GMP arouses media interest – Our Dean interviewed by coolavenues

Since last few years, 1 year MBA has been generating a lot of interest in India. Sensing this trend and the need for more information about some of the top 1 year MBA programs, coolavenues recently interviewed Dr Pranabesh Ray, Dean(Academics) and asked him specific questions about GMP.

 

Some of the insightful comments by Dr Ray were:

“The average experience level in GMP is about 6.5 years which is neither too high nor too low for executive education. We have noticed that at this experience level, a working professional has gathered useful industry knowledge and more importantly has a clearer sense of direction. This makes it easy for them to get back to school and learn fast for the long haul. “

“Starting with the current batch, GMP is now our flagship program. So it goes without saying that we take this program as seriously as we take our other programs. The same features which XLRI stands for – the faculty, the coursework, the infrastructure and the unique XLRI culture - make this program one of the best executive MBA programs in India. “

 

“GMP was launched in 1996 when no one had heard of a 1 year full time MBA program for executives. It was initially available only for executives of Tata group of companies, but we opened it to public in 2002 when requests from industry for such students started piling up. I can say that the industry wanted to build a strong middle management layer in their organizations and we responded with GMP.”

Here is the full interview : http://www.coolavenues.com/mba-aspirant/dean-talk/colloquy-dr-pranabesh-ray-dean-academics-xlri