The first year of the MBA Program provides the incoming students, a thorough grounding in the basic and functional disciplines and courses are delivered with managerial focus. The first-year courses in the core curriculum are common to all students, and are aimed at providing contextual understanding, conceptual knowledge, analytical skills, tools and techniques, social, cultural, and environmental sensitivity. This will enable them to enter any stream of management when they embark upon a career, regardless of the choice of specialization they make in the second year.