INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT, AHMEDABAD   

One-Year Full-Time Residential
Post Graduate Programme in Public Management
& Policy (PGP-PMP)
(Batch 2008-09)

The Programme

PGP-PMP is a rigorous one-year programme in public management and policy with concentration in governance and policy formulation and implementation, financial regulation, infrastructure development, management of international organizations, public enterprise management, and technology policy and management.
This is a one-year full-time residential programme for civil servants, managers of parastatals and public enterprises, professionals from NGOs, executives of private sector firms dealing with public management issues, and those pursuing political careers with legislative experience.

International exchange / attachment has been designed to expose participants to public management policies and practices followed in a different cultural context. Currently, the institute has formal understanding for attachment / exchange programmes with -
(i) Faculty of Economic & Social Sciences, IOMBA Programme, University of Geneva;
(ii) Lyndon Johnson School of Public Affairs, University of Texas at Austin;
(iii) The Georgetown Public Policy Institute, Georgetown University;
(iv) The H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy & Management, Carnegie Mellon University; and
(v) The Warwick Business School, University of Warwick.

The institute offers on-campus placements for non-sponsored candidates.

Admission Procedure

Application Form for the second programme (2008-09) which begins on April 1, 2008 is available online. The deadline for receipt of applications is November 3, 2007 with GMAT (www.mba.com) / GRE (www.ets.org) score obtained between April 1, 2005 and November 3, 2007 or CAT score from any of the last three CATs. To ensure that GMAT scores are sent directly to IIMA, please enter IIMA PGP-PMP Code: CQQ-RR:62.

Candidates without GMAT / GRE / CAT may also apply but they will be short-listed on the basis of application rating for a specially designed test of IIM-A to be conducted simultaneously at Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Delhi, and Kolkatta. All short-listed candidates are expected to spend a day at IIM-A where they would meet with the faculty and attend an interview. The admission process will be completed by January 4, 2008. Selected candidates are expected to make their own arrangements for obtaining leave, etc., from their organizations.

Eligibility Criteria

Applicants must have a bachelor’s degree or equivalent in any discipline and should have at least seven years of work experience by March 2008 in a supervisory / managerial / administrative position. Candidates with legislative experience are also eligible to apply provided they are -
(i) 27 or more years old, and
(ii) have one year or more of experience as a minister at the central level or as a member of parliament or 2 years or more of experience as minister at the state level or as member of the legislative assembly / council; or have served for 5 years or more as councilor of municipal corporation or of zilla parishad.

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