MBA Business Analytics –Industry Immersive program launched

Currently, there is a wide gap between industries and academia and also between what students possess and what industry requires and there is a wide gap between acquired knowledge and required knowledge in India, said U.B. Desai, founding Director of the Indian Institute of Technology and Chancellor of Anurag University.

Dr Desai was the chief guest at the inauguration of the MBA Business Analytics –Industry Immersive Program at Anurag University. Dr Balaji Utla, Registrar, S. Neelima, CEO and others were present.

Dr Desai spoke to the students and interacted with faculty after the launch of the program. Speaking about Industry-Academia Connect, he said, there is a lot more to be done. Several luminaries and academia opined in the past that Industry-Academia Collaboration should be Mandatory by Law. Asked about his opinion about the same, Dr Desai said academia and industry are interdependent and change cannot be brought by force.

Prof of Practice Venugopal said the MBA Business Analytics Industry Immersive Program is probably one of the industry's first initiatives introduced with the sole aim of producing industry-ready Management Graduates. Under this program, 35 students who are pursuing MBA Analytics not only learn theory but also put into practice the same by being themselves as business owners while pursuing their studies.

According to Dr Syed Mansoor Pasha, Program Director, it is a combination of management and technology and is probably the first Immersive Learning programme in Business Analytics in India. The program is uniquely designed to allow students to do projects every alternate term for a total of 6 terms.