MBA is not an academic degree, It teaches you how to work with people.

MBA stands for Masters in Public Advertisement+ Administration + Governance in Manav Rachna International University (MRIU).

The Director of Faculty of Management Studies (FMS), Mrs. Chavi Bhargav Sharma, at Manav Rachna International University (MRIU) has defined MBA degree in a new perspective.

Talking strongly against the current archaic system of education, Mrs. Bharghav, popular for her passion for teaching, believes that MBA is a course that teaches you 'how to deal with people'. The art of communicating and doing business with people is the basic quality trained in a MBA course.

MBA is one of the most sought after degrees in the world. It is the most preferred choice of graduates from different streams as every Industry requires a Manager, an Administrator, a Communicator and an HR to run the show. This plump post hence requires maximum hands-on training to match with the dynamic nature of the subject. 

There is no one standard procedure of dealing with people/situations as an administrator or a manager. Life skills of dealing with people and a situation, is the most essential quality to be learnt by a MBA student. This requires enhancing one’s leadership quality. Some of the most important chapters in a MBA course include:

•   Leadership

•   Management 

•   Advertisement

•   Communication

•   Profit 

•   Partnership

Most of the above mentioned topics are basically a comprehensive study on ‘how to convert situation into your profit model along with creation of a valuable product for the society”. This practical study requires continuous training for students in an industrial training atmosphere. This will also provide students with enough opportunities to think out of the box.

Catering to the above requirement, MRIU focuses its MBA programme primarily on the employabilty factor of its students. Following the UGC curriculum for MBA, MRIU has initiated a specialized skill training programme-STEPPES (Structured Training for Enhancing Personnel and Professional Employ-ability Skill).

This unique programme, as a part of the two year course, gives practical training and knowledge on skill development. This helps in increasing the employabilty factor of students. There are two papers covered under this study which includes:

•  Live skill Training

•  and Communication Skill Enhancement

Encouraging a skill based training exercise; MRIU has launched a special skill centric training workshop in collaboration with big corporate houses like KPMG, Fortis and ITC. Students derive immense benefit from this additional training session as it opens the entry door of some big corporate houses, giving them a fair chance to prove their employablity skills for hiring.

This year for the first time MRIU has launched its dual degree MBA Program that allows students to acquire internationally accepted degree of learning. During the two year course via Faculty exchange programmes and a blend in the curriculum with the Napier University in UK, MRIU will be providing a dual degree MBA certification to its students.

Talking about the newly introduced Dual Degree programme and the purpose of affiliating with an International training Institute Mrs. Bharghav said, “I believe it is extremely important at this point in time, to give global exposure to the students. The process of learning a skill cannot be limited to one paradigm or pattern. In order to excel and accomplish the art of performing with your management skills, it becomes imperative to be exposed to a dynamic environment".

MBA is not an academic degree rather it is a continuous process of learning, says Mrs. Bharghav. She added, “It is just like swimming, where one needs to practice to stay abreast with the skill and improve its performance each time".

A skill centric curriculum and a practical teaching paradigm can make MBA degree course more valuable and the students employable.