Vinod Gupta School of Management

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The Vinod Gupta School of Management is a business school in India. It was established in 1993 at IIT Kharagpur and was the first management school to be setup within the IIT system. It was initiated by a distinguished alumnus and a Life Time Fellow of the Institute, Vinod Gupta.

Contents 1 History 2 Mission 3 Corporate Interaction 4 SDS Block, MMM Hall 5 AM Hall 6 See also 7 External links

[edit] History

IIT Kharagpur was the first of the IITs and remains the largest and most diversified. Currently, the Institute is ranked as the best engineering college in the country (2001, 2002 and 2003) and one of the best B-schools of the country. The Vinod Gupta School of Management (VGSOM) at IIT, Kharagpur was the first of its kind in the country to be initiated by a distinguished Institute alumnus and Life Time Fellow of the institute, Mr. Vinod Gupta, whose generous endowment was matched by liberal support from the Government of India. The foundation stone of the School was laid by the then President of India, late Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma in July 1994, and the School moved to its fine new building in December 1996.

[edit] Mission

The school's mission is to be a centre of excellence in management education and research catering to the needs of organizations in different sectors of the economy with special emphasis on technology driven and knowledge based industries that are characterized by high degrees of globalization, dynamism, complexity and innovativeness.

[edit] Corporate Interaction

The school has been a breeding ground for nurturing the managerial talent of tomorrow. This is amply acknowledged by the fact that the corporate world scoops up students from the campus for final and summer placements with lucrative offers and exciting profiles. Organizations like ITC Limited, Hindustan Unilever Limited, Colgate Palmolive, Heinz, Vodaonsulting and Headstrong have been viiting the campus and reposing faith in the talent churned out by VGSOM.

Besides the campus placements, VGSOM has a very active Corporate & Media Interface (CMI) group which arranges for and organizes guest lectures, workshops, invited talks round the year liaisoning with corporate leaders, academicians and other professionals in India and abroad who share with the budding managers, their perspectives and experiences in management thinking. The programme is branded as 'Industry Connect' and is very popular among the students and catapults VGSOM to one those B-Schools in India which are high in Industry interface.

[edit] SDS Block, MMM Hall

Shankar Dayal Sharma block, the co-educational hall where the MBA Students of VGSoM reside is one of a greater bank of halls called the Madan Mohan Malviya Hall, and facilities include single occupancy rooms, reading rooms, a cafeteria and recreational rooms. The hall, being a co-ed one, facilitates great ease of study when it comes to case studies and general discussions. The residence hall has a very close knit community, and imbibes the cameraderie that is the hallmark of IIT student life.

[edit] AM Hall

The Ashutosh Mukerjee hall of residence. An MDP hostel for corporate executives and other professional students paticipating in short-term courses at VGSOM.

[edit] See also

IIT Kharagpur

[edit] External links

• Students Listing
• VGSoM Homepage
• IIT Kharagpur Website

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