Approved by All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE)
The key advantage of studying in Acharya School of Management is that, we are able to utilise the expertise available in our group of institutes in the technology domains like IT. Biotech and give our management students a canvass to apply their tools and techniques of management.
Mission statement of Acharya School of Management
"To provide excellent inter disciplinary management education by comprehensively leveraging the technical expertise of Acharya group of institutes and promote entrepreneurial spirit among students; And thereby promote small and medium enterprises (SME) segment of the Indian economy by being their most preferred partner for consulting, research, executive training and supply of managerial talent"
Salient features of the Acharya PGDM:
• Free laptop to all the students
• Student international exchange programmes with Business schools abroad
• IBP at Singapore for better understanding of international business practises
• Tie up with the Indian Institute of Banking and Finance, to offer an industry recognised Diploma in Banking & Finance during the course of the PGDM itself
• Inter disciplinary programme, modelled on the MIT of USA & IITs in India, making use of the enormous technical knowledge available at AIT's technical institutes.
• Excellent faculty from well known institutes like the IIMs, XLRI, ISEC, University of Pennsylvania and others
• State of the art infrastructure
• Rigorous and relevant curriculum taught over 6 trimesters with CGPA based evaluation
• Residential programme to make learning more interactive and based on group dynamics
• Well stocked & updated online library including Prowess database and others packages.
• Strong industry linkages resulting in good consulting and placement facilities
• Special focus on industry's SME segment
• Scholarship facility for highly meritorious students
• Strong support to encourage entrepreneurial spirit by providing seed funding for excellent ideas for up to one million Rs by the incubation centre of entrepreneurship cell.
• Institutional partner with NEN (National Entrepreneurship Network) to promote start ups
• Tie up with British Council for gaining better command over business English gaining a "Business English Certificate" from Cambridge
Director
Acharya School of Management
The ASM Management Program is headed by Prof. Kanti Kumar Gali a fellow of IIM Bangalore in the field of Finance and an M.Tech from SJCE, Mysore. He has a cumulative experience of 19 years in various positions and firms in engineering, equity research, venture capital, investment and consulting. Prof. Kanti Kumar has published widely in both academic and trade journals. He has extensive experience and expertise in the areas of investment, venture capital and derivatives. His current research focus is on capital markets and corporate governance.
Dean - PGDM
Acharya School of Management
Prof. Samir Kagalkar, Dean, PGDM. Samir Kagalkar holds a Masters in Economics from one of the best known Economics Schools in India, Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, Pune. He is in the final stages of completing his Doctorate at IIM Bangalore in Strategy area. He has additional advanced qualifications from the Indian Institute of Banking & Finance (IIBF), Mumbai. He has written resource books for candidates appearing for IIBF exams, funded by IIBF itself. He has his papers presented in best known conferences like the Academy of Management, USA, and ACCS, Germany. He has been invited as an exchange scholar at NHH, Norway. He has prior work experience of 5 years at a well known MNC Bank, HSBC. At ASM, Samir leads a group of excellent faculty, who have graduated from the top B-Schools in India.
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