IIM Lucknow PGP ABM: Courses, Eligibility

Post Graduate Programme [PGP] (Agri-Business Management) Details

IIM Lucknow PGP-ABM, a 2-year, full-time, residential Post Graduate Programme in Agribusiness Management. The course is designed to develop agribusiness leaders, entrepreneurs, and intrapreneurs with vision, competence and appropriate attitude for promoting/ growing agribusiness and agro-based enterprises with a strong international orientation.

The students are awarded the degree of Master of Business Administration - Agribusiness Management on the completion of the program. Admission to IIM Lucknow PGP-ABM is based on the scores of the CAT entrance exam. 

Table of Contents

• IIM Lucknow PGP-ABM Eligibility Criteria
• IIM Lucknow PGP-ABM Admission 
• IIM Lucknow PGP-ABM Fees
• Why Choose IIM Lucknow PGP-ABM?
• IIM Lucknow Ranking
• IIM Lucknow PGP-ABM Placements
• IIM Lucknow PGP-ABM Career Opportunities

IIM Lucknow PGP-ABM Eligibility Criteria

IIM Lucknow PGP-ABM eligibility criteria is a Bachelor's degree in Agriculture Science/ Agricultural Engineering or allied subjects with at least 50% marks or equivalent CGPA (45% in case of reserved categories) OR a Bachelor's Degree, with at least 50% marks or equivalent CGPA (45% in case of reserved categories) with at least two year's experience or strong interest in the field of Agriculture or allied sector.

IIM Lucknow PGP-ABM Admission

IIM Lucknow PGP-ABM admission 2023 is based on CAT entrance exam scores. Candidates are selected for interviews based on their CAT performance, academic achievements, and relevant work experience. Group discussions and interviews take place in various cities including Bangalore, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, New Delhi, and Hyderabad starting from the end of February. The ultimate decision for admission considers CAT scores, academic achievements, work experience, as well as performance in group discussions and interviews.

Application Procedure

For details related to the IIM Lucknow PGP-ABM application procedure, students must visit the official website of the institute and the official website of the CAT entrance exam. Then, they must register themselves for the CAT exam and clear the entrance exam with the minimum cutoff required by IIM Lucknow. After this, the IIM Lucknow selection process takes place in the following stages:

• Stage 1: Shortlisting for Writing Ability Test (WAT) – Personal Interview (PI)
  • Stage 1a: Eligibility Criteria for WAT-PI
  • Stage 1b: Calculation of the Composite Score for Shortlisting for WAT-PI stage
  • Stage 1c: Scheduling for WAT-PI
• Stage 2: Criteria for Final Selection of Candidates for PGP/PGP-ABM/PGP-SM program

Entrance Exam

IIM Lucknow accepts the CAT entrance exam for PGP-ABM admissions. Only students who meet the minimum CAT cutoff percentile will be shortlisted for further rounds.

Documents Required

The following documents are required for the application for IIM Lucknow PGP-ABM:

• Marksheets of 10th and 12th 
• Passing certificates of 10th and 12th
• Bachelor's degree certificate and grade reports
• Written exam score report copy
• Certificate of category
• Passport photos 
• Photo-id proof
• Required Undertakings
• Work Experience Certificate 
• Reference letters

IIM Lucknow PGP-ABM Fees 

The IIM Lucknow PGP-ABM fee 2023 is INR 19.25 Lakhs. It is the total fee for the course and includes a caution deposit of INR 20,000. This amount is refundable after suitable dues adjustments at the course's end. 

Why Choose IIM Lucknow PGP-ABM?

IIM Lucknow PGP-ABM program develops agribusiness leaders, entrepreneurs, and intrapreneurs with vision, competence and appropriate attitude for promoting/ growing agribusiness and agro-based enterprises with a strong international orientation. Significant field exposure is given for hands-on experience and action orientation. Following are some of the salient features of the program: 

• Promotes an excellent learning environment. Fully enabled lecture theatres, with state-of-the-art audio-visual tools help students present all aspects of a study. Regular presentations help candidates to become both knowledgeable individuals and persuasive speakers.
• Develops an understanding of the key functions of businesses and critical analytical skills that equip students to excel in complex, uncertain and dynamic business environments.
• ABM programme puts special emphasis on familiarising participants with actual ground-level operations of basic agriculture production systems.
• Appropriate instructional methodologies are employed depending on the nature of the course. Teaching methods include lectures, case discussions, exercises, seminars, role plays, management games, assignments, term papers, project work, audio-visual aids, and computer-based learning methods.
• Compulsory foundation courses in the functional areas of management in the first year blended with agricultural/ rural context-specific courses in the second year.
• Equips students to acquire skills and capabilities for generating sustainable competitive advantage in organizations.
• Lays the foundation of an entrepreneurial mindset and continued learning for future-ready agri-business leaders.
• Global benchmarking and industry partnership.

IIM Lucknow Ranking

The IIM Lucknow ranking 2023 has recently been announced by NIRF. With its great placement strategies and educational update, IIM Lucknow still holds an important position among educational institutes. Details are given here:

IIM Lucknow PGP-ABM Placements

IIM Lucknow PGP-ABM placement 2023 has been completed. The institute witnessed a 100% placement rate with more than 200 companies participating in the campus placements. 632 offers were rolled out for 556 students of PGP and PGP-ABM Batch. The IIM Lucknow placement highlights have been tabulated in the below table:

IIM Lucknow PGP-ABM Career Opportunities

IIM Lucknow PGP-ABM is one stepping stone toward a management career. Therefore there is no lack of IIM Lucknow ABM career opportunities. A few of the career options are given here for the students:

• Consulting - Can work as a Business Analyst or Associate Consultant.
• Finance Manager - Oversees the financial management of the company.
• General Manager - Manages the daily activities in the department of a company.
• IT/ Operations - Manages the IT/ Operations departments of the company.
• Sales/ Marketing Manager - Looks after the sales and marketing activities of the company.