Executive MBA- PGSEM

Ever since i started googling about PGSEM, i got lot of information.Here i am consolidating all of it so another aspirant can get it quickly information.

This post is to address all those general questions that may arise in someone' mind.

Disclaimer: Some of contents many be taken from other's site, other's view.Here my intention is provide consolidated information.Please consider your thoughts before making any opinion.

PGSEM or Post Graduate Program in Software Enterprise Management is a part-time executive MBA conducted by IIM Bangalore for professionals working in software industry. To do this, you need to have two years or more of experience in IT/ITES sectors and you need to obtain the consent letter from your employer at the time of your interview.

• If I join PGSEM, can I hope for a career in i-banking in companies like Goldmann,JP Morgan etc?

No. Don’t entertain such hopes . But as I’ve heard, there are guys in PGSEM who work on the software side of many i-banks and financial firms trying for a shift to the functional or business side in such firms. That way, it might be possible.

• Main advantages in doing this?

(i) I should say, IIMB brand – even if it is part time, it should help you in the long run
(ii) Faculty – The top 3 IIMs possess really exceptional faculty. Go through the faculty profiles in IIMB site and think about the wealth of experience that these people would bring to you.
(iii) As it is part time, you earn your salary and you do your MBA at the same time.
(iv) IIMB has the largest student exchange program (in India) with universities abroad. Its open to PGSEM students too.
(v) This is perhaps the ideal mix of an MBA class in terms of years of experience..There are people having substantial experience – those who are at the level of VP / director too , doing the course.

• Negative points??

(i) As you have to balance your work, studies and life (If there’s something called that ),
‘time’ becomes something of premium value..
(ii) As you don’t stay in campus, you get limited involvement in institutional activities like sports, cultural festivals, business meets etc.. Basically that charm of hostel life is missing — And as far as I think, this is the biggest negative factor.
(iii) You accept it or not, Indian media is biased towards salary figures. In Western nations, were salary is something that an individual never really speaks out in open, the media here trumpet about the multimillion offers that the select few doing PGP gets..And the IIM brand is built up on top of that…PGSEM as a course has nothing like that to boast about. Hence, brand value for this course is nowhere near what PGP has. While the fact remains that many PGSEM students, even before the course begins, have salaries that are more or less same as the domestic average salaries in PGP.
(iv) To be frank, it is not possible to do full justice to the subjects, especially mathematically inclined ones.. I regard my self as someone having decent mathematical abilities. But I hate to admit this, I’m really struggling in mathematically oriented subjects like Fin-accounting, managerial accounting, quantitative methods etc as I get very limited time to practice. On the other hand, as the crowd in PGSEM has substantial industry experience, the discussions that they bring in in subjects like strategy management, Organizational behavior etc are of high quality – Something that might be a bit tough to expect in a PGP class having a sizable number of freshers.


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