Director of IFMR Prof. (Dr) PK Biswas mentioned in his welcome address that the admission selection process was conducted across 17 cities and mentioning the achievement on the gender ratio as significant he said, “It has taken place without any quota, bonus marks or extra weightage to women candidates. It validates our belief that given fair opportunity and a secured environment with a conducive atmosphere, women will prefer the campus.”
Students with commerce background reflected an increase in trend. Fresh graduates made it to 55% while 45% candidates are with work experience, in the current batch.
Also present were Prof. G R Chandrasekar, PGP Chairman who proposed the vote of thanks concluding the inauguration day ceremony. The induction and orientation programme, which involved interaction with alumni, practising managers, and faculty to get both functional and sectoral perspectives, was done on a fast track basis and regular classes commenced on Monday 12th June. The campus is already buzzing with industry-focused academic activities ranging from case discussions to business dissection of annual reports.
IFMR’s new campus is spread across 40 acres in Sri City, in the Industry hub of South India, in Andhra Pradesh. Sri City is located strategically along NH 5 on the border of two industrialised states, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu. With its neighbours being global giants like Kellogg’s, Cadbury, Colgate, Pepsico, Isuzu Motor, Alstom, Kobelco, Lavazza and Danieli, who have set up large manufacturing units
Apart from conventional functional areas of management - Marketing, HR, IT & Operations, OFMR has two more specialisations - BFSI & Data Science (Business Analytics).
Source: IFMR, Sricity
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