“The average GMAT score for the admission offers that are going out is 731 among, the highest in the world, if not the highest. For comparison, the entering class of 2008 at Harvard had an average GMAT score of 707 and that at Wharton had an average GMAT score of 713,” said the official spokesperson.

“Additionally, we expect about 10 pc of the entering batch to be women, compared to 5 pc for the second batch. This is a significant achievement because the applicant pool in the age group that comprises the PGPX has fewer women candidates compared to other pools,” he added.

Meanwhile, the second PGPX batch at the bschool are slated to leave for the International Immersion component of the program to University of British Columbia – Vancouver, Columbia Business School, Amsterdam Business School, Frankfurt School of Finance and Management and Chinese University of Hongkong.

“Columbia and Frankfurt are new additions to our list of overseas partners for International Immersion. We also now have agreements with University of Texas at Austin and are in talks with Warwick Business School, UK and Gordon Institute of Business Science, University of Pretoria, South Africa for collaboration in this area,” said the spokesperson.

After one week of geographically topical coursework at these schools, the students will intern with companies on different types of projects.

“Sponsor firms include Unilever, Microsoft, IBM, Wipro, Cisco, Posco, Frankfurt Stock Exchange and Morgan Stanley among others”, he added.