10 Things that make NITIE Mumbai special

Located in the heart of Mumbai, surrounded by lakes and curtained from the hustle and bustle of the city by the lush greenery is a beautiful campus that produces some of the best managers for the country every year, and has been doing so for the past 50 years. The students call it the God’s own campus and the world outside knows it as NITIE.   1. The Presence   NITIE was established by the Government of India in 1963 with the assistance of United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) through the International Labour Organization (ILO). It’s a golden jubilee year and the kingdom of NITIE has been producing some of the best managers for the country over the past 50 years. It has been awarded as the “Most Industry Focused Curriculum” in ET Education Excellence Awards 2013.It’s recognized as one of the 15 Centres of Excellence by the Ministry of HRD having the elite company of IITs IIMs and IISC, NITIE offers a very unique mix of courses: • Post Graduate Diploma in Industrial Management (PGDIM): The course aims to develop competent managers and enable them to work at responsible positions in global business environment and growing industrial influence. • Post Graduate Diploma in Industrial Safety & Environmental Management (PGDISEM): A sustainability-focused programme with emphasis on EHS (Environment, Health, Safety)along with Operations and General Management and technical perspective. A one of its kind program in South Asia. • Post Graduate Diploma in Information Technology Management (PGDIM): The course enables students to understand the nitty-gritty of management related to Information Technology. • Post Graduate Diploma in Industrial Engineering (PGDIE): Industrial Engineering aka Systems integration is a course that advances highly specialized techno managers and empower them to apply both engineering and managerial techniques in complex business scenarios.   2. God’s own campus No doubt NITIE enjoys the “Mumbai Advantage” – which leads to a closer and easier industry interaction, but still the campus would give any other campus a run for its money on serenity. It is one of those rare green campuses in the country where you feel in Nature's lap. It’s a 65 acre campus with all the facilities placed on a rough hilly terrain (yes it’s in Mumbai!!). The famous 96 steps from the hostel to the academic block ensures the students experience a mini trek twice, daily. The campus also houses a beautiful pond with a walking circumference of close to 600m and flanked by lush green gardens around it on all sides – a place that witnesses a variety of events ranging from random talk to committee meetings and Gyan sessions. NITIE also is a habitat for a variety of animals, birds and reptiles. Don’t worry, they almost never feel like meeting the students nor is it the other way round. And then comes the place most sought after by the students; MDP Rooftop. The highest point in NITIE that showcases a splendid view of 3 Lakes (Powai, Vihar & Tulsi), green forest covers of Sanjay Gandhi National Park, hills adorned by clouds and lastly, the high rise sky scrapers of Hiranandani.     3. Not just Supply Chain Though, NITIE is called as “Mecca of Supply Chain in India”, major organizations across various industries, have looked towards it for cross verticals requirements. Additionally, NITIE has forum groups that caters to various verticals like Street(Finance), Arth(Investment Club), MIG(Marketing), C2X(Operations), NSC Square(Consulting) active round the year. NITIE students have made their presence felt in major competitions e.g. Hindustan Unilever’s Lessons in Marketing Excellence (LIME), P&G’s Dream Team, ITC’s Interrobang, Nestle’s Plan-o-chain, KPMG’s International Case Challenge, Amazon’s Ace Challenge and Henkel Innovation Challenge with participations going into 3 digits.   4. Maha Mandi The Genesis of MAHA MANDI lies in an endeavour to take management lessons to the very place where business was born; the Streets. Maha Mandi is an innovative socio-marketing initiative organized by Marketing Interest Group (MIG) of NITIE which combines entrepreneurial spirit and practical approach towards learning integrated with a sense of social responsibility. The students from various B-schools get down to the streets of Mumbai to compete against each other by selling educational toys. All the profit made out of the event is used for the upliftment and betterment of underprivileged children. The proceeds which have been continually increasing is donated to an NGO.   5. Entrepreneurship Development Programme As a part of curriculum, students are asked to launch their own businesses and operate and manage them. The programme not only gives the students an insight into beginning their own ventures, but also gives them a first-hand view about the various processes that one needs to undertake to form a company starting from company registration to setting up the infrastructure for the entire business. Few organizations that set sailing are cheetee.com, a customized apparel making company; Componentika, a 3d-printing company; Nascent-Vision, an e-commerce company; all of which generated substantial revenue during this 3 month period of the programme.   6. Industry Interaction 75 high profile dignitaries from the industry visiting the campus,20 guest lectures and 19 Institute-Industry interactive events being organized in a single year (2012-2013), is definitely a testimony to NITIE’s exceptional Industry-Institute Engagement. The Industry-Institute Engagement through student driven activities is an amalgamation of initiatives taken all round the year. NITIE engages with the industry in a plethora of ways. These include Prerana Business Meet (the flagship event of Prerana-Business Fest), Lakshya Business Visionary Awards, B-Gyan (Industry-institute interactive lectures) and Samiksha (Panel Discussions).   7. Rich Alumni Base  

Name	Position	Company
Rahaju Pal	Director	Deloitte
B. Prasada Rao	CMD	BHEL
Pankaj Agarwal	Global Delivery Head ( Large BPO Client)	Tata Consultancy Services
Sunil Agarwal	Associate Vice President	JP Morgan Chase
Pulkit Agarwal	General Manager-Mobilisation	Accenture
C.G. Kaluskar	Director Operations	Watson Sandoz India
Sukanta Padhy	Chief Supply Chain Officer	Alliance Tires Group
Vivek Sarbhai	Director CS&L Asia Pac	Mondelez International
Ashish Mendiratta	Co-founder and Director Learning	ThinkLink Learning Services
A. M. Kini	Director External Manufacturing	Johnson & Johnson
Akhilesh Tuteja	Director	KPMG
Amit Doshi	Shared Services Head	Averis
B. Murali	Deployment Director	BP
B.Ravi	CEO	ECS
T.V. Seshadri	Division President, South Asia,	Mastercard International
Dev Bhattacharya	Group Executive President	Aditya Birla Group
Dharmesh Joshi	VP-Manufacturing Business Development	Cadbury India
Dr. R. K. Sinha	COO	Godrej Consumer Products Limited
Faiz Pathan	Director	Seacorp SDN BHD
G. Shiva	Vice President	Citibank N.A.
Ganesh Natrajan	Vice Chairman & CEO	Zensar Technologies
Mohd Haque	VP & Global Head - Healthcare	Wipro Technologies
K. K. Kaul	Executive Director Operations	Hawkins cookers Ltd.
K. Venugopal	President & CEO	SABIC Innovative Plastics, India
K.G. Mohan	Vice President, IT	Johnson and Johnson
K.Subramaniam	Managing Director	Afcons Ltd.
Mukesh Kripalani	Head - Finance & SCM (International Business)	Schindler India Pvt. Ltd
P. Shyamsunder	Vice President	Britannia Industries Limited
Palnitkar S.S.	GM – Special Projects	Godrej Industries Ltd.
Parag Dave	Head - India Operations	Worbus International LLC
Pednekar Rajesh	Head - Distribution	Pfizer
Prince Azariah	Head - IT Services	ACC Limited
R. Suresh	CEO	Stanton Chase Intl.
Ram Bhagwat	Director	Trygen technologies
S. Hariharan	Head Corporate – Japan & Korea	Tata Consultancy Services
S. Ravi Kumar	Chief Supply Chain Officer - South Asia	Bharti Airtel Limited
S.Chattopadhyay	Senior Vice President, Biologics, Vaccines & Sterile Manufacturing	Merck & Co. Inc.
Swadia Prashant K	Director - Purchasing, International Operation	General Motors
Ulhas D Telang	Executive Director	Thirdware solutions Ltd.
V. Mani	Vice President	Tech Mahindra

  8. Ataria Jam A tradition that was started by the earlier batches, Ataria JAM is organised in the last week of every month where students get together at the “Ataria” to rock together with songs ranging from 70’s classic to Bollywood songs to English pop. The guitarists flock together from all hostels to join the singing junta together who reach new highs of music. The tradition has helped foster art and culture in the campus and also helps students bond over good music under the starry skies of Mumbai.   9. Social Impact – Rotaract Club The Rotaract Club of NITIE works for the betterment of communities by making an impact on the environmental, cultural or social arena. It provides great opportunities for students to develop a social perspective by proactively involving them in various social initiatives that runs round the years. However, the biggest of them is the Powai Lake Cleaning Drive, where the supremely enthusiastic young environmentalists, engage in picking of waste that gets accumulated. Thus, they ensure the sanctity of nature remains intact and educate & create awareness among Mumbaikars about the fragile balance of nature and how small things help in maintaining it. Rotaract club of NITIE also provides the students of the college with a platform to educate students of nearby schools. ‘A classroom is four walls with the future inside’, Rotaract club of NITIE strongly believes in this dictum and makes a concerted effort to work towards this cause.   10. NPL Welcome to the NITIE Premier League (Based on the IPL), the baap of all Cricket tournaments conducted by B-Schools. After the auction of the domestic as well as foreign players (from other major B-schools), the matches are held in NITIE field which is surrounded by hills on two sides and spectators on the other two. It offers unadulterated cricket - from aggressive batting to unrelenting bowling, to pretty healthy sledging to unforgiving and quirky commentary. You have the deafening crowd, you have the huge Gayle like sixes and you have the Raina like athleticism in the field. In short, three weeks of raw action is NPL.       You may also be interested in : 10 Questions you should ask before joining a business school in India 10 Things that make MDI Gurgaon Special 10 Things that make IIFT Special 10 Things that make IIM Indore Special 10 Things that make XLRI Jamshedpur Special 10 Things that make IIM Kozhikode Special 10 Things that make IIM Lucknow Special 10 Things that make FMS Delhi Special 10 Things that make HK UST MBA Special