MBA: Is It Hyped or Does It Still Live Up to Its Promise?

Be honest, at some point, you’ve probably wondered: “MBA karna worth it hai kya?”

Fair question. Because for years, the MBA has carried a certain aura. People hear the word, and suddenly the room treats you differently. It’s been the passport to leadership roles, higher salaries, and impressive LinkedIn bios.

But the world isn’t what it used to be.  With volatility and automation redrawing job maps, speculation continues. However, MBA remains the uncontested golden ticket to career progression, and this is not just our view. Putting it bluntly, Forbes says, “The MBA is more relevant than ever—not just relevant, but necessary. Why? For starters, it’s important to note that the world’s (and business’s) biggest problems are interdisciplinary. No challenge fits into a single lane.”

Forbes concludes the same article, ending the debate once and for all, “Claiming the MBA is somehow outdated is just wrong. If the degree went away tomorrow, the world would be worse off. It’s that important.”

So maybe we have been asking the wrong question all this time. We may have to realign our question to focus on what really makes an MBA relevant today and fine-tune it. More than the degree itself, it’s about where students choose to do their MBA. Because today, the value of an MBA is no longer defined by the degree but by the ecosystem in which it is taught. And this is where universities like BML Munjal University (BMU) position themselves as an institution of modern management education.

Why BMU’s MBA Isn’t Just Another MBA

Across its four schools: Engineering & Technology, Law, Liberal Studies, and Management, interdisciplinarity is the founding philosophy, not an afterthought. BMU’s School of Management has been ranked among the top B-schools for 5 years in a row and is an initiative of Hero Group, which brings an extremely trustworthy credibility. BMU’s MBA is said to be ‘hard to get into’ as only the top 12% make it, making it a highly desirable course opted by the creme de la creme of the country. But still, a question lingers: “If it’s that good, why isn’t it everywhere in the headlines?” There is one simple explanation for this: Mark Zuckerberg wasn’t famous when Facebook was just a Harvard project. Some institutions hit scale before they hit mainstream awareness. BMU is at that exact inflection point.

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What BMU Is Doing Today That Others Are Still Figuring Out

45% of BMU’s curriculum is delivered through experiential learning, and 35% includes industry insights, with classes led by industry veterans for one-on-one mentorship. Talking about rankings, BMU ranked 77th in the NIRF rankings in India and has received a QS I-Gauge diamond rating in Management. A university is only as strong as the minds that shape it. BMU takes this seriously, as over 70% of BMU’s faculty come from India’s premier institutions, including IITs, IIMs, IIFT, MDI, FMS, IRMA, and JNU.

The specialisations here are designed with students' diverse needs in mind.

• Marketing
• Entrepreneurship
• Finance
• Business Analytics
• Human Resources
• Strategic Management
• Operations & Supply Chain Management

At a time when 1.33M+ Indian students are studying abroad (India Today), BMU has built global immersion programmes with:

• London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), UK
• Leeds International Summer School, University of Leeds, UK
• International Business University (IBU), Canada
• International Medical University (IMU), Malaysia
• Universidad de Monte Aconcagua (UMA), Peru
• Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore
• University of Warwick, UK

The perception of quality education as a ‘monopoly’ of a few global brands now seems to be in question. 

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Reiterating where we began

In the end, the question was never about whether an MBA is still relevant; it’s about whether we are looking at the right places for the right kind of MBA. The world has changed faster than most universities have, and that’s exactly why institutions built on interdisciplinarity, industry integration, and global exposure like BMU stand out without shouting. The MBA you choose won’t just influence your next job; it will decide how prepared you are for a world that’s reinventing itself every minute. In fact, as you reach this sentence, somewhere out there, a few job roles have already transformed.