Admission Alert: Agribusiness Management in IIM-Lucknow

India’s prestigious Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow (IIT-L) is a fully integrated global management school offering Post Graduate Programme and Doctoral Programmes.  IIT-L has announced that it is now open for applications for admission to two-year Post Graduate Programme in Agribusiness Management (PGP–ABM) 2012 – 2014.

Agribusiness Management includes business that provide supplies and services to producers like bigger factories and cooperatives, businesses that add value to agricultural products, and those that facilitate the marketing of agricultural products to an ever-growing marketplace. Besides the farmers, agribusiness includes people and firms that provide the inputs (like seed, chemicals, credit etc.), process the output (like milk, grain, meat etc.), manufacture the food products (like ice cream, bread, breakfast, cereals etc.) and transport and sell the food products to consumers (like restaurants, supermarkets).  As new industries evolve, the demand of agribusiness management also grows in demand.

Eligibility

The minimum eligibility for admission to IIM - L are:

• Bachelor’s degree in Agriculture (Science/ Agricultural Engineering) or allied subjects like Agriculture, Agricultural Engineering, Animal Husbandry, Dairy Science/ Technology, Forestry, Food Technology, Horticulture, Rural Studies/ Rural Sociology, Rural Co-operatives/ Rural Banking, Science (Biology, Bio Technology, Botany, Life Science, Zoology) and Veterinary Science with minimum 50% (45% for ST/ SC/ PWD) or equivalent CGPA from any recognised university
• Minimum 2 years work experience (in addition to above) in the field of agriculture