Thiagarajar School of Management TSM, Madurai

Campus Location: Madurai

Located in Established in the year 1962 by the great philanthropist and industrialist, Shri. Karumuttu Thiagarajan Chettiar, Thiagarajar School of Management (TSM) began with the aim to impart professional education to managers who had a burning desire to scale up their career potential with better managerial skills. “TSM”, as it is popularly called, ignited its institution building with an Executive Development Programme (EDP) to enhance the skills of the practicing managers and entrepreneurs in the vicinity of Madurai. The success of EDP and the accolades received from the industry provided the impetus to kick start the Master of Business Administration as a part-time programme in 1972. A full time MBA course started later in 1986 became a quick success drawing the attention of people from various paths of life., TSM offers PGDM and MBA programmes which are approved by All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) and accredited by National Board of Accreditation (NBA), New Delhi, and has been conferred autonomous status by the UGC and Madurai Kamaraj University (MKU). TSM has also got the candidacy status for Accreditation with ACBSP (Accreditation Council for Business School & Programs). TSM’s admissions are based on all-India tests such as CAT and MAT or the State Government selection based on TANCET, with a uniform, transparent fee structure and a zero capitation fee. As TSM is a part of the Karumuttu Thiagarajar Chettiar founded institutions managed by Loyal textile Mills Ltd. group and run as a philanthropic institution, the fee structure is low enough not to be a barrier for deserving students. In addition, part /full scholarships are available from the Trust for deserving students., TSM has constituted three committees namely; Management Committee, Board of Studies and Academic Council with the required membership profile., This 50 year old institute is located in the heart of Madurai city, in a lush green 17- acre campus with global standard infrastructure. TSM has a high ratio of full time faculty to students, with most members of faculty holding Doctorates from prestigious institutions like IITs and IIMs. Eminent faculty members in the areas of Marketing, Finance, Human Resources, Production and Systems impart rich, global and deep insights with incisive analysis both in theory and practice to students. Motivated students can get to assist and work with faculty in research and consultancy as well., In a world where competition multiplies every second, placements have become a benchmark for excellence. Students of TSM are exposed to variety of functional areas like Marketing, Finance, HR and Operations and industry verticals like Software, Finance, Banking, FMCGs, Manufacturing and Consulting. In our desire to be the best we have always believed in building everlasting bonds with our corporate partners. The placement process starts with 3 months of summer internship for PGDM and 2 months for MBA at the end of first year. The recent years have witnessed a number of new companies on campus both for summer internship and final placement which resulted in dual offers for many final year PGDM and MBA grads., To keep pace with the challenges that the global environment poses for businesses across the world, apart from rigorous and dynamic course curriculum, the pedagogy has a strong focus on building analytical and problem solving approach with methods ranging from quantitative analytics to a more qualitative and holistic case analysis. Continuous training is provided on soft skills, spoken Hindi. Crash course on Statistics and Computer application is offered for Arts students and Accounts offered for engineering undergrads during preparatory to put them in common platform., TSM believes that the training imparted to the students would enable them to keep pace with the fast changing business trends and become the ignition for growth, development and talent building., OUR VISION, A leading academic institution of choice amongst management students and faculty and employers alike, respected for grooming ethical managerial and entrepreneurial leadership through high quality teaching, training, research., To groom young men and women into technically proficient, managerially competent, and socially purposeful professionals deeply committed to upholding and practicing highest standards of probity., OUR MISSION, A leading academic institution of choice amongst management students and faculty and employers alike, respected for grooming ethical managerial and entrepreneurial leadership through high quality teaching, training, research., To groom young men and women into technically proficient, managerially competent, and socially purposeful professionals deeply committed to upholding and practicing highest standards of probity., To help transform entrepreneurial ideas into scalable and sustainable economic and social institutions.. Use Google Maps for turn-by-turn driving directions to the campus.