MANAGEMENT

With the rising demand for trained management professionals, a bachelor’s in business administration becomes a pre-requisite for someone who seeks to get into a good MBA programme. “The BBA is a sought after programme. It provides students with an opportunity to acquire professional skills at a young age,” says Adya Sharma, Director, Symbiosis Institute of Management, Pune.

Most popular specialisations

“While traditional specialisations like marketing and finance have always been popular, there has been an increase in demand for entrepreneurship and international business,” says Sharma.

Skills needed to succeed

According to Sharma, management graduates need to have intellectual curiosity and drive for lifelong learning, ethics and respect for diversity, practical and efficient working, positive attitude and time management.

Career prospects

“Students can find jobs as analysts, executive customer relations officer, management trainee, operations associates, sales managers and associate consultants with MNCs and other corporate firms,” says Sharma.

Top 5 colleges*

Christ University Bangalore christuniversity.in Symbiosis Centre for Management Studies Pune scmspune.ac.in Wisdom Faculty of Management Studies, Banasthali University Jaipur banasthali.org Anil Surendra Modi School of Commerce Mumbai commerce.nmims.edu Department of Business Administration, SRM University Chennai srmuniv.ac.in Estimated starting salary from `10,000 to `20,000 per month