Indira Institute of Management PGDM, Pune is a standalone recognised institute by AICTE for its two-year Postgraduate Diploma in Management, the PGDM programme. Indira Institute of Management PGDM, Pune admission criteria is stringent for selection of the most appropriate candidates into the management programme and is guided by an admission cycle whereby different national-level entrance exams will be announced and accepted for admission into the institute.
Entrance tests through which scores are accepted for admission into Indira Institute of Management PGDM, Pune include Common Admission Test (CAT), Xavier Aptitude Test (XAT), Management Aptitude Test (MAT), AIMS Test for Management Admissions (ATMA), Common Management Admission Test (CMAT), Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT), and state-level Maharashtra Common Entrance Test (MH-CET).
Board for each exam is different regarding the important dates from different admitted tests. XAT admits card, for instance, will be out between December 20 to January 5. MAT exam (CBT 2: December session) will be conducted on 22nd December. Admit cards for ATMA for December cycle are available from 18th December up to 22. CMAT opens its applications from 14th November to 25th December.
The institute conducts the application process of Indira Institute of Management - PGDM, Pune in the following ways:
The Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) is the flagship programme offered by Indira Institute of Management, Pune. The approved strength of the institute for this course is 180 candidates. The steps in the admission procedure for PGDM are mentioned as follows:
Indira Institute of Management manages the PGDM programme with a mission to comprehensively educate students in management, making them capable of taking up leadership roles in the business world.
Students are reminded to bring all essential documents along on the day of admission.
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