IIT Schools of Management
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The IIT Schools of Management (IIT SoMs) are the management schools/departments of the Indian Institutes of Technology, located in the cities of Kharagpur, Bombay, Delhi, Madras, Kanpur and Roorkee. They award post-graduate degrees in Management. The JMET conducted by the IITs and Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore is a competitive test conducted for admission to the graduate programs in Management at the six IITs and the IISc. Each institute conducts group discussions and personal interviews to evaluate the students shortlisted after the test.
VGSoM, IIT Kharagpur
The Vinod Gupta School of Management at IIT Kharagpur was established in 1993, and was the first management school to be setup within the IIT system. It was initiated by a distinguished alumnus and a Life Time Fellow of the Institute, Mr. Vinod Gupta. The foundation stone of the School was laid by the then President of India, late Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma in July 1994, and the School moved to its fine new building in December 1996. The school's mission is to be a centre of excellence in management education and research catering to the needs of organizations in different sectors of the economy with special emphasis on technology driven and knowledge based industries that are characterized by high degrees of globalization, dynamism, complexity and innovativeness.
SJMSoM, IIT Bombay
The Shailesh J. Mehta School of Management (SJMSoM) is a management school in IIT Bombay established in 1995. It was established to promote interdisciplinary learning and to keep up with the changing environment; and with the objective of transforming professionals with technological background to "Renaissance Leaders" of tomorrow. In the year 2000, the school was renamed as Shailesh J Mehta School of Management, in honor of Dr. Shailesh J. Mehta, a distinguished alumnus of IIT Bombay and a generous contributor to the school. SJMSoM already leads the way in preparing its graduates to respond to the new challenges by drawing on the varied intellectual resources of IIT Bombay and providing an outstanding and innovative program in management education.
The School enjoys the generous support of a number of leading industries and organizations including Ministry of Human Resource and Development (Government of India), ICICI, Hindustan Lever Ltd, Hindi Vidya Bhavan and Larsen & Toubro Ltd. Hindustan Lever Limited, Hindi Vidya Bhavan and ICICI also provide a number of scholarships to students for excellence in academics every year. Apart from this there are a few merit-based scholarships from the Shailesh J Mehta Endowment Fund.
DMS, IIT Delhi
The Department of Management Studies in IIT Delhi is a management school located in the institute's premises.
In 1993 the Department was brought into existence by amendment to IIT Delhi statutes. The Department responded to the need of the Indian Industry and derived satisfaction from its heavy field orientation in all its curriculum activity. In response to the feedback from the students, alumni and industry, the Department of Management Studies launched MBA programmes in 1997.
The department currently runs a two year full time MBA programme with focus on Management Systems, a two year full time MBA with focus on Telecommunication Systems Management under the aegis of Bharti School of Telecom Technology and Management and a three year part time MBA programme with focus on Technology Management.
DoMS, IIT Madras
The Department of Management Studies (DoMS) at IIT Madras formally came into existence in April 2004, though a full-fledged two-year MBA programme. It was being offered since 2001 under the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences. While management education is not new to IIT Madras with M.Tech in Industrial Management being offered for nearly four decades prior to it, the industry's growing demand for high quality management research as well as managers trained in the finer nuances of business and technology provided the drive to set up a separate DoMS, offering an MBA programme comparable to the best B-Schools in the country. Currently, the department offers degrees in MBA, MS and Ph.D.s in various functional areas and specialized domains of the industry. Currently, the department offers degrees in MBA, MS and Ph.D.s in various functional areas and specialized domains of the industry.
The highlights of the prgramme include features like Unique Pedagogy, Industrial and Business Domains, Course Audits, The Early Recruiter Advantage, State-of-the-art coursework, Professional Development Workshops, Small Batch Size, and Student Mixing.
IME Department, IIT Kanpur
Set up in 1974, the Department of Industrial and Management Engineering (IME) at IIT Kanpur was one of the first in the country to recognize the strength of combining the training of engineers with management. Today this Department is engaged in a diverse set of activities including teaching, industry consultancy, management development programs, academic research and public sector projects. The department currently offers M.Tech., Ph.D. and MBA degrees.DoMS, IIT Roorkee
Two milestones were breached with the Final Placements of DoMS, IIT Roorkee's MBA Class of 2006. The first that it was declared closed in few hours flat, for the batch size of 47 students; and the second was surpassing the 6 lakh mark in terms of average salaries. DOMS witnessed top brands virtually fighting for the top slots in the placement week. And as a result of it, the week got reduced into days. Celebration time started as all candidates of the Class of 2006 got offers at least 4 months prior to graduation.Of the 30 companies that confirmed to participate, just 15 firms got to recruit the batch by the time it completely ran out of candidates, as a result of which some companies had to return back empty while some others were requested to withhold their visit. While the brands that recruited were a mix from various industry sectors offering a diverse range of profiles, the major recruiters included Infosys, Bristlecone, WNS Global Services, HCL Tech, Genpact and TCS and the rest comprised of Hewlett Packard, Sun Microsystems, IBM, Balmer Lawrie, TNS Global, Bajaj Auto, Satyam, IMRB and Newgen. The likes of Manhattan Associates, AC Nielsen, Oracle, Futures First, eValueserve and Aditi Technologies had to return back empty handed.
External links
- [VGSoM, IIT Kharagpur]
- [SJMSoM, IIT Bombay]
- [DMS, IIT Delhi]
- [DoMS, IIT Madras]
- [IME Department, IIT Kanpur]
- [DoMS, IIT Roorkee]
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