An MBA is no longer a cherished degree for only professionals from the private sector. An increasing number of employees from state-owned undertakings are enrolling for the degree to hone their managerial acumen, gain global exposure and fasttrack their career, which would have taken much longer in the public sector. In fact for most, it is a passport to move out of public sector undertakings (PSUs) to private corporations or consulting firms, according to an ET report.

Top business schools like the Indian Institutes of Management (IIM), Indian School of Business (ISB), SP Jain Institute of Management and Research , Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS University), and IIT Bombay's Shailesh J Mehta School of Management (SJMSOM), have been witnessing significant enrolment from students with work experience in PSUs or the government sector in MBA programmes in recent times.

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