Women outnumber men in IIM Indore’s 3 flagship programmes

Indore: The Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Indore on Monday inaugurated its new batches for the academic year 2026–27, welcoming 634 participants across four programmes — three of which saw women outnumber men.The institute welcomed, the Post Graduate Programme in Management (PGP), Post Graduate Programme in Human Resource Management (PGP-HRM), Integrated Programme in Management – Fourth Year (IPM-IV), and the Doctoral Programme in Management (DPM), at a function inaugurated by director Prof Himanshu Rai, with Lt Gen Ajay Chandpuria, Commandant of the Army War College in Mhow, as the chief guest.In the flagship PGP batch of 487, women outnumbered men — 265 to 222 — constituting 54.4% of the cohort, continuing a trend of female-majority enrolment in IIM Indore’s most prominent programme.

The PGP-HRM batch of 43 was even more pronounced, with women accounting for 95.35% of participants.In the DPM batch of 25, women (13) narrowly edged out men (12), while the IPM-IV batch of 79 leaned male, with 49 men and 30 women.The PGP cohort also reflected broad academic diversity — 54% come from non-engineering disciplines spanning architecture, medicine, journalism, psychology, law, and fashion design, among others.

Engineering and Technology graduates (126) formed the largest single stream, followed by Management Studies (67), Commerce (66), Computer Science (55), and Economics (31). About 43% of PGP participants brought prior work experience.Geographically, Maharashtra led with 93 students, followed by Uttar Pradesh (64) and Delhi (49), while Madhya Pradesh — the institute’s home state — was represented by 26 participants.The PGP-HRM batch drew students from 18 states, with 72% carrying prior work experience and 88% from non-engineering backgrounds.Addressing the incoming participants, Prof Rai urged them to pursue purpose over prestige. “You are not here merely to earn a degree, but to discover yourselves and the difference you can make,” he said, stressing adaptability, resilience, and socially conscious leadership.Lt. Gen. Chandpuria drew on military leadership to frame his message. “A leader is someone who knows the way, shows the way, and most importantly, goes the way,” he told the students, calling on them to cultivate integrity, moral courage, empathy, and decisiveness in the service of nation-building.The ceremony also recognised top academic performers from the PGP-I, IPM-IV, and PGP-HRM batches with Certificates of Academic Excellence, and felicitated students for outstanding work under the Rural Engagement Programme 2025.