WE School

we school
Former names
Welingkar Institute of Management
Type Private business school
Established 1977
Affiliation UGC, NAAC
Director Uday Salunkhe
Location Mumbai, Bangalore, Maharashtra, Karnataka, India
Campus Urban
Official name Prin. L. N. Welingkar Institute of Management Development and Research
Website welingkar.org

Welingkar Institute of Management Development and Research is a private business school[1] with branches in Mumbai and Bangalore, India. Mumbai is the older center.

History

Prin. L. N. Welingkar Institute of Management Development & Research (WeSchool) features among the Business Schools in India. Run by charitable Trust Shikshan Prasarak Mandali, Pune, all across the state of Maharashtra. WeSchool, Mumbai, established in 1977 is first among the management institutes to offer Post Graduate Diploma in Management in new areas as Retail, Family Managed Business, Business Design & Innovation, Rural Management, Healthcare Management, Media & Entertainment Management and E- business.

Weschool, Bangalore was established in 2008 at Electronic City Phase -1 and we have introduced 3 full-time courses: PGDM, PGDM–E Biz and PGDM-Business Design & Innovation.[2]

WeSchool has pioneered programs such as Business Design and Innovation, E-business, Retail, Healthcare, Rural Management, programs for Family Managed business, initiated several partnerships with industry and international universities.[3] In 2015, WeSchool received the 'AICTE -CII best industry-linked management institute' award.[4]

Key Milestones

Global Linkages

WeSchool has established international links with foreign universities like Copenhagen Business School (Denmark), Malardalen University and Jonkoping International Business School (Sweden), Lancaster University and University of Hull (UK), Grant MacEwan College (Canada), Otto Friedrich Universidad and Stuggart Media University (Germany), Unitec Institute (New Zealand ) and Curtin Technical University (Australia).[5][6][7]

Post Graduate Diploma in Management(PGDM)(FLAGSHIP)

Post Graduate Diploma in Management in Healthcare

PGDM-Rural Management (Emerging Economies)

Campuses

WeSchool Mumbai

WeSchool decided to expand the capacity of Welingkar by moving from the small space of 10,000 sq ft to the new campus which has a total area of 1, 70,000 sq.ft. The Bengaluru campus of Welingkar was inaugurated in 2008.[8][9]

WeSchool-Bangalore The Bengaluru campus of Welingkar was inaugurated in 2008. Welingkar has a sprawling and Green campus set up on a Rs 1.5 acre property in Electronic City, Bangalore, in the vicinity of over 180 IT companies. Being a residential school, there are over 300 students studying at WeSchool, all from different parts of the country. The Bangalore Campus is known for its various events conducted by Career Management Center (CMC) involving several sector-based Industry Roundtables to engage senior members from the Corporate and invite them for sectorial discussions at Welingkar, where the students can also present their learnings and projects. There are annual sports events Jogabonito and We-cricket where alumni, faculty and students participate.The college has a cafeteria called Unwind and a ‘Hobby Kitchen’ where students can prepare food for themselves. The hostel has sports facilities like gym, table tennis, swimming pool, a football ground and a billiards room.


Welingkar’s Distance Learning Program(DLP)/ Part Time (3 Years )

The autonomous Welingkar Institute of Management offers distance learning programs. It is one of the few institutions whose distance learning programs have been accredited by Distance Education Council (DEC), a body of the Central Govt. of India.

Distance Education Council (DEC) has been set up by the Govt. of India under the IGNOU Act for assessment and accreditation of distance education institutes in India.

Welingkar’s Distance Learning Program (DLP) was appraised by DEC with regard to its content, quality of education and its delivery systems.

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References

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