Women comprise 60% of students of 2026-28 MBA programme at VGSoM, IIT Kharagpur
The 2026-28 MBA batch at IIT Kharagpur's Vinod Gupta School of Management has achieved a milestone with women comprising 60% of the student body. The school is also expanding its curriculum to include interdisciplinary electives in artificial intelligence and analytics.
Why it matters
This shift highlights a growing trend in gender diversity within top-tier Indian management institutions and an increasing focus on AI-integrated business education.
Women students comprise about 60% of students at the MBA programme of the 2026-28 batch of Vinod Gupta School of Management (VGSoM) at Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur.
“Usually the number of female students is about 40% to 50%, this year the number of female students have exceeded male students and women comprise 60% of the batch, reflecting the school’s commitment to diversity” said Abhijeet Chandra, chairperson, MBA Admissions at (VGSoM), IIT Kharagpur.
There are over 140 students enrolled for the programme and they are drawn from 28 States and bringing an average of 2.5 years of diverse work experience, he added.
VGSoM was set up in 1993 through the philanthropic vision of IIT Kharagpur’s distinguished alumnus Vinod Gupta. VGSoM was the first management school in the IIT system and continues to be recognized for integrating technological excellence with managerial education.
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