IIM Sambalpur has introduced an MBA programme in Business Analytics at its Delhi Campus. The course will impart students with knowledge in management education with analytical and technological competencies. Candidates with a high CAT (Common Admission Test) percentile and a STEM academic background with one year of relevant experience can apply for the admission process. The institute has signed an MoU with the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Thailand for a dual-degree course to provide students with interdisciplinary education. The dual-degree programme will have a STEM education framework wherein Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics disciplines will be taught in conjunction with management principles, as mentioned in the press release. Students will spend the first year of study at the IIM Sambalpur Delhi Campus with an option to go to AIT Thailand in its second year. Upon successful completion, they will be awarded a dual degree with a specialisation in Business Analytics along with a one-year extended work visa in Thailand through which they can find the opportunity to start their international professional career. Prof Mahadeo Jaiswal, Director, IIM Sambalpur, said, "The Delhi campus will offer the newly introduced MBA in Business Analytics, which will admit 70 students. Applicants must possess a minimum basic educational qualification and at least one year's work experience.” IIM Sambalpur already offers two dual degrees an MBA in Fintech Management in collaboration with Sorbonne Business School (Paris) and an Executive PhD and DBA Programme, a collaboration between Bordeaux University School of Management.
