Why the ISB has started admitting freshers

• India's top B-school is starting PGP YL, application deadline for which is March 16

- VIKRAM CHAUDHARY

THE INDIAN School of Business — ranked India's best by the FT — will soon start taking freshers. This course is called the Post Graduate Programme in Management for Young Leaders (PGP YL), the deadline for which is March 16.

Prior to this, the ISB admitted only working professionals — and was a school for career advancement, instead of career creation. We talked to Prof Deepa Mani, deputy dean, Academic Programmes and Digital Learning, ISB, on why it started the PGP YL.

Why did the ISB previously admit only working professionals?

The ISB evolved from the need for a world-class business school in Asia that responded to the needs of emerging economies for impactful leadership. In 1995, the founders of the ISB pioneered the one-year Post Graduate Programme in Management (PGP). This PGP enabled career advancement, and pivoted through accelerated leadership development and specialisation.

And why did you launch the PGP YL now, and not anytime earlier?