KRISHNA BYRE GOWDA

Karnataka’s agriculture minister

BUSINESS MANAGEMENT IN 1994

T H E I N D I A T O D AY- N I E L S E N S U R V E Y BBAI N D I A’ S B E S T C O L L E G E S

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A BBA course at Christ University, Bengaluru, helps students hone and develop their entrepreneurial instincts

Christ University, Bengaluru

failed to make the cut and is distraught. “It has become one of our most

successful under graduate program-mes over the years,” says Father Abraham V.M., Pro-Vice-Chancellor at Christ University.

The course has enough of a repu-tation for companies such as Accenture, Wipro Tech, KPMG, Goldman Sachs, Northern Trust, Amazon and Google to visit the cam-pus every year to rec ruit young talent.

The BBA curriculum at Christ fo-cuses on assignments and pro-ject-based study more than theory. A useful exercise is the end-to-end man-agement of byproducts out of the recy-cled waste on the university campus. “We want our students to understand how businesses are evolving,” says Professor Jain Mathew, HoD, Man-agement Studies. “For this, we involve the private sector in a big way.”

“We have had outstanding stude-nts,”says Fr Abraham proudly. “They have gone on to become civil servants, lawmakers and law enforcement offi-cers.” Even act ors, be it Mala yalam star Rima Kallin gal or Tamil star Gautham Karthik.

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PRIME

First-generation entrepreneurs on the rise, hence there is a sig-nifi cant interest among students while in college to explore a busi-ness venture. Many come up withbusiness proposals in the second year itself

E-commerce companies and online retailing fi rms increasingly recruiting BBA students

BBA course more or less on a par with MBA courses in India. Students prefer a post-grad MBA degree from foreign universities

TOP trends

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Ten per cent students selected for leadership training, based on recommendations bydifferent departments

University has its ownsoftware development team, which devises unique,innovative tools and apps

Inter-disciplinary exchange emphasised. A humanities stu-dents, for instance, cancollaborate with a Business Studies student on a project.

Participation in inter-college fests encouraged

More than a dozen art shows and fairs organised every year

excitingWHAT’S

BBA

SEATS AVAILABLE

HIGHEST SALARY

Rs 8.7 lakh P E R A N N U M

80

TOP RECRUITERSAccenture, Wipro Tech, KPMG,

Northern Trust, Amazon, Google

LAST YEAR’S CUT-OFF

90 GU RU M A N T R A

“Nearly 20 per cent of our BBA students come from traditionalbusiness families.”PROF JAIN MATHEW, HOD, MANAGEMENT STUDIES, CHRIST UNIVERSITY

STUDENT CARE

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PERCE-PTUAL RANK

FACTUAL RANK

OVERALL SCORE

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REPU-TATION OF COLLEGE

NAME OF THE COLLEGE2014 2015 2016

OVERALL RANK

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1 1 1 CHRIST UNIVERSITY, BENGALURU 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 100.00

2 2 2 SYMBIOSIS CENTRE FOR MANAGEMENT STUDIES, PUNE 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 85.79

4 3 3 WISDOM FACULTY OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES, BANASTHALI UNIVERSITY, JAIPUR

3 4 3 3 4 4 2 84.47

3 6 4 ANIL SURENDRA MODI SCHOOL OF COMMERCE (ASMSOC, NARSEE MONJEE INSTITUTE OF MGMT STUDIES), MUMBAI

4 3 4 3 3 3 6 71.46

7 4 5 DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION, SRM UNIVERSITY, CHENNAI

6 6 6 6 5 6 4 64.72

5 9 6 INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES (IMS), NOIDA 5 5 5 5 5 5 8 56.77

8 7 7 MOUNT CARMEL COLLEGE, BANGALORE 10 10 10 10 10 10 5 51.65

9 5 8 MADRAS CHRISTIAN COLLEGE, CHENNAI 7 8 8 7 8 8 7 50.83

- - 9 CHANDIGARH BUSINESS SCHOOL, MOHALI 8 7 7 7 7 7 9 42.51

10 - 10 ETHIRAJ COLLEGE, CHENNAI 9 9 8 9 9 9 10 35.58

****Amity School of Business, Noida, does not feature in this ranking because it could not share data on time

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