The Xavier School of Management (XLR) on Wednesday announced that it will accept GRE scores along with GMAT and XAT scores for admissions to its flagship Executive PGDM (General) program, starting this year.
Admissions are open for the 15-month full-time residential General Management programme - Executive PGDM (General) at the premiere B-school of the country.
The last date for registration to the course is November 30 . The program has got various prestigious accreditations, including The Association of MBAs (AMBA) and All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE).
The aim of the course is to augment the skill-sets and capabilities of practising managers and boost their careers. To be eligible for the course, one has to hold a recognised bachelor’s degree in any discipline and have an experience in managerial or supervisory positions of at least five years.
The Executive PGDM (General) programme consists of core and optional courses designed specifically for fast track executives with work experience, and exposes them to recent trends, tools, and techniques in management.
Coming with a three-month field training, the programme provides the essentials of management education with the flexibility of individual exploration in their chosen area of interest.
XLRI director Fr. P. Christie said, " Knowledge and continuous learning is the mainstay amongst progressive organisations of today. To satisfy this thirst for knowledge and to become a learning organisation, XLRI has evolved a 15-month consolidated programme in general management . The objective of the course is to provide the practising managers a substantial exposure to theoretical foundations in management as well as to provide them a holistic perspective of business in such a way that they are not only equipped with tools and techniques to perform their task effectively but also to shoulder greater responsibilities in the future as they move up the organisational hierarchy."
Founded in 1949, XLRI has grown into a top-ranking business management school of international repute with a wide portfolio of management programmes and research publications.