Careers 360 Magazine - November 2024

In this issue

This issue of Careers360 has rated about 512 business schools across the country on a five-A rating scale, listed by region, and has also ranked the top 100 institutions -- 45 public and 55 private ones. In addition, there are stories on courses, employment, research and ranking. There are interviews with B-school leaders in some of India’s most august management education institutions – XLRI Jamshedpur, FMS Delhi, SP Jain, NIA Pune, and more. There is a tour of new IIM campuses, insights into why Bengal has so few management colleges, and studying MBA online and through distance learning.

'XLRI's Mumbai campus will focus on finance, Amravati on international partnerships'

Founded in 1949, XLRI Jamshedpur is India's oldest business school and it just celebrated its platinum jubilee. Now, the 75 year-old private institution has hit another growth spurt with new campuses in the works. Its Amravati campus will focus on international collaborations; Mumbai, on finance courses; and in Delhi, an automobile design school is planned. Father S George, S.J., director, XLRI Jamshedpur, spoke to Sheena Sachdeva about upcoming campuses, new courses, placements, partnerships with Indian and international universities and more. Edited excerpts

5 mins

100 Best Business Schools In The Country

For Careers360's 2025 B-school ranking, we ranked 100 public and private management institutions and rated over 500, dividing them into zones and city clusters

4 mins

'THE CAMPUS IS AMAZING'

Four new IIMS - Bodh Gaya, Sambalpur, Jammu and Visakhapatnam - have found their permanent homes and they are beautiful, environment friendly and efficient campuses. Here's a quick tour.

5 mins

'Quality management education that is equitable': FMS Dean

The Faculty of Management Studies (FMS) at the University of Delhi (DU) is one of India's premier business schools offering MBA courses at a relatively low cost, compared to most leading business schools in India. Celebrating its 70th year, it is also one of the first university-based business schools. In an interview with Sanjay, head and dean of FMS A Venkat Raman spoke about the functioning of a business school under a central university, challenges, courses and future plans. He also spoke on the Common Admission Test (CAT) and its impact on diversity in student cohorts. Edited excerpts

4 mins

Creating 'innovators with conscience'

The SP Jain Institute of Management and Research (SPJIMR), Mumbai, has been the top Indian institution in the Financial Times' (FT) Masters in Management rankings for two years in a row. Varun Nagaraj, dean of SPJIMR, spoke to Atul Krishna about what the institute does differently, its plans, the future of business education, and the FT and National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) lists. Edited excerpts below

6 mins

Managing produce, from farm to plate

Agribusiness managers are in great demand, both on the 'input' side of agriculture - seeds, fertilizer, machinery businesses - as well as in the processing of the 'output'

4 mins

Despite good record, SRCC's PGDM faces degree hurdle

Delhi University's Shri Ram College of Commerce started its postgraduate diploma in Global Business Operations (GBO) 25 years ago. Principal Simrit Kaur spoke to Shradha Chettri on their effort to convert the diploma into a degree programme, changes required in the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) and more. Edited excerpts

5 mins

The era of MBA in sustainability

As companies are increasingly pushed to meet environmental compliances, management institutes are revamping their curricula with specialised MBA programmes in sustainability or launching new programmes

4 mins

National Insurance Academy plans expansion to meet rising demand

The National Insurance Academy (NIA), now situated in Pune, was established jointly by the ministry of finance and all the major public sector undertakings (PSUs) in insurance. Originally a training institute for insurance industry professionals, it has been offering a postgraduate diploma in management (PGDM) since 2004 and has placed 100% of its students all through.

5 mins

'Committed to industry-relevant learning'

International Management Institute (IMI), New Delhi, is India's first corporate-sponsored B-school. It offers three PG diplomas in management - the flagship PGDM with 300 seats, as well as human resource management and business and financial studies with 60 each. Himadri Das, director general, IMI, discussed the challenges posed by competition among private business schools, the importance of diversity, and IMI's NIRF rankings with Sanjay. Edited excerpts from the interview.

4 mins

New roles and spaces

Online MBA has helped many working professionals climb up the office hierarchy or even pivot to an entirely new career. But there are challenges.

4 mins

'We have a completion rate of 80-90%'

During an interaction, Mayank Kumar, co-founder and managing director of upGrad, spoke to Sheena Sachdeva about new courses in accounting and management, the profile of learners, trends in online MBA courses, and more. Edited excerpts from the conversation below

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