IIM Ahmedabad - Indian Institute of Management

To be eligible for IIM Ahmedabad MBA admissions, a candidate needs to pass a bachelor’s degree or equivalent qualification from a UGC-recognised university after at least 12 years of school education with a minimum of 50% aggregate or equivalent CGPA (45% in case of SC/ ST/ PwD candidates). Candidates, appearing for the final year of their bachelor's degree with final year results awaiting, can also apply. However, such candidates, if selected, will be granted provisional admission, only if a candidate submits a pre-final certificate signed by competent authorities of the previous institute/ university, the latest by June 30 of the year of admission.

Design Thinking involves the utilization of empathy and careful observations to deal with the problems and issues that happened in the past and were not noticed. The results in new possibilities which are then prototyped and tested, thereby forming creative solutions. This approach has been found to be useful for companies to solve ‘wicked problems’ that are difficult to define based on the available past data.

One of the main highlights of the Design Thinking Online course by IIM Ahmedabad is the Design Sprint, where participants identify a problem, analyze the situation in-depth and collect insightful points. They will then formulate a point of view, after multiple cycles of convergent and divergent thinking and brainstorming. After that, participants will operationalize the ideas into specific solutions, by using visualization techniques and story-telling.

IIM-Ahmedabad’s Design Thinking Certification Course includes a variety of discussions about some concepts that are existing in the field of innovation. In fact, the Design Thinking Online Course by IIM Ahmedabad curriculum is designed in a way that the participants get in-depth knowledge about the latest techniques and tools used for solving problems pertaining to the business. 

No, IIM Ahmedabad is a government university. The IIM Ahmedabad was established in 1960. IIM Ahmedabad has been awarded a rank band of 101-151 by NIRF 2023 among the top Engineering institutes in India. NIT Jamshedpur through its 12 departments offers various undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral-level courses. National-level exams are used to determined admission to NIT Jamshedpur undergraduate, graduate, and doctorate programmes. JEE Main results are used to determined admission to B.Teach programmes, followed by JoSAA counselling. For M.Sc.  programmes, IIT JAM scores are used to determined admission, followed by CCMN counselling. The institute administers its own entrance test, the NIMCET for enrollment in the MCA programme.