IISc begin PG course in management studies
The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) has launched a 2 year management
course to provide a technology-oriented business management platform to
students studying engineering.
In recent times India is emerging as 1 of the global hubs of technology intensive organizations and R&D, with the enlarge in entry of MNCs in the high-tech and R&D sectors as well as rapid growth of domestic enterprises in these sectors. Such technology based and R&D intensive industry need executives with exposure and training in Technology Management and Business Analytics. These executives need to have the ability to understand, assess and forecast how technologies impact the systems within and outside the organization (environment, economy and society at large).
Similarly, formal education in analytics will strengthen the capability of these executives to perform robust analyses to make decision in information and data driven organizations. It is to meet these 2 distinctive needs of high-tech industries of emerging India that IISc has introduced a Masters Program that will focus on training the students in Technology Management and Business Analytics. The new masters program will be unique in the country as it is futuristic and builds leadership in the 2 important areas of Management, namely, Technology Management and Business Analytics.
The course will be conducted by the department of management studies, which was set up in 1948, and is 1 of the oldest management schools in the country. An official at the department said application forms for the course will be available from February. Candidates who have cleared the Joint Management Entrance Test (JMET) with a first class BE/B.Tech degree/equivalent or cleared the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) with first class BE/B.Tech/Equivalent are eligible for the course.
The department will conduct a group discussion and personal interview before selecting students for the course. A total number of 15 seats will be offered in this course to be conducted by the department of management studies. This new course will help engineers to study and analyze the synergy between science and business studies to become future managers in technology-driven creative organizations.
In recent times India is emerging as 1 of the global hubs of technology intensive organizations and R&D, with the enlarge in entry of MNCs in the high-tech and R&D sectors as well as rapid growth of domestic enterprises in these sectors. Such technology based and R&D intensive industry need executives with exposure and training in Technology Management and Business Analytics. These executives need to have the ability to understand, assess and forecast how technologies impact the systems within and outside the organization (environment, economy and society at large).
Similarly, formal education in analytics will strengthen the capability of these executives to perform robust analyses to make decision in information and data driven organizations. It is to meet these 2 distinctive needs of high-tech industries of emerging India that IISc has introduced a Masters Program that will focus on training the students in Technology Management and Business Analytics. The new masters program will be unique in the country as it is futuristic and builds leadership in the 2 important areas of Management, namely, Technology Management and Business Analytics.
The course will be conducted by the department of management studies, which was set up in 1948, and is 1 of the oldest management schools in the country. An official at the department said application forms for the course will be available from February. Candidates who have cleared the Joint Management Entrance Test (JMET) with a first class BE/B.Tech degree/equivalent or cleared the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) with first class BE/B.Tech/Equivalent are eligible for the course.
The department will conduct a group discussion and personal interview before selecting students for the course. A total number of 15 seats will be offered in this course to be conducted by the department of management studies. This new course will help engineers to study and analyze the synergy between science and business studies to become future managers in technology-driven creative organizations.
Comments