Gear up to take your family-owned business to the next level with this power-packed programme designed for the future business leaders and entrepreneurs. Receive unparalleled proficiency in concepts and skills required to traverse the complexities of your business.
Through the Family Business and Entrepreneurship, you will learn:
The unique MBA FBE programme preps you to spearhead the most advanced business projects, and see them to their success.
From expanding your vision and understanding the business life cycle to improving your business acumen and acquiring necessary digital and analytical capabilities, this programme brings to life and encourages the true leader within you.
The only programme in Family Business and Entrepreneurship that offers the flexibility of two modes - PGD in FBE and MBA in FBE - this programme allows an immense choice in earning credits and structured learning based on individual career goals and business needs.
Blended and intensive learning format through Lecture sessions, Seminars and Workshops On-Campus and Off-Campus Application Projects in every Semester (I, II, III and IV).
Students can choose to undertake an optional International Immersion experience of 6-10 weeks in Semester IV.
The Centre for Entrepreneurship and Innovation (CEI) is run by a dedicated team of faculty members of NICMAR University, Pune who are very passionate about building a start-up and entrepreneurial eco-system in the University.
Seamlessly blending with Baner’s elite, cutting-edge lifestyle,
our Pune campus will leave you enchanted with its state-of-the-art learning and
living facilities.

Two years full time
The only programme in Family Business and Entrepreneurship that offers the flexibility of two modes - PGD in FBE and MBA in FBE - this programme allows an immense choice in earning credits and structured learning based on individual career goals and business needs.
Semester 1 |
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| # | Course Name | Course Type | |
| 1 | Managerial Accounting | General Core | |
| 2 | Organizational Behaviour | General Core | |
| 3 | Business Economics | General Core | |
| 4 | Statistics | General Core | |
| 5 | Legal aspects of Business | General Core | |
| 6 | Entrepreneurship | Programme Core | |
| 7 | Family Business Fundamentals | Programme Core | |
| 8 | Advanced Spreadsheet Modelling | Lab | |
| 9 | Project Management Principles and Practices | Programme Core | |
| 10 | Project Management Workshop (MSP) | Lab | |
| 11 | Business Communication | Practical | |
Semester 2 |
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| # | Course Name | Course Type | |
| 1 | Financial Management | Programme Core | |
| 2 | Human Resource Management | Programme Core | |
| 3 | • Business Model Canvas: Adapting to Change • Entrepreneurship and Innovation: The Beginning |
Project Elective (Any One) | |
| 4 | Social Immersion | Seminar | |
| 5 | Ideation and New product Development | Domain Elective** | |
| 6 | Introduction to Business Analytics | Domain Elective** | |
| 7 | Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) | Domain Elective** | |
| 8 | Project Procurement and Tendering | Domain Elective** | |
| 9 | Advanced Estimation and Quantity Surveying | Domain Elective** | |
| 10 | Real Estate Development Process | Domain Elective** | |
| 11 | Family Business Succession and Leadership | Domain Elective** | |
| 12 | Infrastructure Development and Management | Domain Elective** | |
| 13 | Site Administration and Control | Domain Elective** | |
| 14 | Contracts and Claims Management | Domain Elective** | |
| 15 | Innovative Business Models | Domain Elective** | |
| 16 | Project Risk Management | Domain Elective** | |
| Domain Elective** [Any 7] | |||
Semester 3 |
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| # | Course Name | Course Type | |
| 1 | Corporate Tax Planning | Programme Core | |
| 2 | Strategic Management | General Core | |
| 3 | • Business Model Canvas: Business Plan and Model • Entrepreneurship and Innovation: Prototype |
Project Elective (Any One) | |
| 4 | Summer Internship (8-10 Weeks) | Seminar | |
| 5 | Disruptive Technologies | Domain Elective** | |
| 6 | Business Valuation and Corporate Restructuring | Domain Elective** | |
| 7 | Asset Management in Infrastructure | Domain Elective** | |
| 8 | Applications of BIM | Domain Elective** | |
| 9 | Project Formulation and Appraisal | Domain Elective** | |
| 10 | Employee Relations and Labour Laws | Domain Elective** | |
| Domain Elective** [Any 4] | |||
Semester 4 |
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| # | Course Name | Course Type | |
| 1 | • Business Model Canvas: Business Application and
learnings**(Domestic/International) • Entrepreneurship and Innovation: Business Model**(Domestic/International) |
Project Elective (Any One) | |
*The course structure is indicative and subject to change based on NICMAR University, Pune guidelines and industry trends.
1. Regular classroom sessions and assignments coupled with comprehensive assessment make this programme rigorous.
2. The students will be imparted training on state-of-the-art software used in construction like Advanced Excel, Power BI, Tableau, Microsoft Projects (MSP) and Building Information Modelling (BIM).>
3. Workshops on developing managerial skills towards enhancing entrepreneurial competency.
4. Experiential learning and application-based projects to help develop leadership potential and decision-making capabilities.
5. Case studies, group and individual exercises, class projects and simulation of business environment to enrich the overall programme delivery.
6. Mentors will be assigned to every work group of the programme. The idea is to support and incorporate the learnings into individual businesses and orient participants towards being future ready.
Apply NowBeing a niche and focused programme, graduates with a few years of experience in their family business operations make up for a majority of the batch.
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Soumi brings with her a combined experience of 23 years from the corporate sector and academia into her role as the Head. She has worked with the corporate consulting domain and across prestigious academic institutions like Symbiosis International University. She has worked on many prestigious assignments, including one with the Social Research Centre (WZB), Germany.
Soumi is a researcher in the field of leadership, entrepreneurship, diversity, generational and cross-cultural issues, having published numerous case studies, book chapters and research articles across reputed peer-reviewed national and international publications. She is also the recipient of NICMAR Research Excellence Award 2019.
As a next generation successor, this course will enhance and elevate your leadership, managerial and entrepreneurial potential, equipping you with the knowledge and tools to move upwards in your business domain.
Alongside the leverage of NICMAR’s brand value, a legacy of almost 4 decades and the vast alumni network will be an added advantage in crafting your business success story.
As a graduate of this programme, you can develop the necessary managerial and leadership abilities, and pass them onto your family members in the business as well. This allows you to effectively scan the business environment, forecast changes, be prepared for potential turmoils, innovate, and diversify too.
Through its comprehensive curriculum and action-oriented learning modules, the MBA - FBE programme seeks to support the professionalization, scaling up, growth, and expansion for the new generation of family business entrepreneurs and leaders through the following objectives:
i. Provide student with advanced knowledge in functional areas of business
management.
ii. Enable students to establish themselves as entrepreneurs with strong
understanding of the business life cycle.
iii. Equip students with a strategic
mindset towards optimum and efficient utilization of resources.
iv. Enable students
to form, validate and grow business ventures.
v. Promote ethics and social
responsibility amongst students.
Since this programme is specifically designed for the successors of already established family business and future entrepreneurs, we don’t offer any placement opportunities.
We have designed the entire curriculum from an application-oriented perspective. Through individual and group projects, you’ll be encouraged to apply your conceptual learning and case-based understanding into your specific business. This helps you understand and analyze the impact of your learning in the real business situational contexts.
Absolutely, we do! We have a vibrant and diverse student community that keeps the NICMAR spirit alive through a plethora of activities and events as part of the informal learning process. They promise to provide both cultural and interpersonal development while enhancing values like respect for all and attributes like tolerance to ambiguity, creative thinking, problem solving, and team empowerment.
As a student of MBA FBE, you can rest assured that you’ll receive a holistic environment that leaves no stone unturned in your overall development.
Take a look at our talented learners that transformed into lifelong leaders after passing out with flying colours.
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