37% of the New Batch Have Degree from IIT or NIT
When the fresh batch of students walked down the corridors
of the stone building in the Indian Institute of Management-Bangalore (IIM-B) on
Mon day, 20th June, it had answers to the constant cribbing along the
years of IIM batches having a skewed gender ratio and an over dose of engineers.
The 2011-13 batch of the flagship post graduate programme (PGP) in management has
more girls than the previous year. The 85 girls (compared to 78 last year) form
22.25% of the total strength of this, the majority falls into a bracket of fresh
graduates with zero work experience. The overall intake has increased marginally
to 382 candidates this year.
Though majority of the students still have an engineering background (91.32 %) their
percentage has come down by around 2% compared to the previous year While there
are 13 Commerce students, 9 Science students and six Management students, there
are also a couple with degrees in Medicine and the Arts.
As many as 144 students or almost 37% come with degrees from the elite group of
institutions the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and National Institutes
of Technology (NITs). All, save one, are engineers.
Majority of the 297 male students are in the age group of 25 to 30 years. Among
female candidates, 63 of the total 85 are between 20 and 24 years. The youngest
student is all of 20 years and the oldest are 34 years. Eight students are from
overseas. Classes started with a week-long orientation programme.
Courtesy: Times of India
