Postgraduate Program in Software Enterprise Management
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Postgraduate Program in Software Enterprise Management or PGSEM (also called PGSM by most alumni) is a Management program for working Information Technology professionals who want to gain knowledge and get a post graduation diploma in Management. The program is run by Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore (IIMB), one of the premier management institutes in India. This program has become very popular amongst the IT professionals in the southern part of India - attracting the best of talent interested in pursuing a premium management post graduation.
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[edit] Details of the Course
[edit] Student Profile
The program curriculum covers general management concepts and is open to candidates who have more than two years of work experience and are working in an Information Technology company. While two years is considered as a mandate for the admission, the institute feels that a person with four to five years of IT experience would be the real benefactor from this course and hence such candidates are preferred. That said, people with more and less years of experience also make it to the course. The average years of experience of the candidates have been six years for most of the batches. There is representation from all major IT companies spanning the length and breadth of the Indian sub-continent. (Employees from 100+ IT companies are currently doing this course).
[edit] Distributed Classroom
The program started in June 1998. Since June 2005 the program is simultaneously avaialable in Bangalore and Chennai. There are plans to offer the program in Hyderabad and Pune in the near future, though nothing is finalised yet. Thus the institute has pioneered what is known as the "Distributed Mode of Education" in the country. This differentiates PGSEM from several other executive MBA programs.
[edit] Details about the programme
A participant can graduate at the end of two and a half academic years, while continuing their regular work. However, the participants have the flexibility to complete the course in a maximum of 6 academic years. Each academic year is subdivided into four quarters of eleven weeks each. The classes are held on Fridays and Saturdays. The program requires the corporation to either sponsor the candidates or agree to their participation in the program.
The program is structured around 10 broad themes. The course is offered in the form of quarters and typically a year consists of 4 quarters of 11 weeks each. A week of holiday is given to the students except during the fourth quarter of the year, when they enjoy a full one and a half month long vaccation.
The program does not offer any placement service to its students. The PGSEM program started in 1998 and has been growing since.
[edit] Target Audience
This program is designed to come to the help of the software professionals at a stage in their career when they may need to augment their technical knowledge with knowledge of business concepts. Software Professionals looking for management education while still pursuing their jobs can look at this program.
People interested in knowing more about this program should visit the program specific page on Institute web site. Also there is a mailing list maintained at PGSEM Yahoogroup. People can also get a feel of happenings in the program at the program blog at PGSEM Blog and Official IIMB PGSEM Blog. Both the group and blog are maintained by PGSEM students and Alumni.
[edit] The PGSM Batches
The following are the PGSM batches that have already passed out from the institute:
1998-2001
1999-2002
2000-2003
2001-2004
2002-2005
2003-2006
2004-2007
The batches that are still doing the program are: 2005-2008
2006-2009
2007-2010
To obtain the latest information regarding PGSEM and how to apply, visit the IIMB site and the PGSEM section.
Application deadlines for PGSEM is usually February 28th of each year and the classes usually start in the second week of June each year
