Sunday 22 January 2017

Former IIM Calcutta Director joins Calcutta Business School

Former director of IIM Calcutta, Prof. Shekhar Chaudhuri joins Calcutta Business School, Bishnupur as Director. A respected name in the Indian B School circles, Dr. Chaudhuri served as the director in IIM C for two consecutive terms where he was responsible for launching new academic programs and significant thrust in research activities,accreditations many academic initiatives.  
Calcutta Business School is an autonomous institute offers Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) programs and is approved by AICTE. The college is promoted by
Shikshayatan Foundation (formerly MBV Society) with Mr. S. K. Birla as the Chairman.
Commenting on the development, Mr. S. K. Birla said, “We aim to create a ‘Centre of Excellence in Management Education’ where we nurture and develop future business leaders who contributes to their organizations and beyond.Business across the globe over past few years has forced the management education system to relook. The guiding principle for the industry is now to find potential managers with a blend of academic excellence and business acumen which is relevant to the industry for the present and future business scenario. Under the leadership of notable academician like Dr. Chaudhuri and with his institution building capabilities, Calcutta Business School will cater to the demands of the stake holders.”
“A transformational change process has been initiated that would encompass multi-dimensional growth covering academic programmes and research, faculty enhancement and development that are designed to create new age business leaders. One has to cope with the dynamism of the VUCA situations, adjust to turbulence of business environment, execute and meet the organizational objectives year-on-year” mentioned Dr. Shekhar Chaudhuri.
Professor Chaudhuri has earlier held faculty and administrative positions in various institutions and business houses. He was in IIM Ahmedabad for 27 years, College of Business and Administration, Southern Illinois University, ESCP, Paris School of Management, Vinod Gupta School of Management at IIT Kharagpur, Shiv Nadar University been a consultant to the World Bank.

Calcutta Business School’s sprawling 15-acres eco-friendly campus at Bishnupur at the outskirts of Kolkata offers state-of-the-art facilities to enable a 24x7 continuous learning environment. Applications are open for the current PGDM 2017-19 batch. 

Calcutta Business School, seeks applications from diverse set of students

The Calcutta Business School encourages students to apply from non-engineering background too for its PGDM program. Candidates may apply at the official website. Calcutta Business School is an autonomous
institute offering an AICTE approved two-year fully residential Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) program and several Executive Education Programs. The school, modelled on some of the top ranking Business Schools in the country with Prof. Shekhar Chaudhuri, former IIM Calcutta director, at it’s helm of affairs, is located on a sprawling 15 acre fully residential, eco-friendly and 'intelligent' campus on the outskirts of Kolkata.  The college is promoted by Shikshayatan Foundation with Mr. S. K. Birla as the Chairman. Recently one of the student from the B School was offered a package of INR 14 lacs was offered by Amazon.

Fact file:
Tuition Fees
6.85 Lacs   (Hostel Fees : Approx INR 0.60 lacs )      
Full time Faculty
16
Faculty with PhD
10
Average CTC last year
N.A
Highest CTC last year
N.A
Faculty with Industry Exposure
N.A
Exam Accepted
CAT/MAT/XAT/CMAT/JEMAT
Seat
120
Placement:
Some of the leading recruiters include: HDB Financial Services, Xpro India Limited, Techshu, Future Group, Universal Sompoo General Insurance Co limited, Eveready, MRF Tyres, RS Software, Nestle, Asian Paints, Berger, AVIVA, Reliance General Insurance, 98.3 Radio Mirchi, SASVAT, Birla Sunlife, NIIT Technologies, Alembic, Janlaxmi , McLeod Russel, Emami, Tractors India Ltd., Danieli India, IFB, ITC Infotech, GE Healthcare, Titagarh Wagons, HSBC, VXL, McNally Bharat, Goodricke Group, IMRB, SREI Infrastructure, Tata Metaliks, Rediffusion, HDFC Bank, PwC, Videocon, mjunction, and others.
Specializations:Banking and Finance Management, Marketing, Operation and supply chain management, Healthcare management HRM, Business analytics, Information system and Information technology
Eligibility
The minimum requirement for admission to the programme is 3-year bachelor’s degree or equivalent in any discipline form a recognised Indian or foreign university with a minimum of 50% marks. Candidates appearing for final year bachelor’s degree examinations (or an equivalent examination) can also apply
Selection Procedure
Candidates will be shortlisted for group discussion and personal interview based on their academic record, CAT/MAT/XAT/CMAT/JEMAT scores. Shortlisted candidates will be called for a group discussion, personal interview and other procedure in Kolkata. The final selection will be based on the candidate’s past academic record, overall performance in the group discussion, personal interview, work experience and other procedure.
Application Form: INR 1500. 
Applicants have to apply online by visiting website http://www.calcuttabusinessschool.org/

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