Depending on the electives you choose, this programme will prepare you for a lateral shift to a different domain by equipping you with an understanding of contemporary business practices. Furthermore, you can expect to strengthen your skills and perspective in your present domain to prepare for a vertical shift and aspire for larger roles within your functional area of work. You can also leverage this degree’s credentials to opt for higher studies such as M.Phil. and Ph.D.

Career services

After completing the programme, you will be equipped with the skills and credentials needed to advance in your current role to higher positions or qualify for in-demand jobs across multiple domains. To prepare you further, you will also have access to a range of career services to support your transition after completing the programme. Some of these services include:

  • Career advisory workshops - Career goal setting, resume and interview prep, job search guidance, and professional communication
  • Skill building services - Virtual sessions with industry experts and alumni on relevant skills

Alumni benefits from the degree

With the successful completion of this degree, you will become an alumni of IIT Roorkee and gain access to its illustrious alumni network. IIT Roorkee provides equal opportunities to alumni from all programmes.

Graduates across all programmes of IIT Roorkee include 40,000+ alumni globally across 1400+ companies. Some prominent startups from IIT Roorkee alumni include Razorpay, Dunzo, Wakefit, Vedantu, Dealshare, Treebo etc. Some prominent recruiting organizations from IIT Roorkee include Google, Amazon, ITC, Flipkart and Microsoft.

Upon graduating with this degree you will have the following benefits:

  • Receive an alumni ID card and access to the 40,000+ alumni network globally
  • You will also be able to access highly active individual alumni chapters across India and the world
  • Attend multiple alumni events happening across cities and on-campus

Some prominent alumni from IIT Roorkee:

  • Shashank Kumar and Harshil Mathur- Co-founders, Razorpay
  • Mohit Saxena- Co-founder, InMobi
  • Ashok Soota- CEO/Founder, Mindtree
  • Pradeep Bajpai, Former Chairman of TRAI
  • Naveen Jain – CEO and Co-founder, Intelius
  • Amit Pal Singh- CTO, Mettl

Access to incubation center

Upon graduating from the programme, you will have access to IIT Roorkee’s business incubator- TIDES.

IIT Roorkee strives to promote innovation, entrepreneurship & opportunities to succeed. To accomplish its goal, IIT Roorkee runs and manages a business incubator called Technology Innovation & Development of Entrepreneurship Support (TIDES) Business Incubator.

TIDES facilitates incubation of new enterprises with innovative technologies by admitting them at its Incubation Center and provides physical, technical, financial and networking support and services. The center has 400+ associated mentors with 110+ starts supported till date.

Applications for Autumn 2024 cohort are open now!

Classes start: July 2024

Live Q&A sessions with IIT Roorkee faculty:

  1. Watch recording of the Live Q&A webinar with IIT Roorkee faculty on May 30, 2023 here

  2. Watch the recording of a previous Q&A session with IIT Roorkee faculty here

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