Learn the Language of Business
Markets, customers, pricing, finance, product, growth and strategy.
Masters’ Union Summer School
Before you apply to an MBA,
build something real.
A 2-month offline weekend business summer school in Gurugram, Bengaluru or Mumbai — where ambitious students learn from the Masters’ Union academic ecosystem, build a venture from scratch, and compete at a national finale.
₹2.5L fee fully adjustable against PGP TBM tuition upon selection. Scholarships of 10–25% available.
Offline Weekend FormatGurugram · Bengaluru · Mumbai8 WeekendsNational Finale at Masters' UnionDirect PGP TBM Interview Consideration
The Offer
Programme at a glance.
₹2.5LProgramme Fee
Fully adjustable against PGP TBM tuition if selected.
10–25%Scholarships
Scholarships available for the Summer School, subject to evaluation.
8Weekends
Offline weekend format designed for serious learning without disrupting weekdays.
3Cities
Gurugram, Bengaluru or Mumbai. Students attend in one chosen city.
90+ hrsLive Hours
Sessions, workshops, build sprints, team work and pitch preparation.
1National Finale
Top teams pitch at the Masters' Union campus in Gurugram.
→Direct Interview Pathway
Strong performers get direct interview consideration for PGP TBM.
All commercial details verifiable with the Masters’ Union admissions office. Scholarships and pathway benefits are subject to evaluation.
What is this, exactly?
A business school preview
for people who want to build.
A 2-month offline weekend experience for ambitious students and young professionals who want to test business seriously — before committing to an MBA, startup path, family business role or high-growth career.
Learn how markets work, how ventures are built, how decisions are defended, and how founders think under pressure.
Build With a Team
Work on a venture idea, business model, go-to-market plan and final pitch.
Prove Your Readiness
Strong performers get direct interview consideration for Masters' Union PGP TBM.
The Test
This is not a course.
It is a 2-month test of how you think, build and lead.
Most programmes teach business through lectures. This one makes students apply business thinking from the first weekend.
You will discover a real opportunity, build a business idea, defend your assumptions, and make decisions under pressure.
Think Like an Operator
Understand how businesses make money, acquire customers, price products and compete.
Build Like a Founder
Work with a team to shape a venture idea, test assumptions and create a pitch.
Defend Like a Leader
Explain your choices, handle objections and present with clarity.
Who is this for
Built for students who want
more than a certificate.
For ambitious students and young professionals who want to test business seriously before choosing an MBA, startup path, family business role or high-growth career.
MBA Aspirants
For students considering an MBA who want a practical preview of business school thinking and applied execution.
Future Founders
For people who want to test startup ideas, understand markets and learn how founders make decisions.
Family Business Students
For students from business families who want to understand growth, competition, digital transformation and operating decisions.
Early Professionals
For young professionals who want to think beyond their function and develop sharper business judgment.
Ambitious Undergrads
For students who want a strong business profile before internships, placements, MBA applications or startup opportunities.
Curriculum
A curriculum built around
business action.
The Summer School follows four stages: discovering opportunities, building solutions, defending decisions and making leadership calls.
- 01Discover→
- 02Build→
- 03Defend→
- 04Decide
Stage 01
Discover.
What it means — Understand markets, customers, industries and unmet demand.
What students work on
- ●Market mapping
- ●Customer discovery
- ●Industry analysis
- ●Problem selection
- ●Business model basics
- ●Consumer behaviour
- ●Competitive landscape
Stage 02
Build.
What it means — Turn insight into a product, venture, business model or go-to-market plan.
What students work on
- ●Business model design
- ●Product thinking
- ●Go-to-market strategy
- ●Pricing and monetisation
- ●Brand positioning
- ●Early-stage financial logic
- ●Team execution
Stage 03
Defend.
What it means — Pressure-test your idea through finance, data, strategy and customer evidence.
What students work on
- ●Unit economics
- ●Pitch defence
- ●Financial assumptions
- ●Competitive advantage
- ●Risk mapping
- ●Trade-off analysis
- ●Investor-style questioning
Stage 04
Decide.
What it means — Make high-stakes leadership calls and communicate them clearly.
What students work on
- ●Founder decision-making
- ●Strategic prioritisation
- ●Negotiation
- ●Crisis choices
- ●Leadership communication
- ●Boardroom-style presentations
- ●Final pitch readiness
The Learning Model
In-Class gives you the frameworks.
Out-Class tests them in the real world.
▶ In-Class
Faculty-led learning.
The mental models and structures used to understand how businesses are built, scaled and defended.
- ●Business fundamentals
- ●Case discussions
- ●Finance and strategy sessions
- ●Product and growth workshops
- ●Founder and CXO sessions
- ●Pitch preparation
- ●Live feedback
▶▶ Out-Class
Team missions in the real world.
Apply that thinking to real opportunities, customers and business ideas.
- ●Customer interviews
- ●Market research
- ●Build sprints
- ●Team missions
- ●Peer reviews
- ●Founder-style reviews
- ●Final pitch preparation
- ●National finale
The Journey
How the 2-month course works.
- 01
Apply and Get Evaluated
Submit your profile for review. Shortlisted students receive next steps from the admissions team.
- 02
Join Offline Weekend Sessions
Attend live sessions, workshops, founder/CXO sessions and business-building formats across 8 weekends in Gurugram, Bengaluru or Mumbai.
- 03
Build With Your Team
Work on a venture, business idea or market problem through guided build sprints.
- 04
Pitch at the Finale
Top teams from each city advance to the national finale at Masters' Union, Gurugram.
The Climax
The top teams do not just complete the programme.
They pitch at Masters’ Union.
Top teams from Gurugram, Bengaluru and Mumbai will be shortlisted for a national finale at the Masters’ Union campus in Gurugram.
The finale brings together the strongest student teams from each city to present their venture ideas to a panel of founders, CXOs, investors and business leaders. The format is designed to test clarity, conviction and business judgment.
City-Level Selection
Top teams are identified from each city based on performance, progress and pitch quality.
National Finale at MU
Shortlisted teams pitch at the Masters' Union campus in Gurugram.
Panel of Practitioners
Teams present to people who understand markets, capital, hiring, scaling and execution.
Shortlisting for the finale is based on performance across the 8 weekends.
Academic Ecosystem
Learn from the Masters’ Union
academic ecosystem.
The Summer School draws from the same practitioner-led academic environment that powers the Masters’ Union PGP TBM. Exact faculty and mentors teaching the Summer School will be announced closer to the programme start.
Practitioner Faculty · PGP TBM
Operators, founders and investors who teach what they've built.
RMRajat Mathur
Managing Director, Morgan Stanley
Two decades scaling capital markets and wealth advisory.
NMNaveen Munjal
Managing Director, Hero Electric
Pioneer of India's electric two-wheeler revolution.
RWRahul Wadhawan
Partner, Bain & Company
Strategy consultant to India's largest conglomerates.
ATAvantika Tomar
Partner, EY-Parthenon
Cross-border M&A and consumer transformation expert.
TKThomas Kuruvilla
Managing Partner, Arthur D. Little
Global growth strategy across telecom, energy and tech.
AVArjun Vaidya
Founder, Dr. Vaidya's
Built and exited a 150-year-old D2C ayurveda brand.
RBRevant Bhate
CEO, Man Matters
Scaling India's leading men's wellness platform.
JBJaidit Brar
Former Partner, McKinsey
Led private equity and growth practice across Asia.
RSRajeev Soni
Director, Product Management, Gartner
Building enterprise products used by Fortune 500.
NGNitin Gaur
Former Director, IBM
Pioneer of blockchain and digital asset infrastructure.
Global Faculty · PGP TBM
Visiting scholars from Harvard, MIT Sloan, Cambridge, Imperial, Purdue and Cornell — part of the Masters' Union academic network.
DZDr. Zal Phiroz
Adjunct Professor, Harvard University
Bringing Harvard rigour to entrepreneurship and strategy.
DSDr. Shad Morris
Adjunct Professor, MIT Sloan
Global strategy and cross-cultural leadership scholar.
DGDr. Garrick Hileman
Professor, University of Cambridge
Leading authority on digital currencies and fintech.
DRDr. Rajesh Bhargave
Associate Professor, Imperial College London
Behavioural science meets marketing strategy.
DBDr. Benjamin Dunford
Professor, Purdue University
Organisational behaviour and high-performance teams.
DGDaniel Garett Van Der Vliet
Cornell University · Family Business
Globally recognised expert on family enterprise governance.
The Admissions Advantage
A direct interview pathway
into Masters’ Union PGP TBM.
Strong performers from the Summer School get direct interview consideration for the Masters’ Union PGP in Technology & Business Management — subject to evaluation and selection.
Pathway
Direct Interview
For strong performers, subject to evaluation.
Fee
₹2.5L fully adjustable
Against PGP TBM tuition upon selection.
Scholarships
10–25%
Summer School scholarships, subject to evaluation.
- 01
Direct Interview Consideration
Strong performers get direct interview consideration for PGP TBM admissions.
- 02
Full Fee Adjustment
The ₹2.5L Summer School fee is fully adjustable against PGP TBM tuition if selected.
- 03
Scholarship Consideration
Summer School scholarships of 10–25% are available, subject to evaluation.
What graduates of PGP TBM achieve
Avg. CTC · Cohort ’25₹33.39L
Highest CTC · Cohort ’25₹1.28 Cr
Marquee recruiters145+
EiR / Chief of Staff roles11.2%
Recruiter Categories
ConsultingBFSILarge TechVenture CapitalConsumer TechEmerging Tech
- Placement statistics refer to the full-time PGP TBM programme.
- Completion of the Summer School does not guarantee admission to PGP TBM / PGP TBM YLC.
- Final selection depends on interview performance and overall admissions evaluation.
FAQs
Questions you’d actually ask.
For anything else — eligibility, fee adjustment, scholarships, the admissions pathway — the Admissions Office will help directly.
Admissions Office
Get in touch.
Questions about the programme, eligibility, or admissions? Our team is here to help — and prefers email or a call to a contact form.
- Mobile+91 9899 741 741
- HoursMon – Sat · 11:00 am – 7:00 pm IST
The Final Word
The classroom rewards people who can think.
The real world rewards people who can build.
This Summer School is designed for both. Learn business through live problems, build with a team, and prove your readiness in front of people who understand execution.
Offline weekends in Gurugram, Bengaluru or Mumbai. 10–25% scholarships available.