53% of MICA's new batch across programmes females; highest from Maharashtra

NEW DELHI: MICA Ahmedabad welcomed the new batch of students for its three academic programmes – the post-graduate programme (PGP), the crafting creative communications programme (CCC), and the fellowship programme in management (FPM) with 53 percent female enrolments.

The Management School for Strategic Marketing and Communications has an equal number of female enrolments in the incoming batch for the academic year 2023-24. The institute has recorded an increase in the percentage of female students. The highest number of students are from Maharashtra (51) followed by Delhi (24), West Bengal (22) and Uttar Pradesh (22).

Out of the total 235 students admitted, 125 are female students, while 110 are male students. The gender ratio for the incoming batch across all three programs, including the PGDM-C and PGDM, Crafting Creative Communications (CCC), and Fellow Programme in Management (FPM), stands at 53 percent females and 47 percent males.

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The new batch of academic sessions 2023-24 has students from diverse academic backgrounds, including pharma, architecture, design, law, finance, dentistry, arts, commerce, technology, and sciences. 52 percent of the students have prior work experience.

“The PGP batch has a total of 204 students, with 101 males and 103 females, from the age group of 21-25 years. The CCC programme has a majority of female students, with 79 percent girls and 70 percent students having prior work experience. In the FPM programme, three out of the seven scholars are female, and they belong to the age group of 24-34 years” the official statement read.

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Shailendra Raj Mehta, president and director of MICA said, "MICA is recognized as the most gender-diverse B-school in the country with a gender ratio of 50:50 at most times. Admissions at MICA are merit-based and transparent. We take pride in our uniquely designed entrance test, MICAT, which tests analytical and creative skills, attracting more female students without any preference or quota."

Ruchi Tewari and Taral Pathak, co-chairs of admissions at MICA, said, “With every passing year, students who aspire to get into MICA are academically more sound and interestingly more sensitive too. They express a high sense of compassion for social and ecological issues and have tried creative ways to solve them. This year, several of them have been a part of the start-up eco-system, where they have either had their own start-ups or worked in start-ups. We are sure that the interplay of diversity in all facets especially work experience will offer a rich learning experience.”