In the batch of 450 at IIM-Indore, 405 are engineers

Updated on: Wednesday, August 03, 2011

A mere engineering degree is not enough, one needs an MBA tag too.

This thinking is reflected in the profile of the latest batch of IIM-Indore here.

This batch, enrolled for the flagship two-year Post Graduate Programme (PGP) for 2011-13 academic session, has 405 students with engineering background, out of the total 450.

"Fat pay-packets and growing interest in white-collar jobs are the main reasons for this trend," a senior IIM professor said.

"This trend of engineers opting for management courses is not new in the country... the engineers opt for management degrees to give a boost to the career," said Professor Prashant Salwan, who teaches Strategic Management at
IIM Indore.

These days, majority of engineers, instead of working in a manufacturing facility, prefer to work in the management so that they can play a major role in policy and decision making, he said. "They do not want to dirty their hands," he said.

Anand Kumar of 'Super-30' coaching fame, termed the trend as unfortunate. If someone wanted to become a manager eventually, why should he/she seek admission to the prestigious IITs for engineering course, he asked.

The country was facing a shortage of qualified engineers and such students were doing injustice to those who could not get into IITs, Kumar claimed, adding that this trend should be curbed.

In the batch of 450 at IIM-Indore, 405 are engineers

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