Mid-career executives who resigned from positions in the state and central government and public sector units to study at the Indian Institute of Management-Ahmedabad (IIM-A) is the first batch of Post Graduate Programme in Public Management and Policy (PGP-PMP), have finished placements with offers ranging from Rs 15 lakh to Rs 40 lakh "" nearly five times more than their previous employment. | |
| The 24 participants out of 33 who opted for placements have been offered positions like vice-president, additional vice-president, chief managers, principal consultant in top firms. The highest offers have been made by Reliance AGAG, PWC and Adani Group. |
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| The PGP-PMP is a one-year programme targeted at those looking to take on senior management positions in public management and policy. |
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"Focused attention on subjects like infrastructure development, financial regulation, public policy and governance and technology management, have managed to attract recruiters who are looking for people to head their Public-Private Partnership projects," said Sebastian Morris, Chairperson of the PGP-PMP programme.
| FINAL PLACEMENT SALARY SCENARIO FOR 2008 | | Institute | Domestic (Rs) | International ($) | | 2007 | 2008 | 2007 | 2008 | | IIM Ahmedabad | 1 crore | 70 lakh | 2,25,000 | 360,000 | | IIM Calcutta | 40 lakh | N A | 2,50,000 | 340,000 | | IIM Kozhikode | 22 lakh | 29 lakh | 1,10,000 | 1,75,000 | | IIM Indore | 18 lakh | 26 lakh | 1,10,000 | 89,000 | | IIFT Delhi | 19.2 lakh | 25 lakh | 1,00,000 | 1,10,000 | | XLRI Jamshedpur | 16 lakh | 28 lakh | 1,00,000 | 1,00,000 |
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| The response to the first batch has already alerted IIM-Ahmedabad decision makers who will increase the intake of the batch from 33 to 45. As with all other programmes at the institute, the PGP-PMP is also expected to see a fee hike from Rs 8.5 lakhs to Rs 12 lakhs for the next batch. The fee may go up to Rs 15 lakhs for the third batch. |
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| "The experience at IIM-A has equipped me evaluation skills, knowledge of the economy, finance and markets and has given me an in-depth of the public policy sector, " said Samir K Sinha, an IAS candidate from the 1994 Assam cadre who will go back to the government. |
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