Why AI is forcing B-schools to rethink the MBA blueprint

Earlier this year, as the generative AI wave began changing how students learn, BITSoM dean Saravanan Kesavan made a bold case: if there is one higher education programme structurally insulated from automation, it is the MBA, because human judgement and organisational leadership are and will remain irreplaceable.

Yet, a newly unveiled EFMD x BITSoM Global Perspectives Survey reveals that while the management degree may be inherently AI-proof, business schools themselves are facing an execution test. Released during BITSoM’s inaugural All-India Deans Conference in Mumbai under the aegis of BITS Pilani, the survey highlights that 73% of Indian B-school leaders expect AI to drive substantial or fundamental transformation across management education.