DMS Pondicherry University

The Department of Management Studies, School of Management, Pondicherry University (DMS SOM) is a department of the Pondicherry University School of Management of Pondicherry University, India for MBA studies. It was established in 1986.

History

DMS, School of Management (SOM) established the MBA program of the university in 1986. It caters for MBA teaching, Management research, Organisational management, government officers training, industrial consulting and management extension, with a team of three professors, nine associate professors and two readers.

Location

Pondicherry University is located in a campus spread over 780 acres (3.2 km²), facing the Bay of Bengal on the East Coast Road. It is accessible from Chennai (168 km) and Bangalore (300 km). The School of Management (SOM) is the first academic entity of the university established as a centre of Excellence and a stand-alone school in 1986. Then in 2005, SOM was reconstructed which includes the Department of Management Studies as the parent department and five other departments.

Profile

DMS SOM is funded and supported by the University Grants Commission (India) (UGC) and accreditation from National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC)

MBA program

The two-year (four semesters) full-time MBA in DMS SOM prepares student for a professional career in management. While the first year is devoted to foundational course, the second year enables the students to gain breadth and depth of different areas and specialize in the selective fields. The students have choice to choose one major and/or one minor as specialization.

Evaluation of the students is on the basis of their performance in assignments, participation in departmental activities, projects, tests, classroom presentations, quizzes, case studies and end semester examinations.

Annual events

Synapse

Synapse is an industry interface event where CEOs, entrepreneurs, leaders and corporate people are invited to speak on management-related topics.

Electives offered

Finance
Marketing
Human Resources
Operations

Recognitions

Recipient of STAR NEWS Outstanding B-School( south) of the year 2010
Rated #6 among Top 10 B-School in South India by INDIAN EXPRESS 2010
Rated #19 in the category of top B-Schools of excellence in India (CSR-GHRD Survey, 2010)
Rated #3 in the country among the government universities B-School (CSR-GHRD Survey, 2009)
Ranked #1 in the country among all the B-schools considering the fees paid by students (CSR-GHRD Survey, 2008)
Rated A+ (Business India survey 2008)
Rated #4 in the country among the government university B-Schools (AIMA Survey, 2008)
Accredited by NAAC-UGC
Approved by the AICTE

List of faculty

Dr R Paneerselvam – Operations Management & Systems
Dr R P Raya – Human Resource Management
Dr T Nambirajan – Productions and Operations Management
Dr Chitra Sivasubramanian – Human Resource Management
Dr Uma Chandrasekaran – Marketing
Dr B Charumathi – Finance Management
Dr S Victor Anand Kumar – Marketing and Information System
Dr R Kasilingam – Finance, Business Law and Business analytics
Dr R Venkatesakumar – Marketing and Quantitative Methods
Dr L Motilal – Business Environment and Public Systems Management
Dr K Lavanyalatha – Human Resource Management & Marketing
Dr S Riasudeen – Human Resource Management/Management Group Dynamics
Dr B Rajeswari – Marketing Management, Operation Management, Strategic Management
Dr G Madan Mohan- Managerial Economics And Financial Management

List of current faculty

Head & Professor R. Kasilingam - Finance, Business Law and Business analytics
Professor Chitra Sivasubramanian – Human Resource Management
Professor Uma Chandrasekaran – Marketing
Professor B Charumathi – Finance Management
Professor S Victor Anand Kumar – Marketing and Information System
Professor R Venkatesakumar – Marketing and Quantitative Methods
Professor L Motilal – Business Environment and Public Systems Management
Professor K Lavanyalatha – Human Resource Management & Marketing
Professor S Riasudeen – Human Resource Management/Management Group Dynamics
Professor B Rajeswari – Marketing Management, Operation Management, Strategic Management
Professor G Madan Mohan- Managerial Economics And Financial Management
Associate Professor - Rakesh
Assistant Professor - N. Sinouvassane
Assistant Professor - V. Sreecharan
Assistant Professor - J. Rama Krishna Naik
Assistant Professor - S. Kavin Mary
Assistant Professor - N.Vijayanand
Assistant Professor - A. Karthigeyan
Assistant Professor - S. Amolak Singh

References

External links

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