Ahmedabad University and The Wharton School offer an immersive course, Business and Operations in India: From Gandhi to Globalisation, for MBA programme students from both institutions. Now in its fourth edition, the Business and Operations in India course features learning engagements with faculty from The Wharton School, including Professor Ziv Katalan, Adjunct Professor of Operations, and Professor Senthil Veeraraghavan, Panasonic Professor of Operations, alongside faculty from Ahmedabad University, including Professor Pankaj Chandra, Vice Chancellor, and Professor Parag Patel, Dean of the Undergraduate College.
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Based on an interdisciplinary approach, the MBA course combines classroom learning with the city as a classroom, bringing together students from both Ahmedabad University and The Wharton School through discussions, cultural experiences, visits to heritage sites, and engagements with industries. Together, these experiences examine business at the intersection of society, markets, and government within the broader context of democracy, development, and globalisation.
At the moment, the field visit captured the essence of the programme. Students discussed how a familiar household product can be interpreted in markedly different ways depending on disciplinary training while visiting India’s largest manufacturer of air coolers, Symphony Limited.
A student from the health sciences saw air coolers through the lenses of climate change and public health, while a marketing student approached the same product as either an affordable luxury or a mass, low-cost offering. The discussion illustrated how the meaning of a product, a strategy, or even a business purpose can shift depending on the perspective and context.
The example illustrates how the meaning of a product, a strategy, or even a business purpose shifts depending on who is viewing it and from where. More than 30 participants from different types of backgrounds, including marketing, medical sciences, public health, AI, finance, operations, corporate strategy, and other fields, engaged with the same organisations through different professional lenses. Each interpretation informed the understanding that Indian business requires more than financial metrics or operational models. It requires knowledge of the country's interdisciplinary nature and the complex social realities that influence everyday business shifts.
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Academic sessions and field visits brought these ideas to life by illustrating how strategic clarity shapes long-term success. Sustainability surfaced as a central business driver with approaches exemplifying how environmental responsibility is embedded within core operations. Participants further examined how innovative adaptations of marketing strategies can expand reach even in traditionally structured B2B contexts, challenging established norms. Finally, insights into large-scale operations highlighted how resource optimisation, process efficiency, and waste reduction can simultaneously enhance profitability and advance sustainability goals.
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From Gandhian ideals of service to contemporary debates on sustainability and innovation, the programme traced how businesses operate at the intersection of society, markets, and government within a dynamic democratic ecosystem. The five-day immersive programme encouraged participants to engage in dialogue, site visits, and cross-disciplinary exchange to build a comprehensive understanding of the Indian business landscape.
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Ahmedabad University is a private, non-profit university in Gujarat, India, set up in 2009 by the Ahmedabad Education Society.
It comprises three schools and five centres with opportunities for interdisciplinary scholarship.
Based on previous year cutoffs, you can get the idea of this year cutoffs.
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For B.Tech , candidates have to appear and qualify the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE Main) /Gujarat Common Entrance Test ( GUJCET ).
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Since you want admission is SEAS ahmedabad university, you have to clear gujcet to get admission that college.
And according to last year cutt off in ews category your rank should be around
1) 12k for mechanical
2) 14k for chemical
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Yes, you can definitely get ahmedabad university as for that you must have cleared jee mains and have physics , chemistry, mathematics and english in your 12th as subjects. 50% aggregate of marks in 12th.
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