Vinod Gupta School of Management, IIT Kharagpur
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| Type | Public business school |
|---|---|
| Established | 1993 |
| Dean | Prof. K.K.Guin |
| Director | Prof. Partha Pratim Chakraborty |
| Students |
84: MBA (2015–17) 102: MBA (2014–16) |
| Location | Kharagpur, West Bengal, India |
| Website |
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The Vinod Gupta school of Management, IIT Kharagpur (VGSoM) is a public business school located in Kharagpur, West Bengal, India. It was the first business school to be established in an IIT. It is consistently ranked as one of the best business schools in India and the Asia-Pacific region.
History
Vinod Gupta School of Management (VGSoM), Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur was established in 1993. The Vinod Gupta School of Management was set up as the first school of management within the IIT system.[1]
== was ranked 15th in Best B-School survey of 2015 by career360.[2]
Accreditation
VGSoM is accredited by AICTE.
Recognition
- VGSoM was awarded the 18th Business School Affaire and Dewang Mehta Business School award for its outstanding contribution to higher education in India.[3]
Facilities and infrastructure
Library
Students have access to the school's library and the Institute's Central Library, which is one of the largest libraries in Asia.[4] These two, between them, offer a collection of about 365,000 books, 1,500 journals, 1,700 CDs and videos and 44 national and international scholarly databases.All hostel rooms have internet nodes that connect to a 100 Mbit/s LAN.The school's own computer laboratory is equipped with hardware and software systems.
Hostel
VGSoM provides on-campus residential accommodation facility to all its students. The halls are not exclusively for VGSoM students but are shared with IIT, Kharagpur students from other courses. Hostels are provided for both boys and girls. All the hostels are provided with internet connectivity in each room for which the students have to pay a nominal but compulsory charge.[5]
Courses offered
Master of Business Administration
Category: Business Administration
Degree: MBA
Mode: Full Time
Medium: Campus
Duration: 2 Years
The main programme currently offered by the School leads to the degree of Master of Business Administration from IIT Kharagpur. This is a full-time four-semester (2 year) residential program.
Executive Master of Business Administration
Category: Executive MBA
Degree: Master's Degree
Mode: Full Time (Week End)
Medium: Campus
Duration: 3 Years
The Executive MBA program is an on-campus full-time course conducted on every weekend (17 Hours of classes per week). The duration of the course is for 3 years with specialization in Marketing, Sales, Finance, Operations, IT and Business Analytics. The program includes an International Immersion program along with a 9 months of Management Research. The students are working professionals with experience ranging from 5 years to 20 years coming from different background like IT, Telecom, Manufacturing and Govt.
Doctor of Philosophy in Management
Category: Fellow Programme in Management
Degree: Ph.D.
Mode: Full Time
Medium: Campus
Management Development Programme
Category: Management
Degree: Master's Degree
Mode: Full Time
Medium: Campus
Duration: 3-5 Days
Clubs and committees
- Mad (Marketing & Advertising Club)
- Finterest (Finance club)
- Mantradharin – The consulting club of VGSoM
- ScOpe – (The Supply chain & Operations club)
- Entrepreneurship Cell
- VGSOM Quiz Club
- Olympia – Sports Committee
- Drishtee capital – student-run investment fund
- Corporate and Media Interaction Cell
- Alumni Committee
- Placement Committee
- Saamanjasya
- Admissions Committee
- Cultural Committee
- Springfest & Kshitij Committee
Events at VGSoM
Purvodaya- The annual business fest of VGSoM.
Kshitij - It is the annual techno-management festival of IIT-Kharagpur. The fest basically concentrates on encouraging new technologies, conducting workshops, guest lectures by famous educationalists and technocrats over the world.
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Alumni
- Sourav Niyogi, Managing director, Accenture
- Shreya Singh, Vice President (GPCM), HSBC
- Shibashish Roy, Associate Vice President, Tata Capital (Singapore)
- Gopal Agrawal, Chief Investment Officer, MIRAE Asset
- Rabin Roy, Managing Director & CEO, SunCraft Energy Private Limited
- Krishna Kumar V, Vice President, IL&FS Transportation Limited
- Devarsh Vakil, Head Advisory, HDFC Securities
- Deepak Semwal, Chief Manager, Spencers Retail
- Shouvik Bhattacharya, Sr. Associate, Booz-Allen & Hamilton, New York
- Pranab Sharma, Sr. Consultant at Simon-Kucher & Partners
- Sumeet Ladsaongikar, Manager, AT Kearney, London
- Deepak Vadehra, Area Manager, Mercedes Benz Trucks[6]
- Swapan Purkait, Director, Nettech.[7]
References
- ↑ http://www.minglebox.com/college/Vinod-Gupta-School-of-Management-VGSOM-IIT-K-West-Bengal-Kharagpur
- ↑ http://www.bschool.careers360.com/articles/top-b-schools-in-india-2015
- ↑ http://www.coolavenues.com/b-schools/vinod-gupta-school-of-management-(vgsom)-iit-kharagpur
- ↑ http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/best-engineering-colleges-in-india-iit-kharagpur-and-iit-kanpur-continue-to-be-no.-1/1/206230.html
- 1 2 http://college.globalshiksha.com/Vinod-Gupta-School-of-Management/449515201337580
- ↑ http://insideiim.com/10-reasons-to-join-vinod-gupta-school-of-management/
- ↑ "Swapan Purkait, Director Information". Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur. Retrieved June 10, 2015.