Know all about FOSTIIMA Business School: An Interview with Dr. Subhash Kakkar (Director)

Established in 1993, FOSTIIMA Business School is a private co-educational institute which offers All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) approved PGDM programmes. The institute offers three postgraduate courses with dual specializations. The areas of specialization are- Marketing, Finance, Human Capital Management, Operations and International Business. FOSTIIMA Business School has an Entrepreneurship Development Centre at the campus to help students with entrepreneurship aspirations to start giving shape to their business idea.

Careers360 brings you an interview with Dr. Subhash Kakkar, Director, FOSTIIMA Business School. In this interview, Dr. Kakkar shared all about FOSTIIMA Business School, admission procedure, placements and many other important aspects for students to look at. To know more about FOSTIIMA Business School, read the full interview of Dr. Subhash Kakkar with Careers360

Careers360: Tell us something about the institute; when it was set up, vision and mission

Dr. Subhash Kakkar: FOSTIIMA Business School has been conceived, funded and managed by the alumni of IIM Ahmedabad. Founded in 2007 by Friends Of the class of PGP Seventy Three of IIMA and hence the name FOSTIIMA Business School came about. It is one of the best PGDM institutes and colleges in Delhi NCR.

Our Vision is to deliver broad, inclusive, contemporary and futuristic educational services, to aspire for the successful careers of all our students, to provide FOSTIIMA quality management education, to transform our students into future leaders & visionaries.

Our mission is to prepare young managers to face the challenges on an international platform by maintaining excellent standards of education, ethics, integrity and discipline.

Careers360: Tell us something about the admission process?

Dr. Subhash Kakkar: Admissions to the FOSTIIMA two-year full time PGDM Program that commences in the month of June every year are carried out through a structures process. The institution considers several factors:

• The applicant’s academic performance during graduation and at school

• Scores in the CAT/XAT/CMAT exams

• Performances in the Group Discussions and Personal Interviews

The short-listing and selection criteria represent a weighted average of the applicant’s overall performance. Cutoff levels to qualify for admission calls would probably be above 50% marks in the graduation and a CAT or XAT score above the 60th percentile.

Careers360: What kind of infrastructure can students expect at the institute? Please elaborate?

Dr. Subhash Kakkar: We have projectors in every class and completely centralised air-conditioned classrooms. Wi-Fi is established throughout our campus. Corporate Resource Center is the term of a unique placement cell we have. We have a pool table and table tennis for the use of the students during their free time. We offer students access to a library with a large collection of books about the subject and the business. There are also a variety of magazines and newspapers in the library. Our canteen offers a variety of cuisines to the students.

Careers360: Internships are now mandatory as per AICTE guidelines. Does the institute help students with this? If yes, how?

Dr. Subhash Kakkar: The institute does indeed assist students in finding internships. Numerous companies visit the campus to offer internships. BigBasket, Aditya Birla Group, Bajaj Capital, ICICI Bank, and many others.

Careers360: Can you please share details if there is any collaboration with universities abroad?

Dr. Subhash Kakkar: We organize international trips for the students, taking them to different universities and companies to educate them about the industries and the working cultures. The knowledge they gain about the working world and cultural contrasts prepares them for employment overseas.

Careers360: Please share placement statistics with information on the average package, highest and lowest package, number of students placed and details of companies that have recruited.

Dr. Subhash Kakkar: If I talk about the placement statistics.

Average package – 9.25 Lpa

Highest package – 22 Lpa (Domestic)

25 Lpa )International)

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