How beneficial is it for an entrepreneur to choose PGDBA (IIM Calcutta, ISI Kolkata, IIT Kharagpur) over regular MBA program from other IIMs?

Choosing PGDBA over a regular MBA program is definitely worth it. With technology becoming the foundation of every company today a regular MBA program is not sufficient. You need to be well versed in data analytics, machine learning, and artificial intelligence. This is when PGDBA comes into picture. This course offers a perfect knowledge of handling data to meet the competitive edge. 

I have listed some major benefits of the PGDBA course that might assure you of its worth.

• The course helps to automate things and take a more technological approach to every business decision.

• This course will provide you with the brand name of 3 best institutes all together. This makes it better than the regular MBA program.

• Interacting with faculties of 3 different institutes does not stagnate your thought process. The diverse opinions help you add to your ideas.

• This course will enable you to open your own technology based start-up.

The only major disadvantage of this course is the lack of management skills you will develop. Although you will study management, not as much as you could have studied in a regular course. But this in itself is not a factor big enough to hinder your success.