Top MBA colleges in INDIA

An Executive MBA (EMBA) program is a management program that is specially designed for the working professionals and executives. This executive MBA program provides an opportunity for the executives, industry professionals and managers of various organizations to improve their skills. In most of the cases Executive MBA programs and MBA programs have similar curriculum. People who want to pursue an EMBA program should have an experience about three years, in few cases it may go up to five years. The reason for this is the level of teaching in this type of course is very high; a team approach is often used to discuss case studies and this helps them to learn from another.

There are various modes of executive MBA programs available depending on the convenience of the working professionals. For example there are one year, two year, and three year executive MBA programs available. Some of the courses are full time; some of them are part time. Few universities offer online and distance learning programs as well.

The one year EMBA programs are designed for high-end managers with the enormous latent to presume positions of greater accountability in their organizations. These types of programs are mainly full- time, because these programs are structured with exhaustive curricula and executives who are pursuing this are expected to spend maximum time in order to take advantage of these programs.

The two-year EMBA programs have the same high level of quality curriculum as the one - year programs, but are programmed to be more feasible towards those working professionals who are unable to leave work for the more intensive one year programs. One can pursue these EMBA programs through either full-time or part-time depending on their convenience.

Correspondence Executive MBA is best suitable and designed for those professionals who need a postgraduate degree to enhance their career growth. These courses have relatively low fee structure compared to one-year, two-year full time EMBA programs. In general most executives won't prefer to leave their current job in order to pursue MBA due to many factors. These programs are tailor-made for them; it is advisable to select a renowned university which offers correspondence EMBA programs.

Online Executive MBA's are popular around the world, where, you can earn your executive MBA degree by sitting at your home. Main advantage of an online EMBA course is you can pursue it from any university in the world; everything is online right from entrance exam to final exam. You can get the course study material either through post or online. Top universities around the world provide virtual classrooms, where students can come together and can discuss various issues.

General eligibility criteria to pursue an EMBA are as follows:

• Executives with graduate degree in any discipline (or equal qualification)

• At least 3-5 years of full-time post-qualification professional experience

• A Valid GMAT sore

• Proficiency in English.

List of best business schools in India offering EMBA programs:

• Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A)

• Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta (IIM-C)
• Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore (IIM-B)

• Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow (IIM-L)

• Xavier Labor Research Institute (XLRI), Jamshedpur

• Indian School of Business, Hyderabad (ISB)

• Indian Institute of Management, Indore (IIM-I)

• Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode (IIM-K)

• Symbiosis Institute of Business Management (SIBM)

• Faculty of Management Studies (FMS)

• University of Delhi

• Jamanlal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies

• S. P. Jain Institute of Management and Research

• Indian Institute of Foreign Trade

• Amrita Institute of Management, Coimbatore

• Loyola Institute of Business Administration, Chennai

• Amity Business School.