A two-semester, 36 credit part of the MBA curriculum at IIT Kanpur, is a unique student industry engagement program where students work with an organization to solve real world business problems, under the guidance of a project mentor from the institute and the organization.
The 2-year MBA program at IIT Kanpur aims to create business leaders and entrepreneurs by leveraging its strengths in technology, management and social sciences. The MBA program at IIT Kanpur is designed to offer an optimal mix of various domain knowledge like- Analytics, Marketing, Finance, HR, Operations and IT/Consulting
Capstone project in IITK is created with the motto: 70% learning comes from hands on the job experience. Industry needs leaders who have an eye on technological developments and can utilize them with business analytical insight in this data driven world.
Capstone project is designed keeping these two facts in mind and using this opportunity to solve business problems, help develop new products and services making a collaborative effort towards creating well equipped leaders and delivering business value at the same time. The Capstone Project has been implemented after rigorous feedback from industry, faculty and our alumni.
The broad objectives of the Capstone project are:
It provides scope for short term and long term engagement based on the requirement of the project or the problem statement. Engagement may be an extension of an internship program or an independent live project. This project runs simultaneous to the curriculum and creates an environment that engages, motivates, and inspires a student to learn more as students can create something vibrant, engaging, and meaningful because they have chosen their area of interest, put their personal touch on it and as a result it bridges the gap between the academic material and what they have created. They then retain the information better because they have designed something from a real-world experience.
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Capstone Project generally progresses in one of the three avenues:
The timeline for the two semesters is followed as:
Two semester programs starting in August with four evaluations by IITK faculty mentors and two report submissions at the end of each semester.
CAPSTONE INVITATION AND STUDENT MENTOR SELECTION | Mar-2021 |
CAPSTONE PROJECT BEGINS | Aug-2021 |
MID-SEM PROJECT REVIEW-1 | Oct-2021 |
PROJECT PRESENTATION AND REVIEW-2 | Dec-2021 |
MID-SEM PROJECT REVIEW-3 | Feb-2022 |
FINAL PROJECT PRESENTATION | Apr-2022 |