JAGSOM calls for a promising start

Bangalore: JAGSOM (formerly known as IFIM), Bengaluru’s leading Business institute is open for admissions in their flagship 2-year PGDM course. Being the sixth Business School in India to receive the AACSB accreditation, and breaking into the QS Global Masters Rankings 2021, IFIM Business School recently rebranded itself as Jagdish Sheth School of Management (JAGSOM). The rebranding was indeed a significant milestone in the school’s journey towards becoming a global institution of repute.

The admissions to the flagship 2-year PGDM program are witnessing quality applicants as the institution is now recognised to be one of the preferred institutions among quality aspirants. Admissions to this 2-year PGDM program ceases on 30th April 2021.

Speaking on the occasion, Mr Sanjay Padode, Chairman, Center for Development and Education said, “Rebranding IFIM Institutions to Jagdish Seth School of Management has resulted in commendable and domain specialist faculties from academia and industry, signing up with us. Having faculties not just from India but overseas has ensured quality education to the students. The industry has also acknowledged the institution as a source for top quality talent which reflected well when we completed 100% placements (class of 2019-21) despite the pandemic. We had seen 80+ recruiters participating and offering an average package of 10.21 LPA, with the highest package of 16.0 LPA. Majority of the recruiters offered new-age roles in new-age companies.”

JAGSOM alumni are also reporting lateral offers from blue chip companies, who normally recruit only alumni of ivy league B-Schools. The rebranding has been backed by innovative curriculum and pedagogy, with the objective of ‘Grooming T-Shaped Professionals for Industry 4.0’. Some of the curriculum innovations include Super-Specialization in new age domains like MarTech, FinTech and Digital Transformation in partnership with leading global B-Schools; a bouquet of Practice Courses like Research Incubation, Live Industry Projects (through RFPs), Social Immersion Program, Effective Execution, Corporate Mentoring, Personality Enhancement & Wellness and Long Duration Industry Internship.

Lately, one of the institution’s initiatives ‘Kanyathon: Experiential Learning for Social Impact’, received the AACSB award for ‘Global Innovations that Inspire’ 2020. Kanyathon is an annual marathon run for the girl child, organized by the students of JAGSOM. The initiative is organized like a company, with students taking up key roles. The funds generated form this are used for social impact activities to support the girl child, in collaboration with NGOs.