Editor’s Synopsis:

• IIM Udaipur’s One-Year Full-Time MBA in Digital Enterprise Management batch continued 100% placements in its second year too.
• A total of 128 roles were floated to the batch and a total of 47 companies participated in the placement season

January 25^th, 2022; Udaipur:  Indian Institute of Management Udaipur concluded Campus Recruitment Program 2021-2022 for its One-Year Full-Time MBA in Digital Enterprise Management batch with a 100% placement record for the second consecutive year. The Program was started in 2020 and is India’s only One-Year Full-Time MBA in Digital Domain, and as such is a unique offering in the new digital world of business. A total of 128 roles were floated to the students and a total of 47 companies participated in the placement season. The Institute shared Topline findings. IIM Udaipur is only the 4^th IIM that is part of IPRS and will be sharing externally audited placement reports after completion of the audit.

The premier B-school announced that the size of this year’s batch was significantly increased over the inaugural batch last year. It consists of 26 students with 3-5 years of work experience, and 11 students with 5+ years of work experience. The average work experience of the cohort is 55 months. The minimum work experience mandatory for doing the course is 3 years.

On this achievement, Prof. Janat Shah, Director, IIM Udaipur, said, “I congratulate the graduating One-Year MBA Batch in Digital Enterprise Management (DEM) for being 100% placed with sought-after roles. The increase in the batch size and the outstanding response by recruiters shows the shift in business paradigms and the rapidly-growing importance of digital learning in the management ecosystem We are happy to see our initiatives in setting up a Centre of Excellence in Digital Enterprise and the 1-year full-time MBA have been so well received.”

The students bagged some of the most sought-after roles in highly relevant domains like Digital Strategy, Digital Transformation, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Digital Experience, and Cloud.

Majors Tech companies such as Accenture Technology, Cognizant, EXL, Innover Digital, Conga, and other companies in the IT Services and IT consulting domain offered sector-specific roles. TransWorld Group of Companies offered international roles in Digital Marketing, Analytics, and Corporate Strategy roles.

Companies including Accenture Strategy, IBM, Cognizant, Thoucentric, TheMathCompany, and Lumiq offered both Technology and Management consulting roles. Retail and eCommerce companies like Reliance Digital and Flipkart, and enterprise analytics companies like LatentView Analytics offered analytics roles. Companies including Publicis Sapient, Digite, Accolite Digital, and Decimal Technologies offered product roles. IT Services and IT consulting majors including Thoughtworks, Mphasis, Infosys Consulting also participated in the recruitment drive

Increase in Package:

About DEM Course:

IIM Udaipur’s Digital Enterprise Management (DEM) is the first-ever Year full-time MBA program in Digital Domain and introduces candidates with work experience to management concepts and leadership styles in the emerging digital business enterprises.

About IIM Udaipur: –

IIM Udaipur is well on its way to becoming a globally recognized B-School. It has broken new ground by focusing on world-class research and transforming students into tomorrow’s managers and leaders. The Institute arrived on the global education stage by securing accreditation from the AACSB (Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business) in merely eight years of its establishment. With this accreditation, IIM Udaipur is counted in the same league of global institutes such as Harvard Business School, Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, and the MIT Sloan School. IIMU has been listed on the Financial Times (FT) Global MIM Ranking 2020 as well as the QS Global MIM Ranking 2020, only the 4th IIM, along with IIMs Ahmedabad, Calcutta, and Bangalore, to be in the FT Global MIM Ranking and only the 7th IIM in the QS 2021 Global MIM Rankings. In both Rankings, IIM Udaipur is the youngest B-School in the world! IIMU is also currently ranked 4th in India, after ISB, IIM Ahmd, and IIM Bgl, for research in management according to the methodology used by UT Dallas, which tracks publications in the leading global journals.

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Mumbai, 28^th June 2021: upGrad, South Asia’s largest higher edtech, further strengthens its alliance with IIM Kozhikode to make quality online education mainstream in the country. Making a brand-new entry, the partnership announces the entry of the Professional Certificate Programme in HR Management and Analytics – a game-changing course for individuals who want to build a meaningful career in the HR domain. This marks the second edition after the launch of Professional Certification in Data Science for Business Decision Making in March, this year.

A recent LinkedIn’s ‘Jobs on the rise in 2021 India report suggests that Human Resource roles have come forth as one of the most pertinent job trends that have emerged in India as a result of the pandemic.

Stretched over a period of 5-months, this course is developed and taught by experienced faculty at IIMK and will enhance one’s knowledge around key concepts of HR and application of quantitative analysis to understand trends and outcomes of Human Resource data. The course also offers a mix of synchronous and asynchronous techniques to make learning easier for working professionals with a total of ~120 hours of learning content and promotes a case study-based teaching approach. With a minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree along with 2-years of work experience or a Master’s Degree, any learner/professional can enroll for the course.

Commenting on the launch of the new course, Phalgun Kompalli, Co-founder, upGrad, said, “We are building a concrete course portfolio to deliver quality online learning at our learners’ doorsteps and our partnership with IIM Kozhikode for another course, bears the testimony. This shall further help us move in the right direction to make India the land of skilled professionals. We also look at closing 50+ university partnerships in the next 24 months.”

Professor T. N. Krishnan, IIM Kozhikode further added, “The program would be helpful to develop perspectives, concepts, and skills for better appreciation of the HR domain and the use of analytics in decision making. Presented in a capsule form, the course focuses on developing applied knowledge and uses tools and frameworks to augment the existing capabilities of both experienced HR professionals as also those who would be relatively new to the field. The program is structured to reflect the rigour of the IIM system and would demand sufficient preparation and engagement of the participants for successful completion.”

Professor Prantika Ray, IIM Kozhikode further emphasized the rigor and pertinence of the course and said, “The Professional Certificate program in HR Management and Analytics course would help practitioners view human resources in a new avatar. This course will help learners understand the link between business strategy and human resources through the lenses of analytics. The program has been diligently crafted to meet the talent needs of the organizations in these changing times towards a sustainable future.”

Prof. Kapil Verma, IIM Kozhikode highlighted the significance of the course towards enhancing employee experiences, and stated, “The HR Management and Analytics program examines all the stages of an employee’s journey, right from workforce planning and talent acquisition to employee engagement, wellness and talent retention. It provides an in-depth conceptual understanding of these stages, and more importantly, helps the participants comprehend how analytics can be used to lead and manage employees more efficiently thereby creating more meaningful workplaces.”

Additionally, upGrad has recently listed two new IIT Delhi’s Weekend Live programs: a) Executive Management Programme in Strategic Innovation, Digital Marketing, and Business Analytics, and b) Advanced Certificate Programme in Machine Learning, for working professionals with upGrad being the service provider. The new additions also include IIT Delhi’s Certificate Programme in Operations Management and Analytics which, unlike the weekend format, is a 6-month long program that is designed to help learners with business optimization techniques. This comes within just two months of the arrival of IIT Delhi’s Certificate Programme in Finance for Non-Finance Executives.

About upGrad

upGrad is South Asia’s largest online higher edtech company offering 100+ courses in collaboration with top-notch global universities like Duke Corporate Education (US), Michigan State University (US), Liverpool John Moores University (UK), Deakin Business School (Australia), Swiss School of Business Management, (Geneva), IIT Madras (India), IIM Kozhikode (India), and others. Founded in 2015, the international edtech leader has impacted over 1 million total registered learners in over 50+ countries across the world.

upGrad has ranked No.1 in the LinkedIn Top Startups India 2020 list. This is the third time in a row that upGrad has been featured in the LinkedIn Top Startup list after 2018 and 2019. It is also amongst GSV Global EdTech 50 and has ranked amongst the Top 50 in the FT Asia-Pacific High-Growth Companies 2021.

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Mumbai, 26^th April 2021: upGrad, South Asia’s largest online higher education company, today announced that it has raised USD 120 million from Temasek, a global investment company headquartered in Singapore. This is the first external funding raised by the edtech major. Since its founding six years ago in 2015, upGrad has been 100% owned, funded, and run by its co-founders as a capital-efficient business.

upGrad plans to use the fresh capital to further strengthen its team, scale its global market operations, bolster its technology and product capabilities, pursue M&A opportunities, expand graduate and post-graduate degree portfolio in India, and scale up operations to achieve its USD 2 billion revenue goal by 2026, thereby reinforcing its position as a global higher-edtech leader emerging from India.

upGrad Co-Founders Ronnie Screwvala, Mayank Kumar, and Phalgun Kompalli said in a joint statement, “We welcome Temasek in our mission to power career success for each and every member of the global workforce as their trusted LifeLongLearning partner and drive meaningful career outcomes. This capital will further fuel our commitment towards global expansion as well as deeper India penetration, as we march forward with our goal of making India the teaching capital of the world.”

Credit Suisse acted as the exclusive financial advisor to upGrad, and Rajaram Legal acted as legal advisor.

About upGrad

upGrad is South Asia’s largest online higher edtech company offering 100+ courses in collaboration with top-notch global universities like Duke Corporate Education (US), Michigan State University (US), Liverpool John Moores University (UK), Deakin Business School (Australia), Swiss School of Business Management, (Geneva), IIT Madras (India), IIM Kozhikode (India), and others. Founded in 2015, the international edtech leader has impacted over 1 million total registered learners in over 50+ countries across the world.

With an 85% program completion rate, which otherwise is 3-6% for other MOOCs, outcome-based learning approach, industry-relevant curriculum, finest university credentials, strong mentorship, and steadfast career support, upGrad has solidified its position to command an ARPU of INR 2.5 lakhs – highest in the Indian online education sector, which indeed bears testimony to its robust model. upGrad differentiates itself in driving meaningful career outcomes for its learners, in terms of career transition, acceleration, or elevating professional confidence.

upGrad has ranked No.1 in the LinkedIn Top Startups India 2020 list. This is the third time in a row that upGrad has been featured in the LinkedIn Top Startup list after 2018 and 2019. It is also amongst GSV Global EdTech 50, has been ranked amongst the Top 50 in the FT Asia-Pacific High-Growth Companies 2021, and has won the title of ET Best Education Brand 2020.

Additionally, in 2020, the company won several accolades including, the title of ‘Best Communication and Teaching Platform’ in the Education Innovation Awards by Entrepreneur India, ‘Takshila Award’ by the 3AI Pinnacle Awards for its programs in AI, Analytics, and Data Sciences, the ‘Best Corporate Training Programme’ by the 10th Annual Indian Education Awards and received the award under ‘Innovative Initiative’ for its Android App at the mBillionth Awards.

To know more, visit: http://www.upgrad.com

About Temasek

Temasek is an investment company with a net portfolio value of S$306 billion (US$214 billion) as of 31 March 2020. Its three roles as an Investor, Institution, and Steward, as defined in the Temasek Charter, shape Temasek’s ethos to do well, do right and do good. Temasek actively seeks sustainable solutions to address present and future challenges, through investment and other opportunities that help to bring about a better, smarter, and more sustainable world.

For more information on Temasek, please visit www.temasek.com.sg

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