BITS Pilani Executive MBA

BITS Pilani, one of the education gems of India, stands tall among the many prestigious institutes of science and technology and has also been ever-present among the institutes providing management education. This institute has been providing executive education through its WILP (Work Integrated Learning Programmes) initiative for 43 years. This initiative has produced 1,40,000 professionals for their respective industries. The executive programs under WILP provide a curriculum that is designed, based on the latest industry practices and the students can continue their work parallelly. All the programs under WILP are conducted online and it is on par with regular programmes.

Under WILP, there are 2-year MBA programmes in eight specialisations. The eight specialisations provided are Digital Business, Business Analytics, FinTech, Consultancy Management, Manufacturing Management, Quality Management, Finance, and Hospital & Health Systems Management.

In the specialisation of digital business, one gets to learn about how digital technology is used to recreate business models that are upgraded and optimised. Also, one gets to understand the transformation of products and customer experiences. This eventually leads to implementing products innovatively better and adds value to the company’s growth. In the business analytics specialisation, the student gets to understand decision-making based on extracted data through statistical models, data analysis, and other quantitative methods. This extracted data is obtained by investigating and searching the organisation’s data.

In the specialisation of Fintech, one gets to learn how to deal with the delivery of financial services using advanced technology to carry out technical functions in areas such as banking, investing, insurance, etc. In the specialisation of Consultancy Management, the student gets to learn the methods of putting oneself into roles that involve advisory or implementation roles regarding the practices and protocols that optimise the performance of the firm.

In the specialisation of Manufacturing Management, the student gets to understand the procedures and handling of a manufacturing facility that is meant to be overseen from a managerial standpoint. Along with that, the skill to fulfil manufacturing targets such as performance, quality, volume, etc. is developed. In the specialisation of Quality Management, the student gets to learn several aspects of quality which involves overseeing the activities and tasks of the product process to be happening at a desired standard. For a quality manager, these aspects that are essential to maintaining quality standards from a managerial standpoint, are framing a quality policy, maintaining quality control & quality improvement, and creating & implementing quality planning and assurance.

In the specialisation of finance, the students get exposed to several aspects & activities of a company from a financial standpoint such as analysing reports of a company, taking measures to increase stock value to a maximum, choosing the right investment portfolio, and balancing the dynamics between risk and profitability. In the specialisation of hospital and health systems management, the student gets to understand the dynamics of how the hospital as an organisation is managed and aspects such as management of medical records, staff management, patient experience, lab management, etc.
The general fee structure of an MBA course under WILP consists of a semester fee and an admission fee. The semester fees are INR 63.5K and the admission fee is INR 16.5K. The total fees including the admission and semester fee (that is meant to be paid 4 times) is INR 2.705 Lakhs.

• Working professionals with a minimum of 1 year of work experience should have a degree in B.E/ M.Sc/ B.Tech/ integrated first degree of BITS. Students with an MCA degree can apply for specialisation in Quality Management. Students with an MBBS degree can apply for the specialisation of Hospital & Health systems management.
• Working professionals with a minimum of 2 years of work experience and having studied either mathematics or statistics during high school or higher level, should have a degree in B.Sc/ B.Comm/ BCA. Students for the specialisation of Digital Business having an undergraduate degree in Maths/ Statistics/ Economics/ Business Management can apply.
• Should have 60% aggregate marks in their qualifying degree.

The fee at BITS Pilani will vary from course to course. The Tuition fee can be paid semester-wise mode which eases the burden of fee payment on students. However, scholarships are not available for the students for Online BCA. However, easy EMI options are available at the institute. They can split the fee in monthly installments. However, interest and repayment depend on the bank and the tenure of the installments.

BITS Pilani provides 8 specialisations for its Executive MBA programme. The syllabus given below is for the specialisation of Digital Business. The syllabus of the remaining 7 specialisations can be checked by the student at the official website of BITS Pilani.

*Electives are Introduction to Fintech, Business Analysis and Valuation, Venture Capital and Private Equity, Mergers, Acquisitions, and Corporate Restructuring, Advanced Risk Models, Financial Risk Management, Management of Banks & Financial Institutions, Behavioural Finance, and Derivatives & Financial Engineering. Electives vary from specialisation to specialisation. 

BITS Pilani has a proper examination pattern for the ones who are taking the executive MBA programme under WILP. For the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd semesters, two kinds of exams will take place which are Comprehensive Examination and the Mid-Semester Examination, for each subject. Through the LMS (Learning Management System) quizzes and assignments will be conducted to evaluate the student’s ability to think about the subject as well as the subject’s knowledge itself. In semester 4 the student is expected to do a project/dissertation where the student is supposed to apply the techniques and concepts which the student has learned during the programme. Along with that, there are case studies that are curated very carefully deriving real-world problems meant to be solved. 

BITS Pilani provides two modes of examination the executive MBA students under WILP. In the first mode, the student will attempt the exam in a designated centre decided by the institute. The exact locations are given on the institution’s website. In the second mode, only at the discretion of the institute will the student be allowed to take an online examination from any location.

BITS Pilani has a good record when it comes to placing their students in management. The highest CTC achieved by a student was around INR 26-28 LPA. The average CTC of the batch was INR 16 to 18 LPA. The recruiters who participated in the placement event were Accenture, DCB Bank, Barclays, KPMG, Citi, IBM, and many others. The job roles in which the students got placed are the following-