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Economic Times
5 hours ago
- Business
- Economic Times
Fall of techies: Non-engineers now dominate India's top B-schools as engineering numbers decline
Synopsis Indian business schools are changing. Top IIMs now have more students from non-engineering backgrounds. This includes commerce, humanities, and arts. IIM-Indore, IIM-Lucknow and IIM-Ahmedabad are leading this change. Companies now want skills beyond engineering. This shift reflects evolving corporate needs. B-schools are adapting to value diverse skills. This is a major realignment of business education in India. iStock India's leading business schools are seeing a major shift in student backgrounds. More than half of the MBA students at top IIMs now come from non-engineering fields such as commerce, humanities, economics, and arts. This marks a clear change from decades when engineers dominated admissions, a TOI report stated. At IIM-Indore, the flagship MBA batch for 2025-27 has just over 55% students from non-engineering streams. IIM-Lucknow follows closely with nearly 53%, while IIM-Ahmedabad's latest batch is about half non-engineers. This rise has happened rapidly in just a few years. Experts describe this trend as a 'conscious academic design' to meet evolving corporate needs. Companies today value skills like critical thinking, creativity, communication, and emotional intelligence more than before.'At IIM-Indore, representation of non-engineers has risen steadily over five years,' said director Himanshu Rai. He noted that in the 2025-27 postgraduate programme, there are 179 women and 91 men from non-engineering streams, outnumbering engineers. Earlier batches had a smaller share of non-engineers: about 41% in 2021-23, a third in 2022-24, nearly 39% in 2023-25, and about 42% in IIM-Ahmedabad, the share of non-engineers jumped from 33% to 50% in just three years. Director Bharat Bhasker explained, 'The institute began introducing academic categories about a decade ago to ensure diversity.' He added, 'An increase in applications from non-engineers has led to a healthy balance in classrooms.' At IIM-Lucknow, 268 of 507 students in the 2025-27 MBA batch come from non-engineering backgrounds. Director MP Gupta said, 'Commerce-related courses have attracted the most students.'This change reflects a broader realignment of business education in India. Top B-schools are adapting to a corporate world that increasingly values diverse skills beyond engineering and technology.
Time of India
6 hours ago
- Business
- Time of India
Fall of techies: Non-engineers now dominate India's top B-schools as engineering numbers decline
India's leading business schools are seeing a major shift in student backgrounds. More than half of the MBA students at top IIMs now come from non-engineering fields such as commerce, humanities, economics, and arts. This marks a clear change from decades when engineers dominated admissions, a TOI report stated. At IIM-Indore , the flagship MBA batch for 2025-27 has just over 55% students from non-engineering streams. IIM-Lucknow follows closely with nearly 53%, while IIM-Ahmedabad 's latest batch is about half non-engineers. This rise has happened rapidly in just a few years. Finance Value and Valuation Masterclass - Batch 4 By CA Himanshu Jain View Program Artificial Intelligence AI For Business Professionals Batch 2 By Ansh Mehra View Program Finance Value and Valuation Masterclass - Batch 3 By CA Himanshu Jain View Program Artificial Intelligence AI For Business Professionals By Vaibhav Sisinity View Program Finance Value and Valuation Masterclass - Batch 2 By CA Himanshu Jain View Program Finance Value and Valuation Masterclass Batch-1 By CA Himanshu Jain View Program Shift driven by changing corporate demands Experts describe this trend as a 'conscious academic design' to meet evolving corporate needs. Companies today value skills like critical thinking, creativity, communication, and emotional intelligence more than before. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Undo 'At IIM-Indore, representation of non-engineers has risen steadily over five years,' said director Himanshu Rai. He noted that in the 2025-27 postgraduate programme, there are 179 women and 91 men from non-engineering streams, outnumbering engineers. Earlier batches had a smaller share of non-engineers: about 41% in 2021-23, a third in 2022-24, nearly 39% in 2023-25, and about 42% in 2024-26. IIM-Ahmedabad sees rapid growth in diversity At IIM-Ahmedabad, the share of non-engineers jumped from 33% to 50% in just three years. Director Bharat Bhasker explained, 'The institute began introducing academic categories about a decade ago to ensure diversity.' He added, 'An increase in applications from non-engineers has led to a healthy balance in classrooms.' Live Events Commerce students lead at IIM-Lucknow At IIM-Lucknow, 268 of 507 students in the 2025-27 MBA batch come from non-engineering backgrounds . Director MP Gupta said, 'Commerce-related courses have attracted the most students.' This change reflects a broader realignment of business education in India. Top B-schools are adapting to a corporate world that increasingly values diverse skills beyond engineering and technology.
Time of India
2 days ago
- Business
- Time of India
IIM-Lucknow alumni gather to discuss India's global role
Lucknow: IIM-Lucknow welcomed its alumni on the campus for Samvaad-2025, the institute's flagship alumni conclave. The two-day gathering beginning Saturday brought together graduates from various batches and industries for a series of thought-provoking discussions, interactive sessions, and informal networking opportunities. This year's theme, 'The India Moment: Ideas, Impact, and Influence', framed conversations around the country's growing global role and the transformations shaping its economy, businesses, and society. The agenda featured panel discussions, fireside chats, and student-alumni roundtables designed to connect classroom learning with real-world experience. Prof Rajesh Aithal spoke about the strength of the IIM-L alumni network and its role in mentoring students. Director Prof MP Gupta highlighted recent market developments . TNN Stay updated with the latest local news from your city on Times of India (TOI). Check upcoming bank holidays , public holidays , and current gold rates and silver prices in your area.
Time of India
27-07-2025
- Business
- Time of India
As tech disrupts business landscape, mid-career execs return to classrooms to acquire new skills
New Delhi: Mid-career working professionals preparing to take up leadership roles are increasingly signing up for MBA programmes at top business schools, as they seek to deepen strategic capabilities and gain new skills to stay relevant when technology constantly reshapes the way companies operate. Some B-schools have also seen an increase in female applicants this year compared with last, said officials at Indian Institutes of Management and the Indian School of Business. Explore courses from Top Institutes in Please select course: Select a Course Category Product Management Data Analytics Design Thinking Operations Management MCA Data Science Public Policy Technology Digital Marketing others Cybersecurity Management Project Management Degree Leadership Data Science Artificial Intelligence Others MBA CXO Finance Healthcare PGDM healthcare Skills you'll gain: Product Strategy & Roadmapping User-Centric Product Design Agile Product Development Market Analysis & Product Launch Duration: 24 Weeks Indian School of Business Professional Certificate in Product Management Starts on Jun 26, 2024 Get Details Skills you'll gain: Product Strategy & Competitive Advantage Tactics Product Development Processes & Market Orientations Product Analytics & Data-Driven Decision Making Agile Development, Design Thinking, & Product Leadership Duration: 40 Weeks IIM Kozhikode Professional Certificate in Product Management Starts on Jun 26, 2024 Get Details Skills you'll gain: Creating Effective Product Roadmap User Research & Translating it to Product Design Key Metrics via Product Analytics Hand-On Projects Using Cutting Edge Tools Duration: 12 Weeks Indian School of Business ISB Product Management Starts on May 14, 2024 Get Details Learning new skillsets has become essential when leaders are expected to be prepared to quickly respond to changes that emerging technologies are bringing to traditional business models. Meanwhile, corporate India is stepping up efforts to improve gender equality at the management level, inducting more women to leadership roles, a possible reason for the increased female participation in these programmes. IIM-Ahmedabad has seen a 10-15% increase in applications for the one-year full-time MBA (MBA-PGPX) programme in each of the last couple of years, said Amit Karna, the institute's chairperson for the MBA-PGPX programme. The number of women enrolled increased by nearly 45% in the same period. The number of applicants has increased at IIM-Lucknow and IIM-Indore as well. Lucknow has also witnessed an upswing in female candidates, said a spokesperson. Both IIM-Lucknow and IIM-Indore said the profile of executive MBA candidates has evolved significantly in recent years. 'The participants come from various domains with an average age of 34-36 years and an average work experience of 12-14 years,' said IIM-Indore director Himanshu Rai. At IIM Shillong, executive MBA is a full-time one-year residential programme, also known as Post Graduate Programme for Executives (PGPEx). Enrolments have increased here from 49 in 2023 to 55 in 2025 while the number of female students has almost doubled from eight in 2023 to 15 in 2025, director in-charge Nalini Prabha Tripathi said. In 2023 and 2024, IIM-Shillong had more executives joining from traditional corporate profiles like banking, consulting, engineering. In 2025, it is more of entrepreneurial, cross-functional and digitally fluent professionals, according to dean academics Rohit Joshi at Shillong. IIM-Lucknow is witnessing a greater diversity in industry backgrounds, with professionals from healthcare, IT and entrepreneurship joining alongside those from traditional domains like manufacturing and finance. ISB's PGP MAX, a 15-month global executive MBA equivalent programme, is seeing a consistent interest from industries such as ITeS, professional services, R&D, banking and financial services, government, defence, energy and the public sector. ISB's PGP MAX programme comprises 24 courses structured around eight cross-functional themes and executive coaching, said deputy dean, Academic Programmes, Deepa Mani. 'Notably, candidates from IT, fintech, and engineering backgrounds have successfully pivoted into strategic and product-oriented roles upon completion of the programme,' said Karna of IIM-Ahmedabad. At IIM-Lucknow, 93% of its IPMX Class of 2025 received job offers with the highest CTC touching Rs 53 lakh per annum, the institute said.
Indian Express
13-05-2025
- Business
- Indian Express
Ahmedabad: Two youths make it to IIM, script stories of defying difficulties with hardwork
From working at a wholesale footwear shop at the age of 14 at a monthly allowance of Rs 1,500 to a job of a 'chowkidar' in the Ahmedabad cantonment area for a salary of around Rs 19,000 to cracking the Common Admission Test (CAT) and confirming a seat for himself in Indian Institute of Management (IIM)-Shillong — 27-year-old Dipesh Kewlani, a resident of the city, has come a long way. The story is similar for 21-year-old Suraj Soni from Chaloda village in Dholka, as financial constraints could not stop or break either of them. After Dipesh's father died when he was 11 and his younger brother Dinesh six, the family shifted to Ahmedabad from Jaipur in 2009 with the help of Dipesh's maternal uncle. A postgraduate in commerce from HL Commerce College in Ahmedabad, Dipesh still works at the Army station. He says he could not afford to quit the job. 'Me and my brother completed our education on scholarships and with the help from community-run trusts. My mother would also do small embroidery works from home. When in Class XII, I learnt about a vacancy for a chowkidar at the Army hospital. I took the exam and got the job even before my Class XII results were out in 2017,' Dipesh told this paper. Dipesh, who has secured a seat in IIM-Shillong, has his fingers crossed as he awaits a call from IIM-Lucknow too. The turnaround, he says, came when his younger brother Dinesh completed his MBA from IIM-Lucknow and got placed in Hyderabad. 'I was aware about MBA and IIMs after I completed Class XII as many of my friends enrolled for coaching classes. But I had to work to sustain my family and fund my brother's education. After he got through IIM-Lucknow and got placed, I started preparing for CAT alongside my job,' he said. Meanwhile, Suraj, a first-generation graduate whose mother works as a domestic help and father as a peon, would commute 80 km in public transport and walk over 4 km every day to HL College of Commerce in Ahmedabad. 'There was no one in the family to guide or help me with my preparations. My father has studied only till Class VII and works as a peon at a residential society at a salary of Rs 10,000-11,000, while my mother, who studied till Class II, works as a domestic help in Makarba area, along with farming. With limited employment opportunities in the village, all three of us take the bus to commute from our village to Ahmedabad. Due to financial constraints my elder brother had to quit studies and take up a job at a factory in Bavla,' Suraj told this paper. Suraj, who studied in a Gujarati-medium government school in the village, says it was initially very difficult for him to cope up in an English medium college. However, he did not give up and read translation books, English newspapers and practiced with friends. 'During my college days, I had attended a free session where I learnt how MBA could help. I enrolled into a coaching institute, which even slashed the fee for me looking at my financial condition and allowed me to pay in installments. I paid the token amount of Rs 90,000 on Sunday to get my admission at IIM-Shillong confirmed. My father collected the money from the members of our community,' he says. 'I knew I had to support my family. Nobody in my family went to college because they had to earn. I worked hard, but I could not have done it had my family not worked hard.'
