There are 265 students enrolled in the flagship MBA program, 157 in the MBA in Analytics program and 11 doctoral research fellows in the PhD program as of June 27. This year, there is a diverse group of students with different academic backgrounds, such as arts, commerce, science and engineering and different professional backgrounds.

Female presence is 46% across programs

This year's cohort has excellent gender diversity. A total of 433 students; 201 are women and constitute about 46% of the batch. The MBA (Analytics) program comprises 115 women out of 157, representing 73% of the batch. The MBA program comprises 82 women, representing 31% of the total batch. Four of the 11 PhD students are female and seven are male. This is a continuation of females' higher enrolment in management courses at the institute. The recently joined students have previously worked with companies like Infosys, Accenture, Deloitte, Wipro, Larsen & Toubro, Cognisant, Capgemini, ICICI Bank, EY, HCL, HDFC Bank and Byju's. Their experienced backgrounds diversify the peer learning ecosystem in the curricula and inject real-world insight into classroom lectures.

Industry and global interaction via induction sessions

Students engaged with corporate executives and experts from a range of industries during the induction. These leaders facilitated the finance, leadership and strategic thinking sessions. The names of the leaders are:

• Jitendra Gohil (CFA and Chief Investment Strategist in Kotak Alternate Asset Managers Limited)

•  Nitin Madan (Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer at Barclays GCC India) 

The first session, on June 27, had guest speakers from global academic institutions. A session on innovation, artificial intelligence and entrepreneurial partnerships between IIM Kashipur and Silicon Valley was led by Dr Anuradha Basu who is the Director of the Silicon Valley Centre for Entrepreneurship at San Jose State University and Mr Gurmeet Naroola who is an adjunct professor at San Jose State University and former executive at Apple and Mahindra GenZe. They discussed trends of AI adoption, global startup ecosystems, and possible global academic linkages. In the institute's announcement, participation in programs like the Study in India Program fosters global research collaborations, teacher mobility and student exchange.