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Jaipuria Institute of Management moving ahead despite the Covid-19 crisis

For the greater good, Jaipuria Institute of Management moves ahead with innovativeness despite the Covid-19 crisis

Since its inception in 1995, Jaipuria Institute of Management, Lucknow has been providing 360-degree learning to its students and supporting them with a robust placement program. The Corona Virus outbreak hasn’t impacted this vision.

The rich heritage of Jaipuria Institute of Management, Lucknow, is apparent from its extensive alumni base, with innovation and excellence driving new initiatives in the field of business education. Even with the covid-19 crisis, classes at the Institute haven’t been impacted at all. Regular online sessions have helped continue the learning process, using software like Impartus, Zoom, and Webex. Faculty members are available 24/7 through call and WhatsApp, maintaining social distance, yet guiding students ahead in their curriculum.

Speaking on the ongoing challenge Dr. Kavita Pathak, Director of the Institute said, “student development is our key agenda. We are fully aware of our responsibility as a B-School towards all our stakeholders. In the prevailing situation, I would say proactive and innovativeness is the need of the hour and we have proved that in this challenging time. We are engaging with our students through our digital platforms. Every student who chooses us has made a choice, and every parent who sends their ward to us for education places great trust in us. We are committed towards it.”

Such efforts strongly reinforce Jaipuria Lucknow’s recognition as one of the best management institutes in the country. No wonder that Jaipuria Lucknow has been NBA and NAAC ‘A’ accredited and AIU recognized PGDM courses as equivalent to MBA. With 9000+ alumni, 110+ faculty members, and 375+ industry recruiters, this prestigious organization also enjoys the graded autonomy by AICTE, amongst very few B-Schools in the country to get this. Moreover, the National Board of Accreditation (NBA) has reaccredited PGDM programs at Jaipuria Lucknow for six years.

Fostering creativity and collaboration

This management institute in Lucknow has been providing 360-degree learning to its students and supporting them with a robust placement program since its inception. Out of many of its notable initiatives, Uncampus is one. It strives to go beyond campus walls, to create a culture of oneness and excellence across its four locations. The Lucknow, Noida, Jaipur, and Indore campuses all work on a similar vision for creating employability, promoting education through excellence.

Nurturing entrepreneurial mindset

Jaipuria Institute has set up the Innovation and Incubation Centre (IIC), incubating ventures in technology, fintech, education, and other interdisciplinary areas. The IIC organizes regular events like entrepreneurial talk series, workshops, and seminars to develop entrepreneurial ecosystems in the nearby areas. Currently, the institute supports three physical and few virtual incubates such as Eduroomz, Yoyocial, and Tiffilo.

Shaping the flag-bearers of tomorrow

Jaipuria Institute of Management Lucknow further supports its students with the Career Management Centre (CMC). CMC, right from day one, not only assesses a student’s competency and skill gap but also creates an individual development plan for each of them that best fits his/ her career.

Jaipuria has an immaculate record of operating with 100% quality placements. With the world suffering a pandemic, placements for graduating students have been a huge concern. Yet, this year as of now, 91% of students have already been placed with more than 200 companies visiting the campus. These include prominent national and multinational companies from sectors such as research and advisory, manufacturing, FMCG, and retail to mention a few.

The companies recruited students in functional domains like marketing and sales, finance and financial services, human resources, operation, business analytics, retail, and information tech.

Even though the placement process was disrupted due to Covid-19, placement for the remaining students is going on remotely through online interviews. This has helped many students get placed even during this lock-down period. Needless to say, in the coming years, Jaipuria Lucknow will continue to equip its graduates with all the professional and personal skills required to ace in their fields.

The B-school also rewards meritorious students with scholarships up to 50% based on their CAT scores. In order to not delay the future plans of students any further, all admissions-related procedures for MBA/PGDM programs have been shifted online completely. Aspirants are appearing in the admission process through Zoom and Skype.

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Jaipuria Institute of Management, Jaipur’s PGDM readies new-age professionals with a new-age curriculum- nothing more, nothing less!

The world is feeling the impact of the Fourth Industrial Revolution all around. Last year, leading Business commentator, Forbes magazine presented a list of skills that future professionals will need to make their mark. Technology skills, creativity, and being global professionals ranked pretty highly on that list. Dr. Prabhat Pankaj, Director, Jaipuria, Jaipur quotes The Future of Work Report by World Economic Forum (WEF) and report on Global Employment Trends for Youth 2020 by International Labor Organization (ILO) to underline the importance of new age skills for global professionals. In that moment you realize that the extremely aware and highly experienced academic being at the helm is the secret to his B School being ahead of the curve. But we probe further into the new age specializations, industry oriented courses, emphasis on technology and how they have had a transformative influence at Jaipuria, Jaipur.
Keeping himself abreast with the reports from the voices of authority in International business, Dr. Pankaj has certainly kept an eye on the ball. He firmly believes that learning needs to transcend beyond classroom and dive into real-life experiences. It’s a strategy Jaipuria, Jaipur adopted quickly through experiential learning, learning-by-doing, and learning beyond classroom quite early. He tells us that it has led to two major shifts in PGDM program. “Firstly, there has been a focus on learning coupled with major re-shuffling of pedagogy. Secondly it has resulted in blending of technology and new-age electives and certificate courses. We have also seen a huge change in student assessment and emphasis on collaborative learning. Can we make our students learn how to learn together in group and how to do peer assessment? These are some of the questions we have tried to address,” he informs.
According to Dr. Pankaj, elective courses are a fantastic opportunity for B-schools to keep up with the fast and dynamic changes in the industry. With dual specialization option, Jaipuria Institute of Management has been enabling students to carve out their own niche. New age open electives related to machine learning, analytics, and international economics give them the competitive edge. The Director tells us that from next year his B School will add tourism, health management, and family business management to the list of electives. “These are fast growing areas not only in terms of their contributions to GDP but also from the point of view of starting a new business. Creative economy is expanding and there will be a lot of focus on B-schools to assimilate new age services as part of electives. As usual Jaipuria Institute of Management will stand ahead of the curve,” he declares strongly.
Many industry experts and academic gurus have spoken of the importance of lateral thinking for future professionals. Integration of Liberal Arts courses into management learning is its secret sauce. Dr. Pankaj reveals that Jaipuria, Jaipur offers Liberal Arts courses in Happiness & Wellbeing, Economic History of India, Alternative Cultural Shifts, Culture and Society, Management Thought Leaders and Perspective, and French Language. He asserts that though traditional specializations are still popular with students, you see a steady shift towards these courses and new age electives like machine learning and analytics. “The offering on Happiness and Wellbeing is unique to Jaipuria, Jaipur as it is delivered based on our own research and expertise. Perhaps, we are one of the pioneers in launching this futuristic course. Students are also looking at AI and Blockchain but more in the form of workshops,” he explains.
And Jaipuria, Jaipur has consistently molded its learning experiences to cater to students’ interests and requirements. Dr. Pankaj tells us that by taking students’ demands into account, the B School is offering them Industry-run-certificate courses by BSE, KPMG, Thomas Assessment, IBM Analytics, TrakInvest, and British Standard Institute (BSI). These courses are as popular as the electives, and go a long way in boosting students’ employability credentials. The placement results speak for themselves. “Given the popularity of these courses we will introduce AI and machine learning courses in time. The new age electives and industry-run-certifications have given us wonderful placements. For the past two years, our students have cracked core finance profiles in companies like Moody’s analytics, Protiviti, S&P Global. We see these results in HR, Marketing, Supply Chain Management; across the board really,” he says proudly.
Dr. Pankaj and his B School have a lot to be proud of as it has stayed quick on the button, transforming with the fast evolving demands of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, and showing the way for others management institutes in the country.

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