Educational Institutes, Colleges and Universities in India
Xavier Institute of Management & Entrepreneurship
Electronics City, Phase- II, Hosur Road, Bangalore, Karnataka-560 100
Tel: 1080-28528597/98
Fax: 080-28520019/8733
Director: Prof. J . Philip
A model management school set up by master of management education, Xavier Institute of Management and Entrepreneurship, Bangalore has come a long way in the 14 years of its existence to become a powerful national level MBA institute of repute. The institute has enjoyed the patronage and support of some of the leading corporate houses based on the personal charisma and reputation of its founder Prof. J. Philip former director of IIM Bangalore and a distinguished academician who also uniquely took up this unique entrepreneurial venture for setting up a business school after his retirement, speaking volumes about the energy and commitment that has gone into the founding of the institute.
XIME was established in 1991 by a group of distinguished academicians under the leadership of Prof. J. Philip. It is registered as a society. The key founders are”
• Prof. J. Philip, former director, IIM Bangalore, former Dean, XLRI, founder presi¬dent of AIMS.
• Late Prof. J.D. Cherayil, first honorary secretary, XIME (1991-2002), former professor, IISc, Bangalore.
• Rev. Dr. Percival Fernandez, former director, St. John’s Medical College, Bangalore.
• Rev. Dr. E. Abraham S.J., director, XIMB and former director, XLRI.
Mission & Vision: To harness the power of technology, innovation and excellent human resources, to provide its students with ‘world class’ business education programmes, which reaffordable, imaginative and relevant to the Indian business environment and ethos. Located in the Electronics City, Bangalore, which houses some of the IT bigwigs like Infosys, Wipro, Satyam, TCS, Digital Soft, among others.
Courses offered: The institute offers a two-year full-time post graduate diploma in business management, a thre- year part time Executive PGDBM and an one-year full-time post-graduate diploma in construction Management and PGDCM. The PGDBM meticulously designed - spread over six terms - covers 46 courses aggregating to 126 credits. Functional areas offered: finance, systems, HR, marketing and POM. XIME also offers a comprehensive 3-credit course on entrepreneurship. The school runs a special programme aimed at orienting the students towards becoming socially responsible and sensitive citizens. The institute received its AICTE accreditation in 2004 and it has a sanctioned strength of 120 seats.
St. Joseph’s College of Business Administration
18, Residency Road, Bangalore, Karnataka-560025
Tel: 080-22127781/91
Fax: 080-22228771
Director: Rev. Dr. Aveline R. D’Souza
Management requires extra sense of professionalism and sensitivity towards to human values, something which comes natural to the students of this Jesuit institute with over a century of value-based education. The Bangalore-based college belonging to a multifaceted educational endeavour that began 116 years ago now imparts education to nearly 5,000 students in arts, science, commerce and business studies. The business school now housed in a new building has already got the attention of the industry as being one of the best run institutions producing consistently some of the best students of management for over quarter century.
St. Joseph’s College of Business Administration from 1968 has been conducting one year evening part-time management courses. These courses were a great help to working students and the diploma awarded by the college was well accepted in private industry and service sectors. In November 1995 St. Joseph’s College of Business Administration applied to AICTE, New Delhi to approve a two-year-full-time PGDM Programme. The institute tries to prepare students, striving after excellence in learning, creative and practical thinking and co-operative leadership in Management, Personalisation of genuine Ethical values and with a practical awareness of the prevailing social economic conditions and a commitment to the socio economic development of India.
The Institute is housed in a newly constructed building with spacious class rooms, library, etc. The library contains more than 7,000 volumes. Journals and periodicals, both national and international, are available to the students. A computer lab with networking faculties is set up for the exclusive use of the PGDM students. Internet facility is available.
The institute is well networked with the industry which supports it with curiculum updation as well teaching contemporary subjects. The summer placement and final placements have always been smooth with strong industry support. The school also enjoys a strong peer support from other leading management
SDM Institute for Management Development
Site No.1, Chamundi Hill Road, Sidhartha Nagar Post, Mysore, Karnataka-570011
Tel: 0821-2429722,2429161
Fax: 0821-2425557
Director: Prof. J. M. Subramanya
Education has traditionally been considered as a charitable activity and in the case of this institute, in reality and in spirit, it is run as such. The trust that runs this institute has been set up by Dr. D. Veerendra Heggade, Dharmadhikari of Dharmasthala, a venerated figure in this region with followers from all over the world. Dr Heggade’s institution, SDM Educational Trust, runs over 40 premium educational institutions in the area of medicine, engineering, law, science, social science and management.
The institute is located at Mysore cultural city of south India. It is at the foot hills of Chamundi Hills, one of the most picturesque locals in Mysore. Set in twenty acres of lush landscape, the infrastructure is designed to challenge and stimulate the finest minds.
The PGDBA programme of SDM-IMD is a unique and transformational experience, brought about by a brilliant peer group and outstanding faculty. The specialization streams are marketing, finance, systems, HRM and operations. Dual specialization enabled. The CMS (Career Management Center) forms the interface between Industry and SDM-IMD. Industry needs are continuously assessed and initiatives taken to match industry expectations with student capabilities.
SDM-IMD has one of the best Management Libraries. The library has an exhaustive collection of books, journals, research documentation, comprehensive e-library and latest databases like EBSCO, PROWESS and IBID.
The Institute has state-of-the-art IT facilities, which include/extend to:
150 + clients serving LAN, with a hybrid of wired and wireless connectivity, connecting all class rooms, labs, faculty, library, and administration.
24 x 7 dedicated broadband Internet connectivity.
60-seat air-conditioned lab, and 10 seat e-library.
Network managing systems (WIN NET, WIN2K3, SUSE LINUX) etc.,
Admission is through the Common Admission Test (CAT) conducted by the IIMs, followed by a Managerial Aptitude Screening (MAS). Final selection is based on the applicant’s academic record and performance in CAT and MAS.
School of Communication & Management Studies
SCMS Campus, Pratapnagar, Muttom, Cochin, Ernakulam, Kerala-683106
Tel: 0484-2623803
Fax: 0484-2623803
Director: Dr. V. Mukundadas
The SCMS group is one of the fastest growing educational enterprises in Kerala with its visionary founders having set a clear direction for its growth since 1976. SCMS group is into management education, IT training and engineering education all of which are growing at a fast pace. The ethos of the group is to nurture talent by support with the best of inputs always based on the heritage and ethos which is part of the Gods Own Country, Kerala.
The school is aesthetically well designed with ample space in between for class rooms, conference halls, libraries and computer centres. The ambience is one that of classical learning coupled with time tested experimentation. Faculty are encouraged to mentor the students and bring out the best in them like that of yore. The college also exposes them to industry projects in and around Cochin, the port city of Kerala which helps them to gain contemporary knowledge at their doorstep. The school also sends its students far to participate in other campus programmes in India and abroad mainly in the gulf region.
The school library possesses nearly 17,000 latest volumes in management and mass communication and is considered a basic source of information even by practicing managers as well as academicians of the neighbouring institutions. The School subscribes to about 120 leading national and international business and management journals including Harvard Business Review, Fortune, Business Week, U. S. Journal of Marketing Research, Journal of Marketing, World-Executive Digest, Forbes, Economist, Far Eastern Economic Review, Time, News Week, Asia Week, Media Asia, World Economic Digest, Business India, Business Today, Capital Market, Business World, and several other periodicals and dailies for the benefit of the students
SCMS has three computer centres at the school apart from the labs provided at the hostels. The computer network has 400 nodes loaded with the latest software.
The server and Internet can be accessed from anywhere at any time in the campus through wi-fi. The institute is well networked with the industry and has had a strong placement programme in place for years whose value and worth is growing over the years by way of the profile of companies visiting and the nature of the jobs they are offering to the school students. SCMS looks to future with renewed hope owing to its proven leadership role in the region in management education and the runaway; growth in industry requiring large number of well trained managers which is the forte of the school.
Rajagiri School of Management
Rajagiri Valley P.O., Cochin, Kerala-682039
Tel: 0484-2426554
Fax: 0484-2426578
Principal: Dr. Joseph I. Injodey
Christian missionaries have always been known for quality education. In Kerala this is more visible than in most other states. Rajagiri School of Management comes from such a genre of missionary supported schools with a clear focus on providing high quality education without losing the spiritual values of the student managers. The institute set up by Rajagiri Vidyapeetham in Cochin provides ample scope for developing the student managers to take up global responsibilities.
The institute has established good infrastructure including ample class rooms equipped with multimedia facility, an auditorium with 200 seating capacity and a well equipped library with more than 550 books and 30 journals. The institute also a good IT infrastructure and a computer lab with 110 networked PCs.
The institute is conscious of quality and has tied up with a ISO 9000 certification provider to get itself quality checked for ISO compliance. It has also sought the help of a patents attorney to register its brand as a trade mark patent to leverage the high reputation that it has come to gain over the years as a provider of top quality management education in the region. The college is approved by AICTE and accredited by NAAC with a five star rating.
The institute also has ambitions of becoming a private deemed university for which applications has already been made. The institute has adequate faculty strength and the student performance has always been above par. The institute is well networked with the industry enabling the school to get good industry support for updating its curriculum and also gain industry support during placements. The location of being in a reputed port city of Kerala has not been lost on the institute .
R K Institute of Management and Computer Science
# 13, Sy. No.19, Ambalipura, Sarjapura Main Road, Bangalore, Karnataka-560037
Tel: 080-28439397
Fax: 080-28439397
Director: Prof. Krishnamurthy
Biosciences and bio-technology have emerged as major drivers of change. RK Institute, Bangalore understood this trend fairly early and has established itself as a pioneer in providing bio-technology and management education.
The institute is affiliated to the Bangalore University; recognised by the Government of Karnataka, approved by The All India Council for Technical Education, New Delhi, RK Institute of Management and Computer Science was established with a mission “Education gives Susceptibility, Susceptibility gives Dignity, Dignity makes one Wealthy and Wealth and Good Contact lead to Happiness". The Institution has already established its presence through its unique and innovative learning techniques.
The institution offers a range of Under -Graduate and Post-Graduate Programs in business administration, computer application and life science, education, nursing and law. The scheme of study has been designed to provide a mixture of theory and practicals, which students find both intellectually challenging and suitable for providing basis for a wide variety of relevance in a changing environment. The institute has sophisticated and state-of-the-art infrastructure and is surrounded with greenery.
The institute is well recognized among its peer group and has been participating in leading conferences, seminars workshops around the country. The institute itself has been in the forefront of organizing industry focused programmes on campus.
The networking with the industry is sound and the proximity of major bio-technology companies has helped the institute to organize its campus training programmes with professional managers. The contact with professionals has also increased its own placement prospects.
The institute has established good on campus facilities for bio-technology research and also for its computer sciences streams. The management programmes are able top benefit from this association.
Mount Carmel Institute of Management
No. 58, Palace Road, Vasanth Nagar, Bangalore, Karnataka-560 052
Tel: 080-22261487
Fax: 080-22261487
Director: Sr. M. Albina
Women empowerment is not a lip service anymore even as women are increasingly taking up responsible positions in the corporates and in the wake also creating an insatiable demand for women professional managers, a space Mount Carmel being one of the oldest schools of education decided fill a decade ago quite successfully.
Mount Carmel Institute of Management aims at making its students competent to face the challenges of the world, by imparting quality management education. The institute strives to enhance knowledge, skills and creativity. The mission also emphasizes a humane approach based on dedication and commitment. It is the endeavour of the school to develop a culture characterized by personal growth, integrity and ethics in business.
Mount Carmel College for Women, established in 1948, is ranked amongst the foremost educational institutions in the country imparting value-based education. The college has been recognized by the National Assessment Accreditation Council (NAAC) of the University Grants Commission as a five star institution -the highest grade a college in India can receive.
Mount Carmel Institute of Management (MCIM) is an ambitious step to consolidate the objective of empowering woman. Established in 1987, MCIM is an autonomous Institute approved by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE). It has been rated among the A+ Level of Business Schools in ‘India’s Best B-schools Survey’ (Business India 12th Oct, 2003 issue). The institution is currently in the process of receiving the ‘ISO 9000:2000′ certificate. The college is founded by the Carmelite Sisters of St. Theresa, founded by Mother St. Roes of Lima. The institute is located on No. 58, Palace Road, Vasanth Nagar, Bangalore.
The Institute offers a two-year Post Graduate Diploma in Business Administration, Short-term certificate courses, One year Graduate Program in various specializations in management. The various specializations offered are marketing, finance, IIR, systems, banking and insurance.
The institute strives to provide quality management education as it is well equipped with excellent infrastructure, committed faculty both in-house as well as successful top and senior executives from the corporate sector and professors with experience in teaching at prestigious institutions, like the Indian Institute of Management.
MATS School of Business & IT
MATS Tower, #319, 17th Cross, 25th Main, 6th Phase, JP Nagar, Bangalore 560 078.
Tel: 080-26532728/29
Fax: 080-26532730
Director: Dr. C.G. Krishnadas Nair
Globalisation may be a buzz word but getting the managers to think global is no easy task and one that could be achieved only through a focused education methodology which stresses on entrepreneurship as an underlying ethos. MATS School of belonging JGI (Jain Group of Institutions) aims at precisely this goal.
The group established in Bangalore in 2001 has emerged as an educational conglomerate with 21 institutions, 16,000 students and 1000 faculty members spread across the country. MATS is managed by a board of trustees under the chairmanship of its founder, Shri. Chenraj Jain. MATS runs the following programs:
• Post Graduate Diploma in Management (International Business).
• Masters in Information Technology.
• MBA - Distance Learning Programme.
Vision: To be a global leader in education and entrepreneurial development.
MATS business incubator Chenraj Jain aims to nurture 8,800 entrepreneurs who can contribute 2% to India’s GDP in the not too distant future. Accordingly, In October 2001, we conceptualised “Foundations” to promote entrepreneurship. The word founvations is a combination of 2 words, fountain and innovation. Till date, MATS has incubated over 11 companies - most of which are by MATS students. MATS has arguably the most active business incubator in the country.
Infrastructure MATS prides in providing world class infrastructure for its students. The institute is spread over 90,000 sq. feet and has over 22 class-rooms, two auditoriums - one with 350 seating capacity and the other with 90 seating capacity, seminar hall with a seating capacity of 400, four computer labs with about 250 com¬puters - thereby providing computer access to the students in the ratio of 1:2. The institute also provides 24 hours Internet connectivity through a 2 MBPS leased line.
Placements: Summer Internships and Placements are an important umbilical cord between MATS and Corporate houses. 180 Matsonians are placed with companies like Dell, HP, Kotak Bank, Kotak Securities APC Ltd., Bajaj Alhanz, Flextronics, ING Vysya, Intel, Caritor, Jones Lang Lasalle, Kelly Services, Ocwen, Progeon, Reuters, Thomson Financials and Valdel-Retail.
KLS’ Institute of Management Education & Research
Survey No-77, Adarshnagar, Hindwadi, Belgaum, Karnataka-590011
Tel: 0831-2405511,12,15
Fax: 0831-2481735
Director: Dr. K. S. Srinivasa Rao
Karnatak Law Society (KLS), Belgaum founded in 1939 by legal luminaries of this part, of northern Karnataka. The society has established standards with rofessionals and today it has 12 strong value-based institutions spreading primary, secondary, commerce, science, technological, legal and management Education. KLS founded Institute of Management Education and Research (IMER) Belgaum inl991 to impart much needed quality education in management in. Initially it was started as an autonomous institute offering a two-year full-time Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) which was later converted to the Master of Business Administration (MBA) Programme affiliated to Karnataka University, Dharwad, from the academic year 1999-2000 onwards.
The Institute consciously promotes individual creativity amongst its students by engaging them in a lot of extra-curricular activities to bring out their inner leadership qualities. MER regularly takes up market research and other survey projects on a commercial basis and students participate avidly in the projects for data collection and analysis. This helps in giving students the much needed exposure to the prevailing business environment. The students of IMER are encouraged to take up consultancy or any other projects on their own to widen to their perspective. Dignity of labour, modesty, a can do-attitude and a strong will to work hard and succeed are the qualities built in the students of IMER.
The Institute has dedicated faculty, who believe that learning does not stop when one takes up teaching. The members of the faculty regularly undergo training at the best b-Schools in India and implement new methods into their teaching techniques. Strong, sensitive and unobtrusive leadership of the director, mature faculty and supportive staff have led to an atmosphere conductive to development of leadership skills and a strong sense of values in our students. The auditorium, the Classrooms and the recreation facilities are not only aesthetic but also practical. Outstation students are advised to reside in the hostel and practice community-living and learning. The IMER Library has a wide collection of 10,000 books, journals, 70 periodicals, etc. on management and other general interest subjects. The library is open to students for 12 hours in a day. The Library also has a varied collection of video cassettes and CDs on management and related subjects. To ensure that the students are E-literate, IMER imparts extensive computer training to them in the form of courses.
Kirloskar Institute of Advanced Management Studies
Yantrapur, Harihar, Karnataka-577 602
Tel: 08192-241269, 241483, 241486
Fax: 08192-241270
Director: Dr. Gopal lyengar
For over a century now, the Kirloskar Group of Companies, one of India’s largest industrial conglomerates, has been growing and learning from it’s own experiences. KIAMS was conceived as a knowledge hub where Kirloskar group managers shared their learning amongst themselves. Realising, since, the need to open up to the rest of the
industry, the training institute was opened to managers all over the country in 1995 by the name KIAMS. The institute since then, quickly assumed a position of leadership and has never looked back. Situated on the banks of River Tungabhadra in a 6.3-acre plush green environment, the institute has the right ambience for learning excellence, something which it has able to fully leverage in training its students.
The vision of the school is to create a centre of excellence for management education, research, training and consultancy that is relevant to the society. As such the institute has been excelling all the areas assigned to it by the visionary leader S. L. Kirloskar the founder of the Kirloskar group. The institute continuously evolves new modules/segments to cater to specific customer requirements with an emphasis on situational relevance. The result is the development of case studies deeply rooted in the Indian context, which the institute Tises in addition to (lie standard cases from foreign sources.
The institute has already put, out seven batches of students who are successful in the corporate and also are highly supportive of the institute’s growth. The institute offers to its student not only high quality education but also the backing of one of the finest industrial groups of the country, which itself is known for its high degree of innovation and rapid growth over the years. The technology driven group has been able to steer the direction of the institute too so that the students get a perfect blend of academics and industry experience. The faculty quality is also high and so is their adequacy ensuring a favourable student, faculty ratio that aids in teaching learning experience at the campus.
The institute has a strong contingent of industry leaders visiting the students and imparting practical knowledge and the faculty also undertake consultancy and industry projects of relevance and pass on their learning to the students through appropriate class room pedagogic intervention.