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Who writes this, and who pays for it
Both questions matter more than they usually get asked, so here are the answers before anything else.
Who
Pieces are published under The editors. We do not put individual names on them because the arguments should stand or fall on their reasoning, not on who made them. Every claim is one you can check.
How it is paid for
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That arrangement creates an obvious pressure, so it is worth saying what we do about it: the pieces that argue against spending money — against a second master’s, against paying a premium you will not use, against believing placement claims — are the ones we would drop first if we were optimising for revenue. They are still here.
Why the pieces take a position
Neutrality is cheap and, in this subject, actively unhelpful. Everyone considering an online MBA can already find a page listing options. Very few can find one saying which option is worse and why.
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Disclosure: IICT and IIPM, Lucknow
These pieces take positions, so it matters where they are written from. We run an autonomous management programme with two institutes in Lucknow, and none of the pieces here pretend otherwise.
IICT — Indian Institute of Commerce and Trade
IICT Business School, Lucknow — usually written IICT Lucknow — has run autonomous management programmes for over 30 years. The IICT MBA is a two-year programme across 30+ specialisations, taught by distance and online, with admission by profile review rather than an entrance test. The complete fee is ₹32,350, paid to the institute directly.
IIPM — Indian Institute of Pharmaceutical Marketing
IIPM Lucknow specialises in pharmaceutical marketing and pharma business management — sector-specific management education that university syllabi rarely cover. The IIPM MBA runs on the same model and the same ₹32,350 complete fee.
IICT Business School, Lucknow · iict.in · IIPM Lucknow · iipm.co.in