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Over the years, B-Schools have witnessed an increase in terms of enrolment by engineers. However, while engineers are getting absorbed in managerial jobs, the core-engineering sector is facing a manpower deficit. In order to address this problem the Delhi Technical University (DTU) has started a programme to hone the managerial skills of engineers while keeping their technical expertise intact. The programme offered by DTU's Delhi School of Management (DSM) offers three specialisations — information and knowledge management, information technology management and supply chain management. Elaborating further, SK Garg, head, DSM said, "The attrition rate in service industries like IT and software is high. Moreover, there is a lack of documentation in terms of decisions taken at the managerial level and knowledge produced. Only someone with a technical background can understand, preserve and retrieve such knowledge. With this in mind, we are offering a specialisation in knowledge and technology management."
Supply chain management is a crucial aspect of any company. "General MBA, too, offers this subject. However, through a specialisation students learn to develop, evaluate and implement strategies, concepts and management approaches in logistics and supply management ," explained Garg. Referring to specialisations in IT, he said that IT companies were hiring a lot of engineers as programmers. "But companies today require system analysts," he added.
Students are introduced to core management subjects in the first semester and to specialisations in the second semester. By the third semester, the student is able to decide on his/her specialisation. The final semester gives an option to select a specialisation with one of the core management subjects like finance, marketing and human resource, among others. The last date for submitting applications is February 8.
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 Indore Management Institute in the only institute in central India which is having MBA-Pharma course. This course is specially designed for candidates having phrma back ground and wish to build their career in pharmaceutical industry. IMI is the first and only institute in Central India, Madhya Pradesh offering MBA in Pharmaceutical Management. The institute is equipped all the modern infrastructuere, state of the art facilities, experienced and qualified faculties from some of India's renowned institutions and international level of education.
MBA-Pharma is a general management course concentrating on Pharmaceutical Marketing Strategy, distribution, promotion, pricing, product and promotion -mix. All students have to do rigorous field work, analysis and reading in this course. This course is not meant for Bio-technology, clinical trials or Veterinarians. This course is for Science and Pharmacy Graduates. Doctors may apply for positions in the Pharmaceutical industry. Biotechnologists, Biochemists and Veterinarians may not find this course useful, though.
The distinct feature of the course is that the students undertake regular fieldwork and meet Doctors, Retailers, Stockiest etc. and work on special projects.
Program Objectives
The objective of this MBA Pharmaceuticals Management course is to develop students, over a period of two years, by rigorous fieldwork and academics, for Managerial positions in the Pharmaceutical industry. Students will spend 8 weeks summer internship with Pharmaceutical companies also.
Every month, one day is devoted to fieldwork in all semester involving visits to doctors, retailers, patients and wholesalers. In addition, students are required to devote at least 40 hours per week for academics. Opportunity exists for immersion studies abroad during summer internship.
PEDAGOGY
The entire programme is designed to meet with the student's understanding of the subjects, and includes deliverables such as classroom discussions, role plays, project work, case studies, presentations and lectures. Students are expected to attend all lectures in time. There is a dress code which students are required to adhere to.
The student is required to do field work every week, where he/she is expected to meet doctors, retailers, wholesalers and tabulate the data, analysis of data and prepare reports on the same. This once-a-month visit every semester totals 21 hours for the course, is rigorous, and requires a demanding physical and mental stamina on the part of the student to work and learn.
A communications course is included to supplement the students' skills, and provides them with the capacity to both comprehend and articulate managerial viewpoints with confidence.
Eligibility for Admissions in MBA - Pharma
The candidate must hold a Bachelor's Degree in Life Sciences, Pharmacy, Microbiology, Biotech, Medicine (MBBS) and allied subjects with at least 50% marks or equivalent CGPA in aggregate from any of the Universities incorporated by an act of the central or state legislature in India or other educational institutions established under section 3 of UGC Act, 1956, or possess an equivalent qualification recognized by the Ministry of HRD, Government of India.
The Candidates having 2 years of post qualification work experience will be preferred. Candidates appearing for the final year of bachelor's degree/equivalent qualification examination and those who have completed degree requirement and are awaiting results can also apply. But their admission will be subject to their fulfilling the eligibility norms as mentioned above.
For more information visit institute's website http://www.imi.ac.in
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 MBA Kaleidoscope — a two-day conference-cum-fair on management education — organised by Education Times and Bulls Eye, a leading MBA coaching institute in the region, saw a flying start on Friday. Leading management institutes from all over the country participated in this two-day event. The fair was inaugurated on Friday morning by Dr BC Josan, principal of DAV College. Braving cold weather, more than 1,200 enthusiastic students visited the fair.
Workshops on cracking GD, MBA as a career option, basics of Indian economy and how to handle interview conducted by faculty from MDI, Gurgaon, IIM Ahmedabad, Lucknow and Bulls Eye saw halls filled to capacity. Students turned up with their parents, teachers and guardians at the venue, where a team of experts answered various queries. Principals, academicians, education administrators, professionals in the field of education and education marketing personnel were also present. The experts’ team provided students with important information regarding approvals/affiliations/ recognitions, which students must ensure before taking admission in any course or college.
Prominent speakers present during the fair include Sanjay Joshi, IIM, Ahmedabad, Safal Batra, IIM, Calcutta, Anoop Ohri, IIM, Lucknow, and Rahul Mahajan, MDI, Gurgaon.
It will conclude on Saturday, when workshops on personality development, how to build vocabulary, GD concepts, banking, financial services and budget will be held.
Notably, more than 20,000 MBA aspirants appear in various top-end management entrance tests, viz CAT, XAT, SNAP, JMET and MAT, in Chandigarh every year.
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The Reliance Group is setting up a ‘world-class’ university as it seeks to promote education and research in sectors ranging from liberal to technology . Reliance Foundation, which will spearhead the project, is expected to start the university either in Mumbai or Delhi. Nita Ambani, the wife of RIL chairman Mukesh Ambani, will head the new project.
India’s largest business conglomerate has started the process of identifying land for the proposed university , according to persons familiar with the development. The university, modelled on the lines of American universities such as The University of Pennsylvania, will tie up with foreign universities. “It will be international in scale and in best practices, but with an Indian soul,” said Mukesh Ambani, chairman, Reliance Group.
Nita Ambani told ET that the proposed university would be located either outside Mumbai or Delhi. “We are looking for sufficient land to set up a world-class university,” she said.
Mr Ambani made this announcement while making the acceptance speech at Mumbai’s Tident Hotel after receiving the Dean’s medal from the University of Pennsylvania’s engineering school. His father Dhirubhai Ambani was earlier conferred Dean’s medal from Wharton School of Management.
The university will initially offer undergraduate courses. It will later offer postgraduate and doctoral courses, Ms Ambani said. India’s big business houses are strengthening their focus on education as it is poised to become a $80-billion opportunity by 2012. Indian spend $50 billion on private education annually, according to a research report by IDFC. It is expected to grow at a CAGR of 16%, said a CLSA Pacific study.
The Aditya Birla Group, which has already played its hand at commercial education with the Sarala Birla Academy in Bangalore. It has plans to open schools to offer modern education to students in the country’s hinterland. Ditto Jaiprakash Industries, which is already running engineering institutes , while London-listed mining giant Vedanta Group has announced a large university near Puri in Orissa.
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in Career Forum by Jacko, 06-03