The Executive MBA in Entrepreneurship provided by IIM Visakhapatnam is a specialized management program oriented towards Entrepreneurship. This program develops an innovative approach to the all-round development of the managerial personality in a student exuding leadership in business settings. The knowledge imparted in this program familiarizes the students by acquiring the tricks & trades of the business world. 

The intricacies of the various functional areas of management are taught so that as a budding management professional, the student can handle inter-departmental affairs that are out of his/her expertise, in an organization. The student gets to explore & acquire the values, strategic framework, ethics, integrity, and growth mindset that builds up the student’s managerial prowess that will transform with an effective impact on the stakeholders and growth of the organization. 

This program is held in hybrid mode. In the online aspect of this program, online sessions are held with the faculty along with the virtual presence of other students in the same program. These online sessions are conducted in which the teacher’s virtual presence is broadcasted to carry out the classes with the aid of a video-call technology platform, that almost imitates real classrooms. In the offline aspect of the program, there is a two-day campus immersion that hosts real classroom sessions, library visits, forums, faculty interactions, team-building activities, practical hands-on projects, etc.

Under this program, the students get to specialize in Entrepreneurship, which is one of the revolutionary domains that is paramount in the current economy where there is an ecosystem that supports the growth of a large number of startups, some of which have become unicorns due to which there is an influx of international investors who are competing to bet their investment on the next big thing in the startup ecosystem.

Hence, the curriculum for the specialization covers the inner workings of an organization at different stages of growth where the student familiarizes himself/herself with different kinds of business structures such as startups, unicorns, MSME (Micro Small Medium Enterprises), corporates, conglomerates, etc. 

The student is taught the essence of having high patience and endurance to be an entrepreneur who starts from scratch towards growing the startup into a larger business structure step-by-step. They are taught to handle dynamic situations that are filled with challenges while running a business structure. One of the key defining elements of entrepreneurship is risk & reward in which the student learns how to identify opportunities in the clutter of uncertainties that could be leveraged for the business’s growth.

It also focuses on designing and augmenting the product/service through fostering innovation for its development. Continuous scrutiny and finding room for improvement, drive the product’s evolution which the student has to apply as a budding entrepreneur.

The fee for the Executive MBA in Entrepreneurship program provided by IIM Visakhapatnam is INR 11.9 Lakhs.