IIKM Business School
By Prof. Sundar T Raghavachari, Director
Prof. Sundar T Raghavachari, Director, IIKM, is a Career Marketing Professional, who has worked for Usha International, Globe Group, Apollo Tubes, Stram Inc., USA and Placements.com as manager in various departments. He is also an entrepreneur and founder of Shree Lakshmi Plastic Crafts which offers services in the area of Engineering Plastics, Design and Development. In teaching arena, he has taught at IIM-B, XIM, Goa Institute of Management, Bharatidasan Institute of Management and Regional College of Management.
He also conducted a number of Management Development Programs for Mico Bosch, HMT Watches, American Springs, Kirloskar Information systems and HAL Management Academy.
With plenty of experience, Prof Ragavachari says, "anybody could be knowledge ready but they cannot be job ready unless they can communicate well."
With presence in Bangalore, Chennai and Calicut, IIKM business school is one of the fastest growing B- Schools in the country. The institute offers industry oriented programs in various streams of management education. The edifice of this institute is built around a single theme that shapes all its strategies, policies and plans, known as end-to-end education to the masses through customer centric focus with inclusion of age-old proven concepts. The students and working professionals receive the best and most practical business education with emphasis on entrepreneurial potential along with employment facilities.
IIKM, acclaimed as the first B-School in Tamil Nadu and Kerala, has tie-ups with global IT vendors, Microsoft and SAP for high-end ERP training. In collaboration with Bharathiar University, Coimbatore and Microsoft Dynamics, the institute is providing MBA, PGPM and ERP Training as a single package where students can complete the entire programs in two years, which is considered as the minimum time to complete single MBA program. Apart from the industry linked MBA programs, the institute provides few more rare courses such as MBA in Airline and Airport Management and certificate program on Management Consulting. The entire programs are well supported by their highly experienced faculty members.
The management of IIKM has emphasized on the fact that, a good management school needs certain number of faculty with rich knowledge more than providing deluxe infrastructure. Thus, it has ensured that the faculty members of IIKM include not only several Ph.D holders but also a bunch of industry experts who have received the rigorous learning process of IITs and IIMs.
The combination of IIT and IIM along with experience of working with policymaking team of corporate giants enables the faculties to teach the management lessons with absolute authority.
The institute's Wifi enabled campus has all the basic amenities to cater to the demands of modern management educations such as technology-enabled lecture halls with LCDs and OHPs. Its well functioning library serves as knowledge centre for the students and the books are bought in a customized fashion in consideration with faculties. The B-School also provides technology tools like laptops to every student in order to integrate multiple sources of knowledge. The institute is not only helping the students with their in house facilities but also offers opportunity for the students to earn summer internships during their B-School years. This helps students in gaining industry exposure before their final placement in the corporate world.
He also conducted a number of Management Development Programs for Mico Bosch, HMT Watches, American Springs, Kirloskar Information systems and HAL Management Academy.
With plenty of experience, Prof Ragavachari says, "anybody could be knowledge ready but they cannot be job ready unless they can communicate well."
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With presence in Bangalore, Chennai and Calicut, IIKM business school is one of the fastest growing B- Schools in the country. The institute offers industry oriented programs in various streams of management education. The edifice of this institute is built around a single theme that shapes all its strategies, policies and plans, known as end-to-end education to the masses through customer centric focus with inclusion of age-old proven concepts. The students and working professionals receive the best and most practical business education with emphasis on entrepreneurial potential along with employment facilities.
IIKM, acclaimed as the first B-School in Tamil Nadu and Kerala, has tie-ups with global IT vendors, Microsoft and SAP for high-end ERP training. In collaboration with Bharathiar University, Coimbatore and Microsoft Dynamics, the institute is providing MBA, PGPM and ERP Training as a single package where students can complete the entire programs in two years, which is considered as the minimum time to complete single MBA program. Apart from the industry linked MBA programs, the institute provides few more rare courses such as MBA in Airline and Airport Management and certificate program on Management Consulting. The entire programs are well supported by their highly experienced faculty members.
The management of IIKM has emphasized on the fact that, a good management school needs certain number of faculty with rich knowledge more than providing deluxe infrastructure. Thus, it has ensured that the faculty members of IIKM include not only several Ph.D holders but also a bunch of industry experts who have received the rigorous learning process of IITs and IIMs.
The combination of IIT and IIM along with experience of working with policymaking team of corporate giants enables the faculties to teach the management lessons with absolute authority.
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The institute's Wifi enabled campus has all the basic amenities to cater to the demands of modern management educations such as technology-enabled lecture halls with LCDs and OHPs. Its well functioning library serves as knowledge centre for the students and the books are bought in a customized fashion in consideration with faculties. The B-School also provides technology tools like laptops to every student in order to integrate multiple sources of knowledge. The institute is not only helping the students with their in house facilities but also offers opportunity for the students to earn summer internships during their B-School years. This helps students in gaining industry exposure before their final placement in the corporate world.