ranchi birla institute of technology bit mesra has come up with a fiveyear integrated course of master of business administration mba and master of computer application mca for the class xii passouts this year giving them an opportunity to take admission to the courses apart from joining medical engineering and law stream admission for the current academic session is almost complete and both the courses have been introduced for 20112016 sessionstudents will be selected for the mca programme on the basis of rank obtained in the all india engineering entrance examination aieee whereas direct admission can be sought for mba based on marks obtained in the plus two finaladdressing a press conference here on tuesday bit mesra vicechancellor ajay chakravorty said the integrated 5year mca and mba programmes were conceived by the institution keeping under consideration the requirement and demand of industry for perfectly groomed managerial talent in the country the integrated mca programme seeks to meet the increased demand for highend manpower for the evergrowing it sector for which india boasts of having worlds largest and most qualified pool of scientific and engineering manpower he said adding that the programme sought to instill a problemsolving approach in students towards the fast evolving field of computer application on the benefits of integrated course chakravorty said it saved the students one year while providing the same valueadded inputs in computer application and they students did not have to reappear in an entrance examination for mca once a student after passing out from plus two course decides to join mca he or she can straight way join the integrated course and avoid cutthroat competition that comes on their way during admission to mca at the same time they can complete the course in five years instead of investing 3 years in graduation followed by 3year postgraduation in mca he saidassuring the students of good placement the vc said most of the leading itservices companies like tcs cognizant infosys wipro ibm and accenture which had participated in campus selection were likely to give more importance to the students taking up integrated course in the wake of the design of curriculum that suits industrial requirements integrated management course has opened doors for the students to seek direct admission to masters programme