality at ISB was outstanding, as always. As an alumnus, it swells my heart to see the school continuing to attract remarkable young leaders. Thanks to the placement team for making this a smooth and transparent engagement."

AB InBev

'Dharmesh Patel Associate Director – People Continuity, AB InBev South Asia' - “At AB InBev, we believe in hiring & developing people who are better than us. This quest for the smartest minds of the country leads us to ISB every year for hiring for roles across functions like Sales, Marketing, Supply, Finance & Analytics. The multi-dimensional exposure & experience of the students sets them apart as one of the best MBA programmes in the country.”

Media.Net

'Varun V, Manager Human Resources and Technology Hiring' - “Media.Net has a decade long engagement history with ISB not only from a Talent identification perspective but also through other forms where our CxO teams have delivered sessions on campus. We will be proud to say that we have found our next gen leaders through ISB campus recruitment YoY and some the recruits have become top notch functional leaders in the space they have been hired for. Every year the campus process at ISB has been so smooth and there is an insane amount of backend program management & logistics managed by the CAS team. For us it is more of a team offsite, plug n play sort of process and we come back to our office with the joy of adding more talent to the Media.Net family!!!””

PwC DIAC

'Satyam Pendyala Manager' - "PwC DIAC has been partnering with ISB for more than 5 years, and this relationship has only strengthened every year. ISB has consistently ensured a great talent pool for us with the students uniquely suited to meet our needs in terms of skill sets, experience, and outlook. The recruitment process over the years has become more streamlined to help both recruiters and students to find the best fit. A big shout out to the ISB team for this. We look forward to strengthen this partnership with ISB in the coming years..."

SirionLabs

'Aravind Aluri VP of Product' - "We at SirionLabs had a fantastic first experience visiting ISB for campus recruitment. The response level and the quality of candidates was very encouraging. Candidates were super well prepared. ISB recruitment team were really good hosts. Looking forward to the three selected candidates join SirionLabs soon. Also looking forward to continued partnership with ISB."

ITC Limited

'Amitav Mukherji Head of Corporate HR, ITC Limited' - “The diversity of students at ISB in terms of profile, domain knowledge, education and interests combined with their ISB experience has aided us consider students for a variety of roles across different businesses of ITC. We look forward to these students joining ITC.”

Indegene Inc

'Ms. Bina Patil VP- Human Resources at Indegene Lifesystems' - “Indegene and ISB have been partnering with each other over 8 years now and this partnership has built a strong foundation as a trusted brand for great career in healthcare. We look at students who come with great deal of passion, collaboration, innovation and entrepreneurial spirit, once they join us we help them craft a career for themselves. This has helped us move strength to strength in our partnership and work together to make greater big impact.”

Ambit

'Ausang Shukla Managing Director & Head of Corporate Finance' - "Ambit has a long-standing relationship of recruiting high quality students from ISB who bring with them unique perspectives and relevant work experience. In the current batch, as well, we were impressed with the high calibre of the students and a well-structured recruiting process."