MBA - Energy Trading

This specialisation is designed for learners who want to build advanced managerial and analytical capability for fast-moving, global energy markets. Alongside a solid grounding in the oil and gas value chain, the curriculum places energy trading at its core—covering both physical trading (crude oil and natural gas) and the financial market mechanisms that shape prices, risk and returns. Through projects, internships and live industry engagements, students learn to interpret market signals, evaluate opportunities and make decisions in volatile, interconnected commodity systems shaped by geopolitics, decarbonisation and digital trading platforms.

• Practice-led learning through major projects, summer internships and live projects, delivering direct industry exposure.
• Energy Trading as the program’s central pillar, integrating market microstructure, price discovery, derivatives trading, risk management, portfolio optimisation and regulatory compliance.
• Builds capability to analyse global price movements, identify trading opportunities, construct hedging strategies and manage market risk.
• Develops understanding of modern commodity markets influenced by geopolitical events, decarbonisation pressures, cross-border energy flows and digital trading platforms.
• Strong industry readiness for high-impact roles across trading desks, energy exchanges, oil and gas marketing companies, global trading houses and energy analytics firms.

The energy trading landscape is expected to expand strongly over the next decade, driven by renewable integration, electrification and policy-led market reforms. Increasing penetration of solar, wind and storage is making trading more critical for balancing intermittency and ensuring grid reliability. At the same time, technology such as AI-enabled analytics, blockchain, IoT and real-time pricing platforms is improving forecasting, transaction security and market efficiency. India’s evolving power markets—alongside instruments such as renewable energy certificates (RECs), peer-to-peer trading models, electricity futures and structured PPAs—are creating diverse, high-growth career paths.

• Energy trader / commodity trader (power, gas, environmental products)
• Power market analyst / energy markets analyst
• Renewable energy procurement manager / portfolio manager
• Risk analyst (commodities) / hedging strategy analyst
• Energy transition / decarbonisation consultant (power markets)
• Trading operations / compliance and regulatory analyst
• REC and power exchange specialist (e.g., exchange-facing roles)

Graduates are increasingly recruited by consulting, IT/analytics and energy businesses, with opportunities also emerging across trading-focused firms and new-age start-ups. Recruiters commonly include Accenture Strategy & Consulting, Deloitte, EY, Infosys and Wipro, alongside energy players such as Adani Energy and Jio-bp, among others. Entry compensation typically ranges from INR 6–30 lakh per annum, depending on role, capability and exposure gained through internships and live projects.

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