MBA program was started in 1995 by the
Department of Commerce. Action plan for ten years (1995 to 2005) had the following
focus:-
To Develop infrastructure facilities.
To attain financial sustainability.
To
help students in securing placements.
To create an awareness about managerial
career and opportunities and
To evolve State of the Art pedagogical techniques
for facilitating Pro-Active learning.
It is a matter of satisfaction that
we have achieved above mentioned objectives to a large extent. The mile stones
in the journey of the department are:-
Approval of MBA program by AICTE
in 1999.
Creation of a separate department of Business Administration in
the Faculty of Commerce in January 2001.
Inauguration of the magnificent
building equipped with Computer Lab, Library and Conference Hall costing more
than Rs. 1 crore by the Chief Minister of U.P. Sri Raj Nath Singh on Feb. 3, 2001.
SELF
SUSTAINABILITY
The total expenditure (both recurring and non-recurring)
met by its own resources generated by the department.
No grant from UGC, State
Government or any financial support from University received so far.
Campus
Placement Started in 2000- 65% - 70% students are placed through the efforts of
Placement cell. Placement is 100%.
In order to create awareness about managerial
career and opportunities the Department launched a series of Vision - Annual Trade
Fair. A mega three day event in 2001.
Vision Annual Trade fair 2001 was inaugurated
by Excellency Governor of U.P. Sri Vishnu Kant Shastri.
Vision Annual Trade
Fair 2002 was inaugurated by Honorable Minister of Higher Education U.P. Sri Om
Prakash Singh.
Vision Annual Trade Fair 2003 was inaugurated by Prof. Vachaspati
Upadhyaya, Vice-Chancellor, Sanskrit University, New Delhi.
The whole event
is concerned, Planned and executed by the students under of academic activities
such as Debate, Quiz, Music Competition, Role Playing, Competitions were organized
and students from Business schools participated 70 organizations put up their
stalls in the trade fiar-2003.
Students participated in various competitive
events organized by Business Schools and won prizes and medals in SMS, Varanasi,
MMM Engineering College, Gorakhpur and Youth Festival.
Students regularly organize
various activities in the department such as- group discussion, quiz, cultural
activities.
Curriculum Up-gradation
The Department continuously
upgrades its curriculum. The new course structure effective from 2005-2006 embodies
the suggested curriculum by U.G.C.
Teaching Methodology
We believe in active
learning system and participative teaching methodologies. With the class room
teaching for imparting the theoretical and conceptual knowledge, the group learning
through different techniques are also encouraged to enhance the various skills,
abilities, capabilities in the communication, leadership, logical analysis etc.
of the students to become capable of coping up with the challenges emerging out
of the changing environment of industries and trade.
The
methodology comprises-
Classroom Teaching, Case analysis, Role
Plays, Group Discussion, Presentation, Industrial Visits, Situational Exercise,
Market surveys, Trade Fairs, Management Games.
Workshop
Workshops
are the regular features of the program. Experts from reputed academic institutions
and industries are invited to conduct the workshop.
Personality development
workshop by Mr. Ajai Singh from Mumbai who is leading trainer in India.
Workshop
on change management conducted by Prof. S.K.Singh from FMS, BHU, Varanasi.
Workshop
on TQM.
Workshop on Entrepreneurship Development by Mr. Sunil Shukla, Professor,
EDI, Ahmedabad.
Launching of gumbatrades.com. In 2004 the department launched
its website www.gumbatrades.com
Industry Interface
To keep abreast
of the latest changes in the industrial world, a professional institute should
have a close linkage with the real business world. Therefore, the department of
business Administration took a number of steps to strengthen the interaction with
business and industry. In this regard the following Industry specialist viz. Mr.
Abhay Srivastava, Consultant, Century Ply boards (I) Ltd., Ahemedabad; Mr. A.N.Jha,
Regional Manager, Cipla Ltd.; Mr. Jitesh Tiwari, U.P. In charge, Century Ply boards
(I) Ltd.; Mr. M.Malik, G.M., Peerless General Finance and InInfrastructure.
