IIM Sambalpur begins academic session for the first batch of Executive MBA

Director HR, Samsung Electronics, Sandeep Tyagi Chairman, Mahindra Insurance Brokers Ltd, Mahindra First Choice Wheel Ltd and Mahindra Steel Service Centre Ltd Rajeev Dubey attended the session.

Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Sambalpur commenced the academic session of the first batch of the two-year Executive MBA programme on August 28. Amid the ongoing pandemic situation, the premier B-School welcomed the maiden Executive MBA batch through a virtual inauguration programme. Director HR, Samsung Electronics, Sandeep Tyagi Chairman, Mahindra Insurance Brokers Ltd, Mahindra First Choice Wheel Ltd and Mahindra Steel Service Centre Ltd Rajeev Dubey attended the session.

While speaking at the inaugural, Director, IIM Sambalpur Professor Mahadeo Jaiswal said, “In a short span, IIM Sambalpur has become a fully integrated business school. Generally, it takes 15-20 years to achieve what we have accomplished in six years.” He said the role of IIM Sambalpur is to build entrepreneurial capacity so as to create wealth for the country and society.

The two-year degree programme offered at the Sambalpur b-school will follow the institute’s innovative experience learning through flipped classroom method of teaching in blended mode. Considering the ongoing pandemic situation, IIM Sambalpur has decided to conduct classes on weekends and weekday evenings, mostly online. The batch has a strength of 54 students including 45 men and nine women. According to the reports, the whole class is of working professionals.

Students from diverse sectors including banking and finance, IT and ITES, manufacturing and others are there in the batch. The average work experience of the students of the first batch is 9.7 years. However, out of the total 10 have more than 15 years of experience. The batch also has two NRI students from Germany.

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