Goa Institute of Management
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| Goa Institute of Management | |
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| Motto | Next Marking Management Education. |
| Established | 1993 |
| Type | Education and Research Institution |
| Dean | Peter F.X. D'Lima |
| Director | Peter F.X. D'Lima |
| Postgraduates | 240 per year |
| Location | Sanquelim, Goa, India |
| Campus | Fully Residential, 50 Acres |
| Nickname | GIM |
| Website | www.gim.ac.in |
The Goa Institute of Management (GIM) is a business school located in the state of Goa, India.
The autonomous school is governed by a Board, and offers a full-time MBA (PGDBM) program (2 years) and executive MBA (3 years) and also is a resource center for PhD programs in Management for Goa University. Current MBA classes have a size of approximately 240 students. Present Director of Goa Institute of Management is Peter F.X. D'Lima. GIM was ranked 16th in the 2008 MINT Survey of private B-schools in India.
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[edit] History
Located at Sanquelim, the Business School was founded in 1993 when Padma Shri Fr. Romuald D'Souza (ex Director - XLRI, Jamshedpur and XIMB, Bhubaneswar) moved from XIM, Bhubaneswar to create a center of learning and excellence in Goa.[1]
He along with Prof. Anwar Ali, Prof. C.M. Ramesh, Prof. Ranjini Swamy, Prof. V. Gopal, Prof. Suma Damodaran, and Prof. Uday Damodaran started the institute . They managed to convince the then Chief Minister of Goa who also happened to be the brother of Fr. Romuald D'Souza to lease the campus of Goa Dental College.
[edit] Infrastructure
The Campus was initially situated on the banks of the picturesque Mandovi river, in a Heritage Building called Santa Casa De Misericordia. The campus is spread over 50 Acres. The Royal Portuguese Hospital, dating back to the Portuguese Rule in Goa. The building, in which the school is housed, is supposed to be one of the earliest Hospitals in India and was converted from a Hospital building to a Business School Campus only in 1993.
But the institute now runs from a new, state of the art campus at Sanquelim - Green Campus. The new campus is nestled in the picturesque Western Ghats surrounded by some of the most beautiful mountains. The Sanquelim campus is primarily divided into the following blocks :
- Admin
- Library
- Cafeteria
- Amphitheater
- Auditorium (Multi Purpose Hall)
- 5 Hostels ( Single occupancy + Double Occupancy)
[edit] Library
The library is operational 24 hours a day and has a collection of over 7175 titles, subscriptions to around 165 Indian and International journals, a tie-up with the University of Ohio, USA, which assists in updation of titles. The library also provides access to annual reports of around 1000 companies, stock exchange directory, CMIE, and various online databases and sources of information. With its RFID book issuing system, students are able to check in and check out books as and when they wish.
[edit] Placements
Over the years, Goa Institute of Management has earned the enviable reputation of being one of the finest management schools in the country. Various companies showed an interest in visiting the campus to select the candidates who best suited their requirements. The final placements in 2010-11 featured a diversity of sectors with good representation from BFSI, FMCG, Consulting, IT/ITES, Telecom, Auto & Manufacturing, Market Research, Travel & Hospitality and the Pharmaceutical/Medical sectors. Major recruiters representing various sectors were Johnson & Johnson Medical India, JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs, UBS Verity, Vodafone, IMRB, Thomas Cook, Citibank, Tata Motors, Religare, Deloitte, HP Analytics, Godrej & Boyce, AC Nielson, CRISIL, Tata Capital, E clerx, Wipro Consumer Care, Wipro Technologies, Infosys etc. GIM was able to achieve placements in a very quick time for all 110 students who opted for placements. And 4 people who opted out from placement process went on to chase their dreams of becoming successful entrepreneurs.
[edit] Affiliations and linkages
- Approved by the All India Council of Technical Education of the Government of India (AICTE) for offering postgraduate courses in management at the MBA level.
- Recognized by the Government of Goa and by many of the major industrial corporations in the country
- Member of the International Association of Jesuit Business Schools, which facilitates linkages for collaboration and exchange among some 60 Business Schools in 25 different countries in various parts of the world.
- Hosted Joint Study projects for two years in which 12 MBA students of Ohio University in Athens, Ohio, USA, under the guidance of their faculty, have worked with 12 GIM students in teams of four, on projects assigned to them by local industries.
- Ongoing tie-up with The University of Antwerp (Universiteit Antwerpen) for facilitating student interaction and joint study.
- Student exchange program with, Fachhochshule Ingolstadt, Germany (up to 5 students)
- Faculty & Student exchange with the Universidade Catolica Portuguesa ( MBA Catolica ) [2]
[edit] Events
- Ribandar Talks, a lecture series by Eminent Personalities organised round the academic year. The club has hosted Mr. Piyush Pandey, Mrs. Anu Aga, Mrs. Kiran Bedi, Mr. Ronnie Screwvala, Mr. Bjørn Lomborg and many other personalities.
- Samriddhi - A national conference addressing issues touching various spheres of development and striving to find practical and viable solutions. The theme for Samriddhi'10 was “Social Media & Business”. The aim was to look at the growing impact of social networking on the success/failure of products & services and how social media has changed the business outlook. Mr. Ivan Arthur inaugrated the conference. Keynote speakers included some eminent personalities from the field - Gaurav Mishra: CEO,2020Social, Rajiv Dingra: Founder & CEO of WATMedia, Deepak Gopalakrishnan: Windchimes Communications,Abdul Khan: Sr. VP (Marketing), Tata DOCOMO,Rajesh Lalwani : Founder and Principal of Blogworks, Arun Nair : Marketing/ Head – Online Initiatives, Club Mahindra.
- Walk For India – Held on the 15th of August, this is a medium through which the students express their solidarity with a social concern. Walk for India this year aimed to spread awareness about Child Abuse through the campaign "Stop Child Abuse"
- WIZBIZ 2011- A national level Corporate quiz which has participants from various companies across India.
[edit] Notable alumni
- Mrunmay Das Chief Investment Officer, Azim Premji Investments (P) Ltd [3]
- Gagan Banga, CEO, India Bulls [4]
- Salil Kumar, Director, Debt Capital Markets, Yes Bank
- Puneet Mahajan, CFO, GE India [5]
[edit] References
- ^ "A management success", Frontline, Volume 21 - Issue 25, December 4–17, 2004
- ^ Hochschule Ingolstadt_Aktuell(non-english)
- ^ Notional Worth, Real Money
- ^ The Telegraph, "How I made it",
- ^ Business Goa,"Beyond Academic Interests"
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