CORE PAPERS SPREAD OVER THREE TERMS

Course 1

Principles of Management

Course 9

Operations & Project Management

Course 2

Mathematics & Statistics

Course 10

New Venture Creation

Course 3

Basics of Accounting

Course 11

Managerial Economics

Course 4

Quantitative Methods for Management

Course 12

Human Resources Management

Course 5

Fundamentals of Marketing

Course 13

Communication & Negotiation Skills

Course 6

Financial Management

Course 14

Management Information Systems

Course 7

Organizational Behavior & Leadership

Course 15

Research Methodology

Course 8

Financial Accounting & Theory

Course 16

Strategic Management

SPECIALIZATION COURSES

1. Marketing
2. Human Resource Management
3. Global Finance and Banking
4. International Management

RESEARCH WORK AND THESIS

Students are required to undertake a research project, prepare a thesis and defend the same before a panel of examiners to be eligible for the award of the degree.

Fee for tuition, room, boarding, teaching material, computer facilities, and other fees for a single student living on the campus for the batch 2007-2009 is likely to be Rs.2.50000/- per year. Personal expenses on travel, clothes, laundry, transport, internet at hostel, food and boarding etc. are extra.

Members of Academic Advisory Body

Members of the Governing Body

Overview

Domestic candidates are admitted through the regular admission channel that is based on the applications received through the Common Admission Test ( CAT) conducted by Indian Institute of Management. Domestic candidates are Indian nationals or foreigners normally resident in India who are in a position to take the CAT, which will be conducted on the first Sunday of December every year, at various centers in India. These candidates are required to take the CAT, and if short-listed attend a group discussion and interview, and provide three letters of reference from persons who know them closely in terms of their academic/ professional performance. Final selection is based on performance in CAT, scholastic achievement, work experience, performance in the group discussions, written summary of group discussion and interview, and three letters of reference.

Eligibility

The candidate must hold a Bachelor's Degree, with at least 50% marks or equivalent CGPA [45% in case of the candidates belonging to Scheduled Caste (SC)/ Scheduled Tribe (ST) or Persons with Disability (PWD) category], of any of the Universities incorporated by an act of the central or state legislature in India or other educational institutions established by an act of Parliament or declared to be deemed as a University under section 3 of UGC Act, 1956, or possess an equivalent qualification recognized by the Ministry of HRD, Government of India. The Bachelor's Degree or equivalent qualification obtained by the candidate must entail a minimum of three years of education after completing higher secondary schooling (10+2) or equivalent. The basis of computing the percentage obtained by the candidate in the Bachelor's Degree would be based on the practice followed by the university/ institution from where the candidate has obtained the degree. In the case of the candidates being awarded grades/CGPA instead of marks, the equivalence would be based on the equivalence certified by the university/ institution from where they have obtained Bachelor's Degree. If the university/ institution does not have any scheme for converting CGPA into equivalent marks, the equivalence would be established by the SGSM by dividing obtained CGPA by the maximum possible CGPA and multiplying the result by 100.

Candidates appearing for the final Bachelor's Degree / equivalent qualification examination can also apply. Such candidates must produce a certificate from the Principal/Head of the Department/Registrar/Director of the university/ institution certifying that the candidate has obtained 50% marks or equivalent (45% in case of candidates belonging to SC/ST/PWD category) based on the latest available grades/marks. Such candidates, if selected, will be allowed to join the programme provisionally only if they submit a certificate at the latest by June 30, 2007 from the Principal/Registrar of their college/institute (issued on or before June 30, 2007) stating that they have completed all the requirements (the results may, however, be awaited) to obtain the Bachelor's Degree/ equivalent qualification on the date of issue of the certificate. Their admission will be confirmed only when they submit the mark sheet and a certificate of having passed the Bachelor's Degree / equivalent qualification referred to in the certificate issued by the Principal/Registrar with at least 50% marks (45% in case of candidates belonging to SC/ST/PWD category). The deadline for submission of the mark sheet and the certificate is December 31, 2008. Non-fulfillment of this condition will automatically result in the cancellation of the provisional admission. SGSM will not allow any candidate to join their programme if the candidate is unable to complete all the requirements for a Bachelor Degree on or before 31 October 2008.

All domestic candidates are required to take the SGSM CAT.

Name

Qualification / Information

Prof. Sherin Bovas

Marketing

Prof. Dr. Singh

Finance

Dr. J. Kumar

Operations Management

Dr. Richard Pai

Dr. ès. University of Lausanne, Switzerland
(Financial Management)

Mr. Eric Slenters

MBA, SBS Swiss Business School, Switzerland
(Management Information Systems)

Mr. Rolf Traxler

MBA, City University Bellevue, Washington / Zürich
(Consumer Behavior)

Dr. Jeffrey Nilsen

MA, Ph.D., Princeton University, USA
(Economics)

Dr. R. Choudhury

Human Resources Management

Dr. V. Shahani

Accounting

Dr. E. Meeli

Economics

Dr. Felix Fluck

Ph.D., University of Zürich, Switzerland
(Human Resources Management)

Dr. Günther Singer

Ph.D., University of Klagenfurt, Austria
(Financial Accounting)

Mr. Richard Siddiqi

MBA, John Hopkins University, USA
(Managerial Accounting)

Visiting Faculty at Campus

Dr. Sudhindra Bhat

MIBA, MFM, ACS, PGDIR&PM, Ph.D

Dr. Sankarshan Basu

Associate Professor in IIM, Bangalore
B.Sc, M.Sc, Ph.D in Statistics

Mr. Alexander Cherian

Regional Director
Anandrathi Securities India Ltd.

Dr. Fred Clark

Director Of Accreditation Administration

Mr. Vepa K. Sadasivam

Director
Startup Focus Ltd.

Guest Faculty at Campus

Dr. C. J. Roy, DBA (SBS Zurich)

Chairman & Managing Director
Confident Group

Mr. Ian Faria

Transformator, Academy PEP

Mr. Clive Hook

Director, Clear Worth

Mr. Tony V. Francis

Manager – Sales (South India), Digital Radio Broadcasting Limited

Mr. Vivek N. Menon

B.E.(Civil), MSCE(USA), PE (USA)
Managing Director, INVICUS India

Mr. T. Varadharajan

Chief of Bureau, Business Line

Mr. V.P. Narayan Swamy

Branch Manager, Dena Bank

Mr. Balasubramanya C.C.J

Vice President – Design & Construction
QVC Realty

Mr. Satyakam

ACA, AICWA, ACS, DGM – F & A,
IBM Daksh Business Process

Ms. Uma G. Gupta

Ph.D, MBA, PMP
Buffalo State College, New York

Ms. Usha Gowri

Mind Melds Consultants

Mr. Kalyana Krishnan

Director, Career Dimensions

Mr. Sumanth Vepa

Yahoo India Research Division

Application Procedure & Selection:

The CAT advertisement usually appears in daily national newspapers across the country in middle of July. Applying for CAT is the first step in the process for seeking admission to the Post-Graduate in Management at SGSM. CAT bulletins are available at several branches of the UTI Bank. The bulletin contains, among other information, the CAT Application Form together with other information. Carefully complete all items relevant to you in the form with a pen and mail it to the relevant SGSM by the required date, with necessary attachments such as caste certificates or disability certificates, if required.

The candidates can purchase application forms alternatively online, the details of which are mentioned in the advertisement.

Candidates who buy application from UTI branch are also eligible to fill out their application online; subsequently the candidates is required to take print outs and attach necessary documents and submit it to SGSM.

Candidates are short listed for the interview on the basis of their performance in the CAT, scholastic achievement and relevant work experience. At this stage, the short listed candidates are sent application forms to formally apply to the Post Graduate Program (MBA). Once the formal applications are received, candidates are informed of the interview schedule. Interviews are conducted at Bangalore, Calcutta, Mumbai, and New Delhi during the second half of March.

Final selection is based on performance in CAT, scholastic achievement, work experience, and performance in the group discussion, summary of group discussion and interview, and three letters of reference. The CAT score is but one of the inputs at every stage of the selection process. It is possible for a candidate with a lower CAT score to be selected for interview and group discussion, and to be offered admission in preference to a candidate with a higher CAT score on account of better performance in the other criteria mentioned above.

If a candidate, or someone else on his/her behalf, attempts to influence the selection process by any means at any stage of the process, he/she will be barred from the selection process. Further, if a candidate produces false information at any stage in the application process, he/she will be barred from the rest of the process. Every claim made in the application, at the time of taking the CAT and in the subsequent formal application to IIMB, will have to be supported by formal documentation at the interview and registration stages. IIMB retains the right to verify the authenticity of any document that a candidate might provide. If information submitted is found to be false, at any time even after a student is admitted to the programme, he/she will be asked to withdraw from the programme.

All disputes, if any, emerging from decisions related to the post graduate programmes of SGSM during the admission process and the duration of studentship will be subject to the jurisdiction of the courts in Bangalore.

Increasingly recognized by recruiters, competitors, alumni, students and faculty alike, as India's most innovative and internationally oriented business school, SGSM Swiss Graduate School of Management is steadily improving its presence with the corporate world. Its academically strong and multi-talented students score over other applicants to get selected.

SGSM graduates go through a  rigorous program that ensures a complete coverage of core courses in the first year and a large range of optional courses in the second year, offered by a faculty who have substantive international teaching, research or consulting experience. SGSM is recognized for pioneering new types of courses and revising its curriculum frequently to keep pace with new trends worldwide in educational pedagogy. Apart from course work, students build their managerial skills and perspectives by conducting consulting assignments for local firms and interacting extensively with executives who speak at industry interaction forums and invited seminars on campus.

Many SGSM graduates go through a substantive international experience as exchange students at the top schools of North America, Europe and Australia or in their summer assignments in North America, Japan or Europe or in an innovative new course that requires work at Singapore and Bangkok. It is this rich and varied educational experience and international cultural and corporate exposure that makes SGSM graduates the ideal candidates to take up a range of challenging managerial roles in your organization.

It is a time for major changes in organizations worldwide. Many organizations have been forced to adapt to meet the challenges an environment that is increasingly unforgiving of creeping inefficiency and ineffectiveness in organizational strategies and processes. Organizations need more and better human resources, who can play the role of designing and implementing new ways of employing existing or new resources more effectively and competitively. We believe that the SGSM graduates you recruit will be very effective in directly or indirectly playing that role in your organization either immediately or over time.

RECRUITING COMPANIES

HOME STORES

PANTALOON

RELIANCE GEN.INSURANCE
RELIANCE LIFE INSURANCE

BAJAJ ALLIANZ

IGATE

INDIAN HOTELS

LEELA GROUPS

ICICI GROUP

HDFC BANK

IBM GOBAL

INDUSIND BANK

STANDARD CHARTERED BANK

VITAGE SYSTEMS

GRASIM CEMENTS

JATAAYU SOFTWARE

HSBC BANK

CITI FINANCIALS

SALEGEN

CITY INFOSERVICES

PHILIPS

IDBI BANK

IBM DAKSH

SGSM Bangalore is committed to ensure that no PGP student faces any difficulty in pursuing education at SGSM for want of financial resources. In pursuance of this policy, the Institute will provide financial aid to all needy students in the form of tuition waivers. All students whose annual household income is below Rs 2,00,000 will be eligible to apply. Students belonging to SC/ST categories will be given special consideration for financial support. Additional support to cover living expenses may also be provided, in exceptional cases.

Educational loans are also available from leading banks. Students applying for bank loan are also eligible to apply for financial aid.

Some Second-Year students are selected by instructors to provide tutorial assistance to First-Year students in selected subjects. Such selected tutors are paid an honorarium.

In order to maintain the highest possible educational quality standards we are internationally accredited by the following institutions:

International Association of Collegiate Business Education
IACBE is a Specialized Accrediting Body for Business & Business-Related Degree Programs at the Baccalaureate and Graduate Degree Levels in Colleges and Universities.

EDUQUA
Eduqua is the education quality certification body of the Swiss federal government.

SGSM is a member of the following associations:

The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business
The mission of AACSB International is to advance quality management education worldwide through accreditation and thought leadership.

Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs
ACBSP is the leading specialized accreditation association for business education supporting, celebrating, and rewarding teaching excellence.

Central and East European Management Development Association
An international management development association established in 1993 with the aim of accelerating and improving management development in Central and Eastern Europe.

European Council of International Schools
As an international school membership organization, the European Council of International Schools provides services to support professional development, curriculum and instruction, leadership and good governance in international schools located in Europe and around the World.

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Company/
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Testimonials

Amarnath GS, Bangalore

"The academic, professional practice and performance standards of SGSM match with world-class Business Schools. SGSM students are being imparted management education in a very disciplined and professional environment. SGSM aims to prepare its students as perfect decision-makers and path finding managers.

The school provides the latest Audio- Video learning equipment for Lectures and has developed its everlasting relationships with industries for providing practical training to students through industrial visits, interaction of corporate with students through internship Training and guest lectures. The student accommodations have excellent infrastructure. Campus has computer lab, library, meeting rooms, open lawns and cafe inch. The library consists of world class collection of books, periodicals, journals and magazines; Computer Lab consists of HCL PCs with Internet facility and LAN.

SGSM has employed highly experienced and well qualified faculty with strong experience from industries and education who are dynamic and possess management skills as a trainer. Interactive and participating methods of learning have been introduced. Students are constantly tested for their comprehensive skills. The learning environment is always alive and develops in students the best skills of communication and personality. Case Studies, Workshops, sharing knowledge and experiences with the top executives of the industries are essential parts of curriculum."

Aradhana Prasad, Bihar

"SGSM is a unique International Business School, where students are dedicated to preparing their international management careers aimed at a global economy. Compared to other business schools. SGSM offers a unique Dual MBA program with an international accreditation. I highly appreciate the enthusiastic team at SGSM which motivate me to outperform my goals continually."

Mohammed Hazeen, Trivandrum, Kerala

"The great advantage of being a student at SGSM are
1. International Exposure coupled with real time real life business curriculum.
2. Foreign Faculty and experienced Guest faculty from the Industry.
3. International Accreditation and a practical orientation to management theories.
The holistic approach of the institution for overall development of a B-School graduate is what makes SGSM a Trusted destination for a world class education in India."

Mansoor
Ahmed K,
Bellary, Karnataka

"The Advantage of getting An International SBS Swiss Business School education in India on similar grounds as it is in Zurich, Switzerland for an Indian price is now a reality for students who would otherwise travel to Switzerland for a MBA degree abroad Studying in SGSM India is equivalent to studying in SBS Switzerland The environment and management are student friendly. In the first term itself I got a chance to visit Shell India Ltd, for free workshop training with Stipend and a lot of other corporate too. And we also have an International tour for Internship and project depending on our performance."

Swetha S, Karnataka

"The MBA program at SGSM provides a challenging and rewarding qualification. The curriculum provides students with a strong academic foundation containing various specialized fields, which help us to become productive and competent professionals. The program has built up my confidence and knowledge to a level, which will help me in my future business endeavors."

Sujith Kumar MK, Kerala

"SGSM opens the door to an opportunity driven market. Here you get the chance to interact with world class faculty at facilities which exceed the standards of any business school. The studies and social network at SGSM will be an experience for a lifetime."

Asif P.
Calicut, Kerala

"I have chosen SGSM because it offers many opportunities for gaining a genuine international experience as well as working on live projects with companies through internship programs. The course focuses on the applications and demonstrating care my competencies in strategy and marketing. What I like most are the frequent guest lecturers, team work assignments workshops and dependable faculty members. "

Ranoob E K,
Kerala

"After my graduation I have been searching everywhere for a good MBA school. I've finally found SGSM which has met all of my requirements. SGSM promotes a foreign MBA in partnership with SBS in Switzerland. Here we get the chance to benefit from world class guest lecturers. Facilities with high standards such as air conditioned class rooms, a spacious state of art library as well as a modern computer lab and a multipurpose gym make studying a real experience. Additionally, excellent hostel and travel facilities give me a unique home feeling. It is my great ambition to become a great leader and look forward to a rewarding experience at SGSM"

Ayush Nigam, Kanpur,
Uttar Pradesh

"My experience at SGSM has been excellent so far. At first I was unsure whether to join Bangalore University or SGSM. Due to their international accreditation and global network. I finally settled for SGSM. I did not regret my choice, studying at SGSM has expanded my horizon tremendously."