The Indian Institute of Technology Mandi, Himachal, to start an MBA program in Data Science and AI. The program aims to prepare future-ready business leaders equipped with technological and management knowledge. 

According to Prof. Laxmidhar Behera, Director, IIT Mandi, the newly commencing MBA program will position students to transform data into better business decisions and help them identify areas of business where data science, AI and ML can add value and provide inputs to algorithm developers and data analysts.  

The two-year, full-time master's program differs from other technology-oriented programs like B.Tech., M.Tech./MS by integrating data science and IA into various business and management domains and a strong emphasis on managerial decision-making.  

The program is open to undergraduate students of all backgrounds who have studied mathematics at the +2 level.  

A spokesperson of the institution stated that IIT Mandi has four Academic Schools and three major research centers. The schools are computing and Electrical Engineering, School of Basic Sciences, School of Engineering and Humanities and Social Sciences. 

IIT Mandi is the only second-generation IIT to be featured at rank no.7 in the Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovation Achievements of the Innovation Cell, Ministry of Education, and Government of India.