The Indian School of Business (ISB) has been listed among the top 20 global B-schools by the Financial Times 2008 MBA rankings, the first business school from India to achieve this.

ISB offers a unique one-year full time MBA level Post Graduate Programme (PGP) in management which has a programmed focus on managing business in fast-evolving environments, with a strong emphasis on entrepreneurship, the impact of technology on commerce, and managing the emerging markets of Asia. ISB is among the few schools in the world that focusses on research. With emphasis on emerging economies, it helps create synergies between India, Asia, and the global business environment. The Centres of Excellence provide a forum where knowledge and understanding of business can be exchanged between the academic and the corporate worlds. ISB has also formed academic alliances with the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, and the London Business School, bringing the best of global management practices and thinking into their curriculum. 

Summary

Location: Hyderabad, India

Duration: 1 year

Fees: US$41,250

2008 MBA Ranking (FT): 20

2008 MBA Ranking (BW, U.S.): N.A.

Website: http://www.isb.edu/pgp

Essay Questions

Programme beginning: April 2009

1. Please give three reasons why ISB should admit you into the class of 2010. These reasons should ideally differentiate you from your competition. (300 words)

2. You are contesting the election to be the President of the ISB Student Body. Write a speech you will deliver to the student body on why they should elect you as the President? (300 words)

3. CASE : You have been appointed to head the team to build a dam across the River Zumba. Success in this project is critical for your company and would earn you a promotion. Failure would mean that your company would be bankrupt and will take along with it, its investors and its employees. Building a dam across the river would result in deforestation of a portion of the rainforests and would mean relocation of the tribals and destabilization of wild life at Zumba. There is resistance from environmental groups against your project. You are meeting the head of the resistance movement in one hour wherein you would have to explain your decision. Describe what you would do and why? (You will be evaluated on the creativity and practicality of your solution). (300 words)