There is fierce demand among organisations for talent that can bring to the table a mix of leadership skills and a comfort with exploiting technology. Leveraging its 60-year BITS Pilani pedigree and the STEM expertise that comes with it, BITSoM infuses soft skills and leadership into the curriculum to produce graduates that fill a key gap in the industry.

Its first academic year beginning in July 2021, BITSoM was set up under the aegis of BITS Pilani – itself established in 1964 and one of the first universities in the private sector to be recognised as an “Institution of Eminence” by the Govt of India in 2020. The b-school combines academic rigour with an innovative approach to the MBA pedagogy – the ‘block teaching method’ that offers concentrated two-week instructions in just one core subject at a time to be able to draw on global pool of teaching talent. Faculty from business schools such as Kellogg, McCombs – University of Texas at Austin, NYU-Stern, Chicago-Booth, SMU-Singapore, Tecnológico de Monterrey etc are reinforce the in-house faculty.

The global faculty delivers a curriculum designed with an emphasis on technology, drawing on the STEM lineage of its parent BITS Pilani. The b-school has a philosophy of treating tech as a horizontal rather than a vertical, which means that every for discipline of management, it aims to integrate tech aspects into the curriculum. A month-long AI intervention covering AI in finance, marketing, operations, and analytics is the latest innovation in the curriculum. Saravanan Kesavan, Dean and Professor of Operations says “We aim to produce MBA graduates who are the most up-to-date with the impact of AI on business. In addition, we balance intellectual and emotional capabilities with a self-development plan and mentorship for each student. Each BITSoM student will be a self-aware, lifelong learner – a digital ready leader who can analyse, understand, and solve unstructured problems. With new technologies rapidly changing business models and the world of work, our BITS Pilani legacy is a crucial advantage in backing our vision with the resources, knowledge base, and the commitment of our leadership team led by Mr Kumar Mangalam Birla, Chancellor, BITS Pilani and Chairman of the Governing Council of BITSoM.” With a belief that self-awareness is the foundation of leadership, each “BITSoMian” as they like to call themselves, has a personal development plan (PDP) that they develop under faculty guidance to identify their goals and the competencies they need to achieve these. The PDP then builds a detailed plan for the student to develop these competencies. Typically, the PDP picks up at a time, one soft skill and one functional area for the student to work on.

While BITSoM is just over 3 years old, being part of BITS Pilani connects students to a network of over 186,000 alumni, including 7,400 CEOs and 6,400 founders. The BITS Pilani alumni community is known to be fiercely loyal, tightly knit and influential – led and organised by the BITSAA (BITS Alumni Association) that has over 100 chapters in more than 30 countries across every inhabited continent.

BITSoM operates out of a brand new 60-acre residential campus in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region that has been designed by the architect Hafeez Contractor. Students benefit from a transdisciplinary ecosystem, sharing the campus with BITS Law School and from August 2025, with BITS Design School.

A professional career services team connects students with top recruiters, including many marquee names that are unusual on a campus so new. McKinsey & Co., BCG, Bain, EY, PWC, Deloitte, Aditya Birla Group—for consulting & general management, HUL, Nestle, Pidilite, Hershey’s—in the FMCG sector, JP Morgan, Tata Capital, ICICI Pru AMC, Avista Advisory, Eight Capital—in the BFSI sector, among others have recruited BITSoM students.

BITSoM accepts applications from fresh graduates, and working professionals with a valid CAT, GMAT, or GRE score. The Round 2 application deadline is 26 January 2025. The 2-year residential programme MBA culminates into a degree awarded by BITS Pilani.

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