BIMTECH

Birla Institute Of Management Technology
Motto	Competing For The Future
Established	1988
Type	Private business school
Endowment	INR 40 Crore
President	Syt B.K. Birla
Vice-Chancellor	H. Chaturvedi (Director)
Dean	Prof. Shriprakash
Director	H. Chaturvedi
Academic staff	89 resident, 200 visiting
Admin. staff	~100
Undergraduates	0
Postgraduates	~650
Doctoral students	~25
Location	Greater Noida, NCR (National Capital), India
Nickname	Bimtechian
Affiliations	AICTE, Govt. Of India
Website	Bimtech.ac.in

Birla Institute Of Management Technology, (Hindi: बिरला प्रबंधन एवं प्रौद्योगिकी संस्थान, ग्रेटर नोएडा ) (also known as BIMTECH) is a graduate business school located in Greater Noida, an education hub in the National Capital Region NCR of India. It was established in the year 1988.

The Institute was established under the aegis of the Birla Academy of Art and Culture.BIMTECH offers full-time PGDM program, Business Management, International Business, Insurance and Risk Management, Retailing and Merchandising Management and Entrepreneurship and Family Business, as well as a number of executive education programs. Dr. Harivansh Chaturvedi is the current Director of the institute. In B-School ranking done by Wall Street Journal and C-Fore, BIMTECH was ranked 7th in all private B-Schools in India.^[1]

Programs Offered

• Ph.D
• Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM)
• Post Graduate Diploma in Management (International Business) (PGDM-IB)
• Post Graduate Diploma in Management (Retail) (PGDM-RM)
• Post Graduate Diploma in Management (Insurance Business Management) (PGDM-IBM)
• Post Graduate Diploma in Management (Sustainable Development Practices) (PGDM -SDP)

Ph.D

Centre for Research Studies conducts doctoral and post-doctoral programmes. The programme is offered in collaboration with University of Mysore, Mysore (Karnataka); Mohanlal Sukhadia University, Rajasthan and University of Assam, Silchar.

Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM)

The primary mission of centre, derived from the Institute’s vision, is to train high caliber professionals who devote for effective management of an organization by achieving excellence with values. The main goal of the PGDM programme is to provide education and training to students and working executives to become leaders and entrepreneurs in the global competition. PGDM full time two-year programme offered by the centre are designed on the principles that create proper balance of theory and practice needed to aid managerial skill formation for effective decision-making and problem solving in a globalised environment. Learning starts with the Foundation Programme in order to bring all students who have joined the programme are at par in terms of knowledge in Statistics, Mathematics, Economics, Accounting, Principles & Practices of Management and Basic operational understanding of Power Point and Excel.

During the six trimesters, besides three core courses, students are required to submit winter dissertation under the supervision of a mentor. During the two-year programme, 1250 hours of class room teaching is provided along with extra and co-curriculum activities that are parts of the programme.

The students enrolled in the programme are part of the student bodies drawn from all other programmes of the institute. The student conduit has members from six committees i.e. Discipline Committee, Mess Committee, Newsletter Committee, Media Committee, Cultural Committee and Sports Committee. These conduits not only apprise students of latest developments in their respective fields but also engage them in organizing various activities.

Post Graduate Diploma in International Business (PGDM-IB)

The PGDM-IB is a two-year, AICTE-approved, full time program focused on international and global business relationships as well as the import/export business.The number of applicants admitted to this program is limited to 60 currently. The course enables the participants to understand the working of the global economies and offers a hands-on approach to global management challenges faced by companies, in a global geopolitical environment.The course includes classroom as well as experiential components. It will emphasize interaction with working executives and result-oriented approaches. The emphasis is to create a program which will not only have a global appeal but also make sure that the students are grounded in their basics.

PGDM-IBM(Insurance Business Management)

This course was launched in 2000 by the Centre for Insurance and Risk Management (CIRM). With dual specialization in Life and Non-life insurance. The first of its kind in the country to offer full time education in Insurance and Risk Management, the centre offers masters programme to prepare young professionals for the industry. This two-year, Full time, programme has been approved by AICTE, MHRD, Government of India. To develop competence in management of risk through fundamentals of Insurance with specialization in management of insurance company, underwriting & risk management. The aim of the Centre for Risk Management and Insurance (CIRM) of BIMTECH is to turn out management executives who can, so to say, hit the track running. Two-year, Full time, (Approved by AICTE, MHRD, Govt. of India) Accredited by the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA), Govt. of India, the course has an intake of 60 students. Life Office Management Association (LOMA),USA is BIMTECH's educational partner and BIMTECH is an approved centre for LOMA examination. Quite a few of the life insurance subjects taught are based on the LOMA curriculum. The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII), UK has accorded recognition (by way of credits) to the PGDM-IBM(Insurance Business management) course.This Two year PGDM (Insurance Business) has been recognized as equivalent to the Associate level of the Insurance Institute of India,Mumbai.

PGDM(RM)

The Retail Management Programme Is an AICTE approved two year full-time education focused on retailing and merchandising management.The PGDM (RM) program is the pioneer two year full time program in Retail Management approved by AICTE. The course has been designed keeping in mind the conceptual grounding as well as the practical know-how requirements of the retail industry. The objectives of the programme are:

• To introduce the basic retailing and management concepts
• To give insight into fundamentals of marketing and selling
• To understand managerial aspects of working with people in groups
• To understand managerial aspects of working with people in groups

PGDM (SDP)

The PGDM (SDP) is developed to offer in the academic and experiential learning mode.Programme will be offered under the semester system with two terms of field training.The programme on Sustainable Development Practices is in response to paradigm shift in social changes, national and international policies on development goals and livelihood, dynamics of national and international priorities and responsible business and its operations which necessitate new capabilities and tools for administrators and managers.Classroom learning, practice seminars and field training are given high weight age in this programme. The agencies /organizations working in the areas below have been identified in order to give students the required exposure and confidence.

• Financial Inclusion
• Sanitation and water
• Health care, nutrition
• Rural infrastructure
• Social protection / equity
• Women empowerment
• Energy conservation
• Renewable energy

Faculty and location

BIMTECH has over 89 full-time faculty , and on a daily and yearly basis, about 15 and 250 respectively visiting faculty.

BIMTECH's campus

BIMTECH is located in Greater Noida in the nation's capital region.

Publications

Most of the Institutes research work is published in the form of study reports, journals, research papers, interviews and newsletters. The institute publishes three bi-annual journals and a bi-monthly newsletter. The journals of the Institute cover topics like management, insurance and risk management. BIMTECH also claims to have started the first national report on insurance industry known as "India Insurance Report".

The following are the Journals and National reports published by the institute.

• Business Perspectives
• Journal of Insurance & Risk Management
• Indian Retail Review
• India Insurance Report
• Retailia ^[2]

Noted alumni

• Alok Gupta, Managing Director, Samtech Infonet Ltd.
• Avatar Monga, Managing Director, Bank Of America
• BP Singh, Managing Director, British Gas India
• Ravi Chopra, Northern HR Head, Samsung
• G. Jaipal, Service Delivery Head, Accenture Service Pvt. Ltd.
• Harveen Bedi, Vice President, Quadrangle/ Naukri.com
• Kirti Manocha, Senior Vice President, Adidas
• Mayank Jain, Pacific PSI Leader, GE Plastic
• Nikhil Talwar, Regional Head, ICICI Bank
• Nitesh Kumar, Technology Consultant, NIIT Technologies Ltd.
• Sameer Gupta, Joint Managing Director, Samtech Infonet Ltd
• Samir Dewan, Chief Operating Officer, ABN AMRO Bank
• Shalabh Saxena, Country Head, Ernst & Young
• Vivek Khare, Senior Vice President, Naukri.Com
• Sunil Kalra, Assistant Vice President, Genpact

Ranking amongst Indian Business Schools

• Bimtech was been ranked 9th among private sector B-Schools By Business Today in 2010 and second in the Northern India area.
• 7th in all Private B-Schools, Wall Street Journal - CFore 2009.^[3]
• Equivalence with MBA ranted to PGDM programme by AIU, 2009.
• Equivalence with MBA ranted to PGDM programme by AICTE, 2008.
• Applied for Deemed University status with MHRD & UGC, 2008.
• Accredited by National Board of Accreditation, India with highest grade for 5 years.
• 6th in India amongst Private B-Schools and 1st in North India and 15th all over India, Business Today 2008.
• 1st in Syllabus Review and Updation, Outlook 2007.
• 12th in the Top 50 private B-Schools, OUTLOOK 2007.^[4]
• 3rd rank in North India, Outlook 2007.
• Identified as "One of the eleven bright private B-schools in the country" by Education World.^{[citation needed]}
• 12th in the country, AC Nielsen ORG MARG B-school survey, Business Today, 2006.^[5]
• 12th in the Top 50 private B-Schools, OUTLOOK 2006.^[6]
• Achieved 100 percent placement for all the programmes.
• 12th in the country, AC Nielsen ORG MARG B-school, survey, Business Today, 2005 ^[7]
• 24th in the country, OUTLOOK 2004.
• Ranked 4th nationwide in recruiter's satisfaction, Outlook 2004.
• 17th in the country, AC Nielsen ORG MARG B-school survey, Business Today, 2003.
• Ranked 15th nationwide in recruiter's satisfaction, Outlook-Sept.2003.
• Ranked 7th among private sector B-schools by Business Today, 2002.
• Identified as one of the Fastest Growing Business School by BBC, 2001.

References

1. ^ "Wall Street Journal survey 09". Wall Street Journal survey 09. October 6, 2009. http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/INDIABSCHOOL0909.html. 
2. ^ "BBimtech Retail". Bimtech Retail. http://www.bimtech-retail.com/. 
3. ^ "Cfore survey 09". Cfore survey 09. http://www.minglebox.com/article/mba/OPEN-Cfore%20Releases%20%20Survey%20of%20Top%20BSchools%20in%20the%20Country/data-0001-fdbffe7423a923690123b7626e3349e8. 
4. ^ "Outlook survey 07". Outlook survey 07. http://www.indiabschools.com/O_C_Survey07/top50.htm. 
5. ^ "Business Today, 2006". Business Today, 2006. http://admissionsync.com/2006/08/29/ranking-of-indian-schools-3/. 
6. ^ "Outlook survey 06". Outlook survey 06. http://www.indiabschools.com/O_C_Survey06/top50.htm. 
7. ^ "Business Today, 2005". Business Today, 2005. http://www.jammag.com/careers/n/showart.php?art_id=193. 

External links

• Official BIMTECH website
• BIMTECH Retail website
• About BIMTECH
• http://www.indianexpress.com/print.php?content_id=83960
• http://www.blonnet.com/200

Coordinates: 28°27′30″N 77°29′40″E / 28.45843°N 77.49443°E / 28.45843; 77.49443