AutumnSemester2023 24 Fees

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INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY

ACADEMIC SECTION
No.Acd./PG/Fees-Autumn-2023-24 Date: 21st April 2023
Schedule for Payment of Academic Fees by on-roll PG/Ph.D. Students for the Autumn Semester 2023-24
All PG/Ph.D. students are required to pay their fees for Autumn Semester 2023-24 as per the following schedule. Detailed
fee structure is enclosed for a quick reference.
Payment of fees for Autumn Sem 2023-24 01/05/2023 to 24/07/2023

Payment of fees for Autumn Sem 2023-24 (with fine of
25/7/2023 to 07/08/2023
Rs.1000/-)
Payment of Fees with fine of Rs. 200/- per day (in addition 08/08/2023 till the date of
to Rs.1000/- fine) payment of fees
Autumn Semester 2023-24 registration is linked with fee payment. For registration,
student must pay all fees that are pending till previous semesters AND semester fees
for the current semester (Autumn Semester 2023-24).
Following be noted for payment of fees:
• All Students needs to pay fees online at http://portal.iitb.ac.in/asc

• Instructions for online fee payment are made available on ASC home page (http://www.iitb.ac.in/asc). Students
paying fees through online fee payment must ensure that their transaction is completed in all respects.
• Students under SC / ST / PwD category are exempted from the payment of Tuition Fees.
• Research Scholars who have submitted their Ph.D. thesis on or before the 1 st day of Autumn Semester (2023-24)
registration, need not to pay fees for Autumn Semester 2023-24.
Student paying fees through (a) Loan from a Bank, OR (b) A Sponsoring Agency (Private / Government), should ask the
Sponsoring Agency to transfer the amount directly to IIT Bombay Bank account.
The fee receipts will be generated after reconciliation, which takes 5 working days. Students needs to collect the fee
receipt in-person from Cash Section, IIT Bombay.
Digital Signature
Joint Registrar Academic
Jt. Dy. Registrar (Academic)
(misc.dracad)
27-Apr-23 04:38:00 PM
To:
1. All Heads / Conveners of the Departments / Centres / Schools / Interdisciplinary Programmes
2. Students-notices
Copy to:
1. The Registrar / Dean (AP) / Associate Dean (AP) / The Dean (SA) / Associate Dean (SA)
2. The Head, Application Software Centre (ASC)
3. Deputy Registrar (F&A) - With a request to verify that all students have paid appropriate fees as
applicable. Discrepancies (if any) may be brought to the notice of the Academic Office/HCU, as applicable, for
rectification
4. In-Charge, Cash Section
5. Assistant Registrar, Hostel Co-ordinating Unit
6. The Manager, Canara bank, IIT Powai Branch With a request to transfer semester fees, on request
7. The Manager, SBI, IIT Powai Branch of students-account holder to IITB Main Account
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Important Notes for PG students wrt Academic Fees
The Academic Fee structure and total payable academic fees for Indian national students are given at Flag-1
(for new entrants) and Flag-2 (for onroll students). For International students the Academic fee structure
and total payable is given in Flag-3 (for new entrants) and Flag-4 (For onroll students). Indian national
students should also refer the Table-1 (below) which describes the distribution of Groups (I & II)– for students
under admission category whom the “Concessional Tution Fee” and “Non-concesssional Tuition Fee” are
applicable.
• In general, at the time of admission, NEW ENTRANTS students have to pay the “Academic fees”
calculated as Admission fees (Non refundable – to be paid one time) + Refundable Deposits (to be paid
one time) + Semester fees (to be paid every semester). [REFER FLAG-1 for Indian National.]
• The ONROLL Students (Indian National students) have to pay the semester fees (to be paid every
semester), depending upon their admission caterogy (as per below table), to the programme they are
registered in a particular semester and as applicable to their batch. Students admitted to the Dual
$
Degrees programmes (M.Tech./MPP/MPhil/M.Sc./MA+PhD) have to pay fees as per Masters’
programme till successful completion of Research Proposal/Conversion to the Ph.D. programme and
thereafter, have to pay fees as applicable to the Ph.D. programme. [REFER FLAG-2 For Indian
National students.]
• Pls. Refer to the applicable batch for “Tuition Fee” (applicable up-to 2021 Batch & applicable for
2022 Batch).
• “Tuition Fee” component is charged as per MoU for "Steel Technology Centre" & “INS Shivaji”
Students.
• Students permitted to take ‘Temporary withdrawal’ from the programme for one or more semesters,
are required to pay Rs. 3000/- as a continuation fee per semester.
• International Students at the time of admission, should pay “Academic fees” as mentioned in
FLAG-3 (for NEW ENTRANTS), as applicable to their programme and ONROLL International
students should pay Semester “Academic fees” as mentioned in FLAG-4, as applicable to their
programme and batch.
• International Students from SAARC countries, includes students from Afghanistan, Pakistan,
Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, Maldives). International students from countries other than the
above mentioned are considered as Non-SAARC.
• Fee component (“Other Specified Fees” (Only for MBA)) includes library, teaching aid,
computational facilities, etc.
• For any query related to hostel fees / hostel room allotment / payment/refund of hostel fees
etc., students are required to write to Assistant Registrar- HCU ( arhcu@iitb.ac.in), HCU office
(hcu.office@iitb.ac.in).
• $ - [The Students of Mtech/MPP/Mphil+PhD have to pay fees : Masters fees as applicable upto
successful completion of their Research Proposal & PhD fees as applicable after successful completion
of their Research Proposal. The students of M.Sc./MA+PhD have to pay fees : Masters’ fee as
applicable upto 2nd year & PhD fees applicable from 3rd year onwards.]
Table-1 : Group-I and Group-II Categories for PG & PhD students (for Indian Nationals):
Group-I Group-II
(Concessional Tuition Fee Group) (Non concessional Tuition fees Group)
• Teaching Assistantship (TA) • Sponsored (SW) category (including IITB-Monash)
• Research Assistantship (RA) • Project Staff (PS) category
• Govt./ Semi Govt. Fellowship Awardees (AERB / • DRDO Sponsored
AICTE / ARCI / CPHEEO / CSIR / DAE / DST /
• Sponsored Fellowship Awardees (SFA)- (e.g. CG,
DBT / HBNI / ICAR / ICMR / ICPR / ICSSR /
Infosys, TCS, Forbes Marshall, etc.)
MERC / MNES / NBHM / PMRF / QIP / UGC /
ENDOWMENT), IITB-Monash-CSIR/UGC • Self-Finance (SF) Category (including College
• Teaching Assistantship through Project (TAP) Teacher (CT) and SF with Study Leave, External
• Research Assistantship through Project (RAP) (EX) category.
• Foreign students under TA and FA.
IIT Bombay reserves the right to revise the fee structure in subsequent semesters.
Sheet1
NEW ENTRANTS (2023 Admission Batch) (INDIAN NATIONAL)

ACADEMIC FEE STRUCTURE – PG (Masters’ and Ph.D. programmes)
(Autumn Semester 2023-2024) Flag-1
Color Code :- Ph.D. - Orange, M.Tech. - Green, Not colored is for all
For Group-I For For For Non

Fee Components / Applicable programmes Admission Group-II SC/ST/ Institute Specified
Admission PWD Staff
Category Category Category category Group
A. Admission Fees (to be paid one time at the time of admission) – Non Refundable
1 Admission Fees 2700 2700 2700 2700 2700
2 Thesis Fees (only for Ph.D.) 2900 2900 2900 2900 2900
3 Graduation Transcript Fees 650 650 650 650 650
4 Medical Examination fees 500 500 500 0 500
5 Provisional Certificate fees 650 650 650 650 650
6 Student Welfare Fund 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200
7 Modernization & Upgradation 3050 3050 3050 3050 3050
8 Identity Card 650 650 650 0 650
For Masters’ (M.Tech./M.P.P./M.Des./MBA/MS by Research & MA

by Research) M.Sc., M.Sc.+Ph.D. and M.Tech.+Ph.D. direct
admission total one time Non-refundable admission fees payable 9400 9400 9400 8250 9400
at the time of Admission
For Ph.D. total one time Non-refundable admission fees payable

at the time of Admission 12300 12300 12300 11150 12300
HBNI officials (for Ph.D.) 0
B. Deposits (to be paid one time at the time of admission) – Refundable *
* - Deposits will be refunded to the students after he/she has left (leaves of his/her own/asked to leave/graduates) from the
Institute, subject to clearing all the dues.
If any dues are pending, they can be deducted from the deposits and the remaning amount will be refunded. For the graduated
students, the charges of Annual membership of IITBAA will be deducted from the Deposits.
1 Institute Security Deposits 3000 3000 3000 0 3000
2 Library Security Deposits 3000 3000 3000 0 3000
One time Deposits payable at the time of admission 6000 6000 6000 0 6000
C. Per Semester Fees payable (to be paid every semester) (For Semester fee structure, refer Flag-2 )
FOR BATCH 2023 (New entrants)
For Masters’ (M.Tech./M.P.P./M.Des./MBA/MS by Research & MA

by Research) M.Sc., M.Sc.+Ph.D. and M.Tech.+Ph.D. direct
admission 21950 56950 6950 2750
(Tuition Fee concession of Rs. 35000/- is included for Group-I
category)
Master of Business Administration (MBA) 157450 357450
2 yrs. M.Sc. & M.Sc./MA+Ph.D. 6950 14450
INDUSTRY/ORGANIZATION SPONSORED (M.Tech.)
INS Shivaji Sponsored (M.Tech.) 131950
Steel Technology Sponsored (M.Tech.) 156950
For Ph.D. (Tuition Fee concession of Rs. 21250/- is included for

Group-I category) 10700 31950 6950 2750
HBNI officials (for Ph.D.) 10700
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TOTAL ACADEMIC FEES PAYABLE AT THE TIME OF ADMISSION

(Non-Refundable fees (A) + Refundable Deposits (B) + Semester fees (C))
FOR BATCH 2023 (New entrants)
For For For

For Group-I Group-II SC/ST/ Institute Non
Fees payable for applicable programmes and batch Admission Admission PWD Staff Specified
Category Group
Category Category category
For Masters’ (M.Tech./M.P.P./M.Des./MS by Research & MA by

Research) and M.Tech.+Ph.D. direct admission
(Tuition Fee concession of Rs. 35000/- is included for Group-I 37350 72350 22350 11000
category)
2 yrs. M.Sc. & M.Sc./MA+Ph.D. 22350 29850
PH.D. PROGRAMME
For Ph.D. (Tuition Fee concession of Rs. 21250/- is included for

Group-I category) 29000 50250 25250 13900
HBNI officials (for Ph.D.) [Tuition Fee (Group I) + Semester fee] 10700
TOTAL ACADEMIC SEMESTER FEES (per semester fee) PAYABLE

FOR ONROLL STUDENTS BATCH 2022

category)
2 yrs. M.Sc. & M.Sc./MA+Ph.D. 6600 14100
For Ph.D. and Dual Degrees (Masters’+Ph.D.)

(M.Tech./M.Sc./MPP/M.Phil./MA+Ph.D.), those who have
Converted/presented successful Research Proposal and confirmed to
Ph.D. programme 10350 31600 6600 2600
category)
Ph.D. External Category – Those who joins parent organization

after completion of course work. 10250 250
(Tuition fees + SAIF)
FOR ONROLL STUDENTS UPTO BATCH 2021

category)
2 yrs. M.Sc. & M.Sc./MA+Ph.D. 6600 11600
For Ph.D. and Dual Degrees (Masters’+Ph.D.)

Converted/presented successful Research Proposal and confirmed to 9100 31600 6600 2600
Ph.D. programme
category)
Ph.D. External Category – Those who joins parent organization after

completion of course work.
(The fees are “Continuation fees”, however mentioned under Tution 5250 2300
fee column)
(Continuation fees + SAIF)
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ON-ROLL STUDENTS (INDIAN NATIONAL)

PER SEMESTER ACADEMIC FEE STRUCTURE PG (Masters’ and Ph.D. programmes) Flag-2
(Autumn Semester 2023-24)
For For For For Non

Fee Components Group-I Group-II SC/ST/ Institute Specified
Admission Admission PWD Staff Group
Category Category Category category
A TUITION FEES (STATUTORY FEES)
MASTERS’ PROGRAMME
(including Dual Degrees (Masters’+Ph.D.)
UPTO BATCH 2021
M.Tech./M.Des./MPP/M.Phil./MA by Research/MS by
Research
&
A1 M.Tech./MPP/M.Phil.+Ph.D., those who are in Masters’ 5000 25000 0 0
programme of the Dual Degree)
category)
A2 Master of Business Administration (MBA) 0 0 100000
2 yrs. M.Sc. & M.Sc./MA+Ph.D., those who are in Masters’

A3 programme of the Dual Degree) 0 0 5000
FROM BATCH 2022 ONWARDS
M.Tech./M.Des./MPP/M.Phil./MA by Research/MS by
Research &
M.Tech./MPP/M.Phil.+Ph.D., those who are in Masters’
A1 programme of the Dual Degree) 15000 50000 0 0
category)
A2 Master of Business Administration (MBA) 0 0 200000
2 yrs. M.Sc. & M.Sc./MA+Ph.D., those who are in Masters’

A3 programme of the Dual Degree) 0 0 7500
INDUSTRY/ORGANIZATION SPONSORED (M.Tech.) From Batch 2021Onwards
A4 INS Shivaji Sponsored 0 0 125000
A5 Steel Technology Sponsored 0 0 150000
Ph.D. PROGRAMME
(including Dual Degrees (Masters’+Ph.D.)
UPTO BATCH 2021
Ph.D. and Dual Degrees (Masters’+Ph.D.)

Converted/presented successful Research Proposal and
A6 confirmed to Ph.D. programme 2500 25000 0 0
category)
Ph.D. External Category – Those who joins parent

A7 organization after completion of course work.
(The fees are “Continuation fees”, however mentioned under 5000 2050 0
Tution fee column)
FROM BATCH 2022 ONWARDS
Ph.D. and Dual Degrees (Masters’+Ph.D.)

A6 Converted/presented successful Research Proposal and
confirmed to Ph.D. programme 3750 25000 0 0
category)
Ph.D. External Category – Those who joins parent

organization after completion of course work.
A7 (from 2022 onwards, the ‘continuation fees’ term used is 10000 0 0
“Tuition fees”)
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For For For For Non

Group-I Group-II SC/ST/ Institute
Fee Components Admission Admission PWD Staff Specified
Category Category Category category Group
B OTHER FEES (NON STATUTORY FEES) FOR ALL
For Batch 2023 onwards

B1 Medical Fee 1850 1850 1850 0 1850
B2 Examination Fee 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200
B3 Registration Fee 900 900 900 900 900
B4 Gymkhana Fee 2100 2100 2100 0 2100
B5 Student Benevolent Fund 650 650 650 650 650
B6 Student Accident Insurance Fund (SAIF) 250 250 250 0 250
Total Other Fees (Non Statutory) (B1+B2+B3+B4+B5+B6): 6950 6950 6950 2750 6950
C Other Specified Fees (Only for MBA students) 150500 150500
Till Batch 2022

B1 Medical Fee 1750 1750 1750 0 1750
B2 Examination Fee 1150 1150 1150 1150 1150
B3 Registration Fee 850 850 850 850 850
B4 Gymkhana Fee 2000 2000 2000 0 2000
B5 Student Benevolent Fund 600 600 600 600 600
B6 Student Accident Insurance Fund (SAIF) 250 250 250 0 250
Total Other Fees (Non Statutory) (B1+B2+B3+B4+B5+B6): 6600 6600 6600 2600 6600
C Other Specified Fees (Only for MBA students) 143350 143350
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NEW ENTRANTS (INTERNATIONAL)

ACADEMIC FEE STRUCTURE FOR NEW ENTRANTS
PG (Masters’ and Ph.D. programmes) Flag-3
(Autumn Semester 2023-24)
Master of Business
Fee Components / Applicable programmes Ph.D. Masters’ Administration
(MBA)
A. Admission Fees (to be paid one time at the time of admission) – Non Refundable
1 Admission Fees 21000 21000 21000
2 Thesis Fees 0
3 Graduation Transcript Fees 650
4 Medical Examination fees 500
5 Provisional Certificate fees 650
6 Student Welfare Fund 1200
7 Modernization & Upgradation 3050
8 Identity Card 650
9 International Students’ Association (ISA) Fees 4600 4600 4600
Total Admission Fees (to be paid one time at the time

of admission) – Non Refundable 25600 25600 32300
B. Deposits (to be paid one time at the time of admission) – Refundable *
* - Deposits will be refunded to the students after he/she has left (leaves of his/her own/asked to leave/graduates) the
Institute, subject to clearing all the dues.
If any dues are pending, it can be deducted from the deposits and the renaming amount will be refunded. For the
graduated students, the charges of Annual membership of IITBAA will be deducted from the Deposits.
1 Institute Security Deposits 12000 12000 12000
C. Per Semester Fees payable (to be paid every semester) - (For Semester fee structure, refer Flag-4 )
For new entrants (2023 admission Batch)
Students from Non SAARC countries (ICCR / SF / Study in

India (SII)) 156950 176950
Students from SAARC countries (ICCR / SF / Study in India

(SII)) 81950 91950
Students with concession of “Tuition Fees” (under TA/FA

category, DAAD, ASEAN) 10700 21950
(Fees same as applicable for Indian Nationals, Group-I)
For Master of Business Administration (MBA) 657450
TOTAL PAYABLE ACADEMIC FEES For NEW ENTRANTS PG STUDENTS

Payable fees is calculated as : [respective A + B + C ]
For new entrants (2023 admission Batch)
Students from Non SAARC countries (ICCR / SF / Study in

India (SII)) 194550 214550
Students from SAARC countries (ICCR / SF / Study in India

(SII)) 119550 129550
Students with concession of “Tuition Fees” (under TA/FA

category, DAAD, ASEAN) 48300 59550
(Fees same as applicable for Indian Nationals, Group-I)
For Master of Business Administration (MBA) 701750
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ON-ROLL STUDENTS (INTERNATIONAL)

PER SEMESTER ACADEMIC FEE STRUCTURE AND TOTAL PAYABLE FEES FOR ONROLL PG STUDENTS
(Masters’ & Ph.D.)
(Autumn Semester 2023-24) Flag-4
For INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS
Student Other
Student Accident
Fee Components & Fees applicable for various Tuition Medical Examinat Registrat Gymkha Benevol Specified Total Fees
Insurance
category and programme Fees Fee ion Fees ion Fees na Fees ent Fees Fees (only Payable
Fund for MBA
(SAIF)
MASTERS’ Upto the batch of 2021
Students from Non SAARC countries (ICCR / SF /

Study in India (SII)) 150000 1750 1150 850 2000 600 250 156600
Students from SAARC countries (ICCR / SF / Study

in India (SII)) 75000 1750 1150 850 2000 600 250 81600
Students with concession of “Tuition Fees” (under

TA/FA category, DAAD)
(Fees same as applicable for Indian Nationals, 5000 1750 1150 850 2000 600 250 11600
Group-I)
Master of Business Administration (MBA) 500000 1750 1150 850 2000 600 250 143350 649950
MASTERS’ For the batch 2022

Students from SAARC countries (ICCR / / Study in

India (SII)) 85000 1750 1150 850 2000 600 250 91600

Group-I)
MASTERS’ For the batch 2023

Students from SAARC countries (ICCR / Study in

India (SII)) 85000 1850 1200 900 2100 650 250 91950

Group-I)
Ph.D. Upto the batch of 2021


in India (SII)) 75000 1750 1150 850 2000 600 250 81600

TA/FA category, DAAD, ASEAN)
Group-I)
Ph.D. For the batch 2022


in India (SII)) 75000 1750 1150 850 2000 600 250 81600

Group-I)
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Student Other
Student Accident
Fee Components & Fees applicable for various Tuition Medical Examinat Registrat Gymkha Benevol Specified Total Fees
Insurance
category and programme Fees Fee ion Fees ion Fees na Fees ent Fees Fees (only Payable
Fund for MBA
(SAIF)
Ph.D. For the batch 2023


in India (SII)) 75000 1850 1200 900 2100 650 250 81950

Group-I)
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INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY

No.Acd./PG/Fees-Autumn-2023-24 Date: 21st April 2023

Payment of fees for Autumn Sem 2023-24 01/05/2023 to 24/07/2023

Following be noted for payment of fees:

• All Students needs to pay fees online at http://portal.iitb.ac.in/asc

NEW ENTRANTS (2023 Admission Batch) (INDIAN NATIONAL)

For Group-I For For For Non

1 Admission Fees 2700 2700 2700 2700 2700

3 Graduation Transcript Fees 650 650 650 650 650

4 Medical Examination fees 500 500 500 0 500

5 Provisional Certificate fees 650 650 650 650 650

6 Student Welfare Fund 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200

7 Modernization & Upgradation 3050 3050 3050 3050 3050

8 Identity Card 650 650 650 0 650

For Masters’ (M.Tech./M.P.P./M.Des./MBA/MS by Research & MA

For Ph.D. total one time Non-refundable admission fees payable

HBNI officials (for Ph.D.) 0

B. Deposits (to be paid one time at the time of admission) – Refundable *

1 Institute Security Deposits 3000 3000 3000 0 3000

2 Library Security Deposits 3000 3000 3000 0 3000

FOR BATCH 2023 (New entrants)

For Masters’ (M.Tech./M.P.P./M.Des./MBA/MS by Research & MA

Master of Business Administration (MBA) 157450 357450

2 yrs. M.Sc. & M.Sc./MA+Ph.D. 6950 14450

INDUSTRY/ORGANIZATION SPONSORED (M.Tech.)

INS Shivaji Sponsored (M.Tech.) 131950

Steel Technology Sponsored (M.Tech.) 156950

For Ph.D. (Tuition Fee concession of Rs. 21250/- is included for

HBNI officials (for Ph.D.) 10700

TOTAL ACADEMIC FEES PAYABLE AT THE TIME OF ADMISSION

For For For

For Masters’ (M.Tech./M.P.P./M.Des./MS by Research & MA by

Master of Business Administration (MBA) 172850 372850

2 yrs. M.Sc. & M.Sc./MA+Ph.D. 22350 29850

INDUSTRY/ORGANIZATION SPONSORED (M.Tech.)

INS Shivaji Sponsored (M.Tech.) 147350

Steel Technology Sponsored (M.Tech.) 172350

For Ph.D. (Tuition Fee concession of Rs. 21250/- is included for

TOTAL ACADEMIC SEMESTER FEES (per semester fee) PAYABLE

For Masters’ (M.Tech./M.P.P./M.Des./MS by Research & MA by

Master of Business Administration (MBA) 149950 349950

2 yrs. M.Sc. & M.Sc./MA+Ph.D. 6600 14100

INDUSTRY/ORGANIZATION SPONSORED (M.Tech.)

INS Shivaji Sponsored (M.Tech.) 131600

Steel Technology Sponsored (M.Tech.) 156600

For Ph.D. and Dual Degrees (Masters’+Ph.D.)

Ph.D. External Category – Those who joins parent organization

FOR ONROLL STUDENTS UPTO BATCH 2021

For Masters’ (M.Tech./M.P.P./M.Des./MS by Research & MA by

Master of Business Administration (MBA) 149950 249950

2 yrs. M.Sc. & M.Sc./MA+Ph.D. 6600 11600

INDUSTRY/ORGANIZATION SPONSORED (M.Tech.)

INS Shivaji Sponsored (M.Tech.) 131600

Steel Technology Sponsored (M.Tech.) 156600

For Ph.D. and Dual Degrees (Masters’+Ph.D.)

Ph.D. External Category – Those who joins parent organization after

ON-ROLL STUDENTS (INDIAN NATIONAL)

For For For For Non

A TUITION FEES (STATUTORY FEES)

UPTO BATCH 2021

A2 Master of Business Administration (MBA) 0 0 100000

2 yrs. M.Sc. & M.Sc./MA+Ph.D., those who are in Masters’