PGP in Business Management and Entrepreneurship

A business school for builders.

One-year on-campus programme in Indore, where every student builds a real business or a real career.

students per
batch

month
programme

800+

in-class hours

Indore

campus city

Mentors from Zomato · Google · Rippling · Freshworks · Cvent

Our Vision

The world of business is bigger than the classroom.

Awarded by Apex Union. First cohort July 2027.

Apex Union is open to applicants from anywhere in India. Indore is the campus.

Applications open

40 seats · rolling admissions

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First cohort · July 2027

Open to applicants from across India

Three promises

What Apex Union is built around

You build, not just study

Start and sell a real venture, with 30+ customer conversations before you build anything.

Exposure, at home

Learn from the trading and family businesses around Indore.

Taught by operators

People who have built and run businesses teach every session.

Or book a discovery call

Our Hiring Partners

The same companies where our mentors work, and where you’ll get warm introductions, not cold applications.

The year at a glance

12 months, six steps, one real venture

You run 30+ customer conversations before you build anything.

Months 1–2

Find the problem

End of month 2

Ideation Challenge

Months 3–5

Builders Lab

Month 6

Execution Challenge

Months 7–10

Incubation cell

Months 11–12

Demo Day or placement

Step 01 · Months 1–2

Find the problem

What you do

Pick a real problem, from the people who have it
Run 30+ customer conversations
Learn the B2B and consumer worlds in Core
Validate it before you build anything

What you leave with

A validated problem and a team, ready for the Ideation Challenge.

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Step 02 · End of month 2

Ideation Challenge

What you do

Pitch your validated idea as a team
In front of an external panel
The winning team receives a seed grant

What you leave with

A tested idea, and for the winning team, a seed grant to build it.

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Step 03 · Months 3–5

Builders Lab

What you do

Build a website or MVP
Put it live in front of customers
Take it to real customers and sell it
Hands-on support to shape your solution

What you leave with

A live product in front of real customers, working toward first revenue.

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Step 04 · Month 6

Execution Challenge

What you do

Present what worked and what did not
Show the plan to scale
A scale grant for the winner
Top teams qualify for the incubation cell

What you leave with

The gate to incubation. Qualify, or carry the venture on as proof of work.

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Step 05 · Months 7–10

Incubation cell

What you do

Special classes for qualifying teams
One-to-one sessions with founders and mentors
Structured business building
Everyone else: an internship in months 8–9

What you leave with

You have done the job for a real company, or built one.

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Step 06 · Months 11–12

Demo Day or placement

What you do

Everyone presents at Demo Day
Publish your portfolio
Receive a Capability Transcript
Live placement runs alongside preparation

What you leave with

You are hired or in an active process, with a published portfolio.

Not sure which route is yours?Book a discovery call →

The year at a glance

12 months, six steps, one real venture

You run 30+ customer conversations before you build anything.

Months 1–2

Find the problem

End of month 2

Ideation Challenge

Milestone

Months 3–5

Builders Lab

Month 6

Execution Challenge

Milestone

Months 7–10

Incubation cell

Internship gate: months 8–9.

Months 11–12

Demo Day or placement

Not sure which route is yours? Book a discovery call →

Choose your route

Find your next move at Apex

Three starting points: graduate, family business, or career switch. All lead through the same one-year programme.

I’m a graduate

See the year, month by month.

The Programme →

I’ll run a family business

Bring the family firm with you.

Venture building →

I want to switch careers

A year of real work to show for it.

The Programme →

Students per batch

Months of building

Real venture each

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I’m a graduate

See the year, month by month.

The Programme

From the founders

A better starting point for ambitious people.

A year to learn the fundamentals, work on real problems, spend time with people who have built businesses, and test what you’re capable of before deciding what comes next. Not a shortcut. A better place to start.

Yash Chhabra

Co-founderBusiness Operator

EntrepreneurshipStrategyOperationsBusiness Models

Piyush Chhabra

Co-founderSales & Revenue Leader

SalesRevenueSaaSEnterpriseCustomer Success

Prabal Monga

Co-founderSerial Entrepreneur

EntrepreneurshipSalesEducationGrowth

Anubhav Dubey

AdvisorCo-founder, Chai Sutta Bar

EntrepreneurshipConsumer BrandsFranchisingBrand Building

Why I’m advising Apex

Anubhav Dubey, Advisor

Before you apply

Meet the founders on a discovery call.

A real person replies, and parents are welcome on every call.

Fees & Financing

One fee: ₹12L plus GST.

One programme, one price. GST is added at the applicable rate. Scholarships of up to 50% are available for early applicants.

Students per batch

800

In-class hours

Months, on campus

Indore

Campus city

Operators and mentors

Taught by the best in the game.

Saurabh Sengupta

Ex-VP Sales, Zomato

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Samarth Khullar

Account Executive, Rippling

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Zeeshan Jawed

Director of Inside Sales, Kaseya

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Prachi Solapurkar

AE, Freshworks

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Adhish Rane

Sales Enablement Head, Google

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Prabhu Guliani

Growth and GTM Consultant

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Shreedha Singh Bhargava

Founder, LITLIFE

LinkedIn profile of Shreedha Singh Bhargava

Neeraj Singh

Director Sales, Spyne

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Two ways out

Build and run a venture, or enter a role

Both are respected, and the same team supports both.

Way 01 · Leave as a founder

A venture

Leave with a venture that has months of running behind it.

Seed and scale grantsThe Ideation Challenge winner gets a seed grant, the Execution Challenge winner a scale grant.
Incubation cell, months 7–10Special classes, one-to-one sessions and structured business building for teams that qualify.
Demo Day, months 11–12Present the venture you have been running all year.
Bring the family firmRunning a family business? Bring the family firm with you.

Way 02 · Leave into a role

A role

Leave into a role, with the placement team behind you.

Preparation from month 2Mock interviews from month 2 and one-to-one counselling every 45 days.
Internship, months 8–9On an approved charter. Compulsory for freshers and industry switchers.
A placement team of fourA placement head plus three associates: a 1:10 support ratio.
Support until placedFor every student who meets the eligibility criteria.

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If a venture does not work

A venture may not work. You still leave into a role, with placement support until placed, for every student who meets the eligibility criteria. See how venture building works.

Admissions

Applications now open - Round 1 admission closes on 30th November

A real person replies, and parents are welcome on every call. Leave your details and we will call you.

Applications open 20 October 2026

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Scholarships up to 50% for early applicants