Ross Establishes India Initiatives under Faculty Director M.S. Krishnan

Dean Alison Davis-Blake has established the Ross School of Business India Initiatives and appointed M.S. Krishnan as faculty director. Krishnan is the Joseph Handleman Professor of Business Information Technology and a Hallman Research Fellow at Ross. The India Initiatives comprise, but are not limited to, the C.K. Prahalad Initiative and the Center for Global Resource Leverage: India.

As faculty director of India Initiatives, Krishnan will report to Associate Dean for Global Initiatives Bill Lanen. He will help coordinate academic and research activities, as well as alumni and corporate outreach across India. This includes custom executive education, in-country student projects, and new knowledge creation, among other things.

Krishnan also will help Lanen and Davis-Blake identify and evaluate new opportunities that advance the Ross School's global agenda. Current corporate partners in the Ross School's India Initiatives include GVK Power and Infrastructure Ltd., Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd., ICICI Group, the Tata Group, and TVS Logistics Services.

"Krishnan is the ideal person for this role," says Davis-Blake. "He has extensive relationships across India. He brings deep knowledge of the culture, the economy, and trends around innovation. He regularly consults with executives in India and understands their needs. He also knows what our faculty are interested in and what our students are interested in."

The Ross School's long history with India is due in large part to the late C.K. Prahalad, who joined the business school faculty in 1977 and remained here until his death in April 2010. In 1994 Prahalad helped establish the school's Global Program for Management Development: India, an open-enrollment executive program that continues to serve the country's business leaders. Widely acknowledged as one of the world's top strategy thinkers, Prahalad worked with Indian firms and Ross faculty and students to develop research around Base of the Pyramid studies, co-creation, and innovation.

The Ross School established the C.K. Prahalad Initiative in 2010 to continue the late scholar's work. In April 2011 the school signed a memorandum of understanding with the Confederation of Indian Industry, India's largest business association, which had a strong bond with Prahalad. That bond continues under Krishnan, a longtime collaborator of Prahalad's and co-author of his final book, The New Age of Innovation.

"It is clear that the locus of growth in the world economy is shifting to emerging markets like India," Krishnan says. "Hence it is important for global business leaders and academic scholars to deeply understand the challenges and opportunities in these markets. C.K.'s foresight enabled Ross to establish an executive education presence in India for the last 17 years. I look forward to building further on this to integrate faculty scholarship and the student experience through action-based projects that enrich our knowledge about this market."

In addition to the India Initiatives, the Ross Global Initiatives portfolio includes the Executive MBA Program, the Global MBA Program, the East Asia Management Development Center, and the Center for International Business Education and Research.

“Thanks to Krishnan's expertise in India, I can explore global opportunities for Ross in other key regions like Latin America, East Asia, Africa, and Europe," Lanen says. "We are focusing on India now, because of the scale that exists already. As we further coordinate our efforts under the India Initiatives, we'll be able to determine the best ways to replicate our success toward new options in other countries."

Krishnan will soon hire a staff director to support the India Initiatives. Paul Gediman, who served as executive director of the C.K. Prahalad Initiative since its establishment, resigned in August 2011; future staff support for the C.K. Prahalad Initiative will be provided by the staff director of India Initiatives.

Krishnan currently serves as faculty director of the Center for Global Resource Leverage: India, a research entity focused on globalization in general and India in particular. He will continue this work as part of the India Initiatives, covering topics that explore next practices of managers, including how they leverage global resources and access new markets.

Alliance University Launches Executive MBA For Working Professional

The Executive Master of Business Administration Batch of 2011 was inaugurated at the School of Business, Alliance University on August 4, 2011. In his inaugural address to students the Chancellor, Alliance University, Dr. Madhukar Angur, provided captivating insights into the various dimensions of executive education globally as well as the top-of-the-mind-concerns of global corporations and international managers. He stressed upon the enlightened roles of business managers today and emphasized the growing importance of ethics and social responsibility in business decision-making. He also urged the students to engage in serious introspection about their goals and aspirations and how they can integrate these into serving society at large and improving upon the quality of life of stakeholders. Distinguished speakers from industry embellished the interactions and shared rich experiences from management in practice. They encouraged the batch to explore their leadership potential as emerging enlightened business leaders who, even while pursuing rewarding and fulfilling careers in future, would also have to be mindful of their roles in the larger community.

Program highlights:

• Full-time one-year coursework with six months of post-coursework on-the-job research in capstone areas of management
• Curriculum designed to develop 'deep generalists' in chosen area(s) of specialization
• Excellent capstone area integration through innovatively-designed business simulations
• A unique pedagogy aimed at enriching subject-matter expertise and active involvement by international faculty and renowned business practitioners
• Structured peer-group interactions aimed at effective exposure to diverse professional experience
• Exposure to global dimensions of business through overseas learning components
• Interface with senior-level managers and entrepreneurs on the best-and-next business practices
• Mentoring by well-accomplished faculty both full-time and international as well as by prominent industry practitioners
• Placement facilitation in world-class companies across industry sectors

Curtains up for MBAUniverse.com Indian Management Conclave 2011

The curtains were up  for the definitive management education conference – the Indian Management Conclave (IMC) 2011. With more than 40 top speakers from Indian and across the globe, this is the biggest event of the Indian management education sector.

IMC 2011 is being organized by MBAUniverse.com, India's leading MBA portal. The theme of the two-day conference is ‘Building a Great B-school: What’s the New DNA!’. The conclave will witness convergence of eminent thought leaders to design the new DNA for management education in the country.

The Conclave Inaugural Address will be delivered by Shri Oscar Fernandez, Honorable Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha & Chairman, Committee on HRD, Government of India. As the Chairman of the Committee on Human Resources Development, Shri Fernandes is chairing discussions on many important issues including ‘The National Accreditation Regulatory Authority for Higher Education Institutions Bill 2010’, ‘The Prohibition of Unfair Practices in Technical Educational Institutes, Medical Educational Institutions and Universities Bill, 2010’ and ‘The Foreign Educational Institutions (Regulation of Entry and Operations) Bill, 2010.

Dr Srikant M Datar, the highly influential Harvard Business School faculty will deliver the Keynote Address.  Dr. Datar will address the eminent gathering on the topic 'Redesigning the MBA Curriculum in Indian Context'.

Mr. Dilip Chenoy, Managing Director & CEO, National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) will deliver the Valedictory Address on the second day of the conference. The NSDC is a Public Private Partnership whose objective is to skill 150 million people in India by 2022 by fostering private sector investment and initiatives in training and skill development in 20 high growth sectors and the unorganized segment.

The Special Address will be delivered by Prof. Lu Wei, Associate Dean, Antai College of Economics & Management, Shanghai Jiaotong University, China on the topic ‘The Asian Century: How B-schools in Asia can Collaborate’.

The Conclave 2011 will also witness address by management thought leaders like Dr. Pritam Singh, Director General, IMI, New Delhi; Dr. Bibek Banerjee, Director & Academic Mentor, IMT Ghaziabad; Dr. Rajan Saxena, Vice-Chancellor, NMIMS Mumbai; Dr. Bala Balachandran, Founder & Dean, Great Lakes Institute Of Management, Chennai; Fr. E. Abraham, Director, XLRI Jamshedpur; Dr. M Rammohan Rao, Professor and Dean Emeritus, ISB Hyderabad.

The Corporate Addresses will be given by Mr. SK Chaturvedi, CMD, Power Grid Corporation of India; Mr. K Ramkumar, Executive Director, ICICI Bank; Mr. Himanshu Goyal, Country Manager, Academic Initiatives, Developer Relations, Career Education & Globalization, IBM; Mr. Balvinder Singh Kalsi, CEO & MD, DU Pont India; Mr. Sandilya Gopalan, Vice President, Cognizant Business Consulting.

One of the key highlights of the conference will be the Panel Discussion on the topic ‘Developing a Policy framework that fosters excellence & innovation in Indian management education’. The panelists will be: Dr. H Chaturvedi, Alt President, EPSI & Director, BIMTECH (Session Chair); Dr. JD Singh, Director General, Jaipuria Group of Institutes; Mr. Premchand Palety, Chief Executive, CFORE.

Another key panel discussion will be on the topic “Making India a hub of Global Management Education: Mission Impossible?”. The panelists will be: Dr. Eileen Peacock, Vice President & Chief Officer, Asia of AACSB International; Dr. Vidya Yeravdekar, Principal Director, Symbiosis Society, Pune; Ms. Savita Mahajan; Deputy Dean, Indian School of Business, Hyderabad; CEO, ISB Mohali Campus.

The Conclave will witness participation of VCs of universities, government policy makers, Deans & Directors of India’s B-schools, such as IIMs, ISB Hyderabad, IMT Group, Symbiosis, KIIT, NMIMS, IMI, BIMTECH, Great Lakes, SPJIMR, other leading B-schools, and top officials from accreditation bodies, such as AACSB.

The VCs, Directors, Deans, and officials will share their views on various topics such as ‘What makes a Good B-school a Great B-school?’, ‘Making India a hub of Global Management Education: Mission Impossible?’, ‘Governance Model for Great B-school’, ‘Are multi-location Super B-schools the new mantra?’ and many other contemporary topics, ‘The Asian Century: How B-schools in Asia can collaborate & thrive’; ‘Building an Academic Brand: Branding Challenges for a B-school’; ‘Improving quality with B-school Accreditation’. 

Some of the other eminent speakers who will address the Indian Management Conclave include: Ms Savita Mahajan, Deputy Dean, ISB Hyderabad & CEO, ISB Mohali Campus; Dr. BS Sahay, Director, IIM Raipur; Dr. N Ravichandran, Director, IIM Indore; Dr. P Rameshan, Director, IIM Rohtak; Prof MJ Xavier, Director, IIM Ranchi; Dr R K Shukla, Director, NCAER Center for Consumer Research; Dr AM Sherry, Director, IMT CDL; Dr. Ashok S Kolaskar, Vice Chancellor, KIIT University; Prof Bhimaraya Metri, Dean, Strathclyde SKIL Business School; Dr. PV Ramana, Founder & Chairman, ITM Group; Mr. SY Siddiqui, Managing Executive Officer, Administration-HR, Finance, IT & COSL, Maruti Suzuki India and many other eminent thought leaders.

The IMC 2011 conclave is being partnered by India’s top knowledge companies and educational institutions and media firms. These are: Strategic Partner: Institute of Management Technology (IMT) Group; B-school Partner-NMIMS, BIMTECH; Corporate Sponsor-IBM; University Partner-Symbiosis International University, KIIT University’s School of Management; Associate B-School Partners- Strathclyde SKIL Business School, Educomp Raffles Higher Education Ltd, AKGIM Ghaziabad;  Research Publishing Partner-Emerald Group Publishing Limited; Knowledge Partners-McGraw-Hill Education, Harvard Business Publishing; Technology Partner-SunGard Higher Education; Print Media Partner-MINT; Television Media Partner-CNBC TV 18.

Asian School of Business announces scholarships for rural NE students

The Asian School of Business (ASB), a leading B-school in India, is proactively encouraging admission of North East students with rural background for its flagship post-graduate programme. Accordingly, in collaboration with the charitable George M Thomas Foundation, ASB will be offering scholarships of up to 50 per cent on the full-term fee for one student from each of the Seven Sisters.

The new programme will groom MBA students who can meet the rising requirement of specially-trained managers for the burgeoning rural market, which is expected to triple in the next 15 years.
ASB Director Prof. S Rajeev, a 25-year IT veteran who had mentored Indian and Silicon Valley start-ups, is driving the thrust to develop Management Graduates who can drive the marketing thrust of Indian and multinational companies eyeing  the booming rural market. The next wave of growth in India is likely to be driven by rural India.

"Every year, thousands of graduate students travel from the North Eastern states to different parts of the country --- Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore, Pune, Kolkata etc. --- to pursue post graduate courses. This unique offer provided by ASB gives the students of these seven states to pursue their business administration course in the beautiful state of Kerala," said Prof. Rajeev.

He also added that students from the North East will find Kerala to be their second home taking into consideration that the weather and greenery which these students feel at their native states will be quite similar in a place like Kerala.

According to Mckinsey, the rural consumption market is likely to triple by 2020 to reach $600 billion from the current level of $190 billion. This is driven both by the increasing income levels and the shifting consumption patterns, hence providing a plethora of opportunities.

He said ASB is proactively encouraging admission of North Eastern students with rural background along with others for their flagship post-graduate programme.

"Students with such rural upbringing in the North Eastern states are better positioned to feel the pulse of the rural consumer. Our training will make them effective marketers who can relate to the rural ambience and this emerging economic segment more effectively," he said.

For students who are determined to make it big in rural marketing, ASB is offering scholarships and is facilitating bank loans to achieve their career goals, he added.

A unique programme that ASB is promoting, besides offer of free laptops, is a 50 per cent scholarship to one student each from North East Indian states who has completed his/her schooling in rural schools. Two students will be offered 25 per cent scholarship and ten students 10 per cent in a bid to discover and nurture rural talent.

These scholarships are being offered by George M Thomas Foundation. Mr. George M Thomas is the President of Trivandrum International School, Kerala's first international school incorporating Indian and British curriculum and courses. Mr. George M Thomas, an Oman based businessman is the Patron of ASB.

ASB, whose full-fledged eco-friendly residential campus designed by a well-known Singapore architectural firm, has state-of-the-art class-rooms, seminar halls and Wi-Fi facilities is located near the IT hub of Techno Park in Thiruvananthapuram.

The new courses that Prof. Rajeev is developing at the ASB cover areas such as rural marketing, innovation and entrepreneurship, which are considered pioneering initiatives in MBA programmes that are revamped to meet actual industry requirements.

Prof Rajeev is bringing to ASB his considerable teaching and industry consulting experience from IIMs in   Bangalore, Ahmedabad and Kozhikode, where he has taught strategy and innovation.

He holds a BTech in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras, an MS in Computer Science from Syracuse University and MBA from Stanford Business School.

His technology and marketing background with Sun Microsystems, Siemens and Bell Labs has been leveraged to promote several entrepreneurial start-ups firms, both in Silicon Valley and in India.

He has been active in venture capital (VC) industry, advising several VC firms on their investments.

Revamping the MBA curriculum

In India, the number of MBA institutions is much higher than any other line of study.

Today, engineering, pharmaceutical and medical graduates pursue a postgraduate management course for any one of the two reasons — they want to shift or want to sharpen their skills to succeed in their own profession with the help of a management course. Today, there are about 4,500 business schools offering a masters programme in Management.

However, the major concern is ‘quality’ management education. How many business schools in India stand up to the global level? How many enjoy the status of international accreditations — AMBA, EQUIS and AACSB? How many institutions have strong corporate connections? How many have updated their curriculum after the global slow down? Only a handful.

We cannot develop the leaders of tomorrow with the existing curriculum and traditional classroom teaching alone. There is a widening gap between MBA programmes and the business world. If MBA graduates want to meet industry expectations, then there are real needs for the MBA institutions to understand today’s fast changing business-world and need to take a fresh look at MBA programmes.

 Due to globalisation and global slowdown, business games in the industry are changing rapidly. There is a need for global leadership, cross-cultural understanding, entrepreneurial spirit and innovation. International accreditation agencies like AACSB, AMBA and EQUIS focus on these parameters to realise the strong bond between management programmes and the business world. In India, international accreditation is still new to B-schools and only a handful of premier institutions have applied for international accreditations. International accreditations help business schools to re-invent their MBA programme and lead the change, focusing on internationalisation and an updated curriculum to maintain the pace with industry.

International accreditation creates an opportunity for schools to work closely with the industry and alumni, thus bringing schools closer to ground reality and establishing a strong corporate connection. In the coming years, many institutions in India need to reap the benefits of international accreditations.

Developing responsible business leaders

It is imperative to revisit the MBA programme curriculum to cope with this kind of business environment. Two aspects are important while reinventing a programme: Learning within the boundaries of a business school and learning beyond the boundaries of a business school. Learning within the boundaries normally takes place through classroom input or interaction. This learning basically helps students understand concepts and theories of management. For effective learning within the boundaries of an institution, main antecedents, research-based faculty, innovative pedagogy, a digital library and other knowledge infrastructure are the deciding factors. For instance, in case of innovative pedagogy, the theatre technique may be one of the best ways to teach a module in the course and create interest amongst students.

Today, learning beyond the boundaries of a B-school has become important than classroom input within the institution. This encompasses global component like summer schools or a study trip abroad for about a week or two, intensive industry internships and spending a term abroad in a world-class business school for specialised courses.

These are very important to link theory with practice. Also, spending a term abroad alongside of 50-100 nationalities, definitely provides a cross-cultural experience and understanding, global exposure and networking opportunities. These parameters are very important to shape management graduates as global leaders.

Another approach to adding value to an MBA programme is by conducting Business Thought Leadership Series (BTLS). BTLS, conducted by CEOs, management thinkers and management gurus certainly add more colour to an MBA programme.

Thus, today’s changing business world needs global leaders who can make a difference. There is a need to adopt a holistic approach to developing MBA students in sync with the ever-changing managerial and leadership scenario in this borderless economy. Therefore, it is very important, for management institutions in India to reinvent MBA programmes through strong corporate connection, building a strong research base, achieving the status of international accreditation and going global.

Lovely - Lovely

More than 400 International Students from 25 Countries joined Lovely Professional University in the session 2011-2012

Lovely Professional University welcomed more than 400 International students from 25 countries of four continents, North America, Europe, Asia and Africa at its campus. Commenting on this significant development, the Chancellor of the University, Mr. Ashok Mittal said " This is one the biggest international recruitment done by any of the university in India for foreign students. With this addition of close to 400 new international students, the university has now reached another benchmark of becoming the largest university in terms of having the most number of international student in a single campus. The total strength of international students in the campus reached to 600. The present rate of admission of international students is 200% more in comparison to the last year. Various countries from where the students are studying in India includes USA, Italy, Iran, Bhutan, Nepal, Afghanistan, Dubai, Thailand, Iraq, Indonesia, Burundi, Sudan, Uganda, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Tanzania and Kenya etc. These students have opted various courses like BCA , B.Tech, BBA, MBA, MCA and BJ(MC) etc."

In order to acquaint the students about the university, a six hours informative induction programme was scheduled for them. It was comprised of addresses by senior authorities and presentations from relevant departments. Also PPTs were made on the rules and regulations and systems of the university like how to access online available material, academics, examinations, security and discipline. Aimed to get the fresh-students well-adjusted to the culture and traditions prevalent at the University, a campus tour and a two-hour cultural evening was also specially arranged to entertain them.

In a suggestive welcoming address, the Chancellor of the University, Mr. Ashok Mittal expected of all such students, from different continents of the world, to represent themselves, in a way, as true official ambassadors of their respective countries. He said: "Now, on becoming an integral part of the LPU community; you are of course shouldering new responsibilities of more of humane behavior by sharing your culture and traditions with those of others." Motivating them, he exclaimed: "Indeed, it is an entirely new phase of your life. Upholding the traditions and values of India, you have to co-exist with your fellow students on international standards during your entire span of study programme." He also mentioned: "It is really making us proud to see a regular addition in number of students from more and more countries, in every new session. Prior to this, students from India used to go abroad for higher studies but now the trend has been changed a lot. Our University has enrolled many foreign students from different lands. It is, indeed, a strong indication that our efforts will never go in vain and India is once again going to wear the coveted crown of a Master in the realms of Education."

In the evening, students were made to swing, sing, stamp and keep tossing their heads on the melodies of Bhangra & Giddha, Rajasthani Jhoomer, Classical Dances and Rap Performances. Getting boosted the International students also showcased their inborn talents. Some of such students Rafi from USA, Abba Ahmed Muhammed from Nigeria, Suchet from Indonesia, Ganga from Nepal, Vishma Chuwan of Bhutan, Alen Atem representing Sudan, Adeeb al Rumayhi of Bangladesh and others said joyfully: "We are indeed lucky to be received at the largest university of India in the most possible humane manner. No doubt, certain uncertainties were lurking in our minds at first, but the very first day of ours under special Induction Programme has assured us firmly that we are in our own country and among our own persons."

New to MBA?? - A Few Guide Lines for the Aspirants

Persons willing to aspire for MBA in India should read their own mind before deciding to sit for CAT or MAT, the entrance examinations which one must clear with color in order to secure a berth in the MBA institutes or varsities in India. This is because of the facts that MBA  inIndia demands certain qualities from the aspirants, qualities like firmness in character, excellent talent, higher degree of patience, exceptional inquisitiveness, creative instincts, capacity to work hard, bulldog tenacity and material knowledge in any domain of studies already made. And this is not a matter of joke meaning something ordinary.

CAT, MAT and other entrance examinations are conducted every year by authorities of reputation to select students from the aspirants. It is important to note that these examinations are difficult. The examinees require adequate preparation to achieve the target and to secure a berth in the prestigious institutes and universities for MBA in India.

MBA in India provides wide range of specialization programs in Master of Business Administration courses. The students are to choose from Human Resources, Marketing, Finance and from many other specialization programs. The universities and institutes assist the students and guide them. It does not always depend on the choice of the students. Certain conditions are to be fulfilled to get the preferred and demanding courses.

MBA in India provides two-year courses with four semesters in which the last semester is meant for researches. Persons who are already in professions can also go for MBA courses. There is provision of one-year executive MBA for them. There are some universities which provide online MBA courses.

The aspirants should know that finance is very important in MBA . This is to mean that the students must be capable of funding for this course. Of course, there are scholarships provisions and meritorious students have an access to it. It is also a fact that Indian banks play a part in offering substantial loans to the students who have secured a berth in the highly reputed institutes in India.

MBA in India has added glorious feathers to the crown of India. MBA institutes have achieved international fame as the students find best of the faculty in their classroom. Management professionals of higher ranks are actually visiting lecturers in different the educational centers. The institutes provide scopes for the students to solve the complex challenges of the modern industries and practical classes are given equal importance with the theoretical studies. The result of this kind of caring and endeavor is worth-noticing; thousands of management professionals emerged from MBA in India are in great business houses with stirring in hand.

INSPIRATIONS - RAsmi Bansal ;Social entrepreneurs: 20 inspiring stories from India

Harvesting stories of people who have successfully committed themselves to social change is what author Rashmi Bansal is passionate about. Now, with her third book Bansal seeks to spread the work of idealists "who have found new ways to solve old problems."

"I want to spread the inspiring real stories of entrepreneurs who have made a difference in the lives of people around them," says Bansal whose first and second books featured entrepreneurs with and without MBA degrees respectively.

In her book "I Have a Dream" published by Westland Bansal portrays the stories of 20 "social entrepreneurs" who have used the principles of business to create a better world.

Divided into three sections -"Rainmakers" "Changemakers" and "Spiritual Capitalists", the book records stories of people like Bindeshwar Pathak, who started the Sulabh Movement for sanitation and hygiene in the country.

The tome also features "Parivartan", started by rights activist Arvind Kejriwal who activated the Right to Information movement at the grassroots level.

"The people featured here are unique because they may not have tasted success in the conventional sense but have created a difference in the lives of people around them" she says.

While "Mirakle Couriers" is about empowering the hearing impaired, "Goonj" is the story about aiding disaster hit people with clothes. "Akshaya Patra" is an emotional story of serving meals to the homeless.

Bansal's stories are a step in a similar direction followed in her first book venture "Stay Hungry Stay Foolish" which she says happened by pure chance she was approached by her alma mater IIM-A to do a project on MBA entrepreneurs.

It was followed by "Connect the Dots" on entrepreneurs without an MBA.

"There's a wave of entrepreneurship in India today and people need new role models from within the country. Come to think of it today India stories are becoming important discussion topics at places like the Harvard," she says.

The author who was a journalist once and had run her own youth magazine says "Youngsters today are always looking for role models and I hope they can find them in the individuals and stories I have featured in my books."

"I searched out these people partly based on what I read about them elsewhere, sometimes on the basis of recommendations of friends and partly led by gut feelings," says the Mumbai-based author who doubles up as a motivational speaker for youth.

"Often I had to coax the people featured here for interviews as they thought the credit should go to those working in their organisations rather than highlighting themselves," adds Bansal.

Writing about business and entrepreneurship, the author says, is what she loves the most. "I read a lot, on varied subjects and will always be a writer. Yes, the format may change. Who knows I might even write fiction."

ISBR 2011-2013

Inauguration of 2011-2013 MBA/PGDM Batch at ISBR Business Schools Bangalore

ISBR is inaugurating its MBA & PGDM Batches for the academic year 2011 - 2013 on 10th August 2011.

Following Guest would be addressing aspiring student to begin their career ladder at ISBR Bangalore

• Veerabhadrappa, G.S. (DIRECTOR - Syscon Instruments Private Limited)
• Mrs Rama N S (Chief Executive Officer - Electronic City Industries Association)
• Ms. Aruna C Newton (Head of Design & Research - Infosys Limited)

Every Student undergo rigorous training for 2 years with various Opportunities in terms of Guest Lectures, Industrial Visit, Internship, Project, Assessments, Activities like Sports, Cultural, Plays, Dramas etc.

Every Student at ISBR is provided an opportunity to participate among the various Cell and Club available at ISBR. Cells & Club like Entrepreneurial Cell, Innovation Cell, Case Study Club, Writers Cell, Sports Cell, Cultural Club and many more

Student gain utmost freedom to come out with innovative thoughts to explore and sharpen their Entrepreneurial spirit and put it into practice by means of these Cells & Clubs.

Every Student right from the day their academics begin are closely monitored for their behavioral pattern, grooming, communication etc to ensure right pattern of Boot-up Session can be provided to mould them to be ready to lead an honorable life.

Notes to Editor

About ISBR

ISBR Bangalore one among the Top Colleges for MAB in India , known for its quality in study atmosphere and education ISBR Bangalore is an AICTE Approved College located in Electronic City Bangalore. Established under the Bangalore Educational Trust specialized in offering Post Graduate Programs like PGDM & MBA Course. Offering an atmosphere to engrave a holistic development of every individual arriving from varied streams like Engineering, BBM, BBA, BCOM, BCA, BSc, Hotel Management, MCA, MCom, LLB etc. across India to shape their Career in the finest of the Educational Institute to be the best of the lot by getting selected to Prestigious Institute of Bangalore Educational Trust.

 

KASSIA Not So Small Now

Kassia plans to offer MBA, BBM courses

Karnataka Small Scale Industries Association (Kassia) will now have its own school of business management which will offer a range of short-term and long term management courses like Executive MBA, BBM. Kassia state president Prakash N Raikar told Sunday TimesIndia that the courses will be offered through distance education. They are intended to develop entrepreneurship skills among people working in the industry. of

Kassia has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Kuvempu University for the purpose. Though it is a distance learning programme, there will be compulsory classes during weekends. The faculty will be drawn from specialists in industry and business management education.

The syllabus has been designed to suit the industry needs and help the entrepreneurs to expand their domain of business. It will lay stress on skills like finance, marketing, labour acts, human relations etc, which Raikar said most of the small entrepreneurs are lacking, affecting the growth of their industries.

The learners will also get the study materials. To begin with, short term courses in finance and administration will be started from September. The duration of short term courses will be one to three months.

The executive-MBA and BBM courses will start from January next year. The intake for each course will be 50. Raikar said that first they will start these courses only in Bangalore and depending on its success they will extend it to other major cities of the state.

 

!!M Ranchi - Getting Flexible

Fortnightly course for execs at IIM Ranchi

 The Indian Institute of Management Ranchi (IIM-R) has some good news for working executives in Jharkhand who are planning to pursue MBA but cannot move out of the state. The institute has decided to start a post-graduate programme for working executives. The first session of the 18-month programme will start from September.

Director of IIM-R, M J Xavier, said there was huge demand for the course from different sectors. After preparing the course module it was put before the governing body for approval. "The governing board approved of the course and it was decided that each batch would have 40 candidates," said Xavier.

The course has been designed with an eye on demand in different industries, especially those working in the state. "We were getting requests from companies like the Central Coalfields Limited, Steel Authority of India Limited and Heavy Engineering Corporation," said Xavier.

CATCHING THE BRANCH

ISB programme for senior executives catches on

Gautam Ashok Choksi did his undergraduation in the US before plunging into his family business some 13-odd years ago. Though he enjoyed his work as vice president-finance of Hindustan Platinum Limited, his desire to obtain an MBA degree never left him.

“I was interested in getting world-class education but my business responsibilities did not give scope for me to join a full-time MBA course,” he told Business Standard.

Mumbai-based Choksi is now able to fulfil his ambition, thanks to the Post Graduate Programme in Management for Senior Executives (PGPMAX) started by the Hyderabad-based Indian School of Business a year ago. “The programme presented an ideal opportunity for me to pursue my studies,” Choksi said adding his perspective changed “tremendously” after joining the course.

According to Choksi, the programme not only updated him on the latest management principles but also gave him a broader insight into the areas, which were not his speciality.

Similar views were expressed by Shikha Ankur Bagai, who is a chief financial officer at IL&FS Securities Services Limited. “The programme is pretty well-designed. It is a combination of good faculty, good course content and, of course, the peer group,” she said, adding the fee of Rs 27.5 lakh for the 18-month programme was “worth it.”

ISB deputy dean, Deepak Chandra, said PGPMAX was aimed at making business leaders. The programme was designed on a schedule that minimises disruption of work. Participants would be on campus for a 7-day schedule of classroom learning every sixth week.

Having an average work experience of 16 years in diverse fields, Chandra said, the participants learn more from each other than from classroom lectures. “There will be a wider exposure because of diversity,” he said.

For instance, the first batch of PGPMAX in 2010-11 comprised students from as many as 14 fields including telecom, real estate, trading, automobile, finance, energy, consulting, FMCG, IT and even NGOs.

There is also a physician, Mahesh Ramvilas Joshi, who has joined the course. Joshi, who heads the emergency medicine unit at Apollo Hospitals, said his intention to join the course was basically to explore how emergency medicalcare could be expanded.

Stating that the entire fee was borne by him, the doctor said the course had come in handy for him in optimising the resources at his command for providing better healthcare.

Not just from the private sector, there are participants from the employee of the public sector too. One of them is Bhanu Pratap Yadav, who is working as executive director at Rural Electrification Corporation Limited.

Yadav said the course gave him exposure to management practices in various areas, which would be useful both for him and the organisation he works for.

Going by the words of Chandra, the programme was getting very good response. Over 300 people applied for the course this year of which, 66 have been admitted.

“We have not advertised PGPMAX internationally, yet we got 18 participants from abroad,” Chandra said, adding 68 per cent paid the fee on their own while 20 per cent of the students were sponsored by the organisations they were working with. The remaining 12 per cent received partial sponsorship.

Engineers To MBA

MBA Batch 2011-13: Engineers continue to dominate top B schools

The MBA has become a much sought after degree for the engineering students of our country. This is not just a mere statement, but a fact. The MBA tag has, it seems, become a must for the engineers who pass out from the technical institutions.

Most of the seats in top B-schools are filled with students from the engineering background. In some of the top B-schools, such as IIM Ahmedabad and IIM Calcutta, the percentage of MBA students with engineering background is more than 90%.

The batch profiles of students admitted in India’s B schools this year indicate the continuity of this trend. At IIM Indore the number of engineering students admitted to the 2011-13 batch, which has total size of 450, is 400+. It is interesting to note that of these 400+ students more than 35% have no work experience. This surely indicates that most of the engineering pass outs prefer to jump to a Bschool right after completing their course at their engineering school.

At IIM Calcutta of the total 462 students 93% students have an engineering background. More than 12% of these students have experience in finance and consulting, the preferred careers of graduates of this institute.

IIM Lucknow has also maintained its image as the destination for engineers with 82% of the batch of 419 students admitted this year having an engineering degree. 42 per cent students have less than a year’s work experience.

This trend is not just visible at the older IIMs, but also the new IIMs. At IIM Rohtak of the 124 students admitted this year 114 students belong to the engineering domain. 71 students have prior work experience.

The IIMs and other top B-schools like XLRI, MDI, IMT, are very well aware of the fact that major pie of MBA seats are taken by engineering students. In view of this the leading B-schools have been trying hard to add more colour to their campuses by taking in students from diverse disciplines. This years’ batch profiles indicate that the top B schools still remain good hunting ground for engineering background aspirants.

But the MBA aspirants should not be worried as there are many B-schools in the top league that take students from other educational backgrounds as well. XLRI Jamshedpur, SPJIMR Mumbai, NMIMS Mumbai, FMS Delhi, JBIMS Mumbai, IMI Delhi, BIMTECH Greater Noida are some of the top league B-schools that take non-engineering students in good numbers.