Q. In short, tell us about the Institute, its distinct academic solutions, achievements, mission, vision, and USP.
JK Business School (JKBS) is a member of JK organization (one of India’s leading private sector groups) with a storied record of contributing to Indian business through various educational industries and initiatives. In Gurgaon, Haryana, JKBS was set up in 2006 as a potential place for training budding managers and future leaders as it will provide maximum industry interface to the students. The core pedagogy involves hands-on experience by maneuvering case studies, applications based on real industry data, live projects and extensive corporate connect by way of veterans from the industry handling the academic delivery and Gurugram would provide all the opportunities in the neighborhood. Apart from the flagship PGDM program, JKBS also offers Under Graduate BBA and other programs.
JKBS is North India’s first business school to sign an agreement with IIM Bangalore for its IIMBx program to provide its students with the opportunity to develop their skills through digital learning. JKBS also partnered with AIMA Bizlab to offer training opportunities in state-of-the-art areas of technology and artificial intelligence.
JKBS is headed by Prof. (Dr) Sanjiv Marwah, a well-known Management Educator. He joined the B-school in 2015 and led the turnaround with his team of administrators and educators. JK Business School keeps a consistently high placement record. The institute has a very talented team of faculty that includes both core & visiting. They come from Ivy League B Schools, Triple Crown Institutes, IIMs, IITs & more and have impressive industry understanding and exposure.
JKBS was set up amid the emergence and proliferation of IT and modern business models. The organizations need to constantly evolve, innovate and modify systems for effectively scanning the environment to grow and sustain the business, devise action plans to attract and retain people and make it work. JK Business School (JKBS) works to educate potential business leaders and make them capable of responding to emerging-market challenges. An important ingredient in the training process is Industry-Institute-Interface. JKBS offers management post-graduate programs and undergraduate programs as well.
Approved by AICTE for PGDM and affiliated with Gurugram University Haryana for BBA, JKBS is ranked amongst the best Industry anchored B-School in India. It is also ranked as Asia’s best Industry anchored B School by ASSOCHAM. The B- School started with a tie-up with the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) along with local industries, for a CSR project that the students accomplished. JKBS is also recognized as the first ‘green’ B-school in India developed with the expertise of the Centre for Environment Education (CEE). The campus offers all the modern facilities while ensuring optimum utilization of energy and water resources, including appropriate use of building material, energy-efficient infrastructure and water harvesting system. JK Business School is ranked #7 among India’s Top 10 private higher education institutions for Best Academia-Industry Alliance in the Education World India Higher Education Grand Jury Awards 2020-21. JKBS has ranked 23rd in Top Private B-Schools in India by Education world Ranking. Top 10 Best Global Institutes for Marketing Programs- The Knowledge Review. Top 38 Private Business School- Business World Ranking and 3rd rank – Top B-Schools of Eminence, GHRDC- CSR Ranking. JKBS has been ranked 11th in Top BBA Colleges in India and 5th in the Northern Region by the Global Human Resource Development Centre (GHRDC) 2020.
VISION
To be a globally recognized, socially righteous, environment-friendly, trusted and innovative institution of excellence
MISSION
M1: To be a trusted institute for developing socially and environmentally sensitive managers.
M2: To establish a technology adept environment for facing the dynamic industry.
M3: To develop managers with global vision for business.
M4:To nurture change leaders
OUR VALUES
- Delivering Excellence– From Quality Education to Promising Career Opportunities, Our focus is to deliver excellent results.
- Promoting Creativity– Strive to be a platform to Learn, Ideate & Innovate. Creativity is at the core of our conduct.
- Taking Responsibility– Stand high-spirited in our words & actions, to make all the ends meet with utmost vigor & responsibility.
- Practicing Honesty– Instill trust by being transparent and honest in our communication, operations, and approach.
Q. How do you keep yourself motivated and how do you inspire your students to take an interesting career and be the nation’s next bright future building figures?
The overall growth of the students in JK Business School starts right from the admission process. A selective admission policy that demands compulsory CAT/ MAT/ CMAT/ATMA/ XAT/ GMAT and their equivalent score; personal interview, assessment through management simulation game and writing ability test ensures that students get into the flavor of management right from beginning. The management ensures that three types of diversity is formed in every batch such as (a) gender diversity, (b) diversity in education background, (c) regional diversity. A hundred day foundation program is conducted before the commencement of regular classes to ensure that all students are at the same platform of understanding and specially gives an opportunity for student – faculty interactions. A well designed and industry oriented curriculum ensures the holistic learning of students in all domains. The serene and green campus adds to a ‘Gurukul’ kind of learning with residential campus. Faculty members at JK Business School are well trained and equipped to adopt different pedagogy as per the subject requirements such as workshop based teaching, Real time Projects, Case based learning etc. In addition faculty engage with students by conducting tutorials in the evening, group discussions and more specifically every student is allotted with one faculty Mentor to monitor and be as a parent through the course and after the program too. The students are completely paced with stipend by the college for summer internship as per their choice the quality of their learning is evaluated by Summer Internship Report presentation and the entire course learning is evaluated by conducting presentation of Final Research Project. The training students receive at JKBS is holistic so in addition to the academic rigor of the PGDM program, the institution also has a robust placement preparatory program which is delivered through the Program Outcome Assessment Board (POAB) and incorporates LinkedIn Learning certifications. As part of their curriculum, students have regular interaction and training sessions with Alumni, faculty and external trainers for subjects such as Group Discussion, Personal Interview preparation, Aptitude assessment, Resume writing, Video resumes and many more. The programme is designed to compliment a student’s academic journey at JKBS and ensures that he or she is not only successful in their placement interviews but more importantly is ready to take on the job itself, head on.
Q. What message would you address to the students of the nation and the rest of the world?
“In these prevalent times of COVID-19, the whole world is going through a tough time and it is important for students to keep themselves busy with learning new things in order to deviate their attention from the current chaos. It is very important for students to enhance their skills as the future will be very different in terms of skillset expectation by the recruiters. It is must for students to continuously up skill their knowledge in order to succeed in the businesses of the future. “
Q. What are the most prospering career options that you would like to suggest?
The most sought after career opportunity for management graduates is in the field of Business analytics, supply chain management, logistics, sales and marketing, social media marketing, Fintech, Edutech, Autotech, advanced fields in medical tele consultations, e-commerce and many fields related to global connectivity of businesses using Artificial intelligence and machine learning. Whatever career you pursue in the life, there is a great probability that will involve some “business” in it. Students from humanities, Science and commerce will inevitably have to understand at least the basics of the business world, and probably much more. With business dynamics changing everyday and need of the skilled professionals who can work in the competitive and dynamic environment, management course has grew immense popularity in the country.
Q. How do you see yourself and your Institute in the future ahead?
As we are growing with every passing day, our aim is not only to nurture successful working professions but also individuals who are sensitive towards their surrounding and working with ease on in the global arena.
Some of our initiatives include-
– Tie up with Industry to launch more skill based courses which can prepare students for future jobs.
– Updating Digital Marketing and Business Analytics curriculum in involvement with Industry and Govt bodies.
– Introducing more courses in Fintech , Financial engineering ,Sustainable Management to prepare students for global careers.
– Tie up with Ivy league business schools to launch programs for management students and aspirants.
– Exposure to students through Real-time live projects in association with industry professionals.
– More and more focus on FinTech workshops, MDPs and certification workshops.