Registration Deadline
28th May 2026
Course Duration
2 Years (4 Semester)
Fee
Rs. 70,000 / Sem Early Bird Discount Available
Teaching Method
Online
The Master of Business Administration (M.B.A) programme (Online Mode) of SASTRA Deemed University is a unique programme carefully curated to address the career progression aspirations of present-day working professionals. While the academic content covers all the traditional management domains, due consideration has been given to incorporate demands of a modern and complex business environment. This helps learners gain structured knowledge of contemporary aspects of traditional domains that is so much in demand amongst corporate recruiters.
The Online MBA at SASTRA is enriched with a masterclass series by industry experts. This allows participants to hear and learn from the experiences of seasoned professionals, effectively bridging the much-talked-about 'industry-academia gap'. Such live and interactive sessions have been specifically designed to be experiential so that learners get hands-on experience and can learn by “doing”. Additionally, simulation games and group exercises encourage collaborative learning and open up many networking opportunities
Earn a credible and recognized MBA degree from India’s top ranked University.
Learn directly from experienced industry leaders.
Interactive exercises and practical learning.
Avail Career Support Services specially designed for Online MBA students including resume building, interview preparation, personal grooming, career coaching and job search support.
Our students achieve strong career outcomes with an excellent employment rate and placement opportunities across leading organizations and top MNCs.
The program consists of a total of 19 Courses (17 Core courses and 2 Master courses) with one Project Work amounting to 80 credits.
Courses 4/20
Credits 16/80
| Course Code | Course Name | Credit |
|---|---|---|
| MBAOL028 | Foundations of Management and Organisational Behaviour | 4 |
| MBAOL029 | Economics for Decision Making | 4 |
| MBAOL 03 | Accounting for Managers | 4 |
| MBAOL030 | Business Research Methods | 4 |
| Course Code | Course Name | Credit |
|---|---|---|
| MBAOL 09 | Strategic Management | 4 |
| MBAOL15 | Business Analytics and Data Visualisation | 4 |
| Elective – 1 | 4 | |
| Elective – 2 | 4 | |
| Elective – 3 | 4 |
Courses 5/20
Credits 18/80
| Course Code | Course Name | Credit |
|---|---|---|
| MBAOL020 | Contemporary Marketing Management | 4 |
| MBAOL021 | People Management | 4 |
| MBAOL 07 | Financial Management | 4 |
| MBAOL022 | Operations & Supply Chain Managem | 4 |
| MBAOL031 | Master Class – I | 2 |
| Course Code | Course Name | Credit |
|---|---|---|
| MBAOL025 | Corporate Laws and Governance | 4 |
| Elective – 4 | 4 | |
| Elective – 5 | 4 | |
| Elective – 6 | 4 | |
| MBAOL032 | Master Class – II | 2 |
| MBAOL19 | Project Work | 8 |
- A pre-recorded video of an expert delivering a lesson or presentation on a particular topic.
- Videos will be uploaded on a weekly basis for 12 weeks.
- Videos will be available till semester completes.
- Any time access across devices.
- Asynchronous Mentoring.
- E-books, Lecture Notes, PPT and Open-Source Materials.
- The contents will be a mix of all the above available for the students to use comprehensively.
- All materials will be made available from day 1 for the entire semester students can download.
- It can be accessed any time across devices.
- Synchronous Teaching & Learning.
- Students must go through / study the previous three weeks content before sitting for webinars.
- Each webinar is two hours long and occurs every alternate week of the Programme (2, 4, 6, 8, 10, and 12th weeks).
- This session will be doubt-clearing sessions only of previous weeks content.
- Each Assessment will be MCQs / Descriptive patterns.
- Totally 6 Assessments starting from 3rd week of the Programme (3,5,7,9,11,13 weeks).
- All courses will have 6 Assessments out of which best of 5 will be taken into consideration and it is compulsory.
Comprehensive Career Support Services
Avail 6 month long individualized and personalized career support services tailored to suit your specific career progression aspirations.
Customized 1 on 1 Sessions
Experience continuous and involved engagement through 1 on 1 sessions with mentors handpicked to help you chart your career growth path and identify action plans that will lead you to your career goals.
Job Search Support
Focussed job search support towards culmination of your degree including fortnightly updates and connecting with recruiter/companies to share candidate profiles basis requirements at that time.
Offered by a Reputed Global Player
Right Management India, a unit of Manpower Group and a global leader in Career Transitioning and Management, offers participants professional career support services.
Explore Entrepreneurial Journey
- Structured self-paced course designed across 3 modules
- Live individual Mentor review at the end of each module as progressive milestones
- Upon completion of all 3 modules, opportunity to submit your start up idea to India Accelerator, one of the largest start-up accelerators in the country.
- Select start up ideas duly assessed to have adequate potential will be provided
Notes
- This pathway is ideally suited for participants with an entrepreneurial interest, a start-up idea, and a desire to gain deeper knowledge of starting a business from scratch.
- Gain structured knowledge of relevant business concepts currently applied in the industry
- Identify and apply best practices to solve managerial challenges
- Develop analytical and critical thinking abilities required for problem solving
- Address real life business problems through live project
- Set individual career goals and pathways and work towards achieving them
- Graduate from a recognized university
- Educational pathways: 10+2+3, 10+3+3, 10+3+4, or 10+2+4
Throughout the course, participants will undergo periodic evaluations. These may include quizzes, class assignments, projects, case analyses, or other objective and subjective assessments as determined by the instructor during class hours.
Timely and successful completion of these evaluation components is essential. Participants are expected to demonstrate active engagement and meet all requirements within the given timelines.
Sastra University will award a Course Completion Certificate to those who:
1. Successfully complete all assessment components.
2. Meet the specified attendance criteria.
The primary objective of the assignments and projects is to enable participants to apply the conceptual insights gained during the programme to real-world organizational decision-making scenarios.
General Management
- General Manager
- Business Consultant
- Program Manager
Operations
- Supply Chain Manager
- Operations Manager
- Project Manager
Finance
- Investment Banker
- Financial Analyst
- Corporate Treasurer
Marketing
- Marketing Manager
- Brand Manager
- Digital Marketing Strategist
Strategy
- Strategic Planner
- Corporate Strategy Manager
- Management Analyst
Human Resources
- HR Manager
- Talent Acquisition Specialist
- Organizational Development Consultant
Semester Fee
INR 70,000Yearly Fee
Total Programme Fee (2 years)
Semester Fee
USD 1100Yearly Fee
Total Programme Fee (2 years)
The above fee is applicable for the July 2026 batch admissions.
Fee Includes
- Interactive learning content and Self Learning Materials (SLM)
- Live interactive sessions with Industry experts
- Doubt clearing and other contact classes as specified
- Semester exam fees for all 4 semesters
- Career support services
Fee Does Not Include
- Re-exam fees for any subsequent attempts
- Any other administrative charges that are not covered above
Dr. Vijayabanu, C
Professor
is currently Professor at School of Management, SASTRA Deemed University in India. She completed her Ph.D. in Human Resource Management in 2000 from Bharathidasan University, India. Her current research interests are focussed around Behavioral Studies, including Personality, Psychological Capital, and Emotional Intelligence. In her role, she teaches various courses such as Human Resource Management Organizational Behaviour, and specialized courses like Strategic Human Resource Management, Training & Development, among others. She brings to her classes enriched knowledge of 5 years of Research & 25 years of academic experience.She has successfully guided 7 doctoral scholars and currently guiding
1 Ph.D scholar. Her publications include 115 research articles indexed in Scopus, which encompasses 30 articles indexed in Web of Science, along with 12 case studies and 10 book chapters. She has served on the Editorial Review Boards of several academic journals, including Business Theory and Practice, Journal of Management Social Science and Humanities, and Journal of Business Economics and Management.
Dr. Renganathan
Professor
is a distinguished Professor of Marketing, with over 40 years of experience in academia and industry. He has been an integral part of the SASTRA University community for more than 25 years. He has authored more than 50 research articles in esteemed, peer-reviewed, and SCOPUS-indexed national and international journals and also successfully guided research scholars. He is a recipient of the prestigious 'Best Professor in Marketing' award, conferred by ET Now (Economic Times Now) in recognition of his outstanding contributions to marketing education. As a marketing scholar, Dr. Renganathan's research and teaching interests converge on strategic marketing areas, including Services Marketing,
Consumer Behaviour, Branding, and Marketing Communication, with a focus on driving business growth and customer engagement.
Dr.V.Srinivasa Kumar
Professor
School of Management, SASTRA Deemed University, has more than three decades of experience as educator, administrator. Formerly he served as Commercial Manager for 4 years in Agro Equipment manufacturing company taking care of branch operations in Chandigarh. He is also resource person for Data Analytics. He attended workshop in IIM Ahmadabad on ‘teaching with cases’. He connects his industry experiences for the benefit of his students. He holds a Ph.D from Bharathidasan University for his research work on entrepreneurial challenges in SME sector. His areas of interest include teaching and research in accounting, finance, entrepreneurship and Business Analytics. He handles courses on Finance and Accounting and Data Analytics. He believes in exposing
students to the real time data to analyze and understand the scenario. He was associating as faculty with reputed management educational institutes in Chennai. He has published twenty research articles in SCOPUS indexed international journals on finance, macroeconomics. He contributes to the Internship of MBA students from some of the top companies.
CMA .Dr. R.Amudha,
Associate Professor,
School of Management, SASTRA Deemed To Be University, Thanjavur. A Post Graduate in the field of commerce from Bharathidasan University and a fellow member in the Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of India, Kolkata, Amudha handles courses such as Financial, Cost and Management Accounting, Financial Management, etc., and has 35 years of academic experience. She has published 91 articles in SCOPUS indexed Journals and 25 articles in other International & National Journals. She has also participated and presented papers in National and International Conferences and published Book Chapters. A Ph.D. from SASTRA Deemed To Be University and her research was on “Customer Satisfaction with respect to Service Quality in Private Sector Bank “and has also published 8 case studies.
Dr. R. Gayathri
M.A, M.Phil., MBA, NET, Ph.D
is currently an Assistant Professor at the School of Management, SASTRA Deemed University, India. With a Doctorate in Economics from Bharathidasan University and over 22 years of dedicated teaching experience, she is a dynamic educator passionate about fostering a comprehensive and engaging learning environment to promote students’ academic growth. A gold medallist in Economics (B.A) from Bharathidasan University, Trichy, her areas of expertise include Economics, International Business, Marketing, and Business Ethics. She is a seasoned professional orator and is proficient in teaching courses such as Economics, Marketing, and International Business. Her research contributions include the publication of 12 articles in prestigious International and National journals and 25 articles in Scopus-indexed journals.
Dr.Nigama K
Senior Assistant Professor
holds a doctorate in management (Ph. D) from Bharathidasan University, Trichy with post graduation in management (PGDM, Finance) from Institute for Financial Management and Research (IFMR, Chennai), Masters in Business Administration (MBA - HRM) from Madras University and graduation in Commerce (B. Com) from M.O P Vaishnav College (Chennai). Nigama has more than two decades of experience including academic, research, administration, industry, training and consulting. She is also a post graduate MA in Sanskrit from SASTRA Deemed University. Her industry experience spans for more than two years including TVS Finance and Services, Chennai. Her academic career is over two decades now, with 9 years of
experience at Bharathidasan Institute of Management (BIM, Trichy), four years at National Institute of Technology, (NIT) Trichy and since 2017, she is with SASTRA Deemed University. At SASTRA, she handles various subjects in the areas of Finance, Accounting, Strategy and Design Thinking. She is in charge of the Research Core Committee at SoM, member of Academic Core Committee, member of faculty recruitment and research scholars selection panel, member of NIDHI - EIR review panel, steers the CEO club with Coaching as its flagship activity, and also associates with TBI, SASTRA for various initiatives. She also serves as doctoral committee member for many research scholars. She has also contributed to the online and distance education programmes offered by SASTRA and co-ordinates assigned UG and PG courses. She was conferred with Gurushreshta Award 2024 by SASTRA for her excellent contribution in academics. She has three funded projects to her credit - Principal Investigators of projects awarded by IMPRESS and IKS and Co-Principal Investigator in Indo- Japan SPARC project. She has produced one PhD in 2024 and currently guiding another research scholar.
Dr. Suganthi P
Professor
is an accomplished academician and an expert in management studies, with over 17 years of teaching and research experience. She currently serves as an Assistant Professor - III at the School of Management, SASTRA Deemed University, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu. Dr. Suganthi holds a Ph.D. from Bharathiar University and an MBA from Anna University, where she earned a gold medal and a university rank for her outstanding academic performance. Her teaching portfolio includes core and advanced subjects such as Research Methodology, Marketing Management, Strategic Management, and Business Analytics. An avid learner and seasoned researcher, Dr. Suganthi has published numerous papers in SCOPUS-indexed high-impact journals. She is also a certified data
science and business analytics professional, having completed over 70 certifications from leading institutions, including Stanford Online, Emory University, UC Davis, IIM-Ahmedabad, and the University of Illinois. Her technical expertise spans tools like SPSS, AMOS, and R,Python and PowerBI making her a go-to resource for data-driven decision-making and business insights. Dr. Suganthi’s current research interests include Business Analytics, Marketing Intelligence, Circular Economy, Consumer Behavior, and Services Marketing. Beyond academia, she actively contributes as a reviewer for the Indian Journal of Computer Science and has secured research grants from prominent organizations such as the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) and AICTE. As your faculty, Dr. Suganthi brings a wealth of knowledge, real-world insights, and a passion for empowering students to achieve academic and professional excellence. You’re in for an engaging and enriching learning experience under her guidance!
S. Ram Prasanna
"Overall, the course was good, and the lecturers and guides were very helpful. I hope to utilize the learning gained from this program fully."
R. Shashank
"Starting with my enrollment, Student Relationship Managers were a major support system throughout my MBA journey.
Additionally, the consistent follow-ups and reminders regarding classes, assessments, semester exams, and... project deadlines played a crucial role in our deliverables and performance, considering our work-life routines. These efforts helped us overcome various challenges.
Thank you for the wonderful experience, I thoroughly enjoyed the journey.
A special thanks to the faculty, who supported us at different junctures despite their busy schedules."Read More
Rajendran P
"It was a great learning experience. Thank you for providing this opportunity, and special thanks to all the professors and coordinators."
Ibrahim Garba
"I, Ibrahim Garba from Nigeria, really enjoyed how SASTRA UNIVERSITY manages academic activities. The lecturers and administrative staff do their best to support students, especially when issues arise.
I will wholeheartedly ... recommend SASTRA UNIVERSITY to my friends and relatives for quality education. I am grateful to the Government of India and, once again, to SASTRA UNIVERSITY for their tireless efforts."Read More
Sowmiya T
"The online lectures are better compared to other institutions. They continuously update their software, ensuring an improved learning experience."
Hareesh A
"This program is excellent for working professionals who cannot spare time for a postgraduate degree."
Govindarajalu SELVARAJ
"A Great Opportunity to the Working Professionals, Thanks to the Management of SASTRA."
VIVEKANANTHAN P
"Very Good opportunity for young entrepreneurs to implement this on daily routines and long term goals."
Hemalatha M
"Education through online is flexible for us to upgrade and to build next level. And industrial master class are more usefull and we had some real life example of this management course. Thank you for this online education."
A R Krishnaindhu
"I love learning online with SASTRA. I request to the dean and management to bring more course and programs for students to learn from your faculty online. I wish to pursue online phD also from SASTRA, if option is available."
With a humble beginning in the year 1984, SASTRA's progress in the last 36 years is a testimony to its commitment to building a University as envisaged in its guiding model. Today, SASTRA is one of India's premier institutions offering undergraduate, postgraduate & doctoral programmes in Engineering, Management, Law, Sciences, Humanities and Education. It was conferred Deemed-to-be-University status in 2001 by the University Grants Commission under Section 3 of the UGC Act 1956. SASTRA also has an MHRD-notified off-campus named Srinivasa Ramanujan Centre (SRC) at Kumbakonam.
As a comprehensive University, its teaching programmes are complemented by research engagements, consultancy assignments, training and extension activities.This has been re-accredited by NAAC (fourth cycle) with the maximum grade of 'A++' (3.76/4.00). It is also recognized as a Category I Institution based on the UGC's categorization of universities under the Graded Autonomy Regulations, 2018. Twelve engineering programmes of SASTRA have been internationally accredited for a period of 9 years by the Institution of Engineering & Technology (IET), UK recognizing SASTRA's academic excellence. In the NIRF ranking, SASTRA has always been placed among the top 40 Universities with a current position of #29 in 2025. It is also recognized as a Scientific & Industrial Research Organization by the Government of India.
