We have achieved our goal of creating young minds through our values and unique pedagogy, says Dean of ABBS
Dr D M Mahishi is Dean-Academics at Acharya Bangalore B School (ABBS). He holds a PhD, Post Doc-UF-USA. He has an industry experience of 18 years of which 12 years he has worked in the education industry. In a conversation with Shiksha.com, Mahishi talks about the unique pedagogy that aims at “transformative education” wherein there is a holistic approach for the all-round development of a student. He also talks about the pre-placement training wherein the industry recruiters are called to apprise students about the skills and aptitude required in different industries.
Q: What are the salient features of the teaching methodology adopted by your college? How does this differ from others?
A: We have developed, over a decade, a unique pedagogy that aims at “transformative education” wherein there is a holistic approach for the all-round development of a student. We have given more emphasis to activity-based learning. The teaching-learning modules are student-centric and the participation is at an individual as well as in teams. We have achieved our goal of creating young minds with great analytical power, professionalism and leadership qualities.
Q: How are you preparing your students to be industry-ready?
A: We have integrated our academic curriculum with inputs from the industry. Students visit industries regularly and learn from the real-time management of industrial processes. The industry experts are called for a presentation during an interactive session. Students get opportunities to work in the industry as interns as well as they carry out their project work in industry. During pre-placement training, the industry recruiters are called to appraise our students about the skills and aptitude required in different industries.
Q: What are the qualities you are looking for in student applicants? What qualities do they need to do well in your course?
A: Students taking up a particular course should have a clear understanding of the specialisation. They should have a prior idea about the basic knowledge and skills required in the new course. Students need to know the quantum of efforts involved for successful completion. Students should also know the main aspects of personality needed for practising the new profession.
Q: How do you ensure that your course curriculum is up to date and meets industry requirements?
A: The regular interaction with industry gives us timely input for identifying the new skills and emerging technology. We design new modules under certificate programmes to train our students in the latest technology. The certification programs conducted by us are well accepted by the industry.
Q: Is your college receptive to innovation, technology, science and entrepreneurship? How? Could you cite some examples of these?
A: The regular interaction with the industry and business world has given us the direction for being innovative and tech-savvy. Students are motivated to become entrepreneurs and we provide them the initial inputs and incubation facility for the startup.
For example, based on industry input, we have started certificate programs in Business Analytics, Supply chain management and Nanotechnology. Our students are preferred during recruitments owing to the additional skills.
Faculty Reviews
Faculty: The teachers are helpful, qualified, and knowledgeable. The teaching quality is quite good. Teachers are experienced. The curriculum is relevant, yet it doesn't prepare students for the industry as they only focus on book knowledge, not extra knowledge. Passing exams is not hard if you study well.
Faculty: The curriculum does justice to the course, but it is more or less relevant to the industry and does make the students ready to take on a career in this industry. The semester exams are comparatively easy; even if you study on the day of the exam, you would pass. The faculty members in my course are average. Although they are knowledgeable, their teaching styles are not that good, and some of them can't even speak proper English.
Faculty: Faculty at ABBS are well qualified, knowledgeable and helpful. The college provides all the necessary things required for a student to learn more related to their courses. Certification courses, industrial visits, pre placement training is something that is provided to each and every student from the college.
Faculty: Faculty members available in this college for the MBA course were well qualified and knowledgeable. All the teachers offered good quality teaching to the students. The course curriculum is relevant and gets updated according to the industry. Exams were of moderate difficulty.
Faculty: Teachers are good but a lot of them involve students unnecessarily in teachers' politics. The teaching quality depends on the teacher. The course curriculum is good but more practical applications should be added. Semester exams are fine. The pass percentage is 42%.
Faculty: Faculty at ABBS is the best thing I would say. Every faculty member here is highly qualified and experienced. I personally had trouble with my core subjects at the beginning of the college as a biology student. Computer science was completely new for me, but the teachers here are very helpful and they try to ensure no doubts are unsolved.
Faculty: Our teachers are good and knowledgeable. You are free to ask anything academically. The course curriculum makes students industry-ready. Papers are sent to the university for strict correction.
Faculty: All teachers are highly qualified, knowledgeable, and experienced. They are very helpful during exams and also to revise the main topics. In our college, students go for industrial visits. The teaching quality is better so that we can understand market strategy.
Faculty: All teachers are well-skilled. The syllabus is helpful for students in knowing the outside scenario. The course curriculum is relevant. Our college is registered under Bangalore University. Around 95% of students crack semester exams.
Faculty: All the lecturers are good, with qualifications such as M.Tech and B.Tech. Overall teaching is very good. BCA has six semesters. The BCA course in not so difficult. There is no programmes in our college.
Faculty: * teachers are help in all over activities they help to our small issues they clear teachers they giving quality teaching to all students teachers clearing all doubts and teachers treat like a son they giving best quality teaching all students. *yes it make students ready. * semester exam are not that much difficult and it's okay write pass easily. And the percentage almost 80% to 100%. .
Faculty: The faculty was good and the teaching was also good. They are friendly. BCA is a good course for those interested in IT. This college is affiliated with Bangalore University. 6 semesters are there in BCA.
Faculty: Lectures are highly qualified and knowledgeable. Lectures teach practically rather than theoretically. They make student ready to business world. Semester exams are moderate. Exams are conducted by the college. The pass percentage of our college is 80%.
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LPU, or Lovely Professional University, offers strong placement opportunities for its BBA and MBA integrated course, as well as for students in other programs. School of Business has been accredited by the Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP) of USA for its Management prog
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No, candidates seeking admission to MBA at ABBS cannot get a direct admission. They must undergo a multi-step process to secure a seat for MBA at the B-School. The selection process include a national-level entrance exam, an aptitude test (ABBSSAT) conducted by the B-School and a personal interview.
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Candidates seeking MBA admission at ABBS must qualify one of the various accepted national-level exams. The exams include CAT, MAT, XAT, CMAT, KMAT, etc. Additonally, candidates must also appear for ABBSSAT, an aptitude test conducted by ABBS. The final selection is based on the candidate’s performa
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