First India in the News
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First India School of Business gets approval for offering BBA and MBA (Industry Integrated) courses from Maharshi Dayanand University in Regular Mode
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Gurgaon July 14, 2010. The MD University,
Haryana has approved First India School of Business, Gurgaon
for offering its prestigious BBA and MBA Industry Integrated
programs in Regular Mode from the current academic year. The
unique features of the program are on-going internships to students
in each of the semesters after the first semester with an objective
to enhance their corporate exposure. According to First
India School of Business press release, ‘this matches with
our goal towards creating ready employable managers for corporate
India’. First India School of Business is a unique Business
school that provides quality education at affordable fee.
Based at Gurgaon, the institute which is in its second year,
provides utmost importance to quality of education. All faculty
members for the MBA
program at the institute are alumni of leading B-schools
in the country like IIMs, MDI and XLRI.
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Four months into MBA and working for an MNC
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Ardhendu Shekhar Das joined First India School of Business in July 2009 as an MBA student. By November, he was working for 9dot9, leading media company in India that brings out magazines like Digit, CTO Forum, Logistics 2.0, Industry 2.0 and Skoar. It was the same for two other students, KS Jishnu and Vaibhav Dave. They are working with the CEO and the leadership team on live business initiatives And getting paid too.
They are not the only ones from the MBA batch at First India. Five other students of their class are working with Bharti Retail Private Limited setting up their retail stores and teams across North India. Says Amit Kohli, “It is an amazing experience for me so early in my MBA.” The response is the same from his friends Afzal Ahmad, Harish, Sanjeev and Prabhat.
The institute has just changed the way management education needs to be offered in the country, says Mr. Ishwar Dayal, parent of one of the students Indrajeet who is with a business that is setting up new ventures which he is directly involved with.
The corporates who were initially sceptical have liked the quality of students and how they have been prepared for these corporate exposures. MNC United colours of Benetton has deployed Nidhi mann in its Institutional business while Japanese world leader in CNC machines Amada India has asked Vivek Srivastava to help them with their marketing activities.
The institute, started by IIM- XLRI alumni, which offers the MBA programme at a fee which is half of average fee has been much talked about for their innovative and bold approach to bringing quality management education to middle class has become a preferred institute for students and their parents. Says Kamlesh Vyas, Director, First India School of Business, "The students learn as much in the class room as in the companies. We like to advance the exposure and then continue providing it throughout their course. We offer 3-4 times the generally provided 1.5- 2 months summer internships. This helps us prepare them better. These also help our students reduce the effective fee even further."
Agrees, Mr. Nambiar, CEO of Electrospark, where some of First India School of Business students are deployed, “We are very happy with their new ideas and enthusiasm. It’s a good experience for them and us.” We plan to continue this effort.
These innovative practices in MBA education, especially in times of recession have given a new hope and josh to MBA aspirants in the country
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'We are a revolution in offering quality management education at low cost'
(An Interview with Kamlesh Vyas, Director, First India School of Business)
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First India has been in the news in the Delhi NCR for a very different approach to MBA and BBA Education. IMA reporter Priya Singh (PS) caught up with Mr. Kamlesh Vyas, Director of the institute on January 2, 2010.
PS: Why the big hype around First India School of Business? Aren’t you one of the 3000 Business-Schools in the country?
KV: (Laughs) We are. Unfortunately, there is very little school in the Business–schools, its just business.
PS: But why the big uproar about your B-school? Is it part of your marketing campaign?
KV: I wish we could afford such media campaign. See, today when you talk to a student or a parent they talk about high fee in B-schools and lack of satisfactory placement after the course. We have challenged both these aspects. First India School of Business charges little fee- Rs. 3.5 Lakhs to be precise - and provides paid internships immediately on admission and continues that throughout the MBA.
PS: 3.5 Lakhs per year?
KV: 3.5 lakhs for two years.
PS: What about extra fee to be paid under other heads.
KV: Nothing.
PS: But other B-schools provide free laptop, foreign tour etc.
KV: Our fee includes free laptop and a free foreign tour to London where the students go through a module with our partner institute London School of Management. They also get a certificate from LSM.
PS: The London module is for global exposure.
KV: It is. Also, our international faculty members like Stephanie Evans, Shelli Koffman, Bridgit Hartland, Eric Lane, Kuniya Matsumoto, David Bloss & Jodie McPhillips do a series of workshops at the institute.
PS: Wow… 3.5 lakhs is the total fee including the laptop and the London module.
KV: Yes, the London module is optional- if the students don’t take it, the fee is reduced by 70,000. Then it is only 2.8 Lakhs.
PS: How do you manage in 2.8 lakhs, surely the quality of faculty….
KV: (Interrupts) All our faculty members are from IIMs, XLRI and MDI- leading business schools in the country. This practice we started from the very first year.
PS: Unbelievable, so how do you manage all this?
KV: My institute believes that the B-school needs to focus more on quality teaching, industry exposure and global mindset. So while we have AC class rooms, seminar rooms, library, wi-fi facility, cafeteria etc, the focus is on building global leaders through robust academics, personality development and corporate and international exposure.
PS: Let’s talk about the industry exposure, you claim that you put the students in companies in 3-4 months…
KV: (Smiles) we don’t claim, we just do it. Our first batch students are already undertaking internships in different companies.
PS: What kind of companies?
KV: Different kinds – Bharti Retail Pvt Ltd, United Colours of Benetton, Amada India, Electrospark/ Retail ware, Value on shore, Digit / CTO Forum (9 Dot 9 Media works), RMS among others….
PS: How will the students manage internships along with their academics during the 2-years of MBA?
KV: Our effort is to ensure that each student has 6-8 months of corporate exposure out of the 2 years of the course, so that he is ready for employment with good experience on completion of MBA. He will also earn some stipend which reduces his effective fee.
PS: How can I get admission to your institute?
KV: (laughs) For that we will have to reverse our roles and I will have to interview you.
PS: Are there any other courses at First India School of Business?
KV: Yes, the 3 years BBA and the executive MBA for the working professionals.
PS: How do you react to the attention you are getting is justified.
KV: (Gets serious) please see that we are only trying to do our part- its media people like you and our students and their parents that talk about us to everyone. I am happy that I am part of this revolution in bringing quality management education to our middle class at affordable fee.
PS: But your experience is from the corporate world?
KV: Post my B tech from DCE, Delhi, PG course from Staffordshire University, UK and MBA from XLRI, Jamshedpur, I have about 17 years of corporate experience in different countries. My corporate employments were with Arthur Andersen, Ernst & Young (E&Y), Watson Wyatt In consulting…
PS: So what made you join First India School of Business?
KV: I was moved by the First India School of Business Board. The board which comprises of IIM-XLRI alumni, MDs, former Governors, entrepreneurs is making an honest efforts to change management education in India and they have a noble vision.
PS: And what is the vision?
KV: Creating 1 million employable people by 2030.
PS: So making people employable is the first priority at First India School of Business.
KV: It is. We focus a lot on English and communication skills training. We have a programme from English Channel which all the students who need special English coaching go through. But, I will say that we have an equal focus on inculcating entrepreneurial skills among our students. In the words of our Chairman, Mr. Kohli, who is a former governor, “We want to create job givers”.
PS: How do you do that?
KV: We are doing several things. We organise Business Plan contest- Mr. Atul Gopal, CEO of Bulls Eye is the mentor to our students in entrepreneurship and conducts sessions regularly. Our students have participated in the Economic Times Business Plan contest. Our aim to ensure that each of our students is running a business entrepreneurially by the time he completes the MBA course. Then he can decide between entrepreneurship and ‘job with entrepreneurial orientation’. Four businesses are in different stages of being launched by our students as on January 1, 2010. By next year, there will be 35 such businesses.
PS: What are some of the other initiatives at First India School of Business?
KV: We are planning an exchange programme with Estonian Business School in Europe and another one with a Business school in the US. We will soon be admitting international students to our courses. We are also planning courses from US and UK universities where a large part of the education is done in India and only the last leg in those countries, thereby reducing the cost significantly with the same benefits.
PS: Mr. Kamlesh Vyas, Director First India School of Business, It was a pleasure talking to you. I wish you success in your endeavour to serve the needs of management education for India’s middle class. I now understand why there is so much talk about First India School of Business. Thank you.
(Priya Singh, IMA Reporter)
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Management Festival in Gurgaon draws large number of students
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The management students had an action- filled 2-day Management festival in Gurgaon. The festival organised on Dec 11-12 attracted students from many colleges in the area.
The competitions ranged from Painting, Advertising Contest, Debate, Business Plan, Treasure Hunt, Quiz, Group Discussions, Dance Contest, Finance Competition and Presentations.
The festival began with a Painting competition where young MBAs demonstrated that they are no dud with creativity and colours. “It was very encouraging to see the young people give meaning to their ideas and vision through their painting” remarked a judge at the event.
First India School of Business team at the Management Festival
The debate competition was a serious session on ‘Corporate Social responsibility vs. profits’. It saw arguments and counter arguments for and against the lively topic which is a major dilemma across board rooms across the world. In her argument, Nidhi Mann, a participant and MBA student from First India School of Management emphasised that the corporate managers have a mandate from their share holders to create value and they must focus their management competence on that while the social responsibilities must be left to people who are trained in and are responsible for it. For corporates, ethical business with dedication to their customers is the biggest responsibility”. Kumar, also from the same institute, countered her strongly, ‘If Individuals are expected to be socially responsible why not corporate entities? They don’t exist in isolation and can not be oblivious to their surroundings. Further, CSR and profits are required for each other.”
The competitions on Ad-Mad show- the advertising competition saw the budding managers create promotional advertising campaigns for their allotted products.
The presentation competition brought out the communication skills among the students. Indrajeet from First India School of Business won the competition for his presentation on ‘Innovations that have changed our World’ and how challenging the myths and norms has created inventions.
Another competition that evoked a lot of interest was the Business Quiz. Here the winners were from Algol Institute of management, First India School of Business and G D Goenka School.
The institutes that participated included First India School of Business, Algol Institute of Management, JK School of Management, Guru Gram School of management among others.
Kamlesh Vyas, Director, First India School of Business hoped that the budding managers will benefit immensely from events such as these and the exposure will prepare them for their corporate journey ahead.
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Management Education in Recessionary Times
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What should we teach our MBAs during recession? While a lot of educational content could remain unchanged, a slight change in focus would help the future managers align themselves better to the business milieu they will find themselves in when they graduate, writes Kamlesh Vyas, Director, First India School of Business
Should management institutes teach anything different in times of recession? This question was recently put to senior corporate executives and faculty members. The responses could provide valuable inputs to the academicians wanting to offer industry aligned business management education. While the core curriculum would remain unchanged, management education could incorporate subtle change in focus in the different streams including in teaching of Finance, Operations, International Business, Marketing, HRM, IT Management & General Management.
Financial Management: Firstly, Cash Flow statements acquire particular importance during recession even as the Profit & Loss Statement and Balance Sheet still remain crucial in the troika of the financial statements. Moreover, while treasury management remains on top of the agenda for the Finance Manager it’s the Fund management and raising of funds that would have a greater mindshare. Further, making every rupee worth of resources count during recession and putting to use every asset to productive use is a top priority for any organization. While, credit squeeze ends up hitting every organization in the business eco-system, cost structures and cost curves, zero-based budgeting, value engineering, credit risk analysis & mitigation and credit valuation acquire further significance. The business schools must prepare their students in the aforementioned areas for them to be all-weather managers. These analyses may help an organization offer what it does well internally as a business service (inside-outing of internal best practices) or what it offers to others as a value adding internal initiative (insourcing or ‘eating your own frog’).
Operations Management: How well are the students prepared to apply theory of constraints and de-bottle-necking operations is as relevant as resource based strategy as resources become scarce. The operations manager need to shift their focus from grand-scale Business Process Reengineering to Incremental performance Improvement opportunities. Strategic Outsourcing may be a holistic approach when its business-as-usual, however, when its crunch-time, value outsourcing may be more relevant. While Asset Lifecycle cost may be a great approach, when the business is on life support, it’s the immediate cost which hits the business the hardest thus cost effectiveness is more appreciated in its here-and-now avatar. Wastage control, just-in time procurement, minimising inventory and better credit terms on purchases provide a direct relief to outflows & expenses. An education for budding managers in the area of optimising and variabling of costs to the extent possible helps them tide over the troughs much better.
International Business: Managers are better off looking at businesses globally especially in recessionary times because arbitration opportunities can provide niche segments for growth. International business needs cross-cultural skills and ability to understand global taxation and other regulations.
Marketing Management: It has been established that cross-selling, up-selling and retaining customers is far easier than acquiring customers even in boom times. A speacial focus on customer relationship management, providing individualised one-window account services to each customer and consultative selling helps leverage current customers. Management education needs to pay particular attention to these aspects in recessionary times. Better segmentation of customers not just by needs, application of products and services but also by ease and cost of serviceability, value-appreciation for our products and services, quality of relationship and extend of access to top-management, long term potential & Credit worthiness make the marketing efforts more viable. Advertising needs to shift its focus from brand building to brand experience as the challenges are here and now. The budding managers must be trained to smoothly make these shifts in gears in times of recession.
HRM: The Human resource function runs into rough weather right away in rcecessionary times. They are increasingly seen as costs with no linkages to top-line and bottom-line. The HR managers must be trained to recruit for niche skills, and do it just in time. The trainings required in recessionary times are business- needs based, shorter and sharply defined, measurable in their impact and low cost by using technology like mobile-training, video-conferencing, e-learning and focus on internal faculty. The initiatives in motivating have to be impactful yet without budgets with impetus on non-financial motivators. The compensation revisions and bounses have to be carefully planned and communicated so as to be able to retain and motivate key resources and difficult to find skills while holding the salary levels for the vast majority. Carrying out separations and managing reductiosn in variable payouts even while encouraging people to work harder is a challenge HR professionals must face and must be readied for. Grandiose vision and mission workshops must give way to weekly and monthly business targets and their achievement by the rank and file in the organisation so that a performanace management culture based on visibility and acocuntability in established.
IT Management: Information technology and systems management in recessionary times needs to focus on cost reduction and value creation with very little or no investment. Fancy futristic projects need to be put on hold with the immediate target being standardisation, reduction of variablity and provision of hassle-free, 24X7 servies to businesses. The IT managers must however, not lose sight of technological advances around them because the moment the recession recedes they would run the risk of being in pre-historic age.
General Management: Since business opportunities get crowded out in the old segments/ areas, the business managers must be trained in identifying white spaces- new areas for growth, keeping the team motivated in another key area to save the team from the ubiquotous gloom. Business Process re-engineering becomes the key process driver to business. Value addition, continuous improvement and innovation management are very important and must be seen as the saviours in recesion. According to Peter Drucker, management has only two functions- marketing and innovation. This acquires even more significance in times of recession.
Management education must be able to kepe pace with what happens in business. The B-schools have the responsibility of inclulcating among the students results and action orientation, cost and quality focus, customer orientation, innovative thinking and working in teams effectively. The need for these basic managerial skills is never more important than in recessionary times. The B-schools must keep the students motivated, enagged and ambitious while managing their expectations more realistically. Recessionary times are also the best times to encourage studets to think entrepreneurship so that they could be job-givers rather than job-seekers.
(Kamlesh Vyas, is an Engr from DCE and MBA from XLRI with over 16 years of experience. He can be reached at kamlesh@fisb.in)
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Mr. Milind Khot, Head of Quality Systems and faculty for TQM visit First India
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Media
to undergo major changes- Global experts
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The face of print and electronic media as we know today will undergo major changes in coming years, according to Jody McPhillips, leading international media and journalism expert. She was participating in a workshop on 'Media management for Future managers' at the Gurgaon based first India School of Business.
"The focus will shift from print to electronic media with
particular growth in internet and mobile based media. For
India with low internet and comparatively high mobile density,
this is a leap frog opportunity. This will have its own challenges
and need for crisp stories given the current mobile screen
limits of under 200 characters. There will also be much more
streaming video content as the bandwidth will become more
and more viable", she added responding a question from FISB's
MBA students. Narrating her experiences as an American newspaper
reporter and as a journalism teacher Indonesia, East Timor
and Georgia, she advised the budding managers to develop skills
in interacting with the media. Jody, a Knight International
Journalism Fellow, advised the students of First India school
of Business to learn to become comfortable with the media
& camera.
Speaking on the occasion, David Bloss, editor of Cambodia
Daily in Phnom Penh, Academic Director of the Caucasus School
and former editor of the 'The Providence Journal' in USA emphasised
the need for managers to build long term relationships with
the media and journalists based on trust & transparency. He
also advised the students to keep the 'Grandmother - Grandson'
test in mind while creating media content. Elaborating he
said, " make sure your briefs and editorials have wider audience
and are understood y the grand mothers and their grand children
alike so that you do not lose out on generations altogether."
The experts at the workshop were of the opinion that while
commercial interests may drive what got published - even the
people who are published about will like to be careful about
being put up next to sympathy generating stories.
Kamlesh Vyas, Director, First India
School of Business hoped that the business managers
will be prepared to leverage the opportunities the changing
nature of media will offer. He also reiterated the commitment
of the institute to provide the students an opportunity to
learn from international experts from different fields so
that graduating managers could be ready with a holistic world
view. That's the only way to 'Build Global Leaders', he concluded.
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Recession to bring out Winners- Matsumoto
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The economic recession is the best
time to test your business, according to Kuniya Matsumoto,
leading business leader and MD of Amada India.
He was speaking on 'Business strategies in the time
of Recession' at the Gurgaon based first India School
of Business.
"When every one is in recession, grow your markets, serve your customers better and invest in people and technology. A contrarian approach may yield great results when your competitors are on cost cutting drive", he added responding a question from FISB's MBA students. Narrating her experiences from his career spanning three decades across Japan, Taiwan, India and, he advised the budding managers to develop skills in innovative approaches to business problems.
He described his company's philosophy to business in the form of 3M- 3I approach. "Motivation, Morale and Manners form the back bone of any organisation which supported by the structure business development based on Introduction- Impression- Interest- approach create great results at all times." He further added that the most important purpose for any organisation is to make its customers winners. "There is nothing more sustainable than growing with customers", he added.
He also invited the students to participate in the IMTEX innovative Idea contest.
Kamlesh Vyas, Director, First India School of Business
hoped that the budding managers will be prepared to face situations
created by vagaries of the business world.
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Telecom sector enters a new phase- Thomas
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The India telecom sector has entered
a new phase- unseen any where else in the world, according to
Thomas Phillip, leading Telecom expert and
VP for Indus Towers. He was speaking on 'The Telecom
sector- Road ahead' at the Gurgaon based first India
School of Business.
"With more operators in each circle, introduction of new technologies like Wimax and 3 G and the next technological revolution just lurking around the corner, the sector is definitely going to enter some very exciting times", he said.
"Not only has India seen unprecedented growth, it is likely to see multiple changes in near future. We are seeing a trend towards high density of dual mobile connections- this is an unknown phenomenon elsewhere. Further, here is a market with very high customer base but very low RPU- revenue per user. This is partially responsible for driving the growth of value added services", Thomas said.
According to him, the Indian market has successfully adopted Co-opetition- a cooperative-competition in the areas of passive infrastructure where companies become 'competitors' in customer facing areas but 'cooperate' when it comes to sharing back-end infrastructure. He credited this to the maturity and the long term vision of the telecom sector leaders.
Kamlesh Vyas, Director, First India School of Business hoped that the new phase in the growth of the telecom sector will be as interesting as the just concluded phase where lives of millions of people have been changed for the better.
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Ulle Pihalak
Director, Business Centre, Estonian Business School visit
First India School of Business
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Prominent educationists have expressed alarm and dismay at
HRD Minister Kapil Sibbal's proposal to abolish Board examination
at class X level.
Mr. Kamlesh Vyas, an alumnus of XLRI Jamshedpur
and Director of the Gurgaon-based First India School of Business(FISB)
has termed Mr Sibbal's proposal "a populist measure" that
will dilute academic standards in the country.
Mr. Vyas, an international trainer and an active educationist,
said the abolition of Board examination at class X level will
allow a large number of pleasure seekers to move ahead without
studies and hard work. "That will put unnecessary burden on
class XII examination as Board examination at class X level
is a buffer that prepares the students for the hard work ahead
and shakes up and wakes up the non-serious students. This
will throw gates open to dilution of the education standards"
Mr. Vyas said.
First India School of Business Professor Mr. Pramod
Bhatnagar felt that doing away with the Xth Board
examination will make a mockery of selection of specialized
streams for students. "At present, students are offered Maths,
Biology, Commerce and other streams based on Xth Board results
which act as a common and standard parameter across students
from different schools and states. Doing away with a standard
Xth Board will make mockery of the process. This will be inviting
money power and corrupt practices to the system even at the
tender and sensitive stage of selection of education stream
knowing that seats for Sciences and Commerce are limited in
most of the schools. This will play havoc especially when
students change schools", Mr. Bhatnagar said.
Mr. Vyas felt that the measure would lead to lowering of education
standards in the country. He also feared that this will eventually
affect the quality of professionals in the country in 6-8
years drastically.
Mr. Eric Lane, a visiting professor to First
India School of Business, Gurgaon from USA warned that the
measure would lead to fall in demand of Indian students abroad.
According to Eric, academic circles outside India held Indian
Board examinations in high esteem and had faith in their sound
education level and standard. Disbanding the Board at class
X will reduce the demand of Indian students as they will be
considered to have reached a high level without competition
and studies.
This will take away a parameter the world has to judge Indian
students academic caliber. "This impression is bound to reflect
adversely on Indian student's education and employment prospects
abroad", Eric said.
Further commenting on the populist measure which is being
planted on to the Indian students and parents under the garb
of preventing 'suicides', Mr. Bhatnagar said that the need
was to educate and counsel parents, teachers and students
in being able to pressures of life better rather than taking
a path of least resistance. The Indian school education system
is rated among the most credible in the world and taking away
the rigors of the X standards without understanding all the
issues and their implications will only push the suicides
to two year later, Mr. Bhatnagar said.
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New B-school
to offer affordable management education;ties-up with Annamalai
University
MBAUniverse.com News Bureau
BBA and MBA programs to be offered from the current academic year
Newly launched Gurgaon based First India School of Business (FISB) aims to offer “world class management education at affordable prices”. FISB is an initiative of alumni from Indian Institute of Management, Xavier Labour and Relations Institute, industrialists, managing directors and senior professors. According to Mr. Kamlesh Vyas, Director, FISB, “The institute has been set up on non-commercial principles and will undertake philanthropic initiatives and other initiatives of social and national importance.” Mr. Vyas informed that a group of 13 people including a governor, six managing directors, three senior government officers and three senior professors have joined hands for this venture.
FISB provides BBA and MBA courses on both full time and part time basis. FISB, Gurgaon, and Annamalai University will sign a MoU for BBA and MBA programs and have started the current academic year at the FISB campus on May 18, 2009.
While the BBA is for the regular students, the MBA caters to the educational needs of the working executives. Basic skills like corporate etiquette, communication as well as operational skills like team work, IT and analytical skills will be developed among the students. Exposure to foreign as well as Indian industry by providing internships, industry tour, corporate projects and 30 per cent of the teaching by industry professions as well as international faculty and foreign tours is provided.
“Both the BBA and MBA courses are provided in regular and executive mode- the latter catering to the management education needs of the working executives,” said Mr. Vyas.
When Mr. Vyas was asked about his goals as the Director of FISB, he said, “Our vision is to create Global Business leaders. We would like to take on talented students including those who are from rural backgrounds, non-metros and lower middle class in order to create global managers at affordable fee.”
FISB also aims to open new campuses in Delhi and Noida in near future.
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The present economic recession offers challenges as well as opportunities in the area of management education, feels Mr. A R Kohli, educationist and a former Governor. The management education must broaden their reach to include students from the lower middle class and those who have graduated from Hindi medium schools and colleges and transform them into corporate managers.
Mr. Kohli was inaugurating, a new Business School named First India School of Business in Gurgaon. Situated on Delhi - Jaipur highway, the school offers BBA, MBA and Evening MBA Courses. The degrees will be awarded by Mahaharshi Dayanand University (MDU), Rohtak.
Mr. Kamlesh Vyas, Director of the institute said that the school has been opened by alumni of XLRI and IIMs and a group of industrialists and will help the students in their placements. The institute is also having tie up with a European University. Compared to other B-schools, the fees for the courses have been kept considerably low so that people from comparatively lower income group can also afford MBA or BBA degrees. The quality of infrastructure including computer facilities and library, quality of faculty and corporate exposure will be international class. Every MBA student will be provided a free laptop and would be part of a free international exchange programme and tour to Europe, added Mr. Vyas.
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First India School of Business Management Board members
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In order to concentrate on quality of teaching, the institute will admit only small batches. After the admissions close on 15 May 2009, the session will begin on 15 June 2009.
The chairman of the Governing Board, Mr. AR Kohli who is a former Governor of Mizoram added that the vision of the institute is to build Global business leaders.
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The other members of the board include Mr. B N Puri, Planning Commission, GOI, Mr. Shailesh Shah, Group president, JSW; Dr. RP Singh, CEO Jindal Steel and Power, Dr. Anu Wadhwa, Professor Swiss federal Institute, Switzerland, Mr. Inder Jeet Mittal, GOI; Dr. Praveen Kumar, Additional Divisional Commissioner, Gurgaon; Prof Atmanand, Dean, MDI, Mr. VC Agrawal, Director, Indian Oil Corporation, Mr. JK Sharma, industrialist and Prof S K Bedi, Maharshi Dayanand University.
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First India school of Business will take up students who have the talent even though they may not be fluent in English and will create world class managers in two years through focus on English modules, management education, international and national corporate exposure, added Mr. Kohli. This is what the management schools need to do in these recessionary times, said Prof. Atmanand.
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