The quality of students pursuing graduation in management and looking for postgraduate studies needs to be refined and prepared to meet the industry expectation, said Gautam Ghosh, Director of Thiagarajar School of Management (TSM), Madurai.
Students’ expectations of a high starting salary and the chance to see the world while at work in the field of management need to be matched by basic tenets, including subject knowledge, domain expertise and communication skills in popular languages, he said, during a road show here, organised to give them some idea about what they could expect later when they apply for admissions.
The autonomous college ranked No. 4 in south India by the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) of the Ministry of Human Resources Development (MHRD), comes second in Tamil Nadu and fifteenth pan-India. “We offer everything that the students need to equip themselves with for a successful career,” Prof. Ghosh and Chairperson (Admission) N. Manjula said.
Overwhelming response
On Thursday, the B-school, in association with The Hindu group of publications, conducted a showcase of admissions to Postgraduate Diploma in Management/Masters in Business Administration programmes to about 300 students from over a dozen management schools in and around Hyderabad. The response was overwhelming and the organisers and resource persons were on their toes answering questions posed by the students. Through the day, they guided them on how to write essays in the examinations and tackle group discussions before facing the board in personal interviews.
As for the cost involved, the school offered a two-year programme for ₹8 lakh which included food, room rent and academic fees. “We are among the most affordable while imparting quality education,” she said.
How did they find the students here? “Frankly, they need to be more aware of what is expected of them. I was surprised that many of the students who came here had not even taken a single entrance examination even for the sake of practice. That attitude should go,” Ms. Manjula said. Those who represented The Hindu Group and went about assisting the students included Senior General Manager Meher. Y, Regional Head-Hyderabad T. Ravi and Assistant Regional GM P. Srikanth.
