Vignana Jyothi Institute of Management

Hyderabad, January 29, 2015 (Newswire.com) - Vignana Jyothi Institute of Management (VJIM), Hyderabad has announced  admissions to the 2015-17 batch for PGDM aspirants. Established in the year 1993, VJIM has been consistently in the ‘Top’ Business Schools category in India. Being located in the heart of the cultural and business life of Hyderabad, VJIM boasts of a sprawling campus with state-of-the-art infrastructure and global facilities.

“VJIM is committed to producing ‘locally fit’ and ‘globally sensitive’ managers,” says Dr. Kamal Ghosh Ray, Director, VJIM. “Having understood that Business Education has reached an inflexion point, VJIM has been quick in repositioning business education to create managers who can compete both with the world market and respond equally well within the local context of the Indian economy.” Naturally, it comes as no surprise that VJIM is known for having students come from extremely diverse backgrounds- more than 19 states’ students coming together in one classroom and thereby enriching the teaching-learning process in turn. Naturally, VJIM graduates are quick to adapt to changes and are efficient team players right to begin with.

“At VJIM, a lot of emphasize is given on the pedagogy and the method in which it should be delivered,” says Mr. Raghu Mantha, Chairperson, Admissions, VJIM. The school has been duly rewarded with the “B-School Innovation” award by Discovery Education Media Pvt. Ltd (April, 2014) for some of its very unique and innovative concepts which contribute in boosting quality management education in India.

Among the few highly recognised initiatives of VJIM, the Process Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning (POGIL) and its practice of Socratic dialogue of teaching-learning have gathered a lot of attention from both academia and industry. Furthermore, VJIM is among the first few B-schools to adapt to the reverse orientation process for second year students so as to reinforce the concepts taught in the first year.

VJIM, Hyderabad offers a large number of scholarships for meritorious students who may find money a constraint to quality education. Ones with 75 and above CAT/XAT percentile or 98-100 MAT-CMAT percentile are entitled to a scholarship sum of Rs. 1.50 lakhs. Similarly, ones within the bracket of 70-74 CAT/XAT percentile or 96-97 MAT-CMAT percentile can avail a scholarship of Rs. 1.25 lakhs, so on and so forth. Additionally, once a student enrols at VJIM, he/she stands the chance to avail the merit scholarship (up to 50% of fees) on being ranked among the top two in each trimester. 

While VJIM focuses primarily on the overall learning experience of the student, it is no way behind when it comes to ensuring successful professional futures of its graduates. The average salary for Class 2014 has been Rs. 4.80 lakhs. More than 60 companies recruited from the class and students have been placed all across the country in various leading offices with companies like Deloitte, Tech Mahindra, Coca Cola, Airtel, The Hackett Group, KPMG, Mahindra Finance, Radio Mirchi, TATA Teleservices Ltd., Reliance Capital, Berger, IDBI, ICICI, to name a few. 

VJIM is currently welcoming applications for its PGDM intake of 2015- 2017. VJIM accepts scores of GMAT/CAT/XAT/MAT/ATMA/CMAT/ICET. Students are selected based on their overall score consisting of standard X, XII, Degree, Test Score, Work Experience and GD/PI.