Out of the total 158 students who have taken admission in the 20th batch of MBA-PGPX (2025-2026) at the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA), 48 students (30.38 per cent) are female — highest number so far — and 110 (69.62 per cent) are males, said an official statement.
According to the details shared by IIMA, the batch has an average work experience of seven years, nine months, and 36.43 per cent students possess international exposure in terms of work and studies.
Most students come from a background of manufacturing and engineering (25), energy and utilities (18), consulting (14), IT products (12), retail and ecommerce (11), infrastructure and construction (9), banking, financial services and insurance (9) among others, IIMA stated in a release.
Addressing the new batch Thursday, Prof Bharat Bhasker, Director, IIMA, said, “We all are witnessing how businesses are transforming, and it is happening at a rapid pace. We are again at a juncture that is as disruptive as the arrival of web technology and IT of the 1990s. Advanced technologies like Artificial Intelligence (AI), data analytics, robotics, and so on, are going to play a game-changing role in decision-making.” Prof Diptesh Ghosh, Dean (Programmes), IIMA, told the students, “We maintain a strong focus on real-world applications in our teaching approach. Therefore, many of the classes would be based on real-life managerial situations, which is called the case study method. You will be given real business challenges, and the emphasis will be on analysing the situation and making effective decisions as leaders.”
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