Are IIMs Corrupting IITians & Engineers from the Field of their Specialization?
We all know how CAT toppers are mostly engineers. In CAT 2012, 9 out of 10 100-percentilers were engineers, including 5 IITians. CAT 2013 results only confirmed the stereotype. This year, all the eight CAT toppers (100-percentilers) are engineers, including two IITians and a BITSian.
Engineering + MBA has become a power combination in the corporate world. Once you do your B.Tech from an IIT, you are sure to try Common Admission Test (CAT) and enroll yourself into an IIM in the due course of time.
Does that mean that IIMs are actually leading our engineers and IITians away from the field of their specialization?
If a student wants to enter into management ultimately, is it wise to waste a precious IIT or NIT seat?
Should engineers be allowed to specialize only in MBA courses that are related to their technical expertise? ÂÂ
Suggest ways to encourage engineers to pursue careers in fields related to their expertise.
Discuss how CAT can be made more accessible to students from other streams.
Comment here and let us know what you think about so many questions raised by engineers moving into management arena.
This post was contributed by Monika Rai, Askiitians expert
Yeah i completely agree with you they are actually wasting their engineering seats !
U r ryt
i m also an engg student bt i have decided if i will nt get job after degree completion i will choose gate if will b unable to get it i will take mba as my goal
or will go outside india for job..
Create more technical/engineering jobs for us and we’ll spare u ur management seats!!
One chooses engineering after Class 12, at the time when he or she does not know the ways of the corporate world. An MBA degree can rocket one’s career growth…so why not? Anyways, having technical understanding is always an asset for a good manager.
how can someone say that a person is WASTING an engineering seat!! I wanted that, I fought I got……now I wanna do something else….I will….simple na…..
No, it is not that simple. If you never had to do engineering, why waste precious seats of IIT or NIT and the funds and resources that could have been used to nurture scientists and technicians. That is the question here.
The primary issue here is that most engineers don’t really know why they want to pursue MBA. Its like a herd mentality that has developed nowadays that Engineering+MBA=deadly combo.
Being an MBA student in one of the IIMs, I have seen that this lack of goal clarity takes its toll on many students. And the reality is that some engineers end up earning less than what they earned in their past job.
I am of the opinion that some people are more suited for a particular role. The sooner one can identify that, the better it is for them. But at the end of the day, we can’t really blame anyone for pursuing management education. It’s a free country.