Vedica Scholars Programme for Women New Delhi: Fees, Admission 2025, Courses, Cutoff, Ranking, Placement

The Vedica Scholars Programme for Women (VSPW) is a unique 18-month, fully residential, management and personal growth programme - and perhaps the world’s first such initiative - focused on providing an MBA-like education to graduate women together with skills on how to navigate professional challenges and have a successful career.

A group of pre-eminent women in India and abroad have come together to support and endorse this programme - our Board of Advisors includes Madeleine Albright, former US Secretary of State; Meenakshi Gopinath, former Principal of LSR; Chhavi Rajawat, sarpanch of Soda village; Vinita Bali, former MD of Britannia; Joanna Barsh, author of ‘How Remarkable Women Lead’ and management consultant with McKinsey in the US; Ireena Vittal, independent director and formerly a partner with McKinsey; and several others. 

These young women will be exposed to an MBA-type course, together with courses in leadership, the liberal arts and in critical thinking and communication – all the skills that are essential for professionals in the 21st century. We have high quality faculty committed to teaching at Vedica from across the world and from within India. There are several unique features to this programme such as: 

• Fully residential 18-month programme offering a combination of management education and life skills 
• 100 percent placement for all our students 
• 1 month ‘shadow a woman CEO’ programme 
• Parallel tracks in management, leadership, liberal arts and critical thinking/communication
• Courses in women’s studies and women’s leadership 
• The right blend of academics and practitioners 
• Seminar based teaching wherever relevant 
• Exposure to leadership in public life  

The institute has released the placement report 2024. As per the report the highest package stood at INR 22 LPA, average package is INR 11 LPA and median package remained at INR 8 LPA. 39% of the cohort had work experience while 61% of them were freshers. The average CTC for top 10% is INR 17.77 LPA, the average CTC for top 20% is INR 15.58 LPA. While the average CTC for the middle 80 is INR 10.57 LPA and for the 25% of the bottom category is INR 8.16 LPA.

Some of the top recruiters of the placement drive are Gartner, Deloitte, Bombay Shaving Company, KPMG, FSSAI, Goldman Sachs, Google, Mahindra Logistics, Kinara Capital, Axis Bank, Nestle, EY, Aditya Birla Capital, Decathlon