League of Extraordinary B Schools

When deciding on applying to 1 Yr MBA program at IIMA I followed a Natural thought process. I wrote down all questions that came across my mind and answers to these questions. These are some of my thoughts..

What will happen to the image of ISB with IIMA's program?

ISB and IIM will compete and cooperate. Competition is always a welcome change. But sooner or later ISB will have to get permanent faculty as in the long run this really matters in the long run. My guess is that each program will end up with only a smaller common set of applicants as both the programs though 1 Year have different flavors.

Do companies that come specifically at IIMA (talking IBs/MCs here) will consider the Pgpx candidates?

Yes. There is a tremendous opportunity for these companies to recruit at Senior Levels. Since many of the top companies have excellent relationship with IIMA, this will be a win-win situation for both. IBs may not show that much interest as its a 1 Yr program and normally most of the Banks recruit from pool of summer interns. MCs will find a new recruiting ground and new leaders from Asia's primier business school. I can see IIM Ahmedabad on the leagues of Ashridge/Insead/IMD/Oxbridge supplying students with leadership experience and transnational management skills.

What impact will Pgpx have on IIMA's flagship 2 yr MBA program and viceversa?

IIMA' s flagship program has been running for last 4 decades. It has moulded many a leaders over the last 40 years. The inputs for this program is great and participants best of the best. The only missing piece is the lack of realworld business experience. Most of them have minimal or zilch experience. The energy and enthusiasm displayed by these students are great. Where as the 1 Yr Pgpx program caters to mature crowd with many years of leadership and business experience. I believe there will be great synergy between these two programs. Realworld perspectives from the Pgpx crowd combined with the zeal of Pgp students will elevate IIM Ahmedabad to a higher level playing field.

More trickles will fall....