M.Tech or MBA, which is better to choose?
This is one of the most common questions among final year engineering students. And the answer to this is not simple and just or no. There is not point comparing M.Tech Vs MBA or so, because both the courses are different and have different jobs and placements scope.
Answer to M.Tech or MBA truly depends on few factors such as where are doing engineering, what do you know and think about MBA job prospects, what do you want to do in long term and how any of these degrees help you to achieve this. I will try to mention my situation and decision when I was in engineering final year and had similar question in mind.
To start, I did B.Tech, M.Tech and PhD in computer science all in a row without taking a break and now want to do MBA. As mentioned in above paragraph these decisions depend on number of factors.
I was an average student in a private college and used to spend good amount to time in college library where they had subscription for some IEEE magazines and few general IT magazines. IEEE general magazines had last few pages of advertisement for professor jobs in different universities, average salary was around $60000 a year, which was around 25 lakh Indian rupees a year.
Apart from monitory benefit I also had in mind the social status of professor job, contribution to society and motivation to learn. Another reason was my dad’s respect to educated people compare to rich people. Rich were treated as normal people and students who scored good or achieved something great were always praised and remembered again and again.
At that time I know the only minimum condition for processor job and that was PhD in computer science, therefore I kept chasing it. But I never know the other conditions for that job such as publication, number of Phd, Research experience, Editorial memberships and conference organizing experience along with excellent teaching performance are just few to mention.
I did not opted for MBA after my B.Tech because most of MBA’s were from BSc. B.Com background. At that time with the name MBA I can only understand that if you are lucky enough you can get seat in some sate state universities. And I saw most of the MBAs working as either medical representatives or direct sales executives. With this vision of MBA it was clearly not my choice.
Wherever I went after B.Tech, I decided to learn more things there along with avoiding mistakes, which I did in past. The most important among them was making high scores. I had first class in B.Tech, I decided to make it distinction or university rank in M.Tech. I chased it again and gave tough competition, made maximum as my competition rather than some student. Good time started and I became one of the recognized ones and very independent. Good performance boosted confidence and I decided to move for PhD.
To cut the story short, I was very successful and happy with my decision. May be I made great decisions every time and reached to a place where I dreamed to go. Got PhD and joined as assistant professor in an institute of national importance. Then decided to see the software industry and resigned from professor job and join Samsung in Korea.
One day I was attending a lecture for new employees in Samsung and the presenter was from Harvard business school. He is a Swiss national and may be 5 year older than me but a vice president of strategy in Samsung. I met him during tea break and then we met many times in company. This made me think what a good MBA can do. MBA is not about just selling something. Its really about managing.
I decided to go for MBA, weird for many people and beyond imagination that MBA after PhD. But still I have a plan for it and I know an MBA form great school can do it. My view for MBA changed now, because I know what MBA’s does I feel confidant for that position and I m chasing it again.
To summarize, you should feel confidant about your future for the course you are opting for. This makes your work hard for it and you grow happy with that. I was confidant about M.Tech after B.Tech and thought that course will make me reach safe position, now I feel that with an MBA from Stanford or Harvard I will grow faster and server better.
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Hi Dr Zahid,
Well MBA from Harvard is a dream for most people on this earth let alone India.
But I have heard that they require you to be excellent from the word go as in they ask for your 10th,12th,b tech background and expect you to be great in all of them.
What should one do now as one is not from a good b tech college?
What is the pocedure these reputed instituions follow?
Bharat: They usually dont see you b.tech, m.tech or phd institution or percentage. They look for exceptional candidates. Just you need to show them that your exceptional out of a million people. You work experience international assignments and how you achieve results.
That is just not based on academics, there are many factors in it. one line answer to this is one need to be exceptional and prove exceptional.
I have really great advantages with my profile and really positive and see myself there in 2013.
hi zahid,
u r truly inspiring. reading abt ur career is like reading a dream. i hope u get admitted in harvard. best of luck!!!!!!
All the best sir,I hope you achieve what you want to.And just keep guiding people like us to become able like you.
hi zahid,
i ve completed my BE in production in 2009,and want to go for MBA in operations & material management. does it really matters from which institute u r doing ur mba. coz i ve’nt got good score in CET. still i wann to go for mba. can i go for it?
hello sir ……..im yasar khan student of b.tech 2nd year c.s .
tell me about m.tech admission.
Story was enspiring!! you solved lot of questions by this. Thanks..!!
this story was enspiring me!!
and also tell me about mtech admission.
please tell me about the mtech admission?
iam doing my final bsc it after finishing this i can choose mba or m-tech pls tell me about this
mr bharat go to check the psu
in ntpc recruitment 2009 all the student who got selected were near to 8 pointer means in your language 80%(one of my friend working overthere)
that is academics
minimum criteria to fill the form 65% for the gen
that will come from academics
not by your exceptional approach
i think you are in those students category who thinks they are just chutia……. students because they read just like labor
and do you know most of the software companies searches for topper and the approach that you have i am sure that you will be select but check out yourself after 4 years you will be in same place with you exceptional approach
i respect your feelings but not your apooroach
i know after read this 1 st thouhgt will come in your mind that all the great person, mittal ambani, were not the topper despite of that they succeeded why
because they do hard work in smart way
you know only about smart work and nothing else
so do not give advice to others
do hard work and learn ,learn, learn so
first prove yourself then give advice to others
do not cover yourself by excuses that i am good in study but did not get what i deserve
hi…i just want to know is mtech beneficial than mba…i am in second year information technology engineering…from not a well known college..i myself am an average student..but am not that well in basics..what are the job prospects for an mtech with be in i.t and for mba with be in i.t.??
please reply at the earliest…thankyou
sir now i enter into b-tech first year. i want to do MBA. after completing my study what opportunities i will get?
nice article.. thanx sir..
gud luck 2 u 4 ur future..
can anybody reply me what sholud i do mbaor me or mtech?i am 3rd year student of CE from known college still i have lack of some basic knowledge of my field such as about language.
I agree with Zahid, his experience elaborate that one should finalize the goal of life…then the path will always be clear to you…here we are inquiring about which path is good…without knowing where to go…asking whether MBA is good or M tech is like that only…one has to choose where to reach…! Decide that first..!! Then one need not to ask which path he choose to…
hello sir
i completed my B.E in Instrumentation Technology this year only, now i’m confused between MTech or MBA.. I’m an average student.. now i’m thinking about doing MTech in computer science. so is that a good combination? and also tell me about job opportunities… Please do reply.