IIM-Kozhikode Admits About 50% Women in PGP 2013-15 Batch

To ensure gender diversity in the institute, Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Kozhikode has admitted about 50 per cent women in the 2013-15 batch of its Post Graduate Programme.

Some of these women are national talents in various fields, reports a leading daily.

According to an IIM-K press release, the institute has inducted 165 men and 196 women for the 17th batch of its flagship Post Graduate Programme (PGP).

Among those who have been admitted in the institute are Priya Chandak, who represented India in the world Skating Championships, Prakriti Sharma, a national level swimmer and basketball player and V Lekshmi, All India CBSE Topper in 2007.

Debashis Chatterjee, Director, IIM-K, said that the institute has ensured gender diversity while admitting national talent from the field of sports, music, martial arts and the social sector.

Priya Nair of IIM-K said: "IIM-K is leading the way by creating classrooms with equal representation of young women and men thereby enriching their learning through multiple and diverse points of view that will help them shape a balanced society. Organizations that thrive on diversity of thought will certainly see value in our offering."

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