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Prof. S. Chakraborty
Director, - Jaipuria, Institute of Management, Lucknow |
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In today's society practically every young man or a woman dreams of becoming a management professional. With about 1500 institutes offering MBA or PGDM type of progammes, one often finds oneself in a state of confusion in deciding which place to go to. There are many surveys and reports which keep appearing in the media from time to time.
This, at times, confounds the choice making process of an individual aspirant even further. People look at business schools from multiple perspectives, and it invariably happens that some school may be better in one attribute while some other school may be better in another. Many times it is also the case that the young aspirants do not clearly know what exactly to look for.
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Whatever may be the individual goals and aspirations, the bottom line always is, good education. Management being a discipline which builds substantially on the experiential component, good education in management would mean a system of education that effectively and pragmatically combines theory and practice in order to ensure both rigor as well as relevance, in all of what gets done inside the management classrooms.
Jaipuria Institute of Management which started operating from Lucknow in 1995 is acutely conscious of what constitutes good management education and endeavors to provide that to the young aspirants seeking a managerial career. High degree of commitment on the part of the faculty and staff in the Institute, towards overall development of students, had been a hallmark from the very inception. Pass-outs of this Institute speak eloquently about this commitment and sincerity, of which they had been witnesses and beneficiaries.
Apart from delivering the curriculum contents effectively the Institute also builds three important qualities in its students. These are: positive attitude, team spirit, and the ability to constantly adapt to change. Positive attitude, we believe, is the sole source of determination that enables one to accept all the challenges that come one's way. Team spirit is the life blood in any organizational activity. No matter how good an individual may be on his /her own, organizational activities get purposefully executed only through a team approach. Pass-outs of this Institute not only know this too well but also have been successful in playing such roles effectively. They contributed as much, if not more, when compared with other members of their respective organizations and yet maintained the team spirit as opposed to getting swayed by individual successes.
With the environment getting increasingly more turbulent every moment, learning to learn and adapting to change have become critical elements for success. Students here are not only made conscious of these but are also helped to build these abilities in them. Last but not the least, a sense of entrepreneurship is also developed in the students of JIM as that gives the courage to plunge into the uncertain future of risks and opportunities.
The selection process which is transparent and fair, almost invariably ensures that outstanding young people from among the brightest are selected. The students are then provided with a good grounding in the socio-economic-political realities of India and the outside world to make them worthy and productive global citizens.
Experienced executives know that management education is not about earning another degree or a diploma. It is about broadening the scope of thinking to identify possible challenges and deepening understanding of various issues surrounding any given situation.
In JIM, we do precisely those as we see ourselves in the role of forming the managerial mind, as opposed to only providing details of various management tools and techniques.
CHOICE MAKING IS IN YOUR HANDS AND WE WELCOME YOU TO MAKE THAT AS AN INFORMED CITIZEN. |