The Indian School of Business (ISB), today announced its ‘Young Leaders Programme’ (YLP) for promising students who are in their pre- final year of graduation. This will be a ‘bridge’ programme for graduate college students by allowing them to seek pre-admission to the institute’s one-year Post Graduate Programme in Management (PGP).
Deepak Chandra, Deputy Dean, ISB said, “The programme has been designed to enhance the leadership skills of these students through a structured process, which in turn will create a pipeline for the next generation of business leaders.”
Under the YLP, the institute will select students who have excellent academic and extra-curricular credentials and demonstrate leadership potential. The learning and assessment modules of the YLP has been designed keeping in mind the needs of the young executives as they step into the corporate world. They will be mentored and groomed by the ISB faculty through a well-designed learning programme that will equip them with skills to ensure a seamless transition from college to work life.
Candidates selected into the YLP are required to complete one year and nine months of work experience before joining this programme. During this period, students will attend contact programmes at the ISB campus at the end of every six months. The contact sessions will focus on enhancing their leadership quotient, expose them to diverse career options, network and build relationships with like-minded YLP peers and ISB alumni. Participants will be eligible for a scholarship of Rs one lakh. They will also be eligible for both merit and need based scholarships of the PGP. The participants will comprise about ten per cent of the PGP class size every year.
The admission into the YLP is through a rigorous selection process comprising of profile evaluation, analysis of academic and analytical skills, GMAT performance, essays, video presentation and personal interviews. The admission process commences today, and will be open till March 15, 2011.