The 2-year MBA programme is divided into 4 semesters of 16 week each. The students have to undergo a summer training of 8 weeks at a Business Organization at the end of the 2nd semester.
SEMESTER 1 & 2: The students undergo training in general management subjects like Principles of Management, Operations, Financial, Marketing and Human Resource Management.
SUMMER PROJECT: At the end of semester 2, students are placed at business organizations for a period of 8 weeks. This Summer Training ensures that the students get the necessary exposure to management in practice, as well as the confidence to deal with complex situations. Practicing managers from the industry are called and an oral examination (VIVA-VOCE) is held after the completion of the summer project to evaluate the students and it forms a part of the final evaluation.
SEMESTER 3 & 4: The students specialise in one of the fields of Marketing, Finance, HRM, Operation, Information Systems and study these subjects in detail.
MAJOR CONCURRENT PROJECT: This project is taken up during the 4th Semester, it can best be described as a consultancy project as the young graduates have already completed their education are trying out the concepts learnt on live problems. Practicing managers from the industry are called and an oral examination (VIVA-VOCE) is held after the completion of the summer project to evaluate the students and it forms a part of the final evaluation.

Semester I

Semester II

Course 1

Principles of Management 

Organisational Behaviour

Course 2

Managerial Economics

Quantitative Methods – II

Course 3

Quantitative Methods – I

Financial Management

Course 4

Management Accounting

Consumer Behaviour & Marketing Research

Course 5

Marketing Management

Production & Operations Management

Course 6

Introduction to Computers

Personnel Management & Industrial Relations

Course 7

Communication Skills

Management Information Systems & Technology

Semester III

Semester IV

Course 1

Total Quality Management, Benchmarking & BPR

Management Control Systems

Course 2

Strategic Management and Business Ethics

Small Enterprise Management

Course 3

Company and Business Law

Human Resource Management

List of
Electives

Semester III: Marketing: Industrial Marketing, Sales, Distribution and Logistics Management, Service Marketing, Marketing on the Internet. Finance: Financial Decisions, Mergers & Acquisitions; International Financial Management; Financial Institutions, Markets, Options Futures & Derivatives. Operations: Materials Management, Advanced Production and Operations Management, Technology Management. Human Resource Management: Organisational Development & Industrial Building, Legal Environment for Personnel & Industrial Relations Management, Performance Appraisal and Counselling. Information Systems: Introduction to C and C++, Database Management Systems, E-Commerce
Semester IV: Marketing: Rural Marketing, International Marketing, Product Management, Policy and Brand Management, Advertising and Sales Promotion Management, Advertising and Sales Promotion Management. Finance: Security Analysis and Portfolio Management, Merchant Banking and Financial Services, Corporate Tax Planning, Customs and Excise Management. Operations: Project Management, Modern Manufacturing Management (FMS. JIT etc). Human Resource Management: Group Dynamics and Leadership, Corporate Restructuring – Human Dimensions. Information Systems: Computer Networks and Internet, Software Project Management, Computerized Modelling and Simulation

Name / Qualification

Information

Dr. (Mrs.) P.M. Charantimath
Director
B.E., M.Sc.(U.K.), MIMA

She has 4 years Industrial experience and 16 years of teaching experience. She was formerly Deputy Director (Education), Indian Institute of Materials Management, Bangalore. She is an author of a book on Total Quality Management, published by Pearson Education (Singapore) Pvt. Ltd., and has edited two books. She has published twenty-five research articles and attended national and international conferences. She is a Co-ordinator for The Open Learning Programme in Entrepreneurship in collaboration with Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India (EDI), Ahmedabad. Presently she is writing a book on Entrepreneurship Development and Small Business Enterprises for promoting Small and Medium Enterprises in the study area. She is a Lead-Auditor for quality management systems. Her areas of Interest include Small Business Enterprises, Total Quality Management and Supply Chain Management.

Prof. S. M. Dhume
Assistant Professor
B.Sc.(Agri.), MBA,
Dip. in Journalism, MIMA.

Has 10 Years field experience in Marketing. He is working as faculty of IMER since 1993 and teaches courses in Marketing Management, Advertising and Consumer Behaviour. His interests lies in the field of Internet Marketing and e-commerce. He is involved in promoting the cause of Information Technology Industry in Belgaum.

Dr.  D.N.S. Kumar
Asst. Professor
M.Com., B.Ed., Ph.D.

Has 5 years industrial experience and 14 years of teaching experience. He was with Govt. College at Panjim, Goa, for 8 years. He has been awarded Ph.D. on the topic entitled 'Effects of Changing Consumer Behaviour on Soft Drink Marketing in North Goa' by Karnatak University. He teaches courses in Financial Management, Project Finance and Appraisal. He has also published 35 articles in leading Newspapers and authored 2 monographs on Banking and edited two books on Small Enterprise Management and General Management and co-ordinated several Consultancy Projects. He is a consultant for some of the Small Scale Organizations in Finance and has developed a decision support Software 'FINSOFT' for effective Financial Management. Recently appraised a major project under IIUS , Govt. of India for Belgaum Foundry Cluster.

Prof. S.G. Chiniwar
Senior Lecturer
B.Tech., MBA

Has 3 years experience in the field of Industrial Marketing. He has teaching experience of over 8 years for Management courses. He teaches courses in Production and Operations Management, Materials Management, Project Management, Total Quality Management, Industrial Marketing, Rural Marketing and Productivity Management. He has co-edited a book on Managing Business and Industry in the new Millennium. He has published 6 articles and conducted number of Executive Development Programmes for industries. He is doing his doctoral research in the field of Marketing.

Prof.  R. R. Gondkar
Lecturer
B.Sc., B.Lib.Sc., MCA

He has 6 years of teaching experience in the field of Computers. He has several years experience in the field of developing Software programs in various fields. He teaches Computer Programming and Operations Research. He is also involved in systems administration and various in-house software projects. Actively involved in incubation center activities. Taken responsibility to execute Software Development of USA client assigned to IT Incubation Centre.

Prof. Anilkumar G. Garag
Lecturer
B.E. (Ind. & Prod.) MBA

Has 6 years of experience in the Financial Services Industry as an Equity Analyst and Investment Banker. Has written articles for Business Dailies and published Equity Research reports for the consumption of Investment Banks and Institutes. He is also a resource person for various leadership training and entrepreneurship development programmes. Presently he has taken up the responsibility of coordinating Placement Cell of the Institute. He teaches courses in Strategic Management, Marketing Research, International Financial Management, Security Analysis and Portfolio Management and Financial Markets and Institutions.

Dr (Mrs) Kirti Shivkumar
Lecturer
M.A. DIRPM., DPR., Ph.D.

She is a Masters in Industrial Sociology, she also holds Post Graduate qualification in Industrial Relations & Personnel Management as well in Public Relations. She has 9 years of Industrial experience, (five years at executive level with Forbes group) and 8 years of teaching experience. She has published 9 articles in leading journals, 6 research papers and presented 3 papers at national level conferences and 2 papers at international conferences. She is a life member of the Indian Society for Training & Development. She has conducted several training & development programmes for various industries for their Managerial & Supervisory level employees. As a part of consultancy, she has implemented Performance Appraisal System & Assessment Systems at Industries. She has been awarded Ph.D. for her thesis titled "Management of NGO's in the Era of Change". Her areas of interest lie in the field of HRM, OB & Consumer Behaviour, and Corporate Social Responsibility. She has also authored case studies and her cases have been selected for publication by M.D.I. and I.S.B. Dr. Kirti is co-ordinating the French language course and is the editor of our journal "TATVA".

Prof. Rajendra Inamdar
Lecturer
B.E., M.B.A.

An alumni of IMER, he has bagged 3 gold medals and the Sir. M. Vishweshwaraih Cash Prize for standing first to the Karnatak University Dharwad for the MBA course (1999-2001). He has attended various National level seminars & Workshops. He is a resource person for various management training programmes. He has also conducted MDP's for the industrialists. He teaches courses on Sales Management, Company & Business Law, Customs & Excise Management, Personnel Management. He has presented and published 3 research articles and has registered for his doctoral work in the area of International Marketing.

Prof. Priya Mudakavi
Lecturer
B.B.A., M.B.A.

An alumni of KLS IMER. She has published articles on various topics in news papers and magazines in English & Kannada. Teaches Quantitative Methods and Business Communication. Also actively involved in Entreprenership Development Programmes.

Adjunct Faculty

Dr. A. B. Kalkundrikar: Has over 31 years teaching experience to Graduate & Post-Graduate students of Commerce and Management. His Books on Economics, Industrial Economics & Managerial Economics are popular amongst students community. He retired as the Principal of Gogte College of Commerce, Belgaum.
Prof. A.B.N. Kulkarni: He has over 21 years of Industrial experience in the field of Plastics, Chemicals Food & Pharmaceuticals. He has worked from concept stage to completion of Industrial Projects. He has extensively worked in NGO sector. He is also a sought after trainer in communication skills, Entrepreneurial Development & HRD. He has more than 8 years experience in teaching. At IMER, he teaches courses in Current Affairs, Behavioural Science, Strategic Management, International Marketing.
Prof. Vinod Deshpande: He has 26 years Industrial experience in the field of Electronics & Information Technology. He has served in Public Sector, Indian Private Companies and Multinational Organisations. He has had a rich exposure in International Marketing while he served in Hongkong & Singapore. His areas of Interest are Sales & Business Development. He is a Member of American Marketing Association.
Prof. S. H. Kidiyoor: M.A., Ph.D., MIMA. Has teaching experience of over 32 years to Graduates, Post-Graduates and Management students. Published 32 Research Articles in national journals and magazines, Research Guide-Karnatak University, Dharwad and Yashwant Rao Chawan Open University, Nasik. Resource person for training IAS students. Authored 5 books independently and co-authored 7 books in Economics, Export Management and Banking. Consultant to many Small and Medium Scale Organisations in the region. He teaches courses in Economics, Strategic Management, International Marketing. He is executive committee member of Belgaum Division Productivity Council and Advisory Council of Belgaum Small Scale Industries Association, Belgaum.

Guest Faculty

Dr. R. V. Diwan: M.Com, LLB., M.Phil., DPM(Bhavans), Ph. D. Human Resource Management
Shri R. C. Kulkarni: FCA Financial Management
Prof. W. V. Huilgol: B.Com., FCA Corporate Finance, Accountancy
Shri M. W. Huilgol: B.Com., ACA Financial Management, Project Management
Dr. J. G. Naik: M.Com., LLB., ICWA, Ph. D. Data Analysis, Customs and Excise Management

Step 1

How to Apply:
Graduates from any recognized university are eligible for admission to the two year full time M.B.A. Programme provided they have secured at least 50% aggregate in their graduation.
At present the Institute admits 90 Students per year. 50% Students are selected from University quota and 50% Students are selected from the Management Quota.

Step 2

Written Test:
The Application forms for the Common Aptitude Test to be conducted by VTU are available at all District Head Post Offices on a payment of Rs. 400. for more details log on to www.vtu.ac.in.

Ashok Iron Works Ltd.

Allianz Bajaj Life Insurance

Bajaj Allianz General Ins.

Bajaj Tempo Ltd.

Berger Paints India Ltd.

Bharat Earth Movers Ltd.

Bharat Tissues Pvt. Ltd.

Boltmaster Pvt. Ltd.

Bombay Tubes & Poles Ltd.

Campbell Knitwear Ltd.

Centurion Bank

Century Laminating Ltd.

Colgate Palmolive India Ltd.

Diebold HMA Pvt. Ltd.

Foodworld Supermarket Ltd.

Fouress Engg. (I) Ltd.

Franklin Templeton Investments

G.C.M.M.F. Ltd.

Gen Infotech

Gita Refractories Pvt. Ltd.

GI Communications India Pvt. Ltd.

Godavati Sugar Mills

Gokaldas Images Pvt. Ltd.

Grasim Industires Ltd.

HCL Infosystems Ltd.

Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd.

HUTCH

ICICI Bank

ICICI Home Finance

IDBI Bank

INDAL

Indian Oil Corporation Ltd.

ING Vysya Life Insurance

Intrex India Ltd.

IPA Pvt. Ltd.

J.M. Financial Mutual Fund

Karnataka Silk Marketing Board

Karnataka State Co-op.
Apex Bank

Karvy The Finapolis

Khivraj Motors

Khoday Breweries Ltd.

Kothiwale Papers

KSDL

KSSC

L.G. Electronics P. Ltd.

Learnet India Ltd.

LIC of India

MICRO Labs Ltd.

Netvision Cybertech Pvt. Ltd.

Nichrome India Ltd.

Philips Semiconductors

Pinnacle Infotech

Reliance Engineering Corporation

Renaissance Goa Resort

Shahi Export House

Siemens VDO

Solaris Chem Tech. Ltd.

Sri Padmashree Weaving Mills

Stock Holding Corporation India Ltd.

Sutaria Automobiles

TATA-AIG Life Insurance Co.

Television India Pvt. Ltd.

The New Indian Express

UB Group

Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd.

Way2wealth Securities Pvt. Ltd.

West Coast Paper Mills Ltd.

Fees charged per student per year are as per the rules in force.

Governing Body

Shri. M. R. Kulkarni

Chairman

Shri. A. K. Tagare

Member

Shri. R. C. Kulkarni

Member

Shri. V. M. Deshpande

Member

Shri. Deepak V. Kulkarni

Member

Advisory Council

Chairman

Dr. A. H. Chachadi

Director, Kausali Institute of Management Studies, Dharwad.

Members

Shri. Vikas Deshmukh

Director - South Asia Global Tele Systems Group Inc., Bangalore

Shri. A. B. Datar

I.A.S., Former Chief Secretary, Govt. of Karnataka, Bangalore.

Mr. Anant Kulkarni

IMER Alumni, Bangalore

Dr. Y. B. Yalwar

Executive Director (Retd.), Karnatak State Financial Corporation, Bangalore

Shri Amit Majumdar

Managing Director, (Retd.), Apparent Steel, Goa

Shri. Deepak Kulkarni

Chief Executive Officer, Projects and Marketing, CICON Environment Technologies P. Ltd., Pune

Director of Technical Education

Government of Karnataka, Bangalore. Regional Officer, AICTE, Government of India, Bangalore

Dr. J. G. Naik

Professor, Gogte College of Commerce, Belgaum

Shri. A. K. Tagare

Advocate, Belgaum

Shri. A. G. Kulkarni

Advocate, Belgaum

Shri. R. C. Kulkarni

Chartered Accountant, Belgaum

Name

Company/Designation

Testimonials

Rakesh Mishra

Vice President - Hitchusi Auto Limited

Ramesh C.

Marketing Ex. - International  Petrochem Industries Limited

Chetan Pandya

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