HI, I am looking for distance learning course in MBA, I am resident of India and works in UAE. Kindly help me with details

Since you’re a working professional it is pretty evident that going to a regular college wouldn’t be a good alternative. So here are some of the best universities in India that offer a distance education MBA or PGDM course.

INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES

IMT is one of the top business schools in India. IMT offers distance education courses under its center for distance learning (IMT CDL).

The 2 year MBA offered by IMT is one of the best distance MBA in Delhi NCR region.

Apart from the 2 years PGDM program, IMT also offers a one year PG diploma in the field of business administration and a one year executive PGDM program which has specializations in the field of

•Financial Management

•Operations Management

•HR

•Marketing Management

•Information Systems.

SYMBIOSIS CENTER FOR DISTANCE LEARNING

Symbiosis Center for Distance Learning (SCDL) Pune is another award winning and one of the largest autonomous distance learning institute in India.

SCDL's 2 years MBA is one of the most popular management program in India. There are six specialization available

•Finance

•Marketing

•Operations

•HR

•Customer Relationship Management

•Management Accounting.

To be eligible for these courses someone should be a graduate in any discipline, from a recognized University.

The Symbiosis distance MBA is quite popular in India and considered as one of the best distance education MBA

INDIRA GANDHI NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY

IGNOU is world’s largest university in terms of number of students enrolled.

There is no age bar to join the course.

To be eligible for the course, someone should be a graduate with at least 50% marks for general category and 45% for reserved category and 3 years managerial/supervisory/professional experience.

You can also join the course if you have a professional degree with 50% marks.

You should also clear the OPENMAT exam conducted by IGNOU.

ICFAI UNIVERSITY

ICFAI University is a renowned name in distance education. Since 3 decades ICFAI is offering higher education in India.

ICFAI offers many degree, post graduate diploma courses and certificate programs in the field of business management.

It’s popular distance education MBA degree program have to select one elective out of 16 electives available, they are:

• Marketing

•Finance

•HR

•Strategic Finance

•Operations

•Risk Management

•Global Markets

•Retail Management

•Pharma Management

•Hospital Administration

•IT & Systems

•Innovation Management

•Healthcare Management

•Investment Management

•International Business

•Telecom Management

AMITY UNIVERSITY

Amity is one of the top ranked private university in India with over 100000 students.

Distance education MBA offered by Amity University is a top ranked management degree course in India.

It is a two-year program with 11 specialization areas.

The two year MBA program is a complete online course. Anyone with a graduation degree with 40% marks can join this course.

The following are the specialization offered:

Finance & Accounting

Marketing & Sales

Entrepreneurship & Leadership

Operations Management

Human Resource Management

Information Technology

International Business

Hospitality Management

Petroleum & Natural Gas Management

Insurance Management

Retail Management

LOVELY PROFESSIONAL UNIVERSITY

Lovely Professional University is among the top ranked private universities in India.

The distance education MBA program is one of the top ranked degree courses in the field of business management.

The fee structure of LPU's distance education MBA program is quite affordable.

LPU’s MBA course offers 7 specializations:

• Marketing

•Finance

•Information Technology

•Human Resource Management

•Operations Management

•International Business

•Retail Management.

Hello there, Sarika. Master's of Business Management (MBA) distance learning program is offered by numerous institutions in India.

While there is a very long list of such institutions but only few of them are trusted and legit institutions to do MBA. In the field of distance learning program, there are numerous institutions which are totally made for the money making model and so many students are already cheated by such institutions.

But however there are few government and private institutions which are the best one for pursuing distance learning program of MBA.

1.Lovely Professional University

Lovely Professional University is one of the best university for regular as well as distance courses in Management. If you are looking for the best operational university for distance learning programs then your search stops here. The 2 Year MBA distance learning program offered by LPU is valuable and the fees are around 12,500 (approximately) per semester.

2. Indira Gandhi National Open University

India Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) is the most well known government university launched in 1985. IGNOU offers mulitple courses for distance learning programs. The duration for pursuing MBA Distance from IGNOU can be around 2-3 years. The charges for the whole course is around 30,000 (approximately). You need to follow up the college time to time to know about the current programs and you may a bit of difficulties as sometimes its a Government University and the operations are lightly managed.

3. Sikkim Manipal University

Sikkim Manipal University is also the most suitable university to pursue distance courses in Management. Sikkim Manipal University is very much considerable and provides best quality management not only in regular courses but distance courses as well. The duration of Distance MBA program of SMU is 2 years and the fees are around 85,000 (approximately) for whole courses.

Other than the three mentioned above, there are more universities providing distance courses but these three are most preferred universities. Hence, go on through it and make better decisions.

If you are looking for more support, please feel free to mention.

All the best for your career!