Mumbai: IIM-Mumbai’s first undergraduate (UG) programme, Bachelor of Science (BS) in Digital Science and Business Management, initially planned for the proposed satellite campus in Pune will start in Mumbai from the coming academic year with a batch size of 70.Students will be admitted to the four-year course based on JEE Mains’ scores and interviews, with a weightage distribution of 70:30 to draw the merit list, where the interviews will carry 30% weightage. The fees for the programme would be around Rs 6-7 lakh per annum. Students who complete the BS programme from the institute will get an option to even do a one-year MBA from the institute as recommended in the National Education Policy 2020. The course will be offered in collaboration with IIT-Bombay and industry partners. Several IIMs are venturing into standalone UG programmes, some of which are also into multidisciplinary areas beyond management education. IIM-Mumbai, too, plans to launch more programmes once the infrastructure is in place.Prof Manoj Tiwari, the director, in his address during the institute’s annual convocation ceremony, felicitating the inaugural batch under the IIM tag, announced the launch of the four-year programme. A total of 505 students graduated from the Mumbai campus on Saturday, after its formal recognition from NITIE, of which 300 were from the general MBA.Speaking about the UG programme, Tiwari said, “This programme brings together the most transformative technologies of recent times — artificial intelligence, machine learning, data science, the Internet of Things, and robotics — seamlessly integrated with the core pillars of management – operations, marketing, finance, and manufacturing. The course aims to create future-ready professionals who can operate at the intersection of technology and business leadership.” Ashishkumar Chauhan, MD and CEO of the National Stock Exchange, presided over the event, and the chairperson of the institute’s Board of Governors, Shashi Kiran Shetty, was also present at the event.
