B.K. SCHOOL OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT

Campus Location: Ahmedabad

Located in Since its establishment in July 1976, B.K. School of Business Management has emerged as one of the eminent business school in the country today. The school's inception, an outcome of recommendation of an expert committee, was aimed at satisfying the requirement of trained man power in India. Since then, the school has given 24 years of valuable service to the industry., The achievements of the institute have been duly recognized. The school has been ranked 43rd in Australia and Asia by Asia week magazine (May 2000). The school has been ranked 3rd among university run business schools by BT- Cosmode Survey 1998(for the finance stream). In 1983 the school started an evening programme for practicing professionals to channelize their experience for better management. This has provided an ideal platform for working executives to hone their managerial skills. It has also ushered in a rich confluence of first hand industrial experience with the academic world.Maintaining its links with the world of business has been B.K. School of Business Management forte. Besides vastly experienced core faculty the school is an interface between experienced business professionals and management students. The school has been conducting several Executive Development Programmes for corporates like Torrent, GSRTC among others.The School is situated in close proximity to the main University Building. Institutions of national fame like I.I.M., ATIRA, P.R.L., Sardar Patel Institute of Economic Research, V.S. Community science center and School of Architecture are all located very near to the University campus. The Education Media Research Centre (EMRC) is located on the University campus is well equipped with Audio-visual equipments to provide educational support.Course Structure The basic courses (Indian Environment, Principles of Mgt, Quantitative Techniques, Orgn Behaviour. and courses in functional areas like Finance, Marketing, Production and Personnel Management are offered during the first two semesters. Advanced courses in Strategic Mgt and Project courses during 3rd and 4th seme,ster.Evaluation is done on due basis of class tests, quizzes, class participation, home assignments, project reports and mid-semester and end-semester exams. Short Term Courses Executive Training programmes in the area of Marketing, Financial and Forestry Management.B. K. School of Business Management was established in 1976, as a Post Graduate School of Gujarat University, the largest University of Gujarat State. The objective of setting up the School was to meet the need for a Management School with a predominantly regional focus. Now the School has firmly established its roots and has also grown wings- producing world class managers for over 27 years now, apart from giving impetus to management education in the State., The School has evolved tremendously over the years and has emerged as the premier institute for management education in the State.The Library and the Reading Room are equipped with about five thousand books, thirty journals, video-tapes, CDs and news papers covering a wide range of topics. Apart from the reference books that supplement classroom learning, the Library also helps students obtain day to day information. he students have access to the Gujarat University Library which has over three lac books and more than two hundred periodicals and journals.omputer Centre The Computer Centre of the School is equipped with the latest hardware and software besides students also have access to important database on industry. It acts as an important knowledge centre of the School. The students also have access to Rollwala Computer Centre of Gujarat University. In the post-liberalisation era, the need for formal management education has become paramount and cannot be over-emphasized. It is a matter of great pleasure for management educationists to know that management is the most sought after discipline today. The large number of regional, national and international programmes available in the field of management supports this fact., B. K. School is one of the pioneer institutions, which started imparting management education way back in 1976. Being a socially responsible institution, the school has always honoured its commitment to various stakeholders like students, organisations and the society., The global recession, tighter and tougher job markets and cutthroat competition has made the job of business schools very challenging. In order to empower our students to adapt to the volatile business environment and the changing economic milieu, we have been consistently reinventing and updating our programmes. Our pedagogical approach emphasizes development of personal skills such as team building, communication, leadership, decision-making, etc. Armed with the knowledge and the skills imbibed into the students by the school, I am sure that they will be able to navigate the corporate and non-corporate world, wherever there is a need for professional managers., Navrangpura ,, Gujrat University - 380009, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, Phone No :-6304811, WWW.BKSCHOOL.ORG. Use Google Maps for turn-by-turn driving directions to the campus.