Jio Institute welcomes students to its founding batch

Mumbai, July 20, 2022: Jio Institute welcomed its founding batch of students at an
inaugural programme held today. The programme was attended by students, their
parents, Jio Institute leadership & staff, faculty, members of the Reliance family, and
leaders from industry & academia. Jio Institute is commencing academic sessions with
two inaugural Post Graduate Programmes in Artificial Intelligence & Data Science and
Digital Media & Marketing Communications. The classes will begin on 21st July 2022.
The first cohort of Jio Institute’s Post Graduate Programmes, has a healthy mix of
geographic and gender diversity. The cohort hails from 19 Indian states and 4
countries outside India – South Africa, Bhutan, Nepal and Ghana. The batch
comprises students from academically diverse disciplines like Engineering, Science,
Arts, Commerce, Mass Media, and Management Studies/Business Administration.
The founding class possess an average work experience of about 4 years in diverse
fields such as Advertising, Automotive, Banking, Construction, Digital Media, Edtech,
Fintech, Healthcare, Information Technology, Logistics, Micro Finance, Oil & Gas,
Pharma, Telecom, Government, NGO and so on.
Both the one-year post-graduate programmes are being taught by renowned faculty
from top global institutions and industry. In both programmes, Jio Institute is focusing
on cultivating essential life skills through its holistic learning module in addition to
Foundation, Core and Elective Courses. Jio Institute has planned for a study abroad
module during which students will get exposure to a renowned global university. Along
with these, Jio Institute will lay emphasis on application-based learning through
capstone projects.