IIM Sirmaur Executive MBA in Entrepreneurship

The Executive MBA in Entrepreneurship is a 2-year management program that specializes in Entrepreneurship. IIM Sirmaur’s dedicated faculty have come up with this program for students as budding entrepreneurs who are currently working professionals with the intention & ambition to make a leap towards high-level management positions such as the C-suite ones responsible for steering an organization on a massive scale or become an entrepreneur that builds up an organization from scratch and grows it through its product/service leading to becoming a fully fledged organization someday (it could either be bootstrap or nurtured through external investments).

 In the current ecosystem of the economy, there is a steady rise of startups and some of them have become unicorns. There are a plethora of investors, incubators, and government initiatives in the current economy that are fostering the growth of startups to expand into blooming organizations of high capacity with steady and continuous growth.

 The students pursuing this program are taught to acquire the mindset of an entrepreneur and familiarize themselves with developing qualities that define an entrepreneurial personality such as endurance, patience, a strategist mindset, financial literacy,  efficient input-output dynamics of the product/service, etc. 

The modules related to the specialization of entrepreneurship prepare the student with the necessary procedures and managing tactics that are required to kickstart an organization/startup and the process of the growing stages. The student learns about stakeholders such as investors, employees, market audience, etc. who are essential for the functioning of the enterprise which gives the idea of how to deal with them with unique authenticity.

More importantly, the student is trained to become a management professional which is essential for understanding the various functional areas that are involved in the organizational setup. A true leader is one who has a basic foundation in the functional areas of business management that are essential to deal with the prospective employees to relate with the challenges to be faced. It is easy to keep oversee when one understands the employees who have different trades from person to person.

The program is held in hybrid mode. In the online aspect, virtual classrooms are used by a technology platform that integrates digital learning tools with video conference technology, enabling the student and the faculty to connect remotely. There is a campus immersion that happens twice, during which the students get to interact with faculty in real classrooms, use library resources for better quality studies, and avail themselves of other campus facilities such as parks.

The fee for the Executive MBA in Entrepreneurship program by IIM Sirmaur is INR 8 Lakhs

The eligibility criteria for enrolling in the Executive MBA in Entrepreneurship provided by IIM Sirmaur are given below:

• The candidate must have a Bachelor’s degree in the format of 10+2+3 from a recognized university/institute.
• The candidate must have scored a minimum aggregate mark or equivalent CGPA at graduation depending on the reservation category the student belongs to as given below: 
  • General Students: 50%
  • SC/ST/PWD: 45%
• The candidate must have worked in an organization. 
• The candidate must have a work experience of 2 years after graduation.
• The candidate must have a valid score in one of the following tests: 
  • GMAT
  • XAT
  • GATE
  • GRE
  • CAT
  • IIM Sirmaur Ex-MBA test

The IIM Sirmaur Online offers loan facilities to its students enrolled in both inline and regular programs to offer financial aid to students who are unable to pursue their higher studies due to financial hindrances. The institute also offers various scholarships for financial assistance to the students, interested candidates can apply for the scholarship according to their eligibility criteria., which can be checked on the official website of IIM Sirmaur. A few scholarships offered at the institute are:

• Post Matric Scholarships Scheme for Minorities
• Scholarships for Top Class Education for students with disabilities.
• National Means Cum Merit Scholarship
• Prime Minister's Scholarship Scheme For RPF/RPSF

Note: There is no fee for a Ph.D. student, meanwhile they will receive 30,000 INR per month for 5 years to cover the living expenses of the student.

The syllabus of the Executive MBA in Entrepreneurship provided by IIM Sirmaur consists of core courses and specialization courses that are given in the table below:

The examination process at IIM Sirmaur Online has the main focus on bringing out the qualities of an individual during their academic journey these examinations assist students in enhancing their skills and building industry-oriented skills which are very fruitful in the global competent market. The examination pattern of the Institute consists of two major components: internal assessment and term-end examinations respectively that are mandatory to attend.

These examinations combined focus on the practical and theoretical understanding of a student throughout their program., they also include a few assignments given to every student at the beginning of their program, and marks obtained in the projects are also included in the final results. Students are also graded based on their understanding of analytical tools, practical knowledge, and theoretical understanding.

Ever since the country and its economy became the 5th largest economy in the world, it's been raining unicorns in the current business leadership. This ecosystem fosters the steady rise of startups and their growth as the demand is welcomed by the market with the presence of domestic and international investors putting their stakes in the huge potential market to reach the economy’s peak and still scale even higher heights in the next decade. 

This shows that the student taking up this program can take a huge leap in the current times since the present business landscape is growth-friendly and a good Kickstarter since the government is also investing in supporting the rise of startups through platforms to accelerate growth. Some of the job roles taken up by the students of the program are given in the following table: