45% of new inductees at IIM-Kozhikode from Kerala

The Indian Institute of Management-Kozhikode (IIM-K) on Saturday welcomed the latest inductees of its flagship Post Graduate Programme (PGP), PGP-Liberal Studies and Management (PGP-LSM), PGP-Finance (PGP-F), and Doctoral Programme in Management (PhD) on its campus at Kunnamangalam here.

The Indian Institute of Management-Kozhikode (IIM-K) on Saturday welcomed the latest inductees of its flagship Post Graduate Programme (PGP), PGP-Liberal Studies and Management (PGP-LSM), PGP-Finance (PGP-F), and Doctoral Programme in Management (PhD) on its campus at Kunnamangalam here.

According to a press release, the new inductees comprise a total of 601 students who have been admitted to IIM-K’s regular, full-time programmes: the 27th batch of PGP (483 students), the 4th batch of PGP-LSM (52 students), the 4th batch of PGP-F (49 students), and the 16th batch of DPM (PhD) (17 students) programmes of the institute, making it the largest IIM-K cohort to date.

This is the first time IIM-K has inducted 12 international students, including five NRIs from Nepal, U.S., U.K., UAE, Oman, and Germany for all three of its two-year full-time MBA programmes. Additionally, 67% of the batch brings valuable work experience, and 45 students represent the home state of IIM-K, Kerala.

Vivek Mandhata, managing director and partner at Boston Consulting Group, was the chief guest at the inaugural ceremony presided over by Professor Debashis Chatterjee, Director of IIM-K.

IIM-K, credited with many firsts, has been at the forefront of achieving diversity, and the story is no different this year too. For 2023, the above incoming batches comprise an overall 45% of women candidates. Among the programmes, PGP-LSM has the highest gender diversity with 52% of the batch comprising women students, followed by 48% women candidates in the flagship PGP programme.

On the academic diversity front, the latest IIM-K batch comprises 58% students from non-engineering backgrounds, with entrants from diverse backgrounds like Sciences, Humanities, Arts, Commerce, Medical (MBBS), and Chartered Accountants.

Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Mandhata, an IIMK gold medalist and alumnus from the class of 2009, thanked IIM-K for this opportunity to come back to his alma mater and took the latest entrants on a trip down the memory lane. Appreciating the growing reputation of IIM-K and its impressive journey as a global thought school, he shared with the young cohort five key mantras: to give it all, being bold, experiment, lift oneself up when down, and embrace diversity to adapt to a changing world order. He added that it is an opportune time to showcase India’s leadership in the global world order and encouraged students to never shy away from accepting challenges.