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IIM Sambalpur has started the 10th batch of the flagship MBA programme with three times more women students. Of the total 320 students, the 2024-26 cohort witnessed 244 (76 per cent) women students and 76 (24 per cent) men.
Moreover, there was a significant rise in the percentage of non-engineers with 60 per cent (194 students). Only 40 per cent of the registered students were from engineering fields, as many as 126 students.
In the non-engineers category, 19 per cent of the students are from science and commerce backgrounds, while 12.5 per cent are from management and four per cent from the arts backgrounds. Among the total students, 46 per cent (146) have prior work experience, whereas 54 per cent (174) are freshers.
The inaugural event of the 2024-26 batch was attended by industry leaders including Subrat Tripathy, President-Business development of Adani Group as the chief guest; Sumit Sangwan, vice president – sales and marketing, Havells India Pvt Ltd as the keynote speaker while Prof Mahadeo Jaiswal, director, IIM Sambalpur delivered the welcome note. Also, present at the occasion were faculty members and students during the inaugural ceremony.
Prof Mahadeo Jaiswal, director, IIM Sambalpur highlighted the institution’s establishment by the Government of India in 2015 and said, “Welcome to IIM Sambalpur, where we stand by our core values of innovation, integrity, and inclusiveness, the idea of gender diversity was pioneered at IIM Sambalpur.”
“Before 2017, the percentage of women students in MBA classes across IIMs was less than 11%, including IIM Sambalpur. In 2017, we made a bold decision to implement a policy that provided an additional 5% cut off reduction for female candidates when calling for interviews and then creating a common merit list. This initiative made history by achieving a 50% female enrollment from 2017 onwards, a model that has since been adopted by all IIMs,” the director added.
