Goa Institute of Management

Goa Institute of Management
Established 1993
Type Education and research institution
Director Dr. C. Joe Arun S.J.
Postgraduates 240 per year
Location Sanquelim, Goa, India
Campus Fully residential, 50 acres
Nickname GIM
Website www.gim.ac.in

The Goa Institute of Management (GIM) is a business school of India located in the state of Goa.

The autonomous school is governed by a Board, and offers a full-time MBA (PGDBM) program (2 years), full-time MBA (PGDM)-Healthcare Management Programme (HCM) and executive MBA (3 years) and also is a resource centre for PhD programs in management for Goa University. Current MBA classes have a size of approximately 240 students and Healthcare MBA class have a size of 100 students.

GIM view from River Mandovi

History

Located at Sanquelim as well as Ribandar, the business school was founded in 1993 when Romuald D'Souza (ex Director - XLRI, Jamshedpur and XIMB, Bhubaneswar) moved from XIM, Bhubaneswar to create a centre of learning and excellence in Goa.[1] He along with Anwar Ali, C.M. Ramesh, Ranjini Swamy, V. Gopal, Suma Damodaran, and Uday Damodaran started the institute.

Courses

Similar to most other B-schools in India, GIM currently offers diplomas in management and not degrees. The institute currently offers the following programs.

Post Graduate Diploma in Management

The Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) is the flagship programme of GIM. It is a two year, full-time residential programme. The first year comprises a core programme consisting of compulsory courses on the basics of every discipline in management aimed at developing a common foundation in management theory. The second year of the course consists of electives designed to cater to students' interest and to develop proficiency in the area of their choice. Students need to select one Major and one Minor specialization from among the following offered - Marketing, Finance, HR, Operations. The coursework also requires the completion of an internship between the two years lasting for a total of eight to nine weeks. The current intake of the PGDM course is 240 students per year.[2]

Post Graduate Diploma in Management – Healthcare Management

Started from the 2013 academic year, the Post Graduate Diploma in Management – Healthcare Management (PGDM–HCM) programme is the newest course offered by GIM. As with the flagship PGDM course, it is a two year, full-time residential programme. The programme is currently operated out of the heritage Ribandar campus and will be shifting to the Sanquelim campus in due course of time. It has a total intake of 60 students per year.[3] This unique programme prepares managers to take up challenging tasks in healthcare sector (i.e. Hospitals, Pharma, Medical Devices, Health Insurance, Health IT and Public Health) and are placed in reputed organizations through a dedicated placement team. This programme entails extensive practical training to students through weekly industry visits and regular talk by industry people. The programme is considered as one of the best in its kind for preparing managers for healthcare sectors.

Post Graduate Diploma in Management – Part Time

The Post Graduate Diploma in Management – Part Time (PGDM–PT) programme is a three-year part-time MBA programme designed for working professionals. The curriculum is designed to develop both conceptual and skill based competencies. It broadly follows the pattern proposed by the AICTE. It consists of core courses offered in the first year, elective courses offered in the second year, and project work in the third year. It is run from the heritage Ribandar campus. It has a total intake of 60 students per year.[4]

Campuses

Heritage campus

The campus was initially situated on the banks of the Mandovi River, in the Santa Casa de Misericordia in Ribandar. The building in which the school is housed is supposed to be one of the earliest hospitals in India and was converted from a hospital building to a business school campus in 1993. Currently only the part-time executive MBA course is run from this campus. The 2011 batch was the last full-time batch to pass out from this campus. Now the campus is used for conducting Healthcare Management course and Executive MBA course.

Sanquelim campus

From the year 2010 GIM began shifting most of its academic courses to a new state-of-the-art campus located around 23 kilometers from the old one. The new campus at Sanquelim in Sattari is located on a sprawling 50 acre plot surrounded by the idyllic foothills of the Western Ghats. The entire project cost has been estimated at approximately Rs 63 crore.The new campus was inaugurated by Ashok Ganguly, Rajya Sabha MP and former Chairman of Hindustan Lever Ltd on the 24th of March 2012.[5]

The Sanquelim campus is primarily divided into the following :[6]

The academic block with the capacity of accommodating 480 students, has 14 spacious 60 and 30 seater classrooms each equipped with overhead projectors and screens. The entire building is centrally air conditioned and each classroom is equipped with an RFID system to record student attendance.
The library is operational 24 hours a day and has a collection of over 7175 titles, subscriptions to around 165 Indian and International journals, a tie-up with the University of Ohio, USA, which assists in updation of titles. The library also provides access to annual reports of around 1000 companies, stock exchange directory, CMIE, and various online databases and sources of information. With its RFID book issuing system, students are able to check in and check out books as and when they wish.
The institute currently has 2 double seater and 4 single seater hostels. Each hostel is equipped with coin operated washing machines and driers for the convenience of students. As part of the green design initiative of the campus all hot water for the bathrooms is heated using solar panels on the hostel roofs.The campus also has a 6th International Students Hostel with air-conditioned rooms and attached bathrooms built in 2013.

Affiliations and linkages

Events

Ribandar Talks

It is a lecture series for students and faculty by eminent personalities organised around the academic year. Some of the most recent speakers have been:[8]

Samriddhi

The 2014 edition of Samriddhi, annual B school conference of Goa Institute of Management was gigantic and achieved mind- boggling participation of 100 top B schools of the country which included crème-da-le-crème institutes like IIM, SP Jain, IIFT, SIBM, NMIMS, FMS and many more. The host B school, GIM was represented by a competent and dynamic regiment of 600 vibrant students from general management, healthcare and executive programs who battled it out for the ultimate faceoff against top minds of the country in Samriddhi events. This year’s Samriddhi theme - Game Changers, showcased some of the legends from across various fields who contributed immensely in their respective fields and changed the game forever. During the 3 day - long conference eminent personalities such as Taufiq Qureshi, Nandini Vaidyanathan, Nikhil D’souza, Gloria Benny, Parminder Gill and Sinddhant Vats inspired the students of GIM to become Game Changers.[9]

WIZBIZ

WIZBIZ is the annual corporate quiz organised by the Marketing Club of GIM. Started in 2000 and envisioned to boost the student –corporate interaction, WIZBIZ has grown from strength to strength. This truly national quizzing event has already created a brand recall for itself in the mind of QUIZZING aficionados through its unique format. It sees participation from some of the best and most prestigious establishments of the country and several notable quizzers including national winners of quizzes like Tata Crucible and Brand Equity.[10]

Vinidhan

Vinidhan, the SIF of GIM, was conceptualized in 2013. This concept was brought out by some of the students of class of 2015. Through this initiative students at GIM are provided with the opportunity for real-world experience in security analysis and portfolio management which will prepare them well for the coveted trading and I-Bank profiles. The vision of Vinidhan is to be recognized as a professionally managed fund in the financial world. While ‘Learning’ is the primary objective of Vinidhan, managed solely by GIM students, the goal is to generate superior returns in the near future and start outperforming other mutual funds that are managed by big names in the industry.

Google Student’s Club

GIM is host to Google Student’s Club which is a club of like-minded Google enthusiasts with a passion for all Google related products. YouTube, Adsense, Adwords, Google+, Drive, Android, Search and you-name-it, the GSC is well versed in these products. The members are passionate about technology, enthusiastic about Google and actively involved in the community and surroundings. The GSC keeps in touch with Google and helps students participate in events hosted by them.

Samarthan

Samarthan is a student driven initiative under the 'Centre for Social Sensitivity and Action'. Our aim is to inculcate the imperative aspects of social responsibility into today’s budding managers. Apart from managing & coordinating the institute's CSR program (GiveGoa Initiative), we have organized events addressing several social issues. Women empowerment, health and hygiene for the girl child, career counselling session for students and the most recent this year, ‘Nirbhaya’ that aimed at helping girl students learn self-defence. This was accompanied with a talk by the DIG, Goa to stress on the legal phases that can help them fight any injustices.

Mecca

MECCA - the Marketing Club of GIM is responsible for the dissemination of marketing concepts through competitive events and facilitating interactions with prominent individuals of the marketing sector like IFB, Wipro, Western Digital to name a few. In addition, every year we conduct events on Advertising, Sales Promotion, Ambush Marketing, Product Packaging, Brand Extension and various other areas of marketing to showcase the students’ creativity and develop a passion for Marketing. MECCA also organises WIZBIZ – One of India’s Biggest Student Organised Corporate Quizzes, which witnesses participation from all over the country and the prize money is a whopping 1.75 lakhs.

Industry Institute Interaction Club

“Industry Institute Interaction Club” at Goa Institute of Management, is a student driven initiative to bridge the gap between industry and students. It seeks to provide quality solutions to the industry from time to time and provide students with industry exposure where they can practically apply the concepts they learn at GIM. We have successfully worked with companies and associations like Corporate Bridge, ILF&S, Arvind Mills, Indus Cama, Kotak Mahindra, India Bulls, Putzmeister and many more. We have assisted start-ups like Holidify, Snaplion, Printbindass.com, Coin A Project etc. Many industries in Goa also have applauded our efforts and as an incentive for the efforts, these companies have provided healthy stipend to the students.


References

  1. ↑ "A management success", Frontline, Volume 21 - Issue 25, December 4–17, 2004
  2. ↑ "Goa Institute of Management - PGDM". Retrieved 17 April 2013.
  3. ↑ "Goa Institute of Management - PGDM-HCM". Retrieved 17 April 2013.
  4. ↑ "Goa Institute on Management - PGDM-Part Time". Retrieved 17 April 2013.
  5. ↑ "New campus of Goa Institute of Management at Sanquelim inaugurated". The Times Of India. Retrieved 18 April 2013.
  6. ↑ "Interview with P F X D'Lima - Director of Goa Institute of Management". Retrieved 10 April 2013.
  7. ↑ Hochschule Ingolstadt_Aktuell(non-english)
  8. ↑ "Goa Institute of Management-Student Activities-Ribandar Talks". Retrieved 18 April 2013.
  9. ↑ http://www.indiainfoline.com/article/news-corporate/samriddhi-national-conference-on-the-game-changers-at-gim-114082500067_1.html
  10. ↑ "Goa Institute of Management-Student Clubs-Mecca". Retrieved 18 April 2013.

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