MBA Courses in India

MBA Courses in India

MBA Courses are present now for every stream weather it is Agriculture or any of engineering stream. The MBA programmes of business schools reflect the needs and realities of business and industry. The main specialization area are MBA marketing, MBA finance and MBA HR. Apart from these main specializations you will find listed all other MBA courses in India.

Apart from Master level courses other courses are

• Diploma level MBA Courses - These are short term Management courses offered to working executives to supplement their knowledge.
• Undergraduate MBA Courses - They are full time bachelor level courses offered to 10 + 2 students. They are foundation level courses for Master degree level courses
• Doctoral level MBA Courses - offered to research students in different areas of Management.

Admission Procedure for MBA Courses in India

Management is the only academic discipline which is offered by both the university and non-university systems. The eligibility requirement is a graduate degree in any branch with at least 50% marks in the aggregate. Two-year programmes leading to the award of MBA degree (for university courses) and the Postgraduate Diploma (for non-university courses) are widely perceived as equivalent.

There are three steps for admission to postgraduate courses - entrance test, group discussion and personal interview. Candidates short-listed on the basis of the results of the entrance test are required to participate in group discussions. This is followed by a personal interview. Final selections are made on the basis of their performance in group discussion and personal interview.

Diploma level MBA Courses in India

Diploma programmes of one-year duration are offered mostly by universities. Some courses deal with management in general (business administration, management, and management studies) but many more are in specialised areas, such as

• Diploma in Advertising and Marketing Management,
• Diploma in Administrative Management,
• Diploma in Capital Market Management,
• Diploma in Export Management,
• Diploma in Financial Management,
• Diploma in Human Resource Management,
• Diploma in Industrial Relations Management,
• Diploma in Operations Management.

Seven universities in Maharashtra (particularly the Pune University) offer a two year (part-time) diploma course open to Bachelor degree holders leading to the award of Diploma in Business Management (DBM). Holders of the Diploma are eligible to get Master of Management Studies (MMS) degree after pursuing study for another year. The All India Management Association (New Delhi-110003) and the National Institute of Personnel Management (Calcutta-700019) also offer diploma level courses through distance learning mode.

Doctoral level MBA Courses in India

In view of the increasing demand for teachers in management, many universities have introduced doctoral programmes. About 60 universities offer Ph.D, and about 15 M.Phil (pre-doctoral) programmes.

The Fellowship Programme in Management (FPM), equivalent to Ph.D degree, offered by the four IIMs (Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Calcutta and Lucknow) has high reputation in the academic circle.

XLRI (Jamshedpur) has also a Fellow Programme. The Ph.D programme of the IIT (Mumbai) is also a highly rated one.

Undergraduate MBA Courses in India

During the last one decade or so there has been a large-scale proliferation of three-year first degree course as an alternative option to the traditional BA, B.Com, and B.Sc courses leading to the award of Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA), Bachelor of Management Studies (BMS), Bachelor of Business Management (BBM) or Bachelor of Business Studies (BBS) degrees.

It was the College of Business Studies (Delhi-110095) the University of Delhi which in 1987 first introduced the BBS course. The courses are offered by a large number colleges affiliated to more than 60 universities. Several courses in specialised areas of management have also been introduced e.g., Bachelor of Financial and Investment Analysis (BFIA) in College of Business Studies (Delhi University) Bachelor of Marketing Management (BMM), Bachelor of Bank Management (BBM) and Bachelor of Foreign Trade (BFT) in Pondicherry University. In a small number of universities, the subject is also offered as one of the combinations in the BA degree course.