30.4% women in IIM-L’s new batch

LUCKNOW: The new batch at the Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow in the post graduate programme (2017-19) has seen an increase in the number of female students.

Some 30.4% students (156) out of the batch of 451 this year, are women as compared to 27% last year.

The batch of 2013-2015 had 38% female candidates, an official said.

IIM believes this will ensure diversity without compromising on merit.

“This is a good sign. More participation of women students brings diversity and adds different perspective as well,” said IIM Lucknow director Ajit Prasad while talking to HT.

IIM-L said that the institute was looking at having a class, which has a broad base in terms of diversity – gender wise, background wise and also in terms of prior work experience.

An official said they are happy that to some extent the institute has been successful in this objective, but there are still many steps to be taken to create an ideal diverse environment.

The average work experience of the newly induced batch has also risen from 11.3 months to 16.6 months, with 74% of the new batch having some work experience.

IIM-Lucknow recently concluded the induction programme for its incoming batch of post graduate students in management and agri- business management.

Over the last two days, the eager crowd of over 450 students was addressed by the guest of honour, Niraj Seth, executive vice- president, naukri.com (formerly chief marketing officer Intuit and Cleartrip); and noted Indian Institute of Management Lucknow alumnus Lakshmi Narayan, chief endowment officer, Azim Premji Foundation.