PGSEM Resources -- Views of Professors/Alumni, Interviews and Admission Process

PGSEM (Post Graduate Program in Software Enterprise Management) is a two-and-a-half year part-time post-graduate General Management Program of IIM Bangalore offered at Bangalore. PGSEM is almost similar to the full-time PGP/ePGP program in content and rigour sans placements and is designed for IT professionals seeking management education even as they continue to work.

Classes are scheduled on Friday mornings and Saturdays. Participants can take quarter breaks to attend to work assignments (domestic or international) from second year onwards. PGSEM students can participate in International Student Exchange programs (it’s a common process for PGP & PGSEM Students in IIMB; i.e, students from both courses would compete for same slots)

PGSEM discussion board: This is a yahoo group where you can post your queries about PGSEM. I think this is maintained by PGSEM students.

PGSEM 2011 Admission Process Details

IIMB PGSEM MBA blog by students and alumni

Interview on PGSEM with IIMB professor Rajendra Bandi

Reflections on PGSEM vis-a-vis other MBA programs for people with work experience in India (Article by IIMB professor DVR Sheshadri)

PGSEM 2008 admission test paper (One more link)

PGSEM sample test paper by IIMB

PGSEM -- Some insight into shortlisting criteria for interview

PGSEM discussion thread at pagalguy.com

PGSEM Interview experiences of past students
1) My PGSEM 2010 Interview Experience

2) http://ajithprasadb.blogspot.com/2007/04/my-pgsem-interview-iimb.html

3) http://ashuonnet.blogspot.com/2007/04/pgsem-2007-interview.html

4) http://piyushkrsrivastava.blogspot.com/

5) http://shamitb.blogspot.com/2008/04/iimb-pgsem-faculty-interview.html

6) http://kaipathoughts.blogspot.com/2008/04/iimb-pgsem.html

7) http://supreethamave.blogspot.com/2009/04/pgsem-2009-iim-bangalore.html

Many more experiences are there in mails of PGSEM yahoogroup...

PGSEM SOP
1) http://rjha94.blogspot.com/2007/04/pgsem-i-have-worked-in-indian-software.html

Promotional videos on YouTube -- introduction to PGSEM, course contents and view of faculty and students about the program

Exam Preparation Resources
1) Practice tests at tcyonline.com
2) http://www.pagalguy.com/forum/exam-resources/
3) Old CAT Papers
4) CAT 2006 Paper
5) PGSEM sample test paper by IIMB
6) MBA Entrance Exam Papers