Why people with work experience opt for PGP at IIM - Ahmedabad and not PGPX?

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Gourav Choudhury
9 years ago
People with higher work experience usually opt for PGPX which is an executive MBA equivalent course offered by IIM-A. Usually, people doing PGPX have work experience of 5-7 years or more because of the minimum age criteria of 27 years in case of PGPX. People with 2-3 years of work ex usually do not

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ruby jaha
9 years ago
Hi Lovely, There are various reasons why people with work experience opt for PGP at IIM - Ahmedabad and not PGPX: - PGP is flagship program of IIMs, valued much higher than PGPX by the industry. - Indian industry is not yet mature for one year program. One-year program is normally through GMAT whi

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