Overview
- IIM Mumbai, which held its first convocation Saturday, announced a four‑year bachelor’s in Digital Science and Business Management built with IIT Bombay and industry partners.
- The new programme will admit 70 students, charge about ₹6–7 lakh per year, and select candidates using 70% weight on JEE Main scores and 30% on a personal interview.
- Students who keep a CGPA of 8 or higher can move into a one‑year MBA after the degree, and Director Manoj Tiwari said the course carries a 100% placement guarantee.
- The convocation awarded degrees to 505 students in the institute’s first full MBA cycle since the NITIE rebrand, including 300 in General MBA, 177 in Operations and Supply Chain, and 28 in Sustainability.
- Board chairman Shashi Kiran Shetty outlined a plan to invest over ₹1,000 crore to raise capacity to roughly 2,500–3,000 by 2028, with near‑term focus on upgrading the Mumbai campus as Pune satellite talks remain exploratory.