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IIM Bangalore

Program: Executive Post Graduate Programme in Management (EPGP)

Selection Process:

Selection of the candidate is based on the following criteria

• Academic Background
• Achievements (Academic and career related)
• GMAT score
• Work Experience
• Interview

The admission process is highly personalized as the committee seeks to learn about each candidate’s goals and potential for success in management.

IIM- Bangalore recently asked Essay Topics (2012):

• As a society, we must adopt e-books over print books.
• Fears of global warming are exaggerated and are hindering progress.
• The young today, get so much too easily and in a short period of time and that is detrimental to their future
• Social networks like face book are addictive and detrimental to society
• Indian curriculum has less emphasis on sports/fitness
• Individuals are bound by social and political norms and cannot be truly free ,even in a democracy
• Strong opposition party is required for a good governance
• Hunger Strikes for a cause are now becoming a source of blackmail & coercion
• Depiction of violence in media causes increased societal tolerance for violence
• As a society, we must adopt e-books over print books
• The internet is an elite organization in a country where few people know how to make a phone call.
• The 4-0 whitewash in England and Australia show that world cup win was a fluke
• India should not participate in London Olympics till Dow Chemicals is its sponsor
• Mandatory employment quota for women and underprivileged groups is doing more to the society
  than good
• Right to live and death is one's personal matter and society should not interfere with it.

IIM B to Adopt Essay writing in Place of GD for Admissions 2010
From this year IIM Bangalore will conduct essay writing test instead of a routine GD round for the 2010-2012 batch. There will be a 30-minute essay test on the day of the Personal Interview.
During the PI process the candidates selected for interviewing during a particular day will have to write a short note (one page) 30 minutes essay on a topic provided by IIMB. The topics can be from current political scene, economic and business affairs, sports etc.
The PI is of 20 – 25 mins. The type of questions varies from person to person. The questions can be asked on current affairs or on your hobbies or your work experience. Subsequently each candidate will be evaluated on his/her performance on the note and his/her performance during personal interview.
Candidates having work experience will be evaluated on the quality and relevance of their work experience.

IIMB’s previously asked essay topics:-

• India should develop fighter jets on it's own and not buy them from abroad
• Giving Barrack Obama the Nobel peace prize would reduce its value
• Great men think alike but group think results in poor decisions
• Women reservation is a great step forward
• Allowing Foreign Universities in India is bad for the country
• The economic development is not helping the ones who need it the most
• Food Inflation is the result of Indian Government's mismanagement and apathy
• Should there be a minimum educational qualification for being a M.P
• Businesses should concentrate on making profits and not address social and environmental Issues
• India's failed population control program is a blessing in disguise
• Media has become a tool of propaganda for the rich and the powerful
• India should follow the Chinese example of rapid imitation rather than focussing on fundamental innovations
• CBSE Class X Exams should be banned
• India will become a superpower in near future
• To ensure better quality of urban life, India should restrict the migration of people from rural to urban
• one year social service course should be compulsory in IIMs
• The recent financial crisis highlights the perils of Capitalism
• Hosting Commonwealth Games, WC Hockey is waste of money
• Breaking down larger Indian states into smaller will lead to better governance and development
• Voting should be made compulsory
• Education and medicine are no longer noble professions, they have become commercial