Commencements 2009: IIM Ahmedabad commences new batch with 310 students

The Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Ahmedabad commenced its new session of MBA program with a student batch size of 310, including 47 female students. The batch size this year has seen a rise of about 5 percent in comparison to last years 297 students. Also, as per details shared by IIM Ahmedabad with MBAUniverse.com, about 42.58 per cent of the new batch has no prior work experience. Rest of the batch has a average work experience of 23 months, according to the MBA School.

The institute also told MBAUniverse.com that 91.61% of the new batch belonged to engineering background. Sharing information with MBAUniverse.com, IIM Ahmedabad said the 2009-11 PGP program students were inducted through an orientation program inaugurated by Prof SK Barua, Director of IIM Ahmedabad. Dean of IIM Ahmedabad, Prof BH Jajoo, introduced the freshers with the chairpersons and the faculty members of the MBA School.
An IIM Ahmedabad spokesperson told MBAUniverse.com, The students who joined the institutes MBA program for the year 2009-11 were welcomed and introduced to the facilities on campus at the event. The students were introduced to counseling services, campus life, gender specialization, and library and administration functionaries by the institutes professors. They were also apprised with the PGP Executive Committee members and the course structure was discussed in detail.

Two-special sessions were organized by the MBA School to introduce students with the Case Methods. The spokesperson of IIM Ahmedabad said, Preparatory programs were arranged for the new MBA program students in Computer, Mathematics and Communications. But not all students went through the preparatory program. It was offered only to those students who were recommended by the IIM Ahmedabad Admission Committee. The course fee for the MBA program batch of 2009-11 at IIM Ahmedabad is Rs 12.5 lakh for two years, according to the MBA School.