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About

MBA

The flagship two-year Master of Business Administration program pioneered by Vinod Gupta School of Management, IIT Kharagpur
envisions to impart management excellence amalgamated with industrial expertise and technological advancement to its students.
At the forefront, the program is curated for graduate engineers and Master’s degree holders in science, economics & commerce.
In the VUCA (Volatile, Uncertain, Complex, Ambiguous) world of post-pandemic management education, the program adapted
dynamically to interactive online education and continuous evaluation system while preserving reflective learning through case
studies group assignments, live projects, and interaction with industry experts. The pedagogy for the MBA program comprises
subject-matter experts with significant industry exposure and business experience. Under their able tutelage, students embark
on a journey to become future industry stalwarts. The inclusion of “Learning Business Outside Classroom” as part of the MBA
curriculum promotes experiential learning and enables students to collaborate with entrepreneurs in providing realistic business
solutions. This ensures that academic concepts are extended to practical scenarios, bridging the prevalent gap between theory
and application.
The program’s outcomes are augmented by a compulsory two-month summer internship module, during which students work in
tandem with corporates, thereby developing networking abilities, building competency, and acquiring relevant skills. The core
subjects under the MBA program include Human Resources Management, Production and Operations, Marketing, Finance,
Information Systems Management, Organizational Behavior, Economics, Strategic Management, Legal Aspects of Business,
Business Ethics, Quantitative Techniques, and Business Communication. Students also have the option to choose from various
electives apart from the core subjects. These electives include AI & Business Law, Intellectual Property Management, Change
Management, Algorithm Design, and Machine Learning, Conflict Resolution & Management and International Commercial
Arbitration, and many more. These electives are available to students through the integration of various departments of IIT, thereby
encouraging them to explore and pursue their fields of interest. Emphasis is laid on developing leadership and administrative
skills by ensuring student-led teams manage peripheral administrative functions.

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