Manav Rachna Educational Institutions(MREI) was founded in 1997. The in-stitutions have grown to become one

of the best education entities in the countryand have built a reputation for excellence inprofessional education and research.

Faculty of Management Studies (FMS) un-der MRIU, which was established in 2008, havebecome one of the top ranked B-Schools and is ranked among the Top 10 by Mail Today

Survey and by India’s best B-School survey 2012by Career 360. It was the only B-School to be fea-tured from north India in CNN-IBN’s ‘ShiningB-Schools of India’ series in January 2013.

FMS believes in holistic learning and devel-opment of students through innovative peda-gogy based on experiential learning and in-tensive trainings in employability skills, lifeskills and communication skills through ac-tivities such as field trainings, live projects andoutbound trainings. FMS also believes that ed-ucation should be within the reach of every stu-dent. Hence, the various programs fee struc-ture is quite competitive and reasonable.FMS-MRIU offers diverse and industry focused programs such as: Masters in Busi-ness Administration with Dual specialisation

in various subjects such as:Finance (in collaboration with KPMG)Healthcare Management (in collaborationwith Fortis)Human Resource Management (in collabo-ration with Hay)Marketing ManagementInternational BusinessInformation TechnologyMedia Management (in collaboration withIchieve)

Executive MBA: Leadership and Strategy Man-agement (in collaboration with JBM-Hay) MAin Applied Psychology, BSc, Hotel Management,Doctoral Programs in Management. FMS hastie ups with world renowned consultancies astheir academic partners such as KPMG for Finance courses, Fortis for Healthcare

Management, Hay Group for HR, JBM for Ex-ecutive MBA and Icheive for Media Manage-ment where the corporate experts from thesecompanies would be taking the classes for theirrespective specialisations and also provide place-ments.Placement and Corporate Interface: FMS hasachieved 100% placements in 200-plus compa-nies over the past years where the students havebeen placed in renowned companies such asMaruti, TCS, HCL, Ceasefire, Hewitt, Indiab-ulls, Justdial, Naukri.com, Citibank, IBM,99acres, Escorts, Wipro, Techmahindra, YesBank, Birla Sunlife and many more.Human Lab: This makes it one of the first in-stitutes in the entire Haryana and Delhi-NCRto undertake such an initiative. The lab undertakes Assessment and Psychometric pro-filing to Support for Emotional, Behaviouraland Mental problems; Training and Develop-ment, Research and Construction of Instru-ments for Psychometric evaluation. This makesFMS a premier institute which not only con-nects students to the real world of opportuni-ties, but also a place for self knowledge and selfenhancement.

Faculty of Management Studies, Manav Rachna

International UniversitySector 43, Delhi Surajkund Road,

Aravalli Hills, Faridabad,Phone: +91-129-4259000

www.mriu.edu.in

CMYK

IMT Ghaziabad is undertakingrigorous future-ready initia-tives under the mission:

‘Local Depth, Global Breadth’.This is manifested in terms of anew ‘practicum’-oriented peda-gogy placing students with mar-quee companies. Ninety per centof its faculty are teaching abroad(and at IIMs). The institute hasthe best research records nation-ally and 40% of its students aregetting international exposure inthe course of their education atIMT, including internships.

The institute has been featuredin every major ranking.IMT wasranked third in Outlook India'sranking of private B-Schools, theEconomic Timesranked IMT seventhoverall and fifth as perthe perception of cor-porates in 2011; IMTwas also awarded thehighest-possible A***(a triple-star) rating byCRISIL.

IMT Ghaziabad hasconsistently been inthe most-respectedTop 10 rankings in In-dia for several years now. With itsentry into the CNBC Top 10 in2013, IMT breaks into yet anotherprestigious ranking.

IMT was ranked ninth by Business India and Businessworldrespectively in 2012. Earlier this

year, Dr Bibek Banerjee, Directorof IMT Ghaziabad, received theAIMS International OustandingB-School Director of the YearAward from the Director of IIMBangalore.

Speaking about the award,

Dr Banerjee said, “Globalisation,technology and the environmen-tal crisis are combining to poseunprecedented and complex chal-lenges to our society. They are alsothrowing up incredible opportu-nities. But as Albert Einstein said,‘The same knowledge that creat-ed our present-day problems can-not be expected to show ways ofsolving them’.We have to step outof all boxes. This explains IMT’sreinvention agenda: to be readyfor the future before it appears-ifpossible, to help shape it ratherthan being surprised when itdrops in.”

A PhD from Purdue and Pro-fessor of Marketing at the IIM

Ahmedabad prior tohis appointment atIMT Ghaziabad,Dr Banerjee’s mantrafor building a future-ready B-School is in-vesting in top-classfaculty, undertakingincisive research andadopting contempo-rary teaching meth-ods. He has also pi-loted strategic inter-

national collaborations and part-nerships for IMT with GEMFrance for its prestigious Doctor-ate in Business Administration(DBA) degree, a specialised MBAon Service Management with ISSHamburg, and another with

Kellogg in the area of Rural Busi-ness Innovation.

The institute guided by its Director has launched a Doctor ofBusiness Administration (DBA)program jointly with GrenobleEcole de Management (GEM),France, a global leader in man-agement education. “This first-of-its-kind degree program in Indiawill give the executive talent in In-dia an opportunity to leveragetheir rich and deep experience atwork to obtain a globally-renowned doctoral degree with-out having to leave their jobs in In-dia,” says Dr Banerjee. The IMT-GEM joint DBA is one of the sixsuch programs in the world to beaccredited by AMBA (Associationof MBAs).

The DBA is a unique research-based, issue-driven qualificationoffered across India and France

and focuses on the broad areas ofmanagement of technology, or-ganisational design and innova-tion, mixing academic rigour andrelevant business practices. Thisthree-year program is structuredto facilitate part-time study so thatstudents can combine ongoing ca-reers with their doctoral research,incorporate the same in their man-agerial practice and attain thehighest possible level of businessqualification.

This program is divided into twostages wherein the first stage stu-dents learn research methodolo-gy and data analysis techniqueswhereas the second consists pri-marily of individual research, un-der the supervision of a fully-qual-ified professor with broad rangeof expertise and international rep-utation in technology, innovationand change management.

GLOBALISATION, TECHNOLOGYAND THE ENVIRONMENTALCRISIS ARE COMBINING TOPOSE UNPRECEDENTED ANDCOMPLEX CHALLENGES TO OUR SOCIETY

>> DR BIBEK BANERJEE,

DIRECTOR OF IMT GHAZIABAD

While compiling the Top 50 B-SchoolSurvey 2013, the key challengewas to differentiate the rankings

published by The Times Group versus therankings published elsewhere. It wasagreed upon to include key stakeholdersin the survey for it to be broad-based andreflect the opinions of the different stake-holder segments. Primarily, the Top 50 B-School Survey involved two components:Perceptual and Fact-based surveys.REFINING THE NUMBER GAME

Perceptual Survey: A structured ques-tionnaire was administered in face-to-faceinterviews or over the emails to four keystakeholder segments: current attendees,MBA aspirants, alumni and recruiters.All in all, a target of 2,161 respondents wasachieved across eight cities: Delhi,Lucknow, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata,Patna, Mumbai and Ahmedabad. The respondents were asked to rate the B-Schools based on seven parameters:

quality of students, quality of faculty, qual-ity of academic inputs (method of teach-ing, number of lecture hours per subjectin a term, total number of credits/ papersneeded to be cleared to get the degree,total number of dropouts per batch), qual-ity of physical infrastructure (hostel accommodation, laptops/PCs for students,books/online catalogues in the library,Wireless Internet facility, subscription toforeign journals/online databases, extra-curricular facilities), value placed by themarket on a student, international initia-tives and engagement initiatives (man-agement development programs conduct-ed, alumni meets undertaken across cities,number of books and articles in journalspublished by permanent faculty in an academic year, industry conferences/seminars organised, total revenue gener-ated from consultancy assignments/ incubation cells/ projects undertaken).

The information collected highlighted

the importance of the seven parametersusing a 100-point chip sum game. Further,it provided the ranking of the respondent’stop 10 B-Schools on each of the seven parameters (for example: Rank 1 for thetop B-School and Rank 10 for the 10 th B-School).

Significantly, to avoid the possibility of abiased opinion, a respondent’s alma-materwas excluded from the rankings in the caseof attendees, alumni and recruiters. The Perceptual Survey Rankings include onlythose B-Schools from which at least two batch-es have passed out (institutes that are operational since 2008 or earlier).

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TOP 50 B-SCHOOLS (WITH IIMs)

1 Indian Institute of Management (IIM-Ahmedabad)

2 Indian Institute Of Management (IIM-Bangalore)

3 Indian Institute Of Management (IIM-Calcutta)

4 Indian Institute Of Management (IIM-Lucknow)

5 Indian Institute Of Management (IIM-Indore)

6 Indian School of Business (ISB), Hyderabad

7 Xavier Labour Relation Institute School Of Management, (XLRI), Jamshedpur

8 Indian Institute Of Management (IIM-Kozhikode)

9 Faculty of Management Studies (FMS), Delhi

10 Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT), Delhi

11 Amity Business School, Noida

12 Tata Institute Of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai

13 Loyola Institute Of Business Administration (LIBA), Chennai

14 Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT), Kolkata

15 Department of Management Studies (IIT-Delhi)

16 Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies (JBIMS), Mumbai

17 Symbiosis Institute Of Business Management (SIBM), Pune

18 Management Development Institute (MDI), Gurgaon

19 S.P. Jain Institute Of Management & Research (SPJIMR), Mumbai

20 Narsee Monjee Institute Of Management Studies (NMIMS), Mumbai

21 ICFAI Business School(IBS), Hyderabad

22 Department of Industrial and Management Engineering(IIT-Kanpur)

23 Symbiosis Institute of Business Management (SIBM)Bangalore

24 Symbiosis Centre For Management And Human Resource Development (SCMHRD), Pune

25 Welingkar Institute of Management Mumbai

26 Symbiosis Institute of International Business (SIIB), Pune

27 National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli

28 Institute of Management, Nirma University, Ahmedabad

29 ICFAI Business School (IBS), Mumbai

30 Institute of Management Technology (IMT), Ghaziabad

31 Department of Management Studies (IIT-Roorkee)

32 Great Lakes Institute of Management (GLIM), Chennai

33 Mudra Institute of Communications, Ahmedabad (MICA)

34 Institute of Rural Management (IRMA), Anand (Gujarat)

35 SRM University, Chennai

36 ICFAI Business School (IBS), Gurgaon

37 K.J.Somaiya Institute of Management Studies & Research (SIMSR), Mumbai

38 Xavier Institute of Management (XIMB), Bhubaneshwar

39 Indian Institute of Management (IIM-Shillong)

40 Shailesh J. Mehta School of Management (IIT-Mumbai)

41 VIT University, Vellore

42 National Institue of Industrial Engineering (NITIE), Mumbai

43 T.A. Pai Management Institute (TAPMI), Manipal

44 Welingkar Institute of Management Development & Research, Bangalore

45 Goa Institute of Management (GIM), Goa

46 Xavier Institute of Management & Research (XIMR), Mumbai

47 PSG Institute of Management (PSGIM), Coimbatore

48 SIES College Of Management Studies, Mumbai

49 Birla Institute of Management Technology (BIM Tech), Delhi

50 Department of Management Studies (IIT-Chennai)

RANK NAME OF THE B-SCHOOL

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difference

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of managers 4DSIMS offers a series

of uniqueinterventions for

new-age managers

Vidyalankar isredefining

managerial skills 7More B-Schools that

can be considered topursue MBA Program

iFEEL trains students to scale

the corporate ladder faster 3

MET is changing thecorporate world

scenario since 1989

Welingkar is churning out

managers that arefuture-ready 5

iConnect is a next-genbusiness education

program offered by ITM

ITM-IFM gives theopportunity to further

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B-SCHOOL UNPLUGGEDTHE TIMES GROUP-TNS B-SCHOOLSURVEY 2013 INVOLVED TWOCOMPONENTS: PERCEPTUAL ANDFACT-BASED SURVEYS. A TARGETOF 2,161 RESPONDENTS ACROSSEIGHT CITIES WAS ACHIEVED. THIS IS APART FROM THE 250 B-SCHOOLS WHO WERECONTACTED FOR THE SURVEY. THE SURVEYS WERE CARRIED OUTFROM NOVEMBER 2012 TOFEBRUARY 2013

TOP 50 B-SCHOOLS (WITHOUT IIMs)

1 Indian School of Business (ISB), Hyderabad

2 Xavier Labour Relation Institute School Of Management

(XLRI), Jamshedpur

3 Faculty of Management Studies (FMS), Delhi

4 Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT), Delhi

5 Amity Business School, Noida

6 Tata Institute Of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai

7 Loyola Institute Of Business Administration (LIBA), Chennai

8 Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT), Kolkata

9 Department of Management Studies (IIT-Delhi)

10 Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies (JBIMS),

Mumbai

11 Symbiosis Institute Of Business Management (SIBM), Pune

12 Management Development Institute (MDI), Gurgaon

13 S.P. Jain Institute Of Management & Research (SPJIMR),

Mumbai

14 Narsee Monjee Institute Of Management Studies (NMIMS),

Mumbai

15 ICFAI Business School(IBS), Hyderabad

16 Department of Industrial and Management Engineering

(IIT-Kanpur)

17 Symbiosis Institute of Business Management (SIBM),

Bangalore

18 Symbiosis Centre For Management And Human Resource

Development (SCMHRD), Pune

19 Welingkar Institute of Management, Mumbai

20 Symbiosis Institute of International Business (SIIB), Pune

21 National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli

22 Institute of Management, Nirma University, Ahmedabad

23 ICFAI Business School(IBS), Mumbai

24 Institute of Management Technology (IMT), Ghaziabad

25 Department of Management Studies (IIT-Roorkee)

26 Great Lakes Institute of Management (GLIM), Chennai

27 Mudra Institute of Communications (MICA), Ahmedabad

28 Institute of Rural Management (IRMA), Anand (Gujarat)

29 SRM University, Chennai

30 ICFAI Business School(IBS), Gurgaon

31 K.J.Somaiya Institute of Management Studies & Research

(SIMSR), Mumbai

32 Xavier Institute of Management (XIMB), Bhubaneshwar

33 Shailesh J. Mehta School of Management(IIT-Mumbai)

34 VIT University, Vellore

35 National Institue of Industrial Engineering (NITIE), Mumbai

36 T.A. Pai Management Institute (TAPMI), Manipal

37 Welingkar Institute of Management Development &

Research, Bangalore

38 Goa Institute of Management (GIM), Goa

39 Xavier Institute of Management & Research (XIMR),

Mumbai

40 PSG Institute of Management (PSGIM), Coimbatore

41 SIES College Of Management Studies, Mumbai

42 Birla Institute of Management Technology (BIM Tech), Delhi

43 Department of Management Studies (IIT-Chennai)

44 Department of Business Management, Kolkata

45 Amrita School of Business, Coimbatore

46 The Oxford College of Business Management

47 Institute for Technology and Management (ITM), Mumbai

48 Vinod Gupta School of Management (IIT-Kharagpur)

49 IMS, Noida

50 Chennai Business School, Chennai

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KINDLY SHARE THE MANTRA OF LPU’SSUCCESS ON INTERNATIONAL LINKAGESFRONT?

Since its inception, LPU has subscribed tothe education model followed by the best ofthe global universities - especially the lead-ing US and UK-based universities. Our cur-riculum, pedagogy, infrastructure, systemsand processes - are all as per internationalstandards. This has made various interna-tional universities, identify with LPU moreeasily, as we are on the same wavelength asthey are. The similarities between us andthem have fuelled closer cooperation in pro-viding world class education. Consequently,LPU has tie ups with 35 universities acrossthe globe, namely USA, UK, Australia, Cana-da, New Zealand, South Africa, Brazil,among others.

ENUMERATE THE STEPS TAKEN BY LPU INPLACING A HIGH-QUALITY FACULTY TEAM FORITS B-SCHOOL?

At LPU, we are very particular and choosywhen it comes to selecting people who willman our classrooms in the teaching capacity.We have hired some of the best brains of thecountry, graduating from premiere institutesof India and abroad. Their skills are furtherrefined through regular FDPs (faculty devel-opment programs) encouraging researchand exposure to various symposiums, confer-ences and conclaves. The university has putin place an extensive research facility in theshape of 1.5 lakh sq. ft. of research block forfaculty and students alike to kindle the sparkof inventiveness and inquisition.

WHAT ARE THE INITIATIVES TAKEN BY LPUTO DEVELOP ENTREPRENEURSHIP SKILLSAMONGST ITS STUDENTS?

The university has a dedicated depart-ment of Entrepreneurship Development tofurther the culture of entrepreneurshipamongst students where expert advice and

consultation is rendered to them to under-take business initiatives in the domain oftheir liking. The department acts as an in-cubator for new and ingenious ideas thatcan be transformed into successful businessventures. LPU assists its students and facul-ty to undertake such ventures by providingtechnical and financial resources in a siz-able proportion. The evolution of LPU Uni-Mall, the retail marketing hub run and man-aged by the students, has further reinforcedthe entrepreneurship drive undertaken bythe University. The UniMall serves as a test-ing ground to assess the entrepreneurship-oriented skills of students in a controlledenvironment, before taking plunge in theopen market. The success of university’smega-departmental store ‘Wannabuy’ andother projects bears testimony to the factthat the university has delivered on thecount of promoting entrepreneurshipstreaks amongst the students.

LPU IS CONSIDERED TO HAVE ONE OF THEMOST DIVERSE STUDENT POPULATIONS,HOW DOES IT HELP IN THE LEARNINGPROCESS?

At present, we have students from 26 coun-tries from all across the globe, namely theUS, Africa, Europe, Australia and Asia. Inthe national context; we have students from28 states of the country, making LPU a melt-ing point of cross-cultural learning. Aftertheir classes, students gather together fordiscussions amongst themselves, striving tolearn from each other's culture, experiencesand knowledge. The students from differentcultures have set up a mega network, wherethey pool their academic resources andstrive to work on common projects - bring-ing different perspectives while solving acommon problem. Also, management is alsoabout building network and at LPU MBAstudents are able to make global connectionfor life time.

LPU HAS RECENTLY SHOT UP IN VARIOUSRANKING...

LPU has set a target of featuring in thelist of top 200 universities of the world by2020; thereby adopting a tepid approach to-wards comparison with others in the fray.We have set a path to traverse, and we arehappy that the distance travelled so far hasbeen appreciated and recognised by studentsand academic fraternity worldwide. Variouscredible rating agencies through their as-sessment of LPU, has motivated us to scalefurther heights in the realm of provision ofbest quality education. Outlook, India Today,to name a few, through their rankings haveacknowledged LPU as the new educationpowerhouse in the delivery of quality educa-tion. Not only at national level but also at in-ternational forums, LPU has been adulatedas an emerging global player in quality edu-cation. Recently, LPU was awarded as BestEmerging B-School in Asia in Singapore.

KINDLY TELL US ABOUT YOUR PLACEMENTRECORD?

Nearly 300 global and Indian superbrands, including PSUs from diverse sectorslike manufacturing, IT/ITeS, banking, in-surance, hospitality, healthcare manage-ment, pharma, infrastructure have hiredLPU students. Some of the companies thathave recently recruited students from LPUinclude Asian Paints, ICICI, Tommy Hilfiger,Pepsi, Naukari.com, Reliance Money, toname a few.

MET (Mumbai EducationalTrust) Schools of Man-agement is a conglomerate

of premier B-Schools which is driv-en by a single-minded focus on im-parting quality education. With amission to redefine the system ofeducation, MET was established in1989. It is a professionally-managed,multi-disciplinary and multi-faceted oasis of knowledge. Its pre-mier educational institutes conductuniversity-accredited and au-tonomous courses to help youngprofessionals face the challengesand make their mark in the corpo-rate world.

Set up with a mission to offer ex-cellence in professional education,Bhujbal Knowledge Centre, Mum-bai and Bhujbal Knowledge City,Nashik, MET have institutesequipped with the state-of-the-artinfrastructure, dedicated faculty,which delivers world-class learn-ing systems and an innovative ap-proach to academics. MET has con-sistently created participative learn-ing platforms by providing oppor-tunities to interact with globalknowledge leaders, entrepreneurs,scholars, statesmen and social re-formers.

Their efforts have been ac-knowledged by the UN (ECOSOC),New York, where MET studentshave added value by helping themset up a Paperless Committee,which is contributing immenselytowards saving trees and preserv-ing the environment.MET offers varied flagship busi-ness management programmesto suit the demands of industryand students’ needs:

Masters in Management Studies(MMS)Executive Management Pro-grammes (MMM, MIM, MFM,MHRDM)

Campus-based e-empoweredMBA(eMBA)eMBA-Finance (Banking and Insurance)eMBA-Insurance, in partnershipwith The CII (Chartered Insur-ance Institute, London)Post-Graduate Diploma in Man-agement (e-Business) - PGDM (e-Business)PG in Mass Media ManagementDistance learning programmesin ManagementAffiliated to the University

of Mumbai and offering the

University Degree entitled Mastersin Management Studies (MMS),MET blends the credibility of theUniversity course that some of themore traditional employers relyupon with offering unique learn-ing systems and additional inputsto address niche areas. This alsoserves to iron out specific issuesthat might arise from the studentcomposition by training studentsin foreign languages and aidingtheir communication through lan-guage training offered through theLanguage Laboratory to give themgreater confidence.

A unique step undertaken has

been the autonomous campus-basede-empowered MBA (eMBA) coursethat MET launched in the late ’90s,bringing together the e-commerceand management streams in an at-tempt to ensure corporate success.Moreover, being ahead of its time,the course has saved the industrythe efforts of training students inthe area of e-business that has beengradually but definitely replacingtraditional working systems. Inkeeping with the times, MET hasadded the digital marketing streamsto make the course more viable toindustry requirements.

Another need of the industry thatMET has fulfilled is in the sunrisesectors of banking and insurance.Given the need for trained profes-sionals to replace general employ-ees that were earlier absorbed bythe insurance industry, MET offersstudents specific training in the ar-eas of core banking and insurance,to serve the increasing need of adeveloping country for informedprofessionals in this area. Workingin both the national and interna-tional arenas, they have broughttheir knowledge of e-commerce, fi-nance and the specifics of bankingand insurance to further the busi-

ness of the sectors.MET also has campus-based

e-empowered MBA in the insurancesector, in collaboration with TheChartered Insurance Institute, Lon-don, through which MET offers in-ternational exposure and certifi-cation to students. This helps stu-dents develop a holistic view to-wards business gaining an edgethrough an exposure to interna-tional practices and expectations.

MET has set up the Post-Gradu-ate Diploma in Management (e-Business), which has the approval of AICTE. A programmethat has produced cutting-edge

TRUE GRIT: MET MBAMET LEAGUE OF COLLEGES: MENTORING SHARP PROFESSIONALSAND ENTREPRENEURS FOR CORPORATE LEADERSHIP SINCE 1989

Today’s economic condi-tions globally have put in-dustries on a cautiouspath. CEOs all over the

globe are feeling increasingly chal-lenged by the complexities of theenvironment as they find their or-ganisations ill-equipped to copewith situations that are new,volatile and uncertain. Hence,companies are wary about the wayforward. The leaders of tomorrowwill have to possess innovativemindsets that look beyond the ob-vious, creative ‘out-of-the-box’ideas and a fire in the belly to turnthem into sustainable solutionsfor the benefit of the society, theorganisation and the individual.

Welingkar’s lead in reinventingmanagement education by offer-ing an AICTE approved two-yearfull-time PGDM-Business Designprogram, with ‘Design Thinking’and ‘Innovation’ at its core, wasdriven by the need to place ourgraduates in a commanding posi-tion in the contemporary corpo-rate world.

‘Design thinking’ is now a com-mon thread that runs through eachof Welingkar's AICTE approvedtwo-year full-time PGDM programslike e-Biz, Business Design, Fam-ily-Managed Business, Retail,Healthcare, and the recently in-troduced Rural Management asthis promises to be an effective toolon managing today's as well as to-morrow’s complexities. A designthinker sees constraints not as lim-itations but as opportunities forcreating unique solutions by vi-sualising unseen objects that meetreal world needs. Design thinkingis optimistic, constructive, and ex-periential and is targeted directlyto the end user's facility, benefitand delight. It is a 180-degree in-version of the top down approach.

This approach has been mani-fested in the programs and peda-gogy at Welingkar.

Reaching the bottom of thepyramid – the program way

Renowned Management Guru,the late Dr. C. K. Prahalad proph-esied that fortune lies at the bot-tom of the pyramid. As the out-reach of education, rising incomelevels and subsequent aspirationlevels enabled by advancement inI&CT develops the rural sector asa viable vibrant market, the dearthof business managers who under-stand the pulse of the rural sectorand can provide insights about thisemerging market to the companieshas emerged as a yawning gap.This has created a big demand inthe corporate sector for human re-source that specialise in this area.Banks, telecom, insurance, FMCG,micro-credit and IT companies,struggle to find managers welltrained managers in the areas offinance, marketing, operations, lo-gistics, IT, human resource and in-novation, who will understand andempathise with the rural settingsin India's vast hinterland.

This opportunity prompted Wel-ingkar to launch its AICTE ap-proved two-year full-time PGDMcourses on Rural Management(Emerging Economy) offeringthe students not only the latest syl-labus in core management, butalso on innovation and opportu-nity creation in the emerging mar-kets. The program prepares thestudent to work in any industrysector of their choice with pre-mium knowledge about the ruralsector, facilitated by on-field ruralprojects and research experiencethrough rural internship.

The newly initiated PGDMHealthcare Management pro-gram is yet another programbased on the same philosophy.

The course in Healthcare Man-agement is designed to meet theever-increasing demand in thegrowing economy of India. A man-agement graduate who studies

only general functional areas suchas marketing, production, financewill need to develop an apprecia-tion of the healthcare domain tocontribute meaningfully to thissector. Similarly, a health scienceprofessional lacks knowledge andapplication of management prin-ciples. The healthcare sector is get-ting more and more organised andhas created a need for a large num-ber of trained professionals in thisburgeoning service industry.

This course can be adapted byfreshers, supervisors, junior-lev-el executives and middle levelmanagers, as well as medical doc-tors, nursing home/ diagnosticcenter owners, who wish tostrengthen their managementskills and application in peoplemanagement, finance, operation,communication and other areasin the healthcare sector.

UNIQUE OUTCOMES NEED NEWPEDAGOGY:

Welingkar's cutting-edge peda-gogy and content delivery mecha-nism have given birth to uniqueconcepts like ‘Integrative Manag-er’ wherein multi-disciplinary con-cepts are taught through teamteaching to nurture ‘T-shaped’ pro-fessionals of the future who havethe depth of domain knowledgeand the width of overall perspec-tive and sensitivity to the organi-sation and community. Under theGlobal Citizen Leadership Programstudents work on real-life issuesrelated to rural, healthcare, inno-vation, social issues, HR, urban is-sues, infrastructure, process andsystems & IT and energy, amongothers. The program is being de-livered by Leadership beyondBoundaries, a global initiative bythe Centre for Creative Leadership'(CCL), a premier educational in-stitution in the world focused ex-clusively on democratizing lead-ership development.

This and more is what theWeSchool environment is about.

We welcome you to explore theWorld of Welingkar (WOW) and toparticipate in the selection processfor 2013-15, all you need to do is fillout a Common application formwhich allows you to apply to allthe nine PGDM programs acrossour campuses at Mumbai and Ben-galuru.

ABOUT OUR UNIQUE PROFILEBASED SELECTION PROCESS

Welingkar's profile-based selec-tion process assigns significantvalue to previous academic per-formance, extracurricular activi-ties, application form essay ques-tions, work experience, GDPI, cre-ativity test and psychometric testalong with written test percentiles.This facilitates an aspirant's ad-mission to Welingkar's prestigioustwo-year full-time PGDM courses.These are a wide range of new, fu-ture-ready careers that make aswitch from the conventional pack-age-dominated choices to flexibleoptions that contribute to overallquality of life.

For more information on freecounselling sessions scheduled inyour city, call on the numbers giv-en below.

Contact Details: Prin.L N Welingkar Institute

of Management Development & Research

MUMBAI: L N Road,Matunga CR,

Mumbai 400 019Tel: 022 - 24198300

Ext 8149/ 8150/ 8151BENGALURU Campus:

080-42678300Delhi Office: 098107 75668/

098212 17105 Kolkata Office: 098363 56784

Email:admissions@welingkar.org

www.welingkar.org

we make you tomorrow-ready today

Management education has be-come mired in mundane plati-tudes. This has reduced the capa-

bility of business school graduates to un-derstand and appreciate the concerns ofthe society at large and lessened efficacyof enterprises that employ these gradu-ates, to address the broader societal is-sues. It is critical to infuse oxygen into B-Schools to change this situation. For-mer Chairman of the University GrantsCommission (UGC), Dr Arun Nigavekar,has recently emphasised the need to shun the old curriculum in management

education and prepare CEOs by directingthem to set goals and develop the neces-sary skills to pursue them. Many havepointed out that B-Schools are not ade-quately sensitive to the problems andchallenges of the society at large, whichhas a direct bearing on goal setting.

The Design approach could helpreach and transform the lives of‘more people’

Design thinking, a tried-and-tested in-strument, is laterally and holistically in-novative in its approach and equips themanager to overcome these hurdles andmove closer to the solution. The distinc-tive traits of Design Thinking are that itdemands inquiry into accepted notions,multi-sensory perception, cross domainapplication and prototyping.

This can be illustrated with the help oflive examples. Ronak Gandhi, 2010-12 atWelingkar Institute of Management De-velopment and Research(WeSchool) ,brought home laurels from the Global So-cial Entrepreneurship Competition(GSEC) held at Seattle, USA. A global

social venture competition for interdisci-plinary innovations with commercial via-bility, aimed at reducing poverty in devel-oping countries. Ronak shared her ideasfor 'Srujna,' a project to create sustainablelivelihood for marginalised sections ofthe society. A pilot project was successful-ly undertaken for imparting vocationaltraining in jewellery-making to a group of30 women who were rescued victims ofhuman trafficking. Their team emergedvictorious among applicants from 49countries and also received recognitionfrom the prestigious Indian organisations

like IIM C, NSDC, CII, among others.Similarly, another example is Breson

Wind Turbines, an entrepreneurial initia-tive by Bhupesh Sharma, was nominatedfor TATA FIRST DOT, a nationwide con-test of start-ups, conducted by the Nation-al Entrepreneurship Network (NEN). Bre-son has been making quite a dent in windpower generation within the urban spaceby offering a solution that allows low-costpower generation within the congested en-virons of urban and suburban areas, witha sustainable design that remains produc-tive even when the wind speed is low. TheBreson model represents not only what weneed here and now, but also, what keepsour tomorrow clean, safe and healthy.

Both these examples are about the abili-ty to work on innovative ideas that makean impact of a large number of people atthe Bottom of the Pyramid or a margin-alised population. This approach has thepotential to design the future and B-School students with this skill can ex-pect to play a significant role in thisprocess.

DESIGN THINKING CAN INFUSE

OXYGEN INTO B-SCHOOLS

Prof Dr Uday Salunkhe is the Group Director of Welingkar Institute ofManagement Development & Research (WeSchool). Member, Senatefor University of Mumbai. Chairman, LMC for Association ofManagement Development Institutions in South Asia (AMDISA). Former President NHRDN Mumbai Chapter and Association of IndianManagement Schools (AIMS). Eisenhower Fellow 2012

MR. CHHAGAN BHUJBAL, FOUNDER CHAIRMAN, MET, WITH THE CHIEF GUEST AT

THE RECENTLY HELD MET CONVOCATION

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students and gained immense pop-ularity within five years of itslaunch. It has won the Best PGDMSpecialisation Award for IndianBusiness Schools.

MET Institute of Mass Media(MET IMM) programme offers spe-cialisations in the business man-agement of advertising, journalismand entertainment. Through a se-ries of interactive sessions and eval-uations, the students are guided toself-actualise, pitch and positionthemselves and strike winning ra-tio with the professional challengesof the industry. What makes it moredynamic and successful as a post-graduate programme is the state-of-the-art infrastructure of theB-School and some of the most re-puted industry experts associatedas faculty members.INTERNATIONAL AFFILIATIONS:To create local citizens with aglobal perspective, MET has es-tablished tie-ups with the Michi-gan State University, Tianjin Uni-versity and Hawaii University, thelast of which is in the area ofcommunity colleges, throughwhich there is an attempt toreach out to the underprivilegedsections of the society. MET’s em-pathy for this section of the socialorder has also led them to adopt avillage at Waliv, Vasai and offerwomen from the location trainingin areas that would empowerthem to earn a living.SPECIAL INITIATIVES: MET is thefirst and only B-School in the coun-try that has set up a Centre for Or-ganisational Positivity. Throughthis centre, MET is studying themeasures taken by organisations,using innovative practice to buildand sustain positivity, aiding inbringing about a conducive atmos-phere at the workplace. This wouldhelp MET build models that couldbe replicated by varied organisa-tions and institutions to foster achange that would help retain tal-ent and build commitment.

MET has sound understandingof the pulse of the youth and anawareness of what needs to be doneto rise up to the challenges of thefuture. Mr. Pankaj C. Bhujbal,Trustee, MET, says, “It is no doubtthat our youth today have immensetalent and potential. What they lackis the focus and attitude that wouldhelp them reach the top. In hind-sight, we can say what managementeducation delivers to the youth istrue grit- not merely to stave off thechallenge but conquer it for the ben-efit of the inclusive society we seekto build.”

Toll-free No.: 1800-22-0234 orSMS ‘MET’ to 95373 44666

Email:communications@met.edu

www.met.edu

LPU: THEEMERGING B-SCHOOL

ASHOK MITTAL, CHANCELLOR, LOVELY

PROFESSIONAL UNIVERSITY

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DSIMS is a fast growing B-School in Mumbai, which ispromoted by the Rajasthani

Sammelan. From schools toprofessional educationalinstitutions, Rajasthani Sammelanhas been active in the educationsector for over six decades. Theinstitute has been named after ShriMahavirprasadji's Saraf mother, thelate Smt. Durgadevi Saraf. Theinstitute aims at providingprofessional management educationto students and thereby provideshighly motivated and skilledmanagement professionals to theindustry.THE DSIMS PHILOSOPHY: To meetthe requirement of the industry andto keep the sanctity of the classroomlearning, DSIMS has developed aseries of unique interventions - aunique blended pedagogy whichaims to produce a day-one, job-readymanager. To know more, visitww.dsims.org.inHANDPICKED FACULTY POOL: Thefaculty pool strikes a healthybalance between permanent facultyand visiting faculty from some ofthe best B-Schools in India andoverseas. The international facultyteaches a complete course at DSIMS.

The faculty team is led by theDirector, Dr Rakesh Singh, adistinguished economist and socialscientist. Dr Singh has taught atsome of the best B-Schools acrossthe globe, including INSEAD, AthensUniversity, IIM Kolkata and Ranchi,ISB Hyderabad, Great LakesInstitute of Management Studies,Chennai, among others.THE PEDAGOGY: DSIMS hasadopted a blended pedagogy whereclassroom learning is integratedwith some of the best practices inmanagement education.

The teaching methodologycomprises lectures, case studies,projects, assignments andpresentations coupled with guestlectures, field trips and live projects.

Students are expected to spendconsiderable time for self study and

come prepared for classes.THE COURSES: The vision is to offersomething relevant and impactfulprofessional course to a wide cross-section of students and workingexecutives. The institute offers awide range of courses including:

Two-year AICTE approved PGDM-with focus areas of FinancialMarkets, Marketing andCommunications, Logistics andSupply Chain and OrganisationalPsychology and HRM.Two-year MMS affiliated to theUniversity of Mumbai with

specialisations in Finance,Marketing, HRM and Operations.Three-year part-time programaffiliated to the University ofMumbai leading to the degree ofMMM, MFM and MHRDM.One-year Executive Program inManagement - to suit therequirement of aspiringmanagers.

THE DIFFERENTIATORS: To meet therequirement of the Industry and tokeep the sanctity of the classroomlearning, DSISM has developed aunique feature - The Manager inMaking or MiM program.

OBJECTIVES OF MIM

The MiM program provides:Job Market Recognition andDifferentiationBridge across Disciplines andFunctional KnowledgeFirst-hand Experience ofManagers' Business ChallengesBusiness Perspective on CriticalSocial, Economic and PoliticalIssuesOpportunity to See Dynamics ofInnovation and Change

The MiM program is divided inthree broad disciplines:Personal Excellence: A series ofmeasures to enhance the personalityand personal effectiveness of thestudents.Professional Excellence: A series ofmeasures to enhance theprofessional skills of students andequip them with a more balancedand global view of developmentsthat affect their chosen firm, sectorand the economy.Innovative Excellence: A series ofmeasures that aim developcontemporary perspectives and nextbest practices among students toenhance your employability.IMMERSIONS: Social Sensitivity:To help students to imbibe the spiritof social sensitivity and inclusivegrowth, students associatethemselves with social groups andNGOs of their choice to undertakeprojects for social causes, physicallychallenged individuals or welfareinitiatives to bring worthwhiledifferences to the society at largeand the cause in particular, andpersonally enriching themselves inthe process.Rural Immersion: Rural ImmersionProgram at DSIMS helps studentsunderstand rural markets, supplychains, rural consumers andpotential models through field tripsover a period of one week.International Immersion: It helpsstudents understand macro-economic situation and parametersof host country from businessmanagement perspective. During the

immersion, students interact withleading Chamber of Commerce,global companies, attend lectures byeminent professionals and businessheads on global economy andbusiness practices.Industry Immersion: One day aweek, students work closely with acompany to learn how corporateapply the theory in day-to-daysituations. The program helps bringin the experiences of the studentsinto the on-campus learningsessions.Conclaves: In the past one year,students at DSIMS have organisedfive major conclaves in the areas ofFinance, HR, Economics, Marketingand Supply Chain. These conclavesare aimed at providing anopportunity to the students tointeract with executives from theindustry and as a networkingopportunity.WHY DSIMS: The two parametersthat make DSIMS a clear winner:Global Mindset: DSIMS enables astudent to adopt and tailor globalpractices to succeed in the Indiansocio-cultural and political businessecosystem.Employability: The process oflearning in DSIMS makes you a dayone job-ready manager, who cancontribute positively to the firm.

DSIMS has re-definedmanagement education by blendingthe theoretical rigour and the harshmarket realities to forge a dynamicmanager who is effective from dayone. These immersions have shapedthe pedagogy of the institution andconverged the rigour of theory withthe constraints of practice to createa day one job-ready manager.

For details, contact:Durgadevi Saraf Institute of

Management Studies (DSIMS)S.V. Road, Malad (W),

Mumbai - 400 064Tel.: 022 66812311 / 25Mob: 90044 44059 / 69

Email: admission@dsims.org.inwww.dsims.org.in

THE MAKING OF A MANAGER @ DSIMSDURGADEVI SARAF INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES (DSIMS) HAS BEEN ENVISIONED AS A WORLD-CLASS INSTITUTE THAT WILL BE A CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE IN MANAGEMENT EDUCATION, RESEARCH AND CONSULTANCY

>> PILLAI INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES AND RESEARCH, NEW PANVEL, NAVI MUMBAI

Established in 1998, Pillai Institute ofManagement Studies and Researchis one of the premier educational in-

stitutes in Mumbai. The institute focuseson developing leaders with a global per-spective who are dedicated to addingtremendous value to the organisationsthat they join.

The college has a large alumni base ofover 2,200 students who are currentlybased in over 30 countries. The alumni ofthe college serve in a wide range of indus-tries, including consulting, banking andfinance, media, human resources, technol-ogy, manufacturing, retail and many oth-ers. The alumni frequently contribute totheir alma mater by sharing their experi-ences with existing students as well asplacing them in some of the best compa-nies in the world.

Due to its vast network of alumni andthe continuing success of its own work,the institute has developed some ofthe best facilities and infrastructure for

business education in India.This includes the state-of-the-art class-

rooms, meeting spaces and conferencerooms, hostels, IT services, and one of themost technologically-advanced librariesin the country. The institute also has nu-merous tie ups with companies and insti-tutions in many countries such as the US,China, Europe and Singapore and fre-quently engages in student and faculty ex-change programs as well as research tieups with them.

The Pillai Group of Institutions hasalso established Pillai HOC Institute ofManagement Studies and Research atRasayani to cope with the increased de-mand for admission to its managementprogram.

The college offers two-year Masters inManagement Studies (MMS) and Post-Graduate Diploma in Management(PGDM) for full-time students. For work-ing professionals, it offers part-time andshort-term courses with an executiveMBA program (e-MBA) as well as a Man-agement Development Program (MDP).The topics range from communication,banking, human resources, marketing in-ternational business, manufacturing andmany more and are taught by internation-al subject experts with a blend of both ac-ademic and industry experience. The par-ent group of PIMSR, MahatmaEducation Society has becomeone of the most recognisablebrands in education in Mum-bai accepted by 35,000 studentsand running over 48 institu-tions.

For more information, log on to:www.pimsr.ac.in and www.mes.ac.in

>> PILLAI HOC INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES AND RESEARCH, RASAYANI

PILLAI INSTITUTE: OFFERING THE BEST INMANAGEMENT STUDIES

VSB (Vidyalankar School of Business)is the Business Management de-partment of the Vidyalankar Insti-

tute of Technology. The institute offers anMMS course recognised by Mumbai Uni-versity in five streams: Marketing, Finance,Operations, Human Resources and Systems

It also offers Part-time Management Cours-es, namely MMM,MFM and MHRDM toworking professionals who can juggle theirtime between study and work and gain a Post-Graduate degree in management from Mumbai University.

EXPERIENCED FACULTY MEMBERS

Faculty members get trained through caseworkshops, instructor-led training, eLearn-ing, business simulations, videos, group dis-cussions, and reading material by HarvardBusiness Publishing.

Vidyalankar is headed by Dr Ankush Sharma, Industrial and Production Engi-neer, Post-graduate and PhD in Manage-ment, with more than a decade of experi-ence in industry/research. He has been as-sociated with IIM Ahmedabad and is also apanel member for Selection of IIM students.

He heads a group of respected faculty mem-bers drawn from the industry as well as ac-ademia.

Prof. T.R.Doongaji, ex-MD, Tata Group, isDean Corporate Excellence, and Prof. Surya-narayanan, ex-IDBI, CGM, Mumbai, is Dean-Corporate Relations.

PLACEMENT HIGHLIGHTS

As placements are a key deliverable,Vidyalankar remains quite active on thisfront. An excellent industry connect has en-abled placements in premier companies likeICICI Securities, Reliance Group, Tata Groupand other premium companies. The intel-lectual capital and teaching methodologynotwithstanding, a substantial contributionto the success of the students can also be as-cribed to the soft-skills training thatVidyalankar students undergo.

THE MISSION

Vidyalankar believes academic deliverableand industry readiness are very importantto enhance the intellectual capital of stu-dents. Classroom learning experiences arevery important. Nowadays, add-on coursesare the need of the day. Along with the pre-scribed syllabus, it is also important to pro-vide students various other opportunitieswhich can catalyse industry readiness ofstudents. Vidyalankar has taken extra ini-tiative to add further courses in the currentstructure. Students also feel motivated whenthey are exposed to the best of current ac-ademia- industry modules which facilitatetheir learning as budding corporate man-agers.

Following are some of the add-on pro-grammes which Vidyalankar provides tothe students:

THE INTERNATIONAL CONNECTION

The Dale Carnegie Institute has a very deepand strong connect with Vidyalankar. Stu-dents are exposed to all aspects of corporategrooming, and are especially prepared for aGroup Discussion as well as Personal In-terview. To step up in excellence, corporateetiquette are very important and are con-ducted by professional trainers from the DaleCarnegie Institute, it provides an opportu-nity for Vidyalankar’s students to under-stand current grooming practices and stu-dents also get exposure to soft-skills and im-portant aspects of corporate grooming.

THE STUDY MODEL

Business excellence model is one of the mod-ules which is quite popular among students.This program is executed under the men-torship of Prof T R Doongaj. He is a charis-matic speaker and through this programme,students understand the importance of var-ious aspects of business excellence, includ-ing leadership, strategic management, andother important pillars. Multiple sessionsare conducted across various area of busi-ness excellence and students are providedvarious learning tools to facilitate their un-derstanding of excellence model. Ethics isvery important for any business to grow andthis module emphasises the importance ofethics in the current business environment.

RELEVANCE OF CASE STUDIES

Case studies are a very important learningtool in the management education space.They are a widely accepted pedagogical toolin management education and they give anopportunity to students to understand busi-ness situations in the real world. Case stud-ies help students to probe, participate, re-late, understand and take part in the mana-gerial decision making process.

Vidyalankar in association with HarvardBusiness has designated a program, Har-vard MBAPro. It is an arrangement underwhich teaching is carried out under the

Harvard Methodology. Every week, studentsare exposed to various current cases andthese case studies facilitate learning forVidyalankar faculty from premium cases.It is very important to provide an emphasison Learning Outcome,which is a very im-portant output of any education dimension.Vidyalankar always ensures that studentsgets the best in the field of their learning.Vidyalankar, in its corridors, ensures par-ticipative and collective learning from casestudies for students..

One more initiative which Vidyalankarhas taken is to provide simulation coursethrough Tata Interactive Services. An ex-ercise named as Topsim is conducted where

students are engaged with simulation (real-time ) and class rooms are designed as cor-porate board rooms where students discussvarious situations and take decisions as-sessing various competencies and con-straints of business environment.

Vidyalankar believes in the philosophyof its founder Prof. Deshpande of ‘Learn,Earn and Return’. All the above mentionedcourses for which students get a separatecertificate is provided by the institute tothe students. Students should get the bestacademic and industry learning and hencethe concept of add-on courses is one ofVidyalankar's powerful initiatives to em-phasise on important learning outcomes.MMS prescribed courses are taught by in-ternal faculty as well as very renowned in-dustry leaders and other visiting facultywhich gives the right blend of inputs toVidyalankar students. One of the studentsat Vidyalankar, says, “We are fortunate to bea part of the Management Programme atVidyalankar. The institute builds industry-ready Students and we are privileged to gainthrough institute initiative which helps ina long way and build our career in right di-rection.”

Vidyalankar organises ‘Visage’, a man-agement festival, every year in the month ofMarch. This year, the festival is scheduledon 7-8 March 2013 where management stu-dents across Mumbai and Maharashtra par-ticipate and learn various management as-pects in organising such event.

Normally, Saturday afternoons atVidyalankar are reserved for CEOs and sen-ior industry leaders to share their experi-ence with students through guest lecture se-ries. “Industry veterans talking to studenthelps them to directly correlate with cur-rent industry situations,” adds Prof Surya-naryanan - Dean Corporate Relations.

Vidyalankar provides holistic learning tostudents and ensures they receive the bestpossible learning outcome, which is an im-portant deliverable of higher education.

For more information,contact: 022-24161126

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>> PROF. T.R.DOONGAJI,

DEAN CORPORATE EXCELLENCE

The industry of financial mar-kets and products persistentlybecome more complex because

of technology advancement, in-creasing needs of users and compe-tition among providers.

The ’90s witnessed the emergenceof the securities market as a majorsource of finance for trade and in-dustry. Equity markets provided therequired platform for companiesand start-up businesses to raisemoney. Today, the business sectorshave reached almost every doorstepin the country, attracting a largercrowd.

Finance leaders such as advisers,traders, operations financial, sales-people and IT personnel, includinghigh-level managers - need to under-stand the products, the marketsthey deal in, and the users and risksinvolved. Lawyers, accountants,consultants and regulators who fre-quently interact with financialfirms also need this knowledge.

Established in 2003, ITM-Instituteof Financial Markets grew to createfinancial market leaders with theknow how that is required by lead-ing players in the global financialmarkets. ITM-IFM’s most respectedprogram is the PGDM: FinancialMarkets, designed to qualify you totake on careers within the dynamicglobal economic spectrum. Withwell-equipped technology and pro-fessional faculty, ITM-IFM hasachieved top ratings from CRISIL-scoring ‘A*’ in Maharashtra and ‘A’at pan-India level.

As part of the program, ITM-IFMgives you the opportunity to furtherrefine your business talents byadding well known and industry ac-cepted certificates to your PGDMiConnect: (FM). Students can quali-fy for certification from the GlobalCertifications: Chartered Institutefor Securities and Investment(CISI), the Certified Personal Finan-cial Advisor (CPFA), NSE's Certifi-cation in Financial Markets(NCFM) and the Professional RiskManagers International Associa-tion (PRMIA).

What makes this program uniqueis its in-depth exposure of the bestpractices of financial markets, fo-cusing on equity analysis, financialresearch, trading of equities, forex,commodities and derivates andmore. With Finance, Capital

Markets, Insurance and Risk Man-agement, there is a wide range ofcourses that the students canchoose from.

“We designed this program keep-ing in mind the fast growth of thefinancial sector in the country to-day. We believe that financial mar-kets offer excellent and lucrative ca-reer opportunities for professionalslooking to make their mark in thisfield, as it is a highly evolving andchallenging field,” said Dr. K.S.Murthy, Director of ITM Institute ofFinancial Markets.

As a student of the PGDM iCon-nect-(FM), a student at ITM-IFMwill be absorbed in a hands-on pro-gram of higher learning. With valu-ation training, Applied PortfolioManagement Practicum, Businesssimulation Lab and Experience-based Learning, a student will jour-ney through to strike the soil. LiveDealing Room is available to stu-dents each day to simulate tradingwhere the daily feeds from NSE andBSE are mapped for real-life experi-ences. The program has successful-ly managed to bring out a numberof successful graduates and alumniwho have profited tremendouslyfrom the program.

“ITM has given me enough knowl-edge and exposure and given me theconfidence of achieving somethingsignificant in life. With this confi-dence I have now entered the newand booming industry of commodi-ties. Now after five years of experi-ence in this field, I have attained areputation of well-versed technicalexpertise and media exposure,” saysDharmesh Bhatia, an alumnus ofITM-Institute of Financial Marketswho is currently working as an As-sociate Vice-President - Researchwith Kotak Commodities Ltd.

The PGDM-Financial Marketsprogram from ITM-Institute of Fi-nancial Markets is a suitable choicefor aspirants who are seekinggrowth in finance and other relatedindustries.

The application deadline forthe program is March 30, 2013.

For more information, studentsmay request an information

brochure or speak to an Admissions Counselor by calling

the ITM Admissions Helpline at 1800-209-9727

Email:pgdm.admissions@itm.edu

Just a month ago, in January 2013,Amit reported for his first day ofwork at the Indian head office of aglobal electronics giant. Nervous,

hesitant and worried whether he couldhandle the challenges of what lay ahead,Amit quietly took his place in the plush,well-furnished training room, alongsidefour other new recruits, waiting for the in-duction session to start.

The silent tension in the room was pal-pable as they waited. Suddenly, the doorwhooshed open, and a familiar face en-tered the room, immediately bringing a bitof relief to the nervous group. “Hey guys,your reporting manager will be coming ina few minutes…don’t worry, okay! I am go-ing to be right by your side for the next sixmonths!” said Prof. Dutta to his group ofstudents. “Guys, this is a terrific opportu-nity, and I’ve mapped out your job profiles

together with your manager, and its goingto be a real learning experience for you!”

And so began Amit’s ‘iConnect Core’six-month internship experience, as part ofthe ITM PGDM iConnect 2012 program. Inboardrooms and training rooms across In-dia, over 700 ITM PGDM iConnect studentshave begun their six-month internship atcompanies such as Volkswagen, Godrej,Aditya Birla Group, Taj Hotels, Pidilite andmore. In fact, over 20 Pre-Placement Offers(PPOs) have already been made just 30days into the internship.

“These are no ordinary internships,”says Dr. P.V. Ramana, Chairperson of theITM Group of Institutions. “These are notlike your typical two-month summer in-ternships, these are not part-time jobs;each internship company is carefully se-lected, the work profiles are clearly definedto include specific learning outcomes, re-search objectives and real ‘get-your-hands-dirty’ work experiences.”

More importantly, a faculty guide is em-bedded right alongside the student in theinternship. The faculty guide visits the in-ternship company on a monthly schedule,spends quality time with the intern andhis manager, to teach and guide the internright where he is working, and to ensurethe job requirements and expectations ofthe company are being satisfied. “It’s likehaving a batting coach by my side, givingme advice on my form and posture, how toplay shots I’ve never attempted,” beamsAmit, who in just two months has madehis first quarterly-sales forecast report andpresented it to his team – something hehad never done before!

The PGDM iConnect Core internship isthe center-piece of the radically different,totally redesigned PGDM program at allITM Business School campuses. “When wesay ‘Radically different’, we really mean it!We have completely redesigned the PGDMprogram, literally from the first sessionright up to convocation. We’ve left nothinguntouched in developing the most uniquepost-graduate business program any B-school offers in India, and perhaps in theworld,” says Nitin Putcha, VP –Operationsat ITM.

The ITM PGDM iConnect program cameout of a pressing need to respond to thefeedback that the industry has given usabout their expectations of business grad-uates. While the ITM PGDM program hasbeen well accepted by employers for over20 years, the requirements of businesshave changed dramatically in the last fiveyears.

The worlds of business and technologyhave converged, and the complexity andvolatility of the business environment de-mands that aspiring managers be able toproduce results on Day-one. Employershave told us, “There is no more time formanagement trainee programs, no moretime to give a fresh MBA graduate thespace to learn the ropes of thebusiness…we need Day-One Productivity!Can you deliver that?”

This realisation sparked off a profounddiscussion within ITM. “We needed to lookat the implication of this environmentalshift and its effect on how we teach andcoach aspiring managers. To ensure thatour response to the industry would be a

serious, game-changing effort,I personally assembled and leda high-level research teamover 14 months. We conductedextensive ‘open-ended’ discussions withover a 100 CEOs and business heads acrossIndia. We wanted to tap into their thoughtsand critical ideas in an unfiltered, un-prompted manner,” says Dr. P.V. Ramana,Chairperson of ITM Group.

The crucial discoveries made were infour areas: Day-One Productivity, Attitudi-

nal Change, Real-world work-skills and in-depth functional knowledge. The researchteam then went into ideation-mode, tocome up with a model of business educa-tion that could really, seriously addressthese four areas. The result of this ideationis the ITM PGDM iConnect program,launched in June 2012.

WHAT IS ICONNECT?

The ITM PGDM iConnect program hasbeen redesigned to deliver updated,streamlined industry-relevant curriculum,in an interactive and activity focusedmethod. Doing away with the usual two-month summer internship, the ITM PGDMfeatures a six-month internship, whichwill provide immersive industry experi-ence, with continuous on-site faculty sup-port, employer feedback and tangible skilldevelopment. In addition, the program fea-tures a concurrent NGO project.

Realising that students from differentbackgrounds and development levels cometogether at ITM, and need different typesof training and support in non-academicareas, the iConnect program features a

two-year 'Insight Sessions' track which de-livers continuous interventions in profes-sional and personal growth. “The InsightSessions focus on building the essentialwork-skills of the students all through thetwo years, making them immensely em-ployable and confident of their capabili-ties,” says Prof. RSS Mani, VP–Institution-al Development.

In addition, throughout the two-yearprogram, students are prepared for theirfuture employment through a set of inten-sive ‘Career Management Sessions’, whichfocus on getting ready for the all-importantplacement process. “Most B-Schools justmanage to squeeze in some last-minute ‘in-terview skills’ and resume writing work-shops before placement season. We re-alised that this was just not enough, andthat this is a major development require-ment for our students,” says Dr. P.V.Ramana.

iConnect is the term that is coined forthis never-before at-tempted idea, of reallyconnecting the individ-ual, industry and the in-stitute in a way that en-hances the experiencefor all stakeholders.

ITM Group offers theAICTE-approved ITMPGDM iConnect pro-gram at its campuses inBengaluru, Chennai,Mumbai, Navi Mumbai,Warangal and Hyder-abad. The ITM PGDMiConnect 2013-15 will of-fer specialisations inMarketing and DigitalMedia, HRM, Finance, SCM and Logistics,Information Technology and Pharma Man-agement, with the choice of specialisationsvarying by campus.

ITM-Global Leadership Centre is a ‘B-School for specialists’ that offers spe-cialised PGDM iConnect programs in International Business, Human Resourcesand Retail Management, at the campusesin Navi Mumbai and Chennai. ITM-Insti-

tute of Financial Markets offers India’sfirst and most respected specialisedPGDM: Financial Markets program, at theNavi Mumbai campus.

Its newest specialisation program, Digi-tal Media Marketing, is the hottest newfield for marketers in India, and ITM hasworked closely with industry leaders andmarketing gurus to develop a full-scalePGDM program that will produce fully-trained digital marketing professionals,with in-depth knowledge of social media,digital and mobile marketing and onlinemedia strategy. With the iConnect Coredigital media internship, and training byexperts from the industry, this programcan be a career defining experience for stu-dents.

ITM PGDM programs enjoy a 100%placement track record at all its campuses,with many alumni reaching top levels oftheir professions in their respective indus-tries in a very short period of time. “Many

of our alumni have pro-gressed very rapidly in theircareers, with some of theyounger alumni reaching lev-els of Vice-President and Di-rector in as short a period asseven years,” says an elatedDr. Ramana.

Over the last two decades,ITM has launched the careersof thousands of business pro-fessionals in India and theworld over. With seven highlyranked B-schools in opera-tion over two decades, theITM Group of Institutions istruly an industry leader inmanagement education.

The application deadline for all ITMPGDM iConnect programs is March 30,2013.

Reach out to us, connect with us andvisit our campuses and learn about the

iConnect experience! Speak to an Admissions Counselor on the ITM

Admissions Helpline at 1800-209-9727 orE-mail: admissions@itm.edu.

Website: www.itm.edu

B-school trends come and go,but one innovative trend thathas gained a foothold in the

MBA field is the creation of special-ized MBA/PGDM programs. Someof the top B-schools across theworld are creating this new breed ofspecialised programs, attractingstudents and cementing their brandidentities at a time when competi-tion among schools for the best stu-dents is intense.YOUR CHOICE: GENERAL OR

SPECIALISED?

The choice between a specialisedMBA/PGDM or a mainstream pro-gram depends a lot on the speciali-sations offered and the track recordof the B-school. Also important isthe extent of industry-linkage- aspecialised program that just offersmore courses and topics in the fieldis just doing lip-service to the con-cept. Students should look out forprograms that have established col-laborations with industry, providetargeted internships and focusedreal-world experience in the chosenfield.

For aspirants looking for a reput-ed PGDM program and a specialisa-tion that is in demand by industry,ITM-Global Leadership Centre(ITM-GLC) is an excellent choice.Founded in 2002, as a part of theITM Group of Institutions, ITM-GLC has emerged as a leader in thedevelopment of specialised profes-sionals. The Centre’s specialisedPGDM programs are more ad-vanced, more intensive and deliverdeeper and wider exposure to stu-dents. ITM-GLC offers AICTE ap-proved, specialised PGDM pro-grams in Navi Mumbai and Chen-nai.

ITM-GLC's programs have beenthoroughly redesigned as part of aradical rethink of the PGDM pro-gram offered by the ITM Group inall its member institutes. ITM hasbranded these redesigned programsas ‘iConnect’- featuring redesignedcurriculum, an in-depth six-monthindustry internship with an inte-grated professional and career de-velopment track throughout theprograms.

Prof. BVR Murthy, Deputy Direc-tor of ITM-GLC, says, “We strive tobe different at ITM-GLC. There arethousands of B-Schools to choosefrom, but few can offer the kind offocused, specialised training thatwe do.” From the in-depth curricu-lum to an extended industry intern-ship, ITM-GLC’s specialised PGDMprograms stand apart from themainstream MBA/PGDM pro-grams of the competition. ITM-GLC offers three such programs- inInternational Business, Retail Man-agement and Marketing, and Hu-man Resources Management.

CREATING GLOBAL MANAGERS

The PGDM iConnect-Internation-al Business program is designed towith a 10-week European StudyTour, taking students to its partnerB-Schools in Hungary and Franceto be trained by international facul-ties and get directly exposed to therealities of business in the Europe.ITM-GLC has partnered two of theEU's top b-schools, Groupe ESSCAin Hungary and EM Normandie inFrance to develop a program thatfocuses on the nuances of businesspractices in both Western and East-ern Europe through company vis-its, interactions with executivesfrom top corporate organisationsand live projects.

With the tremendous success of

the IB program, the Centre haslaunched a parallel program atITM's Chennai campus. ITM-GLChas partnered with East Asia Insti-tute of Management, a premier b-school in Singapore to deliver anAsia focused study and industry ex-perience. “With East Asianeconomies leading the way ingrowth and innovation, this pro-gram has the potential to becomethe premier IB program in comingyears,” says Prof. Lakshmi Mohan,Dy. Director of ITM-GLC Chennai.

MANAGING THE MANAGERS:

THE HR SPECIALIST PROGRAM

The PGDM iConnect-Human Re-sources Management has emergedas one of the most popular choicesat ITM-GLC. With the iConnect re-design, program participants shallget an even more in-depth expo-sure to the operational and strate-gic aspects of HR, through liveprojects and the opportunity togain valuable insights through thesix-month internship. The pro-gram is powered by a terrificgroup of core faculties and indus-try experts, with a slew of topcompanies and consulting firmsthat regularly recruit here.

SERVING UP RETAIL CAREERS

Designed in collaboration withindustry professionals and tai-lored to the modern retailing sce-nario in India, the PGDM iCon-nect: Retail Management and Mar-keting program has evolved withchanging times. The program nowfocuses on retail technology, serv-ice innovation, logistics, and sup-ply chain management among oth-er key areas, which are the leadingissues in the retailing sector today.Supported by collaborations withthe Industry's top retail compa-nies, the program is one of ITM’smost successful specialized pro-grams. This is evident when onelooks at all the top retail and mar-keting companies that are snap-ping up graduates from this pro-gram.

The admissions deadline for ITM-GLC

is March 30, 2013.For more information on the

specialized PGDM programs atITM-GLC, call 1800-209-9727

or email:pgdm.admissions@itm.edu

www.itm.edu/pgdm/glc.php

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PGDM ICONNECT HAS TRANSFORMED THE MBA AS WE KNOW IT

SPECIALISED MBAS: ZEROING IN ON THEHOTTEST SECTORS

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