WrittenPublished by: The New Indian Express
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Extracted Content: Sambalpur University is likely to discontinue the MBA in Rural Management course from 2020-21 academic session due to cold response from students.The department of Business Administration has already applied to the university authorities for discontinuation of the course.
The PG course in Rural Management was introduced in a self-financing mode with a capacity of 40 seats in 2012. Initially, the course was started under the aegis Sociology department. However, it was transferred to Business Administration department in 2014 after failing to find any takers in the first two years. Though a few applications were received for the programme in the following years, it was not enough to start a batch.