Hey,

Babasaheb Ambedkar open university is one of the best open universities in India. They provide quality, credible distant education courses. It is particularly helpful for people who are already employed and do not have the time to attend an on-campus course but still would like to add on to their curriculum vitae.

About the university

Babasaheb Ambedkar open university previously known as Andhra Pradesh open university is an open university recognized by the UGC and has been imparting distant education for about 35 years now. It is situated in the city of Hyderabad.

Prospects

Operation research

Diploma alone will not really get you a lot of job opportunities. Masters in operational management and business administration will immensely help with your prospects. Operations Research is greatly dependent on good data. In the last decade or so data has had a great boost due to very robust data collecting methodologies and hence I feel that the next decade will be really amazing for operations researchers.

Fields like healthcare, transportation, supply chain management have ample of problems that can be solved with OR and companies have definitely started looking into it. Moreover, India has very few good operations research professors and as such there are amazing opportunities in academics as well. Companies like TCS, Optym and Sabre are actively looking for good operations researchers and this trend will definitely go on increasing.

Also, if you are into entrepreneurship you will get more opportunities. Startups will also get good traction. Data Analytics startups have started using OR. So, more job opportunities can come in future.

Business administration

Management graduates can find a place for themselves practically everywhere. Opportunities abound not just across industries, but even across management specializations such as marketing managers, financial managers, strategic mangers, operations managers and human resource managers. Further jobs are always being created by the MNCs that come in to the country, and by indian companies that expand abroad.

A Marketing manager is one who manages the marketing techniques such as advertising, distributing and selling of a product to the clients properly.

A Financial manager has the responsibility of managing the capital (finance) of the company. He should be very clear about the budgeting of the company.

A Human Resource Manager is one of the most important persons of an organization as he manages the manpower of the company. Recruitment, training, induction, employee benefit administration, performance appraisal is some of the major responsibilities of a Human Resource Manager of the company.

An Operations Manager is one who manages of the resources, goods and service. Apart from these major areas, there are several specialized areas like Information Technology, Hospitality, Tourism and Pharma Management.

These are the several areas where you will be working in after a course in operation research and management administration. Priority is always given to students graduating from top universities like IIMs but even if you studied from an open university if you still have good grades and a good cv then you will have many opportunities. But it’s not wise to stop with a diploma. Your employment prospects will be better if you do a bachelors, masters or Phd.