| |19 19 September 2021HIGHERReviewLOGISTICS AND SCM EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTES - 2021HIGHER EDUCATIONReview TOP 10industry experience. They help students visualize industry activities and needs in advance. Adding more about the courses the institute offers, Karunakar B, who is the Director of the institute, says, "GHBS offers two years MBA Program, three years UG Program (BBA, B. Com) and Ph.D.in Management. The emphasis has been on academia-industry collaboration and leveraging it for preparing business leaders for tomorrow. Our pedagogy encompasses a wide range of co-curricular and extracurricular activities and frequent interactions with top executives from the industry. Our PG Programs include MBA (Dual Specialization), UG Programs in BBA, BBA (Business Analytics), BBA with CIMA, B.Com (Hons) with ACCA, BBA (Financial Markets), and Research Programs as well. We have MoUs with CIMA (Certified Institute of Management Accountants), ACCA, NSE Academy, Institutional Memberships & Partnerships: CII, HMA, AIMA, AIMS, ISTD, NHRD, AMDISA, Northeastern University (Boston) Twinning Program with University of Nebraska (Omaha, USA). We have MoU with EGADE Business School (Triple Crown of AACSB, AMBA, EQUIS) to promote academic cooperation and joint research with nodal faculty, seminar courses for students and FDPs for faculty. Our MoU with Wadhwani Foundation primed through the E-Cell at GHBS supports student entrepreneurs, startups and SMEs and encourages students to start their `Company on Campus'. The E-Cell provides a platform to NEN Student Entrepreneurship Programs, Contemporary and innovative pedagogical practices of their well-qualified, experienced, and dedicated team of faculty members, congenial learning climate, rich inputs received from experts from industry through guest lectures, learning through `function-specific in-house workshops, organizing various co-curricular and extra-curricular activities transforms their students to be future-ready and go-getters. The students are also exposed to SIPs where they gain experience in facing `Real-time Actionable Decision-Making situations' and `meeting the set targets". Frontrunner in innovation "With Emerging technologies, the corporate world needs management professionals who can ably handle the changing and challenging tasks and efficient use of the resources. Our programs effectively cater to corporate needs while simultaneously addressing societal concerns. With a professional approach, competent faculty, and motivated students, we are poised to reach greater heights in management education. Management is an eclectic discipline that requires interdisciplinary knowledge. In the current scenario, it requires a reasonable grounding in IT, sound knowledge of psychology and social sciences, apart from the core management subjects. With the presence of 5 other schools/faculties - engineering & technology, humanities & social sciences, architecture, science and pharmacy, our school of Management stands to benefit significantly. We believe in making our students industry-ready, taking cognizance of the latest developments in industry and serving their interests through well-trained students. We inculcate professional ethics along with professional knowledge in our students, making them eligible for responsible positions. We ensure that as future managers they (i) have a strong grounding in contemporary management & business theory (ii) understand global business and have skills in working with people from diverse backgrounds (iii) have ability to translate vision into action", says, Karunakar B while talking about how the institute leverage technology to equip their students. Going forward, GITAM will continue to emphasize a corporate-ready curriculum, a good blend of faculty from academia & industry, experiential learning, MOOCs courses, entrepreneurial ecosystem in collaboration with global universities, and pursuit of academic excellence. GITAM has collaborated with Logistics Sector Skill Council to introduce an apprenticeship-based program at the UG level
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