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IIM Ahmedabad

The Indian Institute of Management – IIM Ahmedabad

The second institute to come up in the series of IIM’s after Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta was Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. Also, referred as IIM Ahmedabad or just IIM A, it is the premier academic institution and the most preferred choice of institute among students to study management.
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According to Business Today B-school Rankings in 2007-08 and the Economic Times B-school Survey 2007, it was ranked as the top business school in India.

According to the Economist’s survey of global business schools in 2009, it was termed as the “toughest in the world to get into”.

History

IIM A was conceived not just as a business school but a full-fledged school of management which would professionalize Indian management via the route of teaching, research, institution building, training and consulting. Dr. Vikram Sarabhai, Kasturbhai Lalbhai and other noted industrialists played a pivotal role in the creation of IIM A in 1961 as an autonomous institution for teachings of management. The government of India in association with the government of Gujarat along with the Indian Industry helped establish this institute.

Initially IIM A had collaborated with Harvard Business School and consequently the case method of teaching and research was introduced in India. This along with a distinct teaching flavor and the high ratio of student placement in the industry led to its success story within few years. Subsequently it attracted large number of applicants every year and this number has only been on the rise lending IIM A the much deserved premier identity.

IIM Ahmedabad Campus

Spread over 67 acres of land, IIM Ahmedabad campus was designed by noted American architect Louis Kahn. The distinct feature in his design is the exposed brick structure with circles carved out in the facade. A new campus is built across the ring road and it has a contemporary concrete design with an attempt to retain the features of old campus architecture. Both the campuses are connected through a tunnel walkway. There are landscaped courts connecting the main complex to the student dormitories, which are 20 in number. It has very well equipped sports and fitness facilities for the students. The ambience of the campus is very homely.

Programmes Offered in IIM Ahmedabad

The institute offers several programmes for the development of management:

  • Post Graduate Programme in Management
  • PGPX: One Year Post Graduate Programme in Management for Executives
  • PGP- PMP: One-Year Post Graduate Programme in Public Management and Policy
  • Post Graduate Programme in Agri-Business Management
  • Fellow Programme in Management
  • Faculty Development Programme
  • Management Development Programme

Some programmes include student exchange Programme where the students have to spend a part of the term in international colleges of equal repute.

Faculty in IIM Ahmedabad

The IIM faculty with their diverse background of consultancy, research and entrepreneurship provide the acme of teaching. They are directly involved in every sphere of the institute; be it academics, governance, consultancy or research.

Apart from taking active interest in international conferences and contributing to renowned journals, the faculty members of IIM A also serve on the policy-making committees of various private and public organizations. Some of these also include NGO’s and international agencies like World Bank, FAO and WTO.

When experience and exposure of such caliber is passed on to the budding management students, imagine the sea of learning potential they have at their disposal.

IIM Ahmedabad Placements

Placements tin IIM Ahmedabad take place in three stages –

1.Summer Internship – It happens during the IInd term of the first year.

2.Lateral Recruitment – It occurs during the VIth term of the second year and is open only to students having work experience.

3. Final Placement – It occurs at the end of the second year and is open to all the students.

National and international companies from multifarious fields such as consulting, marketing, investment banking, retail banking, information technology, private equity, media and entertainment come to the campus for recruitment and offer some of the highest paying packages in the country. The placement process is entirely handled by the students and is spread from November to March. The Economist’s MBA rankings put IIM A on numero uno spot in “jobs found through the career service”. The high placement rate is one of the reasons why CAT qualifiers prefer IIM A as their first choice.

Location of  IIM Ahmedabad

The institute is located in culturally rich & industrial city of Ahmedabad, which is one of the major cities of Gujarat. Ahmedabad houses some of the best and finest education institutes providing an immense learning and interacting opportunity for students. It is located 15 kms from Ahmedabad International Airport and 9 kms from Ahmedabad Railway station. It can be easily reached through an auto rickshaw or the Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS).

Address of IIM-A

Indian Institute of Management

Vastrapur, Ahmedabad 380015, Gujarat INDIA

IIM Ahmedabad Contact Details

Telephone numbers: +91-79-66323456 / 26308357

Fax number: +91-79-26306896

Important e-mail addresses

Admission enquiries: admission@iimahd.ernet.in

General enquiries: director@iimahd.ernet.in

Administration queries: cao@iimahd.ernet.in

Recruitment enquiries: recruitment@iimahd.ernet.in

NIT Trichy

When we think of Engineering college what comes to the mind first is the IITs of India. No doubt they are the most coveted & top most Engineering Institutions. However their seat intakes were & still are woefully inadequate. In order to mitigate this problem, the Govt. Of India passed an ordnance in 1961 and formed 8 Premier Engineering Colleges and named them as Regional Engineering College. They were at various places like Warangal, Raipur, Durgapur, Kurukshetra, Patna etc including one in Trichy in the year 1964.

National Institute of Technology Trichi

History and Pedigree of NIT Trichy

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In the year 2002 the HRD Ministry decided to Rename all these RECs (As They Were Called, With A Sense Of Pride) as National Institute of Technology. They also decided to open 17 of such new colleges. All the NITs have been accorded Deemed Engineering Universities status by the AICTE, Govt Of India. Today there are 20 NITs in India.

From the time of its Constitution NIT – Trichy continued to build an unrivalled reputation as an Engineering Institution of excellence within the group of RECs. Students who did not manage to get admission to IITs would immediately join NIT & mostly we could hear that it was in Trichy. As time went by NIT – Trichy went on to build on its reputation of excellence, and as it stands today it is the Apex NIT for all the NITs in India. Such is the impeccable Pedigree & Standing it commands in the minds of the people.

NIT – Trichy as it stands today

Today, it offers excellent quality education in as diverse a range of subjects as Humanities to Electronics & communications Engineering. It has 16 Academic Branches and predominantly consists of one stream of engineering or the other. The Academic branches are : Architecture, Chemical Engg, Chemistry, Civil Engg, Computer Applications,  Computer Science and Engg, Electrical & Electronics Engg, Electronics and Communications Engg, Humanities, Instrumentation and Control Engg, Management Studies, Mathematics, Mechanical Engg, Metallurgical and Materials Engg, Production Engg, and the last one being Physics.  The Chairman of this institution Mr.R.Seshasayee is himself a very well known & highly respected figure in the Indian Industrial Circles, and he has been the MD of Ashok Leyland Ltd, the Premier Commercial Vehicles Manufacturer Of India.

In fact their management studies is being operated as a separate school itself and it is named as Department Of Management Studies who offer their own set of subjects and specializations. This particular school is a fairly recent addition, keeping in with the mood and modernity of today’s economy. In fact The MBA programme at Department of Management Studies is funded by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India, and is the only funded MBA programme among the 20 NIT’s present in India today.  Hence essentially it has maintained its roots but has grown into a much larger institution. The institution has the autonomy to decide upon newer courses & curriculum in view of its Deemed University Status.

How Popular is NIT Trichy

That is a silly sub-heading, really. NIT – TRICHY has from the initial years been attracting students from all parts of India including a good chunk from the North Eastern States. NIT Trichy’s campus is a Microcosm of India. If you see the students’ mix in any major gathering or event one would get to see students from every state & every nook and corner of India. You go to any corner of India and you are sure to find someone or the other in that place knows about NIT – Trichy. Its fame is of that of a younger sibling of the best IIT, and this impression is at the country level. An interesting trivia about this institution is that they too – like all IITs – give their students individual mail IDs on their portal.

What are the facilities available for students

NIT – Trichy has intake strength in the range of 4000 students in an academic year. They have 16 Boys Hostel & 1 Girls Hostel which accommodates 3560 students. They have excellent quality messes and food services. The Buhari mess enjoys the popular patronage. Students have the choice to switch between one mess to another, if he / she does not like the food or any aspect of Various avenues for recreation & sporting have been provided for the welfare and extra-curricular activities. Today all the Hostel Rooms are Internet enabled, a far cry from the days of yore. It also has its own Hospital inside the campus.

NIT – Trichy – like all other premier educational institutes of India – have their own Placement Cell & their campus recruitment is only rivaled by the IITs. Most of the student finds a career start in the campus placement itself.

As far Academics are concerned, the quality has remained unquestionably top of the class. The faculties are also of superlative quality, and some of the faculties are in fact research scientists too. NIT – Trichy is very well equipped with a Top Of the Class multi-discipline Research Laboratory. They have Institute-Industry participation as an extensive part of their coaching methodology. They also periodically get well known figures as guest lecturers. This includes quite a lot of reputed industrialists.

Conclusion

In nut shell, don’t get disheartened if your child does not get admission in the coveted IIT. There is always NIT – Trichy available as an attractive alternative, apart from off course the other 19 NITs.