New Innovations in B-Schools
With the Indian economy experiencing a boom more and more students are getting interested in taking up MBA courses. B-schools are also bringing in new innovations to their programs to attract students who want to gear themselves up for the changing world market.
In 1970s, there was immense popularity of engineering studies. Mainstream courses gained popularity in the 1980s. From 1990s, post graduation diplomas in management became top career options. One of the reasons behind the popularity of the management courses is their constant change and improvement. India has the largest number of MBA graduates annually (2.5 lakhs) after the US. But besides the popularity of B-schools in India there is a large gap between demand and availability. To meet up these demands there are more and more B-schools that are keen on increasing their regional presence.
In the past few years, there has been many success stories among Indian MBA graduates. Some of them have proved their mettle in the global market and have acquired top management positions in top-of-the-line organizations. B-schools are the reasons behind these success stories. They have done away with the traditional course structures and have made their courses more specific under various modules and themes. The courses are now more oriented towards developing leadership skills and understanding of the business and executive skills of the organizations.
Though the B-schools in India do not offer full-time MBA programs that are tailor-made for a specific organization there is availability of short-term custom programs. As much as 80% of the executive programs on today’s date are customized and two-thirds of them are company oriented specific information. Many short-term MBA programs are also available in India and online courses are also taken up by many. E-learning with the aids such as online lectures and lessons, study materials over the Internet have made distant learning easier.
United World is one of the first autonomous B-schools in India that implemented ERP system or Intelligent Campus. With this system the students, professors and the management all remain connected through a virtual platform. The virtual campus enables students to create work groups, manage projects, and make schedules which the professors can keep a track of.
