Post Graduate Program for Executives (Managing Business in Emerging Economies) - PGPEx (MBEE) 

at IIM Shillong, Shillong

IIM Shillong Executive MBA or PGP Ex Programme is a one year residential programme. The eligibility and selection criteria for the programme is mentioned below:

According to the placement report released by IIM Shillong for the PGP Ex batch 2022-23, following statistics can be derieved:

MBA Working Executives is two-year programme where live classes are held in online mode. The programme is designed for working professionals. The total programme fee for MBA-WE is INR 12 lakh.

To pursue the course from IIM Shillong, candidate must appear for either CAT, GMAT or WEMAT.

IIM Shillong also offers a PGP Working Executive (MBA WE) programme designed for professionals to navigate change with new knowledge and business practices while keeping the work-life balance. Candidates can leave the programme after completion of core courses and attain an Executive Program in General Management (EPGM) certificate. Given in the table below are the admission related details of the programme:

The highest package and average package offered during PGPEx placements 2024 were INR 35 LPA and INR 24.40 LPA, respectively. Check the complete details of IIM Shillong PGPEx placements 2024 from the table below:

The average package offered at IIM Shillong for PGP EX 2022-23 batch was INR 25.58 LPA, the median package was INR 26 LPA and the highest CTC offered was INR 43.92 LPA. Top recruiters during the placement drive are mentioned below:

The answer to this question of whether an average student can get into IIM can be both yes and no depending on the definition of an average student.

• Based on Academics (Class 10/ Class 12/ Graduation): While a student with average scores in Class 10, Class 12 and graduation with a good CAT score certainly has good chances of getting a call from IIM-A, chances are less for someone with an average CAT score.
• Based on student category (General or Reserved): While it is tough for a General category average student to grab a seat at IIM due to high score requirements, a reserved category student can get admission being at average scores as well.
• Based on past work experience, diversity and other factors: Gender and academic diversity is also a factor on which students are shortlisted at IIM. IIMs judge the past academic category based on the degree obtained by the students before MBA and then a weightage is allotted based on that. For Engineers, the percentage for scoring the highest marks is higher as compared with other streams
• Performance in selection rounds: Once you make it to the final selection rounds, i.e., AWT/PI process, it can be considered a fresh start. At this stage, students can forget their past average-ness but definitely require good grasp over the past subjects as academics-related questions are asked in the interview.

Based on the above factors, it can be considered that while getting into top Management institutes, such as IIM is extremely tough, the past performance, CAT performance, student category and a lot of factors can be the reasons for a student to receive that final call.

As per the official website, the admission criteria of IIM Shillong varies from course to course.
Admission to IIM Shillong PGP is done through CAT/GMAT. Domestic candidates seeking admission to IIM Shillong must have a valid CAT score to get shortlisted for the GD-PI round.  IIM Shillong PGP Admission Process starts with the CAT Registration process. The final admission offers are made after conducting multiple selection rounds. Candidates seeking admission to IIM Shillong PGP will have to go through a multi-step admission process. For admission to IIM Shillong courses, other than PGP, candidates are required to appear for the relevant entrance exam accepted by IIM Shillong for that particular course.

Interanational candidates interested to get into IIM Shillong must have a GMAT score of not less than 640 to get shortlisted for the personal interview round.

The median package offered during IIM Shillong PGP placements 2024 stood at INR 25,67 LPA. Thee median package offered between 2022 and 2024 are presented below:

Additionally, the median package offered during IIM Shillong PGPEx placements 2024 was INR 22.80 LPA. The past years' data is unavailable. Refer to the below table to know the PGPEx median package 2024: