2024-08-082024-08-082024-07-03https://indianexpress.com/article/education/cricketer-upsc-candidates-flying-cadre-and-more-meet-diverse-batch-of-mica-9428114/http://ir.mica.ac.in/handle/123456789/8227Unlocking the potential of sports in the life of an MBA, for 22-year-old Shreyas Walekar, a cricketer, it was his quest of interlinking cricket and creativity that brought him to MICA, Ahmedabad. The corporatisation of the sports industry is paving way for new careers like sports analytics and management, he says. One of the 235 students of the new batch at MICA Ahmedabad that consists of 71 per cent students from a non-engineering background, comprising lawyers, architects, dentists, chartered accountants, a flying cadet, a doctor and a national level cricketer, the institute welcomed the incoming batch last week.enacademic and professional diversityvaried professional degrees