ISB to start off-campus management programme

PGP pro, a weekend post graduate programme in management, would be offered in Delhi and Hyderabad on weekends for mid-career professionals, ISB said in a release today.

It would be for a duration of 16 months and classes would commence from January 2017.

Admissions would be on a rolling basis and deadline for applications is November 15.

According to ISB, the programme is designed for mid-career professionals with at least five years and maximum of 12 years of work experience.

PGP pro Professor Dishan Kamdar, Deputy Dean of academic programmes, said this is the first-of-its-kind post graduate programme that would be offered off-campus.

The institute offers a slew of management programmes at the post graduate level such as PG programme in management, PG programme in management for working professionals, PG programme in management for senior executives, PG programme in fellow programme in management, PG programme in management programme for family business and lastly, executive education.

ISB has various institute under it such as the Bharti Institute of Public Policy, Max Institute of Healthcare Management, Munjal Institute for Global Manufacturing and Punj Lloyd Institute of Infrastructure Management, among others.

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The idea for the school was conceived in 1995 and the foundation stone for the institute was laid on December 20, 1999. The ISB is associated with the London School of Business.

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