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Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Shri Piyush Goyal today said that technology-enabled, bilingual management education can help bridge the rural-urban divide and make quality education accessible to talented and needy students irrespective of their circumstances.

Virtually addressing the inauguration of a newly launched course at the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Udaipur from New Delhi, the Minister said the online bilingual Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) programme is a unique initiative that can have a wide-ranging impact by delivering management education in simple and easily understandable language.

Shri Goyal said the bilingual nature of the programme, in Hindi and English, would help make the credibility and quality of IIM education accessible to a wider section of people. He expressed confidence that the undergraduate programme would serve India and Indian industry and emerge as a successful initiative.(UPDATED ON 6TH JULY 2026)