XLRI or Xavier’s School of Management is a renowned name when it comes to top B-schools in India. XLRI has declared that they would be additionally accepting GRE scores along with GMAT and XAT scores for its chief program – Executive PGDM (General). Further good news includes their extending the GMAT score acceptance duration to 5 years. The latter is applicable for the validity of 1st December 2015 to 31st December 2020.

How to Seek Admission?

XLRI’s Executive program has been eyed by many, and now with the acceptance of the GRE score, there will be a higher count of applications coming in. This Executive Program is a 15-months full residential program for General Management and the last date to register is 30th November 2020. This program has been acclaimed with accreditations like AMBA, AICTE, and more. For the qualifications, candidates must possess a three-years; noticeable bachelor’s degree along with a 5 year’s work experience in a supervisory or managerial role by 31st Match 2021.

Wondering why work experience is mandated in the requirements? XLRI’s Executive management program aims at promoting the skill-sets and capabilities of practicing managers along with boosting their career graphs. This program includes introducing them to contemporary managerial tools, trends, and techniques. This is a cross-functional program which includes both core and elective courses to choose from and is tailor-made for practicing managers.

This program is suitable especially for experienced candidates as along with learning, they get a space to explore things on their own. The executive management program indulges in a 3 months field-based training which provides the candidates a real-time learning opportunity.

On the matter of acceptance of GMAT and GRE scores, the director of XLRI, Fr P Christie SJ ha stated that "Knowledge and continuous learning is the mainstay amongst progressive organizations of today." He has further added that "To satisfy this thirst for knowledge and to become a learning organization, XLRI has evolved a fifteen-month consolidated program in general management with the objectives of providing the practicing managers a substantial exposure to theoretical foundations in management as well as to provide them a holistic perspective of business in such a way that they are not only equipped with tools and techniques to perform their task effectively but also to shoulder greater responsibilities in the future as they move up the organizational hierarchy."

Candidates are advised to reach out to the official site of XLRI for registering themselves.