IIMA welcomes 60th Class of PGP & 24th Class of FABM; Announces scholarships for meritorious students

The Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA) has welcomed students of the 60th class of the Two-Year Full Time Post Graduate Programme in Management (PGP) and the 24th batch of the Two-Year Full Time Post Graduate Programme in Food and Agribusiness Management (PGP FABM), on campus recently.

The Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA) has welcomed students of the 60th class of the Two-Year Full Time Post Graduate Programme in Management (PGP) and the 24th batch of the Two-Year Full Time Post Graduate Programme in Food and Agribusiness Management (PGP FABM), on campus recently. Together, the class of 2023-2025 comprises 455 high performers who come from diverse backgrounds across the country.

Diversity and inclusivity

The PGP Class of 2023-25 comprises 408 meritorious students from a diverse educational, professional, socio-economic and gender backgrounds. It consists of 26 percent freshers and 74 percent experienced candidates having a range of skills and work experience covering medicine, multinationals, PSUs, teaching, space research, civil servants, NGOs, defence services, gaming, technology, banking, consultancy, start-ups, law firms, etc. About 42 percent of the batch comprises students from non-engineering disciplines and 58 percent from engineering. Women students comprise 23 percent of the PGP Class.

The PGP FABM batch has 47 students, with all of them hailing from food and agribusiness backgrounds. This year the class has 42 percent women students, as compared to 38 percent in the previous year.

A significant number of differently abled students have joined the PGP Class of 2023-2025. The Institute has always advocated the concept of inclusive education and has set up an EOO (Equal Opportunity Office) that collaborates with these students to understand their special needs and provides several facilities including Apple iPads, automotive wheelchairs, specialised software, high-resolution cameras for laptops, and any other specific requirements they may have during their student life on campus.

Rise in number of Scholarships

Carrying forward the mission of supporting meritorious and deserving students, the IIMA has announced 30 new scholarships for the incoming Class of 2023-25.  The scholarships have been contributed by the IIMA alumni through the IIMA Endowment Fund. A total of 10 scholarships of INR 10 lakh each and twenty scholarships of INR 5 lakh each will be awarded to students early in the first year and in the second year.

The scholarships were made possible through the contributions and support of several IIMA alumni who are closely engaged with the Institute in advancing its aim of ensuring that meritorious students have access to IIMA's world-class education. The scholarships have been instituted through the IIMA Endowment Fund, which has been set up by a group of IIMA alumni in 2020.

An event was held at the campus where Professor Pradyumana Khokle, Dean (Programmes), welcomed the students to the IIMA. Professor Bharat Bhasker, Director, IIMA; Professor Abhiman Das, Chairperson (PGP); Professor Vineet Virmani, Chairperson (PGP-FABM), Professor MP Ram Mohan, Chairperson (Admissions); Professor Ankur Sinha, Chairperson (Placements); Professor Chinmay Tumbe, Chairperson, Sports and Recreation Activities Committee (SARA), Professor Naman Desai, Chairperson, Student Housing and Welfare Committee; and Girish Rajpurohit, General Secretary (Student Affairs Council) participated in the ceremony and interacted with the students.

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