Which option is better: EPGP from IIMK after 3+ years of experience or Executive MBA after 5+ years of experience?

I have 3+ years of experience in Quality Assurance(Testing) of BFSI Domain.

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Asked by Ashvini
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Govind Sharma
9 years ago
The EPGP programme of IIM Kozhikode does not come with a campus placement which means you need to search on on your own. The fee for the programme is 740000 INR and without campus placement getting RoI will be tough. Better you should gain more work experience and do fully residential full-time on c

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@Govind: I completely agree with your analysis of executive education. Can you please suggest if I should go for GIM Goa full time 2 year MBA after 5 year of work experience? Is this okay? I am already selected for IIMK Exe but I do not see any concrete benefit apart from tag of IIM.

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IIM Kozhikode faculty of economics has skilled professionals. They hold great expertise in their domain and actively publish their research papers. They are also rewarded with awards and honors. Look at the table below for detail on IIM Kozhikode economics faculty:

IIM Kozhikode Economics FacultyDesignationResearch Areas
Anirban GhatakAssistant Professor (Grade I)Game theory, Human Behavior, Networks
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IIM Kozhikode offers scholarship aims to cover wide range of students and hence offers so many scholarship. Check the table to know about IIM Kozhikode scholarship benefits:

Scholarship NameScholarship Amount or Financial Benefit
IIMK Merit ScholarshipAwarded based on CGPA; the number of scholarships is set at one for every 20 students in the first and second years
IIMK Need Based Financial Assistance (NBFA)Amount determined by the Financial Aid Committee (FAC) based on the financial assessment
Top Class Education Scheme for SC StudentsScheme-based assistance; the amount is not specified in the supplied information
National Fellowship and Scholarship for Higher Education of ST StudentsScheme-based assistance; the amount is not specified in the supplied information
Merit Cum Means Scholarship for Professional and Technical CoursesScheme-based assistance; the amount is not specified in the supplied information
Scholarships for Top Class Education for Students with DisabilitiesScheme-based assistance; the amount is not specified in the supplied information
IDFC FIRST Bank MBA ScholarshipINR 1,00,000 per student per academic year
Mirae Asset Foundation ScholarshipINR 5,00,000 per selected student
Aditya Birla Group ScholarshipINR 1,75,000 per student per year
OP Jindal Engineering & Management ScholarshipINR 1,50,000 per student per year

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IIM Kozhikode faculty is skilled and have years of experience in their field. Please find the list below for Marketing Management faculty at IIM Kozhikode:

Aishwarya Ramasundaram Anandakuttan B Unnithan 
Atanu Adhikari Deepak S Kumar
Dharun KasilingamEkta Srivastava
G. SridharGeetha M
Gladys StephenJoffi Thomas
Joshy JosephKeyoor Purani
Nivedita BhanjaOmkumar Krishnan

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