With the goal of preparing future-ready management leaders, the Indian Institute of Technology Mandi is starting an MBA program in data science and AI. The two-year, full-time master’s program will begin in the Fall Semester of 2022. The course will integrate contemporary management concepts and soft skills with a wide range of data science tools.

The course integrates data science and artificial intelligence into various business and management domains with a strong emphasis on problem-solving and managerial decision-making.

The main highlights of the program are:

● Impart hands-on knowledge on the use of technology in managerial decision-making

●  Blend managerial know-how with technology-based tools

●  Teach students how data sciences can be applied to specific industry sectors

●  Industrial internships enrich classroom learnings through exposure to practical experience and application to real-world problems

●  A year-long project offering students in-depth, real-world exposure to challenging business decision-making problems as well as adaptation to the rapidly evolving business environment

“This MBA program aligns with IIT Mandi’s motto and strives to produce future-ready management leaders to tackle industry and academic challenges. The program will position students to transform data into better business decisions and help them identify areas of business where Data Science, Artificial intelligence, and Machine Learning can add value and provide inputs to algorithm developers and data analysts,” said Prof. Laxmidhar Behera, Director, IIT MandiUndergraduate students who have studied mathematics at the plus-2 level can enrol in this course. Interested candidates can apply here.