IIM Visakhapatnam offers 2 years non residential Post Graduate Program for Experienced Professionals (PGPEx), leading to the award of Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree. PGPeX is the non-residential weekend program. It offers an excellent opportunity for experienced professionals located in and around the City of Visakhapatnam to acquire new knowledge and skills and advance their careers.
The PGPEx program offers a holistic and transformative learning experience that will enable you to deal with various challenges you may encounter in your journey towards self-development and professional excellence. The PGPEx curriculum is specifically designed for experienced individuals who look forward to leadership roles. The curriculum is a mix of core courses that will expose you to basic concepts in various functional areas of management and elective courses to develop advanced skills and expertise in specialized areas of your interest
The Program is to help the participants enhance their managerial competencies and leadership skills for professional growth and development; and through that advanced learning, contribute more effectively to their organizations.
Eligible candidates should apply online for PGPEx admission at https://www.iimv.ac.in/pgpex with a non-refundable application fee of INR 1000
The PGPEx (Post Graduate Program for Experienced-Professionals) of IIM Visakhapatnam is a curated Program which contributes to the development of professional managers, entrepreneurs, and stewards of existing and emerging enterprises in the private, public, and social sectors by providing them with management education of global quality. The content-rich curriculum and learner-centric pedagogy help the Program-participants successfully build on their system skills, soft skills and social skills. With classes scheduled conveniently in the evenings and over weekends, the Program, offers an ideal 'learn while you earn' opportunity to professionals based in and around Visakhapatnam.
IIM Visakhapatnam currently has more than thirty faculty members who steer all the academic activities of the Institute. Apart from them, many industry-leading specialists offer courses in the PGP-Ex programme as visiting faculty members. IIMV offers its students access to excellent infrastructure, including state-of-the-art classrooms, meeting rooms, in-campus Wi-Fi, and library to name a few.
The PGPEx at IIMV has total number of 25 Courses. The courses are taught in 750 hours including electives. Classes are scheduled on Friday Evenings & Weekends
- The application form for admission to PGPEx is available at https://www.iimv.ac.in/pgpex
- A non-refundable application fee of INR 1000/- is to be submitted along with the application. SC, ST, PwD, Women applicants are exempt from paying the application fee. NC-OBC and EWS applicants are required to pay 50% of the fee viz. INR 500/-.
- Candidates opting to appear for the IIMV Test will have to pay a nonrefundable fee of INR 1000/- in addition to the application fee. There is no discount for any category of applicant, for the IIMV Test fee.
- Application fee and IIMV Test fee (both non-refundable) as mentioned above, should be paid on-line through the ‘Online Fee Payment’ SBI link in the Institute’s website https://www.iimv.ac.in.
The eligibility criteria for admission into the Program are:
- The applicant must hold a bachelor’s degree (minimum 55% marks or equivalent).
- The Bachelor’s degree obtained by the candidate must entail a minimum of three years of education after completing higher secondary schooling (10+2) or its equivalent
- The applicant must have a minimum of three years of full-time work experience as an officer/executive level or higher; as a professional or as an entrepreneur
- Applicants require a valid CAT / GMAT / GRE score to be considered for admission. Alternatively, applicants also can choose to apply for PGPEx by opting to take IIMV Test
- Applicants will be short-listed based on their performance in CAT/ GMAT/ GRE/ IIMV Test, as chosen by the candidate, performance in the prior qualifications, and duration of work experience
- Shortlisted candidates will be called for a Personal interview. The interview panel will evaluate each candidate’s performance based on such factors/ parameters as SOP, diversity, general awareness, leadership qualities, accomplishments at workplace
- At the time of the interview, employed candidates will be required to produce a “No Objection Certificate” from their employers
- Final selection will be made based on a composite score comprising the performance in the Admission Test, nature and extent of work experience, SOP and Interview. The composite total score will be calculated using a multi-factor model
- The admission offer will be made to a certain percentage of applicants depending on the availability of seats and their satisfying a minimum cut-off on the composite score