Shortlist, fee break-up and current intake dates — on a call that fits your work hours.
India's best-known “Executive MBA” searches often lead to intensive full-time residential MBAs. They may be excellent programmes, but they are not designed to be completed alongside a normal full-time job.
Build the decision around total opportunity cost: programme fee, deposits, housing, travel, relocation and the salary or business income you pause. Then assess whether the target role genuinely requires the brand, network and transition platform you are buying.
If keeping your role is non-negotiable, skip this category and compare weekend, modular and online programmes.
Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad · Post Graduate Programme in Management for Executives (MBA-PGPX)
An intensive, residential general-management MBA for experienced professionals. It is a career-break programme, not a weekend EMBA that can be combined with a full-time job.
Indian Institute of Management Bangalore · Executive Post Graduate Programme in Management (EPGP)
IIM Bangalore's one-year full-time residential MBA for professionals with substantial work experience. The delivery model requires a career break and should not be confused with an online or alternate-weekend course.
Indian Institute of Management Calcutta · MBA for Executives (MBAEx)
A one-year full-time residential MBA designed for executives with at least five years of professional experience. It belongs in the career-break category, not the work-alongside category.
Indian Institute of Management Lucknow · International Programme in Management for Executives (IPMX)
A one-year residential MBA delivered at IIM Lucknow's Noida campus for experienced professionals. The official eligibility and schedule are published cycle by cycle.
Indian Institute of Management Udaipur · One Year MBA in Global Supply Chain Management
A specialised 12-month full-time residential MBA for experienced professionals targeting supply-chain and operations leadership.
Indian Institute of Management Udaipur · One Year MBA in Digital Enterprise Management
A full-time one-year MBA focused on digital enterprise management for experienced professionals working around technology-enabled business change.
XLRI Xavier School of Management · Postgraduate Diploma in General Management (PGDGM)
An accelerated full-time residential general-management programme for experienced professionals. It requires a career break and should be compared with other intensive campus programmes.