Country’s premier management institution awarded its first masters degree after the IIM Act-2017 became a law in December 2017. IIM Bangalore and Calcutta also conferred MBA degrees in their last convocation. Sources said previous students too wanted a similar degree with retrospective effect, but the institute said the move is not possible.

from Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/education/in-a-first-iim-a-students-get-mba-degree/articleshow/68446169.cms