42% female in IIM Kashipur’s flagship MBA programmes; maximum from Maharashtra, UP

NEW DELHI: The Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Kashipur witnessed 42 percent of female students in the 2024-26 batch of its flagship courses, Master of Business Administration (MBA) and Master of Business Administration – Analytics (MBA – A), which is 7% more than last year’s 35% female enrollment.

A total of 471 students enrolled in the institute’s flagship course, of which 196 are female. The MBA – Analytics cohort has 75% female students this session surpassing last year’s enrollment of 69% female candidates.

The new MBA batch comprises 37% of students from engineering backgrounds and 33% from commerce. Over 12% are from science, 6% from arts and the remaining 11 students are from various educational backgrounds such as medical, communication, and others. The overall work experience of the batch is 13 months.

In terms of geographical diversity, the programme saw students from 28 states, the highest from Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh which recorded 63 students each.

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Apart from MBA and MBA Analytics, 15 candidates were enrolled in the doctoral programme out of which four are female.

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IIM Kashipur conducted the inaugural event of the new batches of MBA, MBA (Analytics), and Doctoral (PhD) programmes of IIM Kashipur with an orientation session between June 27 and 30.

Professor Abhradeep Maiti, chairperson of admissions, highlighted that not only is the institute successful in attracting next-generation leaders, but IIM Kashipur has also successfully conducted the Common Admission Process (CAP 2024). On bridging the gender diversity gap, he said, “IIM Kashipur has seen exponential growth in female students in the last couple of years. From 11% female students in 2019, the new batch has 42% female students.”

IIM Kashipur’s director-in-charge, Professor Somnath Chakraborti said, “Our students are our brand ambassador. The efforts we put in our students are paying off and not just the female representation, the number of applications is growing every academic year. I welcome all the students and thank them for making it to the IIM Kashipur campus.”

Welcoming the new students, the chief guest Raj Shekhar Joshi, vice chairman of SETU Aayog Uttarakhand underscored the importance of leadership, technology, and the evolving role of think tanks and spoke on the challenges of digital transformation.

SETU Aayog stands for State Institute for Empowering and Transforming Uttarakhand (SETU) established by the Uttarakhand government replacing the Planning Commission of the state and modeled on lines of NITI Aayog.