30% women, 87% engineers in IIM-Bangalore’s new PGP batch

BENGALURU: As many as 534 students have been on boarded for Indian Institute of Management-Bangalore’s flagship Post Graduate Programme in Management (PGP) and its new two-year full-time Master of Business Administration (Business Analytics).
About 87% of the 488 PGP students are from engineering background (423), while 30% (146) are women. The average work experience is about two years, and the average age 25 years.
In the 46-strong MBA (BA) batch, 87% are men and 13% women; the average age is 23 years.The maximum students are from engineering background, with over 53% from premier institutes like IITs/NITs and the rest from deemed universities.
The batch also comprises students from backgrounds such as computer science, physics, mathematics, economics, biotech, etc. Around 54% have some work experience, said a release form IIM-B.
The students, in the inaugural programme on August 1, downplayed fears about the new system of digital learning and said things will settle down soon.
“The present time has seen a lot of previous assumptions on business, management and economy being questioned. This may prove an exciting time for students, who can embrace the changes and write new playbooks in business and management,” said Prof Rishikesha T Krishnan, director, IIMB, adding that analysts expect a recovery in the economy by mid-2021.
Students can stay on campus
The orientation programme from August 2-4 will see students interact with faculty members, alumni and other senior officials on introduction to the programme, online learning, administrative matters and IIMB’s other programmes, activities and facilities. IIM-B is conducting classes online and has given students the option to stay on campus in case they have internet connectivity issues at home.