Educational Institutes, Colleges and Universities in India
Velammal College of Mgmt. and Computer Studies
Ambattar-Redhills Road, Sulepet, Chennai, Tamil Nadu-600066
Tel: 044-25019595
Fax: 044-26591771
Director: Dr. S .V. Devanathan
Growth oriented institutions that have already set a blazing track-record of progress is likely to impart the same spirit of achievement to its students, a phenomena evident in the alumni of one of the fastest educational enterprises of Tamil Nadu. The Velammal Educational Trust which runs the college was established in 1986 and in a short less than two decades of existence the Trust has now over 22,500 students spread in a number of technical campuses and its management school.
The vision of the school is to educate the student community both by theory and practice to fit in with the society and to conquer the tomorrow’s technology at global level with human values through our dedicated team. Towards this the college has established a spacious campus with well-designed class rooms with the essential teaching aids like audiovisual equipment overhead projectors, slide projectors, TV and VCR for the use of faculty members. With a sanctioned strength of 60 students the college has been growing in visibility and diversity. The institution is also looking to elevant itself as a centre of higher learning offering MPM and PhD programmes
The school has established a good computer centre with state-of-the-art equipment and software along with a well stocked library. The students are encouraged to learn the latest trends in management education through selective pedagogic process. The institute has also networked strongly with the local industry and invites the industry leadership to teach in the campus as well as offer consultancy for its faculty. Such close association has also worked well with the placement process of the institute which has been good and consistent.
As it looks into the future, Velammal is confident of emerging one of the top notch management schools of the country by expanding its seat strength and also the faculty numbers
PSG Institute of Management
P.B. No. 1668, Avinashi Road, Peelamedu, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu-641004
Tel: 0422-2590946/2577252
Fax: 0422-2572375
Director: Dr. R. Nandagopal
The textile city of Coimbatore in south India has always been known for entre- preneurship and the founders of the PSG Institute also came from a textile y but with a vision to develop high educational standards even as early as 1926 when the institute was actually launched. The department of management studies of the PSG Institute of Technology was stated in 1965 and the present PSG Institute of Management was carved out of this department in the year 1994. In the two decades of its existence the institute has come a long way as one of the nation- ally renowned management, institutes of the country and with every passing year it is gaming in strength.
The curriculum is designed to deliver cutting edge application of theory, corn- bined with an industry interface protocol that ensures that the students are industry reaa"y when they graduate from the portals of the institute. The mission of the institute is to provide world-class education and encourage entrepreneurship. The campus of the institute is large occupying 20 acres of land complete with all amenities. The institute currently runs a Masters Programme international business in associa- Lion with IIFT, a post graduate diploma programme in management, a PG diploma in tourism management in association with Pricol Travels and a post graduate dipio- ma in advertising and communication.
The institute has state-of-the-art computer centre and wi fi connectivity and uses e-learning software to assist the faculty in their pedagogy. The learning man- agement system currently being installed will provide online teaching and learning materials for the students and the faculty. The entire institute is moving towards paperless learning. The institute has an enviable placement record with more than 50 companies reporting to campus every year. Over 90 per cent of the students receive their job offers even before they have completed their education, endorsing the positive perception the institute enjoys with the corporate.
The institute has a good faculty resource ensuring favourable student faculty ratio and also making sure that the institute is able to conduct a number of relevant management training programme for the industry in the region and outside. The institute has nearly 1,800 alumni pool which is a source of strength for the institute.
MOP Vaishnav College for Women
No. 20, IV Lane Nungambakkam High Road, Chennai, Tamil Nadu-600 034.
Tel: 044-28330262
Director: Dr. K. Nirmala Prasad
Women in business is common and women managers are making greater inroads into erstwhile male bastion of business and trade. However, equipping women with professional skills of management is something which colleges like MOP Vaishnav discovered as the need of the hour and are carrying out this task with great aplomb. MOP Vaishnav College launched the two-year full-time M.B.A Program in the year 1995, with the aim of imparting a ” Value-Based Application Oriented” higher Management Education of excellent Quality to the up surging Indian women.
Today, innumerable students vibrant with diverse educational and social background are catalyzing their ‘Individual Growth and Self-renaissance” by nurturing, bonding, reenergizing, and developing in an atmosphere of freedom and free expression. As a result, the Institute was rightly laurelled with the’ Managerial Excellence Award’in the educational Sector for the Year 2002 by the Madras Management Association (MMA).
The mission of the school is to provide a “Unique Learning Experience, which enables the students to realize their innate potential and mould their overall personality; to create a galaxy of professionaly smart, competent and creative individuals with a zealous approach and build the nation towards the gateway of success on the corporate front; to inculcate in the students a blend of hard work, integrity, assertiveness, openness and to groom them to generate positive synergy in every other pursuit of their life. library at the Institute has a distinct division for the management students, wherein 15,000 books of latest reference titles on Management and related subjects as well as about 102 professional journals and periodicals both national arid international, including Harvard Business Review, Hie Economist, California Management Review, Journal of Marketing, Journal of Market Research, MIT SToan Management Review and Journal of Career Assessment.
The institute has state-of-the-art computer labs and network with leased line Internet facility are available in the campus.
Loyola Institute of Business Administration (LIBA)
1, Sterling Road, Nungambakkam, Chennai, Tamil Nadu -600034
Tel: 044-28175353/54/55/56/57
Fax: 044-28173183
Director: Dr. P. Christie S. J.
Very few institutes of management in the country evoke the kind of instant recognition and respect like that of this one, based on the perception of a honest, clean and highly disciplined school capable of producing competent managers anchored to reality of life.
The pedagogy, curriculum and even the spare aesthetics of the institute is based on reality so as to lead the student managers in the right direction and the ethos is that of hard work, timeliness and clarity in thought and communication, qualities the Jesuit priests who conceived the organization brought with them to the campus. The institute has since been growing steadily both in stature and also in size offering some of the best class room and practical management training in the country both for its students and practising professionals from outside.
The institute has a strong academic offering which is constantly updated with the help of the industry with which it has a strong rapport and long association. The institute had no difficult in attracting some of the best companies in the business to pick up its talent every year. Placement programme apart, the institute is a regular venue for the corporate managers to get their training and updation of subjects long forgotten in their busy professional lives.
The institute has a strong outreach programme and it actively encourages its students to participate in the inter institute competitions and other corporate offerings. The faculty are strong in numbers and also in their impeccable credentials and the institute has a lot of pluses in intellectual capital accumulation. The infrastructure is also carefully designed to augment learning and also enhance the intellectual capital development. The institute has ushered in the technological era by encouraging its students to use computers in learning and also in their use of library. The school also conducts a number of workshops and seminars to attract the best minds to the campus to impart their knowledge.
Institute for Technology and Management, Chennai
D-14, Siplot, IT Park, Siruseri, Old Mahabalipuram Road, Chennai-603103
Tel: 044-30974147/30974148
Fax: 044-24937457
Director: Dr. P. V. Raghavan
Chennai, the capital of Tamil Nadu is vying with its counterpart Bangalore for a place among the top IT cities of the world. Institutions like ITM Chennai clearly are helping the city to achieve its goal by producing the best quality students high-tech exposure.
The ITM Trust founded by Prof P.V. Ramana in Warangal has emerged as a major technology education provider in the private sector with colleges in sevsen locations including Chennai.
“The mission is to provide industry relevant, competitive professional, management and information to chronology education, training consultant and add value. The Trust also helps the disadvantaged in gaining access to educational opportuni¬ties previously denied to them by providing financial assistance in deserving cases.”
ITM Chennai is having its new full and pledged sprawling wired campus, spread over 4 acres with a constructed area of 35,000 sq. feet in phase I and another 65,000 sq. feet in phase II at Sipcot IT Park, Siruseri on the old Mahabalipuram Road which is emerging as the IT corridor of Chennai. The state-of-art facilities include air-conditioned and fully-wired lecture halls, conference halls, an auditorium with a seating capacity of 15000, round-the-clock computer centres, library, group work stations and syndicate room, open air theatre cafeteria facilities for the indoor games and sports.
The two-year full-time PGDBA programme covers six semesters and 36 courses, with specialization in marketing, finance, HR and IT areas. Besides special electives relevant to current business scenario are offered to the students. These include courses like marketing of financial services, derivates, SCM, treasury management.
ITM-Chennai has an an exclusive Executive Education Centre which offers Part time MBA programme for employed persons. For senior executives, a weekend MBA Program is also conducted. ITM Chennai has been conducting these part-time executive programme for the past 12 years.
Bharathidasan Institute of Management (BIM)
School of Excellence of Bharathidasan University, Post Box NO.12, MHD Campus, BHEL Complex, TiruchirappalU-620014, Tamilnadu.
Tel: 0431-2520502/796/733
Fax: 0431-2520542/733
Director: Prof. M.Sankaran
Bharathidasan Institute of Management is a stellar example what the now not so popular public sector companies have to offer in terms of learning through practice.
In 1984, Bharat Ratna Shri. C. Subramaniam along with Prof. P.S. Mani Sundaram, the first Vice-Chancellor of Bharathidasan University s chaired a meeting of leading academicians and industrialists and an idea was born to set up a management institute which would be grounded in strong theoretical inputs and would have the proactive partnership of a large industrial organization providing its students with a real world leaning experience.This vision culminated in the establishment of Bharathidasan Institute of Management (BIM) in active partnership with Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL), Timehirappalii and the Bharathidasan University.
BIM offers one of the most coveted MBA programs in India. Entry to this course is regulated through a rigorous selection process. BIM is the largest Business School in Tamil Nadu with an annual intake of 120 students. MBA graduates from BIM are widely placed in the industry. The Program has attracted people with diverse backgrounds, career interests and aspirations but who have one thing in common; an interest in learning and a desire to equip themselves for chal¬lenging managerial positions.
BIM is committed to excellence and this philosophy pervades every aspect of the Institute. The Institute maintains consistently high academic standards. The students are given an in depth exposure to all management disciplines, and close liaison with business and industry is incorporated into the curriculum. It provides the right ambience for the students to develop their personal and professional skills. The Institute lays greater emphasis on righteous behavior of students to groom them as responsible citizens, reflecting the core values of rich Indian traditions. All other activities that are carried out by BIM like management development programmes, consultancy assignments, case development, research, etc. are aimed at improving the quality of input given to the MBA students. The program is designed to produce skilled managers, effective leaders and responsible citizens capable of succeeding in all types of business organizations, large, small, private, public and non-profit. This is achieved through highly selective admission of qualified and motivated students, and then by providing these students with the analyti¬cal skills, creativity, sensitivity and breadth of awareness necessary to be successful in diverse management situations.
Amrita School of Business
Ettimadai P.O., Coimbatore-641105
Tel: 0422-2656422 (8 lines)
Fax: 0422-2656274
Dean: A. Sushil Kumar
Amrita School of Business (ASB) started its first batch of two-year fully residential PGDM course in 1996. It was then known as Amrita Institute of Management. The B-School was started as an independent institute with a batch size of 16 students, at Etthnadai, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. Today ASB admits 120 students every year for its two-year MBA Programme (Full Residential). Amrita School of Business was started by the Mata Ainritanandamayi Math, founded by Mata Amritanandamayi Devi, today globally known as Amma. The Math’s International Headquarters is at Kollam, Kerala. Today, ASB is a constituent of the Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Deemed University which has evolved as a vibrant, value-based, inter-disciplinary, multi-campus University operating from Ettimadai, Coimbatore. The Amrita University offers UG and PG programmes in a wide spectrum of disciplines with an enrolment of over 5000 students and 500 faculty members.
The vision of ASB is to create a synergistic combination of Indian ethos and modern management. To translate this vision, ASB has some of the finest permanent faculty - who have studied / taught in the best Universities in the world such as Berkeley, Cornell, IIM, IIT, JBIMS, Kellogg, Stern, Texas-Austin, Wharton, XLRIO with experience in a wide spectrum of organizations in India and abroad. The B-School is located in a hillside campus with a self-contained township spread across 330 acres in the foothills of the Western Ghats in Coimbatore - 28 kms away from the Coimbatore Airport, 18 kms from the Railways station and 12 kms away from Kerala border.
The 2005-07 MBA batch has an average age of 23 years. It comprises 35% women. Nearly 43% of the students are engineers. In the MBA batch of 120, 22% have industry experience. Admissions are through CAT of IIMs followed by GD & PI, which are conducted by ASB at different centres in India. There is no seat category for the ASB MBA programme. Financial Assistance is offered on merit cum means basis. The 2005 MBA batch of ASB was placed through campus recruitment.
A B L Biotechnologies Ltd
Incorporated as a private limited company in 1992, A B L Biotechnologies Ltd exported its first consignment of Frozen Sea Food to Spain and Japan in 1993. During the same year, it diversified its operations into infrastructure support services for aquaculture by supplying aquaculture equipment and inputs to numerous aqua farms. It entered into long-term agreements with several international companies of repute and became public limited company in 1994. Since then the company has diversified its activities into high technology aquaculture and biotechnology research.
A B L has set up a research and development facility at Vishakapatnam, one of its kind and the only such facility in the private sector in India to be accorded accreditation and recognition by the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR). The Microbial Metabolites Laboratory at Chennai works on evaluating new sources of biochemicals from marine organisms. A BL’s present focus includes work on Pharmaceuticals like anti-bacterials and anti-virals, enzymes, bio-molecular materials, bio-monitors and diagnostics, bio-pesticides, bioremediation and aquaculture. According to KO Isaac, MD, ABL Biotechnologies, 6 marine microbe products are ready for production and two products, Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA) and phycocyanin production will start in 2006.
Address: ABL Biotechnologies Ltd
No.55, Third East Street,
Kamaraj Nagar, Tiruvanmiyur,
Chennai-600 041.
Tel.: +91 44 52020501/ 52020502.
Fax: +91 44 52020957.
Source : Bio Spectrum
Subbalakshmi Lakshmipathy College of Science,
Institution Name: Subbalakshmi Lakshmipathy College of Science, Madurai
Place: Tamil Nadu
Address: TVR Nagar, Aruppukottai Road, Madurai - 625 022
Institution Details: Phone : 0452-2690616, 2690623
Fax : 0452-2690613
The College has been approved by the Government of Tamil nadu and is affiliated to Madurai Kamaraj University
Course(s) Offered: PG Diploma in Bakery Science & Management
Duration: 1 year (inclusive of 90 days industrial training)
Age : No limit
Pioneer International School of Hotel Management,
Institution Name: Pioneer International School of Hotel Management, Tirupur
Place: Tamil Nadu
Address: 18,Chikkanna Chettiar Street, Tirupur- 641604
Institution Details: Phone :0421-743091, 745711, 74571
Fax : 0421-741284
Course(s) Offered: International Higher Diploma in Hotel Management
Eligibility: 10+2 or graduates
Duration: 3 years
Selection: Through entrance test
Hostel facilities are available