Sunday, January 4, 2015

Pursuing Distance MBA in India

The Management stream in India has had the major boost in the previous few years. As the management career provides a huge scope for jobs for the budding professionals, MBA has been a huge hit in the country. But with more and more students opting for MBA, the competition level has increased manifolds. No longer can MBA be called a course which was exclusive for the brainy few who has the means and time to get into MBA. 

This means that MBA has opened its doors for students who wouldn’t have considered MBA a choice a decade before. Unfortunately, this also means that the quality of MBA graduates has gone down, so recruiters have also turn wise and only consider after looking at your track record if you are suitable for their company.

Now a day it is important that an individual has an edge over other management pursuers to distinguish themselves out in the market. As many important staff from companies who have in depth knowledge of technical details on the product and services, but lack the professional or business approach usually opt for MBA program. Many students have also started to choose distance MBA to pursue a career and learn simultaneously. Each of these examples gives the student an edge that distinguishes him from the rest of the market.



·         Which University program to consider?

Now almost every known Business school in India provides Distance MBA programs. But distance MBA regrettably has its own disadvantage over regular course if it is not from a well-known university. Therefore here are some top colleges best known for Distance Learning MBA in India in no particular order.

  1. Symbiosis Centre for Distance Learning
  2. Sikkim Manipal University,
  3. Indira Gandhi National Open University
  4. NarseeMonji Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS)
  5. Institute of Management Technology
  6. Prin LN Welingkar Institute of Management
  7. Amity University
  8. MIT school of distance education
  9. Annamalai University
  10. ICFAI university


·        Should you consider Online distance MBA?

Many times a student from regular MBA course is considered above distance education student, however on many instances and experienced professional with a Distance MBA degree is also preferred because of the experience and business knowledge he has gained during the years, so it depends on role to role and organization to organization.

Online distance MBA courses provide you with the opportunity to sit anywhere in the world and learn through technology (video conferencing). But unlike regular distance MBA, to pursue an online distance MBA course you need more time to dedicate towards attending classes.

Online distance MBA courses are therefore more costly than distance learning given the online classroom and extra study aid to them. If you want to be more proficient in your technological skill set while pursuing an MBA, online distance MBA is an opportunity you should take.

As every student doing any distance program, MBA distance students whether regular or Online should always check the prerequisites and benefits of the program.