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SCMS
Cochin has done itself proud by making a place for itself amongst top B Schools
in the country in the recent Go-Getter and collegecampus2corporate.com All
India B School Survey 2014. There are a few names that often make it to the top
of the prestigious surveys like this one, year after year. But SCMS Cochin has
managed to break their stranglehold this year. In fact it has gone on to do
exceptionally well in some of the crucial categories that were taken into
account during the survey.
The
Go-Getter and collegecampus2corporate.com survey is a participatory and
perceptual one that took into account more than 150 management institutes in
the country that had minimum two batches graduating before 2013. After thorough
authentication, 65 institutes were ranked based on various factors including
infrastructure, placement, faculty, research and writing, curriculum and
pedagogy, global exposure, industry interface, entrepreneurship and more. It
was interesting to see the survey come up with unexpected results.
The
Go-Getter and collegecampus2corporate.com survey grouped the institutes into
different leagues based on their performance in various categories. The Super
League was the highest category followed by A+++, A++ and so on. Based on its
overall performance in the survey, SCMS Cochin made it to the Super League of
management institutes in the country. Thus today it finds its place amongst the
heavyweights of management education in India and you can only imagine that
it’s the decades of effort that has paid off.
The
institute has always considered its faculty members as its pillars and this is
one category where it has ranked in the top five. This particular ranking
category took into account the faculty strength of a B School and the
association of the head of departments with the corporate world and foreign
universities.
Faculty
members of an institute are also involved in Research and Writing Category that
ranked B Schools based on the priority they give to publication of papers and
books. SCMS Cochin was ranked 5th in the category. With senior
academicians like Dr. V. Raman Nair, Prof. K.J. Paulose, Dr. Filomina P.
George, Dr. C. K. Rajan, Dr. C. Sengottuvelu, etc. SCMS Cochin has been very
discreetly building its faculty pool since years now.
The
institute did brilliantly in the Curriculum and Pedagogy category too as it was
ranked amongst the top five B Schools in the country once again. The high rank
in the category talks about SCMS Cochin’s readiness to adapt its curriculum
according to the changing needs of the industry and using evolving pedagogy to
offer the best to students. Throughout its programs, the institute focuses on
case studies, Industry Institute Interface sessions with renowned names to
ensure that the students get practical experience and exposure to the industry.
SCMS Cochin is already considered to be a top
management school in Kerala and it has gone from strength to strength since its
inception in 1976. But its success in the recent survey is quite startling and
speaks volumes of the giant strides the management institute has managed to
take in recent times. It’s a reflection on several of the initiatives carried
out by the institute on a regular basis, which ensure that it keeps up with its
mission of offering cutting edge management education to students.
