VIT Business School: Interview with Dr. Subashini R (Faculty in Management, VITBS & Director i/c VITCR, VIT)

Vellore Institute of Technology Business School (VITBS), established in the year 1994 is a management institute in Chennai offering graduate, postgraduate and doctoral level programmes in business studies. Courses offered by VITBS are BBA, MBA and PhD in management. VIT Business School is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programmes (ACBSP) and Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB). VIT Business School Vellore collaborates with more than 25 foreign universities for experiential learning.

Careers360 in an interview with Dr. Subashini R, Faculty in Management, VIT Business School as well as Director i/c – VITCR at VIT, Vellore. Her area of specialization is Human Resource Management. In this interview she talks about the various programmes offered by the Vellore Institute of Technology Business School, the admission process and other significant achievements of VIT Business School. Go through the complete article to know more about Vellore Institute of Technology Business School.

Careers360: Tell us something about VIT Business School – its inception and journey so far.

Dr. Subashini R: VITBS was established in 1994. It offers undergraduate BBA, postgraduate MBA and doctoral PhD programs in business. The college is accredited by ACBSP and AACSB. Started with 40 students in 1994, currently, the overall strength at VIT Business School is more than 1000 students. All the programmes are designed to infuse industry-relevant business principles. VIT Business School collaborates with more than 25 foreign universities for overseas experiential learning adjunct faculty and foreign degree on the credit transfer mode. Our industrial collaboration extends to research, consultancy, internship, projects and placements. VIT Business School endeavours to develop thought leaders who are socially sensitive, ethically strong and globally competent.

Careers360: VITBS offers Undergraduate (BBA 2+2), Post Graduate (MBA) and Doctoral (Ph. D) programmes in Management. Can you give details about these programmes?

Dr. Subashini R: BBA is a 4-year programme wherein after completion of the first year the student gets a certificate, after the second year student gets a diploma, after completion of the third year the student gets a degree and after fourth year student gets Honours in BBA. MBA is the PG programme offered at VITBS with specializations in HR, finance, operations, analytics. The full-time Ph.D spans for 3 years and maximum 8 years.

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Careers360: What is the eligibility and admission process for UG programmes?

Dr. Subashini R: The minimum eligibility criteria for admission into UG programmes is 60% marks in the higher secondary examination.

Careers360: For the MBA programme - CAT, XAT, MAT, NMAT, GMAT, CMAT, ATMA Scores are considered. Is there any preference and weightage to these exams?

Dr. Subashini R: Yes, CAT, XAT, MAT, NMAT, GMAT, CMAT, ATMA scores are considered for admission to the MBA programme along with VIT interview. aAlso preference is given to candidates with industrial experience. Minimum 60% marks are required in any undergraduate or integrated degree from a recognised university.

Careers360: What are the cutoffs for each exam for MBA admissions?

Dr. Subashini R: It depends upon the number of candidates who apply for the respective year and it depends upon the ranks as well.

Careers360: What are the various specializations that are offered or is it a general management programme?

Dr. Subashini R: We offer specializations in HR, Marketing, Finance, Operations and Analytics. The degree we give to our students is general management i.e. the degree that we offer is just MBA. This specialization is basically for industry.

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Careers360: The school collaborates with Foreign Universities for Overseas Experiential Learning (OLEP), Adjunct faculty and Foreign degree on Credit Transfer mode. Can you give details on which universities and the transfer programmes?

Dr. Subashini R: We have MoU with more than 25 institutes at the international level and we send our MBA students to do internships in companies located in Italy, China and Malaysia and Singapore. We have associations with University of Michigan, Robert H Smith School of Business, Auckland University and many more. To give you an example, our students will pursue their first year at VIT business School, second year at University of Michigan and later will be awarded MS degree.

Careers360: VITBS has Industrial collaboration that extends to research, consultancy, internships, projects and placements. Please give details on this and how it helps students of the programme.

Dr. Subashini R: After the end of the MBA first year students need to do a 12 week internship, before last semester students are asked to do consultancy assignments which connect society and business they will be associated with more than 110 MSME. Every weekend on a regular basis we want our students to engage with MSME so that there is continuous learning and a report has to be submitted by the students by the end of the semester.

We also encourage students to do research under their mentor and publish them with journals. The faculty members involve all the students in their consultancy projects. The crux here is of course the connection with the industry. Our alumni help us connect with various companies in which they are associated.

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Careers360: VITBS Chennai is accredited by Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programmes (ACBSP), USA for a period of 10 years. There is mention of ACCA (course options) and preparing for AACSB. Please give details and how does it help students?

Dr. Subashini R: AACSB is for the entire B-School for 5 years and it covers BBA, MBA and PhD for both Vellore and Chennai campuses. ACBSP is only for MBA programs for 10 years and ACCA is only for BBA programmes. We have orientation programs where we tell our students well in advance why they have to go for this ACCA course, we have professors and professionals who teach for them, and we assure students are oriented in this context well in advance.

Careers360: Kindly elaborate on the Placement trends with latest stats

Dr. Subashini R: The highest salary last year was Rs 15 LPA, and the average CTC was Rs 9.75 LPA. There have been 73 companies who visited VIT Business School. To mention a few we have HDFC, Deloitte, TCS, Federal Bank, CITI, HCL and many more. The profiles they were hired for are Business Analytics, IT Operation, Management Trainee, Marketing Trainee and HR Trainee. We have recruiters from FMCG, BFSI, IT, Automobile, Consulting, Manufacturing, Retail, Real estate, Edutech. Once the student enters the VIT Business School they go out with at least one company offer that we assure.

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Careers360: Any advice to students on choosing a B-School and a good MBA course?

Dr. Subashini R: I would really suggest the students to look at whether there is applied learning pedagogy, imparting comprehensive knowledge practices, the more the case study the more practical knowledge the students will gain. Students should talk to the alum of that particular institute and get to know what the modalities are and i would also request the students and the parents to look into the curriculum whether it is updated for example ensure analytics is there in curriculum because that’s the order of the day, we speak about data, data science, marketing analytics, HR analytics so obviously the curriculum should be aligned with to what the market demands. They should be industry focused, it's our responsibility to check the industry associations. Apart from this if a student is aspiring to become an entrepreneur they should check for opportunities for business incubation. Look for the alumni network of the B-School and placement record above all. If possible see if the institute provides any research-related opportunities or any consultancy work along with the faculty. And above all check if there is value for money.

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