Institute of Public Enterprise (IPE), being the premier Business School at Hyderabad started a two-year full time Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management (PGDBM) in 1995 with the approval of the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) and is also recognized equivalent to MBA by the Association of Indian Universities (AIU) to provide skilled human resources to meet the requirements of the Industry. The admission to the course is through the Common Admission Test (CAT) conducted by Indian Institute of Management (IIMs) The notable features of the PGDBM course is its emphasis on Personality Development, study of a foreign language (French), hands-on-experience of computers and wide option of electives. There is growing and enthusiastic response from corporate houses for campus recruitment of its students. As part of IPE's mission to provide trained manpower to the corporate sector, the Institute launched a two-year full-time PGDBM programme in 1995 with the approval of All India Council for Technical Education, Ministry of Human Resources, Government of India. The Post-Graduate Diploma in Business Management (PGDBM), is a two-year full-time programme comprising four semesters of study including project work.