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Shaping Managers for the
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MANAGEMENT
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2021
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EDITOR’S NOTE
CREATING THE
BUSINESS LEADERS
OF TOMORROW
The Indian business landscape is gradually evolving with the
incorporation of advanced technology and innovative
business manoeuvres. Many new players are transforming
the market scenario with efficiency. Key players in the industry are
taking businesses to newer levels with their dedicated endeavours
and pioneering methods.
India is making its mark in the global arena with its growing
influence in different businesses. Leading names in the industry are
achieving newer feats with their constant efforts.
However, to sustain businesses and to ensure constant and prolonged
growth and returns, every company requires leaders who can steer
them towards the heights of success and dominance. Accordingly,
they need management graduates and MBAs to steer any business
through tough tides and to take them to the landmark of prominence.
These management graduates are the future business leaders who
will shape the destiny of the Indian business sector and ensure better
outcomes.

However, it is not easy to mould competent business
leaders. Individuals have to go through in-depth, hands-on
training to help them tackle the severe challenges of the
changing business world. This is where the most decorated
management institutes step in. They are equipped with the
best infrastructural and educational facilities. This assists
them to provide students with lasting and hands-on
educational experiences. Additionally, they provide students
with in-depth knowledge of the current business world, its
characteristics, and future trends.
These top institutes are driven by the zeal to nurture and
produce seasoned management graduates. Such graduates
possess the grit, abilities, and knowledge to take on
indomitable odds and come up with efficient solutions to
any kind of business problem.
These institutes always stay updated about the latest
developments in the business arena. They keep track of all
the technological innovations and incorporate the same in
classroom instructions and practical sessions. These
institutes employ a research-oriented educational process,
which allows the students to gain in-depth knowledge about
business and management.
The key players in management education offer internships,
research, and collaboration, which help students evolve into
refined business professionals. They structure a dynamic
syllabus for every degree and batch so that no student
remains deprived of quality management education. This
would, in turn, help the students to build a bright career
path in the arena of management.
Driven by the zeal of delivering quality education, these
institutes provide every student with the opportunity of
national and international internships. This eventually
builds the skills of the students and prepares them for actual
corporate workplaces.
The core objective of these management institutes is to train
dedicated business leaders who are focused on attaining
excellence in business endeavours. Hence, in this issue of
The Knowledge Review, we take you on a journey to
explore the most renowned institutes of management
studies in India, who are changing the name of the game
with their concerted efforts. So, what are we waiting for?
Let’s browse through the pages to know more about these
top institutes. T R
Ananda Kamal Das
Ananda Kamal Das
ananda@insightssuccess.com

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Food For Thought
The Rise of Online Learning and
the stigma of learning limitation with it
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I Business Institute
Delivering Educational Excellence and
Grooming Future Leaders for India
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Shri Vaishnav Vidyapeeth
Vishwavidyalaya
The Innovative Educational Hub for
the next Generation of Managers

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Name of the Institution
I Business Institute
URL
ibusinessinstitute.org
Brief
Most Prominent
Institutes
MANAGEMENT
Studies
in India, 2021
I Business Institute is a well-reputed
management institute strategically located in
the knowledge hub of NCR thereby opening up
a plethora of opportunities for the budding
managers
of
IIEBM, Indus
Business School
iiebm.com
IIEBM aims to facilitate and nurture
students to learn and apply management
theories
Shri Vaishnav Vidyapeeth
Vishwavidyalaya
svvv.edu.in
SVVV aims to be a leader in shaping better
future for mankind through quality education,
training, and research
Suryadatta
Institute of Management
suryadatta.org
Suryadatta Institute of Management aims
to be a World Class Centre of Excellence in
innovative learning
Unique Institute
of Management
uimpune.org
The institute aims to build global leaders
and to contribute for the betterment of the
youth
Vignana Jyothi
Institute of Management
vjim.edu.in
VJIM aims to be a leading b-school through
transforming students into management
professionals
Vishwa Vishwani
Institute of Systems
and Management
vishwavishwani.ac.in
The institute aims to inspire the aspiring
youth to become global managers
Vivekanand
Education Society
vesit.ves.ac.in
It aims to create a vibrant knowledge-oriented
environment with innovative teaching practices
and to inculcate tradition of socially conscious
application of technology
V M Patel
Institute of Management
Ganpat University
vmpim.ac.in
The university aims to impart knowledge
and professional competence
Welingkar Institute of
Management Development
and Research
welingkar.org
The institute emphasizes on nurturing
thought leaders and practitioners through
inventive education

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The courses focus on contemporary education using
state-of-the-art tech, well-equipped classrooms, management
labs, high-quality research, well-stocked library, besides
offering consultancy services and expert-training, catering to
the ever-changing demands of the industry
SURYADATTA
Institutes of Management
(SIMMC / SIBMT / SIMMC PGDM)

Shaping Managers for the
Global Market Place since 1999

Most Prominent Institutes of Management Studies in India, 2021
The evolution of management
thought is a process that
started since the early days of
humans. It began since the period we
saw the need to live in groups and
build civilisations. Since civilisation
began, management has been practiced
in one way or the other. Later in the
industrial revolution, which brought
drastic change and suddenly, the need
to develop a more holistic and formal
management theory became a
necessity.
A brief examination of the modern
history will reveal that companies have
been putting different management
theories into practice. Not only have
these helped to increase productivity
but they have also improved the quality
of services. In the 80s, there was an
increase in growth and competitive
level in the global economy, as a result
of convergence of economies, which
shifted focus from traditional
management theories as organisations
became non-restive as they tried to
proffer solution to newer management
issues.
Fast forward to today, a career in
management is increasingly becoming
popular. Big companies are continually
looking for management school
graduates and postgraduates. Hence it
is common for many students to face a
dilemma while choosing the right
program and the right college, as
pursuing a course in management
requires a huge amount of time, money
and energy, and your whole career
depends on it. But if you happen to
enrol in the Suryadatta Institutes of
Management (SIMMC / SIBMT /
SIMMC PGDM), you can rest assured
of receiving a world-class education of
management theories and practices at
one of the top management colleges in
the country.
Suryadatta Group of Institutes (SGI)
established under the aegis of
Suryadatta Education Foundation,
India in the year 1999, with the
objective of developing self-motivated
business managers and entrepreneurs,
to be successful in the challenging and
vibrant global economy. It has risen to
the ranks of becoming a world class
institute with a professional and
holistic approach with accreditations
and recognition received from national
and international bodies.
Vision
To be a world class centre of
excellence in preparing complete
industry ready professionals,
combining the best of Indian
sensibilities with a western outlook and
to be rated as a premier educational
institute that offers contemporary
education using state-of-the art
technological advancements, spreading
high-quality research, and providing
expert training and services catering to
the ever-changing needs of the
industry.
Mission
To facilitate the development of
innovative, ethical, futuristic leaders,
managers and entrepreneurs, rooted in
Indian values and capable of
harnessing change in a globalised,
digital and competitive environment.
Core Values
SGI strives to develop and sustain the
following values to provide the context
for all their programmes and initiatives
and deliver on the vision and mission
statements:
Ÿ Trust, integrity, and accountability
Ÿ Passion and purpose
Ÿ Promoting excellence
Ÿ Freedom of inquiry and expression
Ÿ Creativity and innovation
Ÿ Openness and collaboration
Ÿ
Ÿ
Ÿ
Ÿ
Ÿ
Distinctive and impactful practices
Inspiring, agile and highperformance
culture
Diversity with synergy
Empathy
Continuous improvement
The Stalwart Founder
Professor Dr. Sanjay B. Chordiya -
the Founder, President and
Chairman of Suryadatta Education
Foundation - is a senior management
professional, a passionate educationist
and a philanthropist.
Along with a degree in Mechanical
Engineering from the Government
College of Engineering, Pune, Dr.
Chordiya also completed his Masters
in Marketing Management, Materials
Management, Industrial Management,
Operations Management, Human
Resources Management and a
Doctorate in Environmental Science.
Prof. Chordiya was felicitated with
Swami Vivekanand National Award
2020, for exemplary contribution in
Education Field and is awarded in the
category of ‘Best Educationists’.

Prof. Dr. Sanjay
Chordiya
Founder, President
and Chairman
Suryadatta Institute of Management
and Mass Communication (SIMMC)
AICTE CII Survey of Industry Linked
Technical Institutes 2019 ranked
SIMMC in platinum category for six
consecutive years, solidifying its
position as one the best and top MBA
college in Pune for academic
excellence.
SIMMC Pune offers the AICTEapproved
2-year full-time PGDM
programme and Savitribai Phule Pune
University (SPPU)-approved 2-year
“
The Suryadatta Institutes of Management
offer robust curriculum in-line with New
Education Policy (NEP) and global
standards, with high emphasis on start-up,
innovation and entrepreneurship

full-time MBA with various major and
minor specialisations. The institute
offers innovative learning combined
with the best of Indian sensibilities and
a western outlook. It's courses which
focus on contemporary education using
state-of-the-art tech, well-equipped
classrooms, management labs, highquality
research, well-stocked library,
besides offering consultancy services
and expert-training, catering to the
ever-changing demands of the industry.
SIMMC has also signed an
international MoU (memorandum of
understanding) with Lincoln
University, Malaysia for exchange of
MBA studies as well.
Suryadatta Institute of Business
Management and Technology
(SIBMT)
SIBMT ranked in amongst the 'Top 50
B-Schools in India' by Times B-Schools
February 2020. The institute is
affiliated to SPPU, approved by AICTE
and recognised by the Ministry of
HRD, Govt. Of India. Its most popular
course is the MBA, but there are as
many as 25 value-added certifications
including 'IIM Bx', 'Bada Business',
'TCSion' and more.
The objectives set in the institutional
strategic plan lay the foundation for the
quality management systems that
provide the structures and define the
procedures and responsibilities of wellfunctioning
quality management
system.
SIMMC PGDM
SIMMC PGDM offers AICTE
approved two-years full time post
graduate management program
(PGDM). Graduates from any
discipline from recognised universities
can apply, with the bonus of final year
students also being allowed to apply
here.
Students of Suryadatta Institutes of
Management can choose any one of the
following specialisations:
Ÿ Functional Specialisations:
o Financial Management
o Marketing Management
o Human Resource
Management
o Logistics and Supply Chain
Management
o International Business
Ÿ New Age Specialisations

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SGI's mission is to facilitate the
development of innovative, ethical, futuristic
leaders, managers and entrepreneurs, rooted
in Indian values and capable of harnessing
change in a globalised, digital and competitive
environment
Ÿ
Ÿ
o Research and Business
Analytics
o Digital Marketing
o Artificial Intelligence,
Machine Learning and Deep
Learning
Entrepreneur and Start-up oriented
o Family Managed Business
Sectoral Electives (optional)
o Agri Business Management
o Banking, Insurance, and
Financial Services
o Media and Entertainment
o Pharmaceuticals Management
The Suryadatta Advantage
The Suryadatta institutes of
management offer robust curriculum
in-line with New Education Policy
(NEP) and global standards, with high
emphasis on start-up, innovation and
entrepreneurship. The institutes have
partnerships with academic partners of
global and national repute. They sport
an eminent corporate advisory board
with wide representation across all
emerging sectors. The faculty bring
together a collective experience of
500+ years in academics, research,
entrepreneurship and MNC (multinational
corporation) exposure.
To facilitate learning beyond
classrooms, the institutes have
functional forums, special interest
clubs and cells, as well as round-theyear
industry connect initiatives. The
strong digital infrastructure enables
blended learning with LMS (learning
management systems) and ERP
(enterprise resource planning) and inline
with the current needs. Some of
the other crucial attributes that make
Suryadatta stand out above the
competition are:
Ÿ Over 50 value-added multidisciplinary
certifications from
national and international
institutions.
Ÿ Holistic development initiatives for
mind, body and soul.
Ÿ Employability enhancement
programme from day 1 assuring
professional development for
sustainable growth.
Ÿ International immersion
programme with integrated virtual
global projects in 7 countries.
Ÿ Knowledge enrichment initiatives
to meet cutting edge industry 4.0.
Ÿ Weekly training programmes to
prepare the students for the
multiple career pathways – higher
education and lifelong learning,
corporate careers, intrapreneur,
research and consulting, CSG and
NGO services.

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Multiple placement
opportunities to the students
and lifetime support to the
alumni.
Additionally, the institutes
introduce distinguished
personalities as role models to
students so that they can take
inspiration from them and
become leaders in their
respective fields.
The Edu-Socio Connect
Initiative
Suryadatta Group's Edu-Socio
Connect Initiative offers various
voluntary skill-based modules,
awareness programmes and free of cost
education to the needy, deserving,
economically deprived strata of the
society, farmers, members of the armed
forces, public servants, loyal
employees of the organisation and to
under-privileged children through its
various institutes.
Green and Digital Campus
Suryadatta takes pride in welcoming
you to a spacious, clean and lush
campus full of tranquillity and oozing
with inspiration for a healthy and
learning atmosphere. The institutes
have taken all precautionary measures
stipulated by WHO and the Ministry of
Health to tackle the adversities
presented by the pandemic.
SGI is a member of UN global concept
for sustainable development. The
campus lays emphasis on green and
digital infrastructure comprising of
solar power installations, reducing the
carbon footprint, e-waste disposal,
adequate green cover, rain water
harvesting, and ample open spaces to
contribute effectively to national
priority missions such as 'Digital India'
and 'Swaccha Bharat' etc.
Other Awards and Recognitions
Suryadatta Institutes have been honored with many national and
international awards and has received top rankings consecutively for last
20 years.
Ÿ AICTE CII survey has ranked SIMMC in 'Platinum' category for six
consecutive years.
th
Ÿ Times B School Institute Survey 2021 (published on 26 February, 2021)
has ranked Suryadatta Institutes of Management among the top 50
Ÿ
business schools.
The Group is conferred with 'World's Greatest Brand 2017-18 during
Indo-UAE Business & Social forum 2018, held in Dubai.
Ÿ SGI pioneered two world records endorsed by Limca Book of Records -
“Unfold Hidden Potential through Blindfold” and “24hrs Silent
Wreadathon”.
Ÿ Two of their feats have been recorded in Golden book of world records -
“Lining the Map of India with 1100 Tulsi saplings” and “Kavyathon 2019”.
Ÿ
Suryadatta Institute of Management and Mass Communication
(SIMMC) is accredited by NAAC.

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Management
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Editor’s Quill
Management is like the air around us. No entity,
human or otherwise can do without it. In its
absence, all that is left of life is but a few gasps
of air. And then it’s all over.
If you think enterprises take a different route, you could be
in for a shock. In the absence of proper management, the
best of enterprise is worth only a few breaths. It could be a
few more than humans and indicates the relative importance
that’s quite simple but can still take away the life-force of
an enterprise.
Unlike breathing which we learn even before birth as part
of our being a living entity that needs to breathe in order to
survive and function, and strangely in liquids (remember
the foetus is always covered or floating in liquids!),
management in most cases is learnt rather seamlessly
mostly from our predecessors and the environment around
us. In time, predecessors give way to teachers and the
environment comes within the folds of an educational
institution of higher learnings.
The first question this topic demands is: why is
management education important in the first place?
Looking around you would realize, it’s for the following
reasons that management education becomes a basic
necessity:
- Every aspect of life demands some elements of
management. You can’t escape it.
Enterprise or otherwise, management as a subject is almost
like a life skill that if learnt at the right time, can save life in
multiple ways. Be it a home, an office, a business big or
small, all these require managerial skills and talent to an
extent.
- Leading from the front isn’t an option but a requirement
for everyone.
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Besides the fact that management is ubiquitous, in most
cases, it has to be engaged with while being on the frontfoot
(taking a term from cricket!). That said, there are those
who play defensive either out of nature or choice. That said,
there are times when coming to the fore is the only option,
and those with the right training at the right time stand a
higher chance to succeed.
- Management being a holistic science, it helps learn the
same for the sale of the overall health of organizations.
Management may come to us as a survival tool due to a
degree of animal instincts in us. But for the overall
development of the organization, it makes sense to learn it
in a more organized manner at the hands of specialists and
teachers who know exactly what they speak about, and
where best to use it.
We now come to the main part of this article. How do you
enhance management education in the classroom?
Experience like always, has shown us the way!
1. Get hold of industry experts:
Be it HR, Finance, Logistics or Production, what books
teach you may not be the exact same that one encounters in
the real world. That being so, management education in the
classroom scenario does get a shot in the arm if and when
an industry veteran is brought and placed to teach and hone
the finer points of a subject. This is especially true in
industries where the human element is strong including
human resources, training, logistics and supply chain.
2. Go for simulation-based education within the confines
of a classroom
Let’s take the case of the supply chain to explain this point.
Like the best of chains, a well-endowed and provided-for
logistics & supply chain is bound to have its share of weak
and very weak links. One of the best ways to enhance
managerial education in a classroom set-up without
stepping out would be to simulate a series of likely
scenarios that may take place with one’s existing resources
and conditions. Keeping it as close to reality as possible,
managerial participants can go on to decipher and record
solutions, ways and means to address the problem including
in some cases taking an altogether different approach. For
example, take the case of equipment that may have to be
sent deep inland through high mountains. Roads being
treacherous in mountains, simulation-based management
education can stress on the use of air, including helicopters
and these days, even airships in certain cases, or barges
upstream on rivers. Trying to learn everything onsite could
be a tough task from the word go. A full simulation with the
use of videos and online means could be a better option.
3. Tackle real-life situations within the confines of a
classroom
Simulation exercises have an element of over-kill given that
they are invariably undertaken for projects with immense
significance, some of which could either be completely new
or things that doesn’t come about often. For mundane
exercises like how to get more leads, more onboarding,
better customer-service and retention etc, managerial
education in a classroom with live cases could be best for
enhanced managerial education. These could include
assistance in tele-calling, convincing, upselling and crossselling
of products and services, and can have all the
advantages of live, on-the-job training.
4. Take up flipped and double-flipped classrooms
One of the best means of teaching these days is the openbook
flipped and double-flipped classroom. In the former, a
question is put forth to the student/ participant who is
expected to do all the possible study, both within the class
and at home and come back with comprehensive answers
that look at the problem from all angles. A further addition
to this already-unique system of managerial education is the
double-flip where the teacher is taken to be a complete
novice with the student doing the entire exercise of
understanding the topic and coming ready for a detailed
presentation to the teacher and others who could ask
questions, present arguments or even outright reject the idea
as being unfeasible.
5. Industry and field trips + lengthy videos of how
industries do what they do!
Education in certain cases is best at site i.e., completely
outside the purview of the classroom. Engineering of large
objects like boilers and other fabrications is one such
example. To enhance one’s knowledge, managerial or
otherwise, an institution can either make plans for students
to visit the right places or create elaborate videos taking
into account every important aspect of working of the
industry and the activity. The latter could be quite a task
and may call for dedicated resources including money but
stands to give students the right education once
accomplished the right way besides being a lifelong asset
for the creators.
These are but some of the innovative means to impart
management-related education in the classroom. Time,
needs and circumstances are sure to add and change this
list.
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I Business Institute
ver the last few decades, the
Odevelopment of professional
competencies has come into
sharp focus in higher education. As
emphasized by industry experts, the
level of academic proficiency does not
always correspond to capabilities for
operational tasks in industry. But the
tasks are well achieved by the
professional competencies developed
and the industry exposure received as
part of the course curriculum.
The students should be able to plan
activities, set goals, make decisions,
but this is impossible without
inculcating the concept of selforganization
and independent learning.
Delivering Educational Excellence and
Grooming Future Leaders for India
Creative and independent learning,
which involves implementation of a
skill-based approach and components
such as individualized approach,
subject interaction, and activity-based
approach are one of the many
solutions. In addition, creative abilities
and competencies of the graduates are
in demand for today’s international
economy, which will be transformed
on the basis of innovation in the
knowledge-based economy.
In light of these demands, an institute
which has carved a niche for itself in
the academic circuit of Greater Noida,
focuses on facilitating its students
challenging educational tasks
corresponding to developing the
student’s level of competence,
knowledge, abilities, and mould their
inclinations. This institute uses modern
educational technologies that employ
critical thinking and behavioural
development of students. This is the
one and only I Business Institute.
I Business Institute (hereafter referred
to as IBI), is a well-reputed
management institute strategically
located in the knowledge hub of NCR,
thereby opening a plethora of
opportunities for the budding
managers. It offers a two-year, fulltime
PGDM program approved by
AICTE, Ministry of HRD, Govt. of
India.
The meteoric growth of IBI is reflected
in the core belief that learning is most
fruitful when the knowledge and
expertise of individuals from various
disciplines and diverse backgrounds
are shared. A number of expert
professionals from various industries,
academia, and policymakers are
associated with IBI providing advisory,
training, and faculty support.
Fostering diversity has always been the
mainstay of the institute as it believes
in creating culturally responsive
citizens and broad approach towards
teaching and learning. Not only does it
inculcate multicultural awareness
within learners, but it also encourages
acceptance and helps prepare students
to thrive in an exponentially diverse
world.
Vision
IBI envisions to be a premier globally
recognized management institute that
is dedicated to educational excellence
and grooming future leaders for India
and the rest of the world. The institute
aims toward a method of training that
encapsulates both theoretical
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Most Prominent Institutes of Management Studies in India, 2021
knowledge and practical excellence in
the perfect balance.
Mission
IBI is committed to bringing out the
best in every student to enable them to
face the challenges posed by their
professional careers and get them
ready for the rough road of life.
Preparing the New Generations
I Business Institute follows a rigorous
and submissive teaching pedagogy and
curriculum. IBI understands the
changing paradigm shift in education
and learning. It trains the students by
conducting numerous grooming and
learning exercises like certification
classes, personality development and
grooming classes.
An adventure trip is organized every
year for team building activity and an
international trip is organized to
facilitate international exposure to the
students followed by placement
preparatory session.
The Quintessential Learning
Environment
I Business Institute offers a unique
PGDM program trending and evergrowing
areas like Human Resources,
IT, Finance, Operations, Business
Analytics, Marketing, International
Business. The teaching pedagogy is
optimised to be engaging and
interesting for the students and faculty.
Professors focus on case studies,
roleplays, certificate-based learnings,
etc.
This all contributes to make I Business
Institute unique from other B-schools.
IBI is the best place to learn and study.
The uniqueness lies in the teaching
pedagogy, eminent faculties from
renowned institutions, the course
structure is designed in parallel lines to
the corporates.
Sujeet Roy
Managing Director
The Visionary Educationist
The driving strength behind the
institute’s constant progress is
Mr. Sujeet Roy – the Managing
Director of IBI. He has been
influential in the growth and
development of the institute as he
widely contributed to enriching a
leading management institute of
northern India.
He is a visionary educationist and a
renowned academic advisor. He has
always focused on the ‘all-inclusive
development’ of the students as well as
faculty. He is a recipient of quite a lot
of excellence awards like ‘National
Education Excellence Award’, ‘Best
Educator in India’ to name a few. The
strength of the institute lies in the fact
that he emphasizes various concrete
supports like student’s level of skill,
knowledge, abilities, and inclination.
IBI envisions to
be a premier
globally recognized
management
institute that is
dedicated to
educational
excellence and
grooming future
leaders for India
and the rest of
the world
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Laurels and Accolades
IBI is accredited member of
Association of University of Asia &
Pacific (AUAP), promoting a culture of
quality, innovation, and research in the
higher education system. IBI is
certified as a Global Partner of IFRA,
Canada, being the only Institute in
India.
The institute is rising with a rapid pace
of growth and achievement and has
been awarded many prestigious awards
in the recent past like:
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‘Best Private Institute with Industry
Interface and Scale of Operations’
by Global Leadership Award 2020;
‘Best private institute of India’ for
excellence in education and
entrepreneurship by Global
Leadership Award 2020;
‘Best Management College’ in U.P
for industry interface 2020 by
CEGR;
‘Best Institute in Industry Linkages’
by Education Excellence 2019;
‘Best Institute with Industry
Interface and Scale of Operations’
by Integrated Achievers; to name a
few.
The EdTech Adaption
“I Business Institute adapted and
combated with technology so well, we
have organized 30 plus webinars by
leading corporates and hosts ‘corporate
connect week’ on the virtual platforms
to engage students towards learning,”
remarked Mr Sujit Roy. “We purely
understand the value of the importance
of student growth and development in
their career. New technology has been
embedded in the system; the
recordings of the sessions are also
shared with the students,” he added.
Aspiring to great heights
I Business Institute is envisioned to
grow and excel in future years as well.
Institute will be engaging in more
corporate tie-ups, academic
associations, student exchange
programs, with reputed institutes like
IIT, IIM’s, etc. The institute will also
be engaged in International Faculty
Exchange Programme and will be
achieving greater heights in future.

The
Rise of
Online Learning
and the stigma of learning
limitation with it
Ms R. Meenakshi
Director, Curriculum,
Research and Development,
Vels Group of Schools;
Director, V-Skill
Centre for Professional
Development
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Food For Thought
The present Covid -19 pandemic, has a very severe
impact on long-term social and economic
consequences. Looking into some of the statistical
data-driven surveys, it is seen that the world’s poorest
countries have opted to close schools, both with reference
to normal children and more so to disadvantaged children.
It is always seen that when there is an utmost necessity to
create new alternative methods to tackle any challenges, we
as human beings have tremendous ability to adapt and
invent. The prolonged closure of schools due to the Covid-
19 has resulted in making life manageable with trial and
error in “Embracing the Technology” to its best. All the
stakeholders, who could afford this kind of online learning
environment with sound financial facilities to invest in
gadgets and tools are still managing well with technology
support and understanding the SAMR model to the best of
one’s abilities.
Now, this pandemic prevailing for more than one and a half
years has taught many of us to get used to the demands of
staying connected virtually. In a country like India, there
are several issues to be addressed:
1. With
reference to
2. Free
access to
3.
providing ‘inclusive
education’
online gadgets
and tools
Trained
teachers
4. Need for 5. Adoption of
revamping the
curriculum and
assessment pattern
across grades
villages and schools
for better implementation
of online learning
modes
Enough
fund reserve and
proper accessories to
strengthen and sustain
the online learning
environment
6. 7. 8.
Equality,
equity and just
education
One
nation, One
platform, One
education - to
all Indians
For a country like ours, especially with a huge population, it
becomes essential to see both the pros and cons of the rise
in the online education system. Very clearly the rural-urban
divide is very long and broad in our country. “This brings in
a stigma attached to the online learning that many children
go without education and resort to daily wages, to help
acquire the requirements for a minimal livelihood.”
However, the huge impact created by many socio-economic
factors can also be positively looked at.
There are potential opportunities to utilize this crisis, to
‘Create Opportunities for Virtual Integration and
Development’ (COVID).
Let us look at some of the basic areas where there can be
potential improvement:
I. Improving Curricula
And the four trends identified are -
1. Competency-based logic
2. Socio-constructivist perspective
3. Increased focus on learners
4. More emphasis on authentic learning situations
There is always a greater possibility for a significant
disconnection between the above-prescribed curricula and
classroom reality (Ref: The Council of Ministers of
Education, in Canada)
II. How to prioritize and create learning opportunities
for authentic learning
This pandemic has made us all reflect on one question and
that is “How to decide on the necessity, importance, and
usefulness of choosing a certain curriculum content?” A
major factor to be considered under authentic learning even
before choosing the content of a curriculum, it becomes
imperative to preserve students’ readiness level to learn
even in a remote manner.
To develop, maintain and celebrate the bonding of students
with teachers and schools during this mode of online
learning pattern becomes very challenging and takes the
utmost priority even more than the transfer of knowledge. It
becomes the responsibility of all the stakeholders to
understand the importance of preserving students’
motivation, engagement and interest while staying
connected to school, especially when the schools are closed
for more than one year.
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Then comes choosing varied, flexible, and authentic
learning activities, an activity which is comfortable doing
even in an online environment. Teachers need to become
“Agile Thinkers”, to use available minimum tools and apps
and make themselves efficient online teachers. Teachers can
refer to the UN’s 2030 agenda-Sustainable Development
Goals (SDGs) to create authentic and contextualized
learning situations. UNESCO Chair in Curriculum
Development suggests many ways as means to achieve this.
By placing students at the centre of their learning, there is a
need to draw on various internal and external resources, that
would result in contextualizing the students’ return to
school and the connection can be drawn faster when they
return to school after a long gap.
III. Maximizing the use of learning outside the
classroom
It has been and is being witnessed by all of us that this
Covid-19 crisis, has shown us great pathways to stay
virtually connected and still take care of one’s well-being
and continue learning through distance education. Even
while preparing to get back to hybrid learning, blended
learning, flipped learning, etc., it is going to pose a big
challenge to follow the standard. Operational procedures
like reduced class size, spacing out desk spaces between
students preferring to take outdoor class, etc. Outside the
classroom initiatives, outdoor learning and in-classroom
learning experience have to be complementary and
supplementary.
IV. Self-paced and independent learning
The facilities with many learning platforms, apps, and tools,
interspersed with a clear implementation of the SAMR
model, has provided plenty of opportunities for self-paced,
individualized learning – this is a great boon to address
differentiation too. With the available tools, skills, and
attitude the learning can be as fun-filled as possible without
compromising on the final outcomes and standards to be
achieved.
Students learn:
Ÿ To organize their work better
Ÿ Take more initiative
Ÿ Think more critically
Ÿ Become more involved, and
Ÿ Responsible
Teachers can try out learner-centred teaching models with
ways and means to suit the individual learner needs, their
ability to seek information and analyse and solve problems
in practical and innovative ways.
V. This leads to equipping teachers with digital skills
How to enhance the Digital Literacy skills among teachers?
There are many online courses Massive Open Online
Courses (MOOCs) on distance and online education. This is
made available by many universities and even in India,
teaching platforms like Swayam and Diksha provide such
opportunities to adapt and enhance digital literary skills.
Many students also cannot handle technologies alone.
(Especially the children from Pre-primary and Primary
levels). For example, the Universitie’ de Quebec ‘a
Montreal (UQAM) developed several training modules on
its Carrefour technopědagogique platform to help teachers
adapt to the lockdown.
How do we remove the stigma attached to such a
phenomenal growth of online teaching patterns? This
pandemic has taught all the stakeholders in the field of
education to take challenges and convert them into
educational opportunities, for learning progression. There is
also a constant doubt prevailing over a healthy teacherstudent
relationship. If one has to remove the entire stigma
attached to the increased online learning scenario, one
needs to ensure that we embrace such a traumatizing
situation with a deeper understanding of the abovementioned
opportunities to provide better supportive roles
as teachers, parents and organizations.
It is the question of adjustment and adaptation, fulfilling
roles and responsibilities as an educator to become better
facilitators to prove that there is always a beautiful butterfly
fluttering after a hard transformation.
Let us jointly create opportunities for virtual integration and
development and try to minimize the rural-urban divide by
all means to achieve some of the SDGs of UNESCO.
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ShrÅio VaiosÍhnavđ
ViodyĘap°eetÚh ViosÍhwĒavđiodyĘalayĘa
The Innovative Educational Hub for the next Generation of Managers
Management studies have
moved beyond the typical
managerial roles and
prepare students to deal with new
complexities arising in the global
business environment. Every industry,
obviously, has its specific knowledge
requirement. However, the qualities
that tend to make an individual a good
manager tend to be fairly similar across
industries. This presents a unique
challenge to management school of
present times, to distil the knowledge
and skillsets of what would make a
good manager across the vast sets of
industries and disciplines into a
simplified curriculum and academia.
An institute that dares to rise to the
challenge and facilitate rigorous
academic and experiential training with
the help of its exceptionally cultivated
faculty is the Indore-based Shri
Vaishnav School of Management, of
the esteemed Shri Vaishnav
Vidyapeeth Vishwavidyalaya.
future managers to meet the challenges
of the corporate world. Shri Vaishnav
School of Management is committed
to quality education as first priority,
thus ensuring the academic rigor.
MBA is considered to be a very
rigorous program and B-schools have
to ensure that the students are capable
to handle the difficulty of the program.
Shri Vaishnav School of management
considers candidate's academic
background during admission.
Admission in each of the MBA
programs is given on the basis of
CAT/MAT/XAT/ CMAT/ATMA/
SVET score or any other equivalent
entrance test. SVSM also offers
scholarship schemes for meritorious
students at the time of admission.
“
Shri Vaishnav School
of Management is
committed to quality
education as first
priority,w
thus ensuring the
academic rigor
“
Shri Vaishnav Vidyapeeth
Vishwavidyalaya (SVVV), Indore aims
to encourage academic excellence
through interdisciplinary applied
research and to expand realms of
knowledge through innovation.
Under the umbrella of Shri Vaishnav
Vidyapeeth Vishwavidyalaya, Shri
Vaishnav School of Management
(SVSM) was established in 2016 with
a view to promote excellence in
management education and to prepare
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Most Prominent Institutes of Management Studies in India,w 2202211
Vision
To create an educational environment
that engages deep intellectual, moral
and spiritual stimulation, thereby
nurturing leadership.
Mission
To pioneer a ‘mentoring’-based
education system with a culture of its
own, rolled in Indian ethos and in tune
with contemporary times. To impart
learning through understanding,
knowledge enrichment, skill
development and positive attitude
formation. To encourage innovative
thinking with self-discipline and social
responsibility.
Core Values
Endurance, Excellence, Fairness,
Honesty and Transparency
The Academic Vision
Shri Vaishnav School of Management
follows the teaching pedagogy which
enhances the holistic development of
their students. It includes case studies,
major research projects at
undergraduate and postgraduate level,
internship, workshops, industrial visits,
live projects and conferences etc.
Along with academic endeavour,
SVSM also puts high emphasis
institute-industry interface and
facilitates guest lecturers as a regular
feature. The holistic development of
students is the foremost priority of Shri
Vaishnav School of Management.
Keeping this in mind SVSM has signed
MoU with Hanyang university, South
Korea and St. Cloud State University,
Minnesota, USA for establishing
alliances related to exchange of faculty
and students.
For the ‘rural management’ course,
SVSM signed a MoU with Mahatma
Gandhi National Council of Rural
Education, Department of Higher
Education, and Ministry of Human
Resource Development. The purpose
of this MoU is sharing a common
desire to explore, extend and
strengthen the mutual relationship with
all these institutions for rural
development.
The Multitude of Academic
Offerings
Shri Vaishnav School of Management
offers variety of industry ready
management programs such as MBA
(Dual Degree program). Research is
one of the top-most priorities, because
it is believed that generation of
knowledge enriches us with freshness
and empowers each individual to
overcome obsolescence. Hence, SVSM
provides MBA + Ph.D. program. In
this program teaching assistance
amounting to Rs. 25,000 and Rs.
27,000 per month is offered to the
Ph.D. Scholars admitted in 4-year full
time program during first two years
and later two years respectively,
subject to MHRD/ UGC/AICTE
Guidelines.
SVSM also offers innovative
programmes such as:
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MBA (Business Analytics) that
provides an opportunity to explore
promising growth for career
development in today’s techno
savvy world.
MBA (Family Business and
Entrepreneurship) provides
opportunity to the students to learn
essential business and management
skills to improve and diversify their
family business.
MBA (Engineering Management)
offers an opportunity to blend
technical expertise with essential
business and management skills to
fulfil industry's need for businesssavvy
engineering managers.
MBA (Media Management) gives
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an opportunity to enhance skills and
gain expertise in several areas of media
creation and production.
Ÿ MBA (Advertising and public
relation) helps the students to learn
and innovate the new technologies
in the field of advertising and
public relations in response to the
changing habits of consumers and
to engage with an increasingly
technologically savvy audience.
Ÿ Agriculture has long been seen as a
sector with tremendous potential in
India. In the last few years, the
sector has seen an unprecedented
gain with several government and
private sector initiatives. MBA
(Agribusiness Management)
provides an opportunity to learn the
new ways of doing and promoting
the agriculture in India.
Ÿ MBA (Tourism) offers diverse job
opportunities to facilitate increasing
number of tourists. India is a wellknown
tourist destination due to its
vivid cultural heritage and
pilgrimage sites.
Ÿ MBA (International Business)
offers a learning opportunity to
view the international business
world in more comprehensive way.
Mentorship and expertise in the field of
Management education of Dr. Upinder
Dhar has contributed to a large extent
in enhancement and outreach of
SVSM.
Most Noteworthy achievements of Dr
Dhar are:
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2015 - Conferred ‘Best Paper
Award’ by the Indian Society for
Training and Development during
its National Convention at Gurgaon
for the paper published in IJTD,
Volume XXXXV (3), July-
September, 2015.
2016 - Conferred ‘03 Best Paper
Dr.| Upinder Dhar
Vice Chancellor
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Awards’ in Human Resource
Management and Marketing Areas
during international conference on
‘Make in India Initiative: Role and
Challenges for SMEs in the Global
Perspective’ organized by Poornima
School of Management and
Poornima University, Jaipur in
collaboration with Hanyang
University, South Korea and JK
Lakshmipat University, Jaipur from
February 19-20, 2016.
2017 - Conferred ‘Shri Nanaji
Deshmukh Life Time Achievement
Award’ during the 11th National
Conference of Praachi PCR
Association at Shri Vaishnav
Apart from the Post Graduate
programs, SVSM also offers BBA
(Bachelor of Business Administration)
programs, that grooms the young
students for the managerial roles.
The Astute Leader
The personality behind the success of
the institute is Dr. Upinder Dhar, Vice
Chancellor, Shri Vaishnav Vidyapeeth
Vishwavidyalay, and a mentor of Shri
Vaishnav School of Management. He is
well-renowned as one of the most
eminent personalities in the Indian
management education space. Vision,
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Ÿ
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Vidyapeeth Vishwavidyalaya,
Indore from December 21-23,
2017.
2017 - Conferred 9th Annie Besant
Award for Excellence in Education
by the Annie Besant Group, Indore
on October 16, 2017.
2018 - Conferred ‘AIMS Ravi J
Matthai National Fellow Award’
during the 30th AIMS Annual
Management Education Convention
held at Infosys Convention Center,
Bengaluru from August 30 to
September 01, 2018.
2020 - Conferred ‘Teacher
Excellence Award’ in recognition of
continuing dedication and
excellence towards teaching by the
Rotary Club of Indore Central on
September 06, 2020.
The Uniqueness of the SVSM
Experience
Shri Vaishnav School of Management
follows the teaching pedagogy which
enhances the holistic development of
the students. It includes case study,
‘Major Research Project’ at
undergraduate and postgraduate levels,
internships, workshops, industrial
visits, live projects and conferences
etc.
Being promoted by 134-years old trust,
sensitivity towards social causes is
ensured through social engagement of
students in curricula design and
program delivery. Interdisciplinary,
activity-driven learning environment
for holistic development of students
can be considered as the USP of
SVSM.
In light of the push towards EdTech
implementation in universities
worldwide, ERP has been implemented
to facilitate all facets of academic and
Along with academic
endeavour,w SVSM also
puts high emphasis
institute-industry
interface and facilitates
guest lecturers as a
regular feature.| The
holistic development of
students is the foremost
priority of Shri Vaishnav
School of Management
administrative delivery. Classes are
regularly conducted on online
platforms such as MS-Team, Google
Class, Zoom etc. Procter-based online
examinations are conducted as per
scheduled on academic calendar.
Degrees are awarded on time to
passing out batches
Aspiring to a bright future
Future is full of prospects for Shri
Vaishnav School of Management, such
as fulfilling the dreams of management
students and aspirant managers. The
institute is going forward to increase
the number of programs in
collaboration with industries to provide
industry-ready management
professionals. At the same time,
application oriented advanced research
in management discipline will be
facilitated by faculty of doctoral
studies and research.
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Focal Point
STRATEGIES
to Create a
Supportive
Learning
Environment
learning environment is a strange place. Unlike
Aother places including a family, peer groups and
employments where the norm includes two-way
communication with either or both parties having the
responsibility of taking steps for a positive outcome, here
despite the process having equal contribution from both
sides i.e., the student and the teacher, when it comes to
creating the right learning environment, the needle points
firmly at the teacher. And that’s because the student for the
length of the time he or she is in the environment remains a
recipient, and to an extent a mute spectator who is only to
imbibe and learn.
Strategies to Create a Supportive Learning Environment
thus remains the exclusive preserve of the teacher and the
institution, and the mark of a good teacher and learning
environment can be judged by the way they go about setting
the structures that go toward forming a supporting learning
environment. Some of the established strategies that
promote the right learning environment include:
1. Communicate warmth and a sense of purpose
A learning environment should have a sense of happiness,
humour, honesty and most of all, humility to learn. With
any of these missing, the learning environment becomes a
drag which starts to grate the patience of both the learner
and the teacher. While it may take time to come
successfully on top with experience, there are a few things
in people’s born and learnt qualities that help make the
environment warm and purposeful. Of these, the following
remain pertinent:
- Patience. Students, irrespective of age come with
baggage that may be inimical to learning. With patience,
the teacher and the environment can get students to keep
their baggage aside and open up to newer possibilities
and work towards making those a reality.
- Making objectives clear. Grey areas remain inimical to
the growth of a learning irrespective of environments
and institutions. One of the best ways to engender the
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right environment is by making objectives clear at the
earliest. That said, it should be done in ways that don’t
overwhelm or scare the learners into submission or leaving.
- Building the confidence in learners that resources exist
to create the right environment. Key result areas and
defining goals can overwhelm a new learner. It’s then
entirely up to an efficient and concerned teacher to
create confidence in learners that they shall never be left
along and that their abilities shall never be found
wanting. On the contrary, the learning environment
should make efforts to take everyone along.
2. Include contemporary topics to gain and retain
interest
Unless the subject itself is history or learnings that
necessitates looking back in time, there shouldn’t be a
reason for the learning environment to teach dated things.
These are times when things and more so technologies go
extinct in the blink of an eye, and one is forced to stay
abreast with the latest so as to stay relevant. It’s for this
reason that a supportive learning environment should aim at
teaching the latest and what’s likely to come up in the near
future. Remaining contemporary is thus an important
requirement to retain a supportive learning environment. In
fact, it could be too much of a coincidence when one sees
that the leading economies of the world invest their time
and efforts in teaching the latest there while leaving just the
needed amounts of efforts on what’s gone in the past.
Dwelling too much in the past is a sure way of creating a
disgruntled, disparate environment that leads its learners
nowhere meaningful.
3. Be realistic about the end-result
Don’t grow apple trees if you desire mangoes. It could be a
sheer waste of time, money, patience and most of all, an
institution’s goodwill. Not all learning environments are
designed to produce the same kind of output. That said,
with a certain clarity of purpose, and understanding of
ground realities, one can produce better than expected
results. This in fact has been a worldwide phenomenon,
especially when one sees poorer nations. They may not
have produced world-class brains. But in some cases, they
have produced adequate numbers of those who know how
to use their brains with a view to bring change that could be
slow but steady.
4. Use important means including flipped classrooms
A teacher should ideally be there to guide and not goad. If
adhered to in the right spirits, this could open ways to a new
form of teaching called “flipped classrooms” where the
whole idea of educating is flipped. The teacher becomes the
student and the students use all possible resources,
including open books, libraries, real-life experiences and
the likes to come up with answers that the teachers may put
forth. Collaboration, doing projects, moving out, meeting
people, all these engender teaching in ways that remain
with students for the longest of time. A life-changing
experience, it may not be possible for every subject.
Nevertheless, the learning environment ought to incorporate
the same to the extent possible for the long-term good of
students and learners.
5. Take charge of laggards
A learning environment is as successful as its most laggard
of learners. And when the laggards make up the most, the
environment doesn’t have an option but to slow down and
cater to the slowest. While this may seem slowing down the
whole order, in the larger scheme of things, it teaches the
brightest learner an important lesson. That you don’t move
ahead if you have among you those who either pull you
back or don’t let you move ahead. If learning isn’t a race,
teaching and helping laggards could possibly be the best
teacher for the brightest of students. The ancient way of
education worldwide saw to it that everyone moved at the
same pace, which sometimes was the pace of the slowest.
6. Remember, your best efforts will still be offset by
laggards and failures. Don’t take it to heart. Use it to do
better.
And when one is done with formulating strategies for the
creation of a supportive learning environment, it is time to
understand that in every learning order anywhere in the
world, there shall be those who can be counted as the blacksheep
and who despite the best efforts of the environment
and the teachers are destined to go out of the system as
failures. That is nature and one has to live with it without
getting disturbed in any way!
Learning is a never-ending activity. The most learned also
get to learn something new every day. It’s for this reason
that strategies to create a supportive learning environment
can never be a static activity with little change. On the other
hand, to cater to the widest audience of learners, it ought to
remain dynamic that changes and adjusts with times and
circumstances.
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