Introduction

ISME is a part of NVT Quality Educational Trust promoted by NVT Group. NVT Group of companies is a certification, training and consulting service organization based in Bangalore, India and having offices throughout India and USA. NVT has been a leader in the area of quality management and business process improvement over the last decade and has certified organizations including educational institutions all over the world for ISO 9001:2000. NVT has served over 1000 clients throughout India, South East Asia, Middle East and United States. Some of NVT / KEMA clients include ORG-MRG, GM, HAL, Lemuir, Sobha Developers, Satyam, TCS, Philips, GE, HP, IBM, Motorola, Texas Instruments, Xerox etc.

The two programmes offered by ISME are the full time Post Graduate Programme in Management (PGPM) with specializations in Marketing and Strategy/Finance and the weekend Executive Post Graduate Programme in Management (EPGPM) with specializations in Technology Management, Quality Management, Marketing or Finance.

Academics

The faculty at ISME are alumni from many of the top business schools in India and abroad. Many courses at ISME are taken by faculty who are alumni from CMU, Purdue, Wharton, USA; IITs, IIMs and other top business school. The Director, Mr Nitin Garg is an IIT Bombay alumni and has an MBA from Carnegie Mellon University, USA.

ISME has a very unique management programme format and is of one and half year duration on the lines of many European management schools. This course design also adopts many features of management schools like CMU and Purdue which allows students to have a focused and broad based learning experience.

Another unique feature of ISME is that the courses are very industry focused and have been approved by the Ministry of Industries and Commerce, Government of India.

Six Sigma Black Belt Certification

ISME has partnered with Indian Statistical Institute (ISI), Bangalore to award all ISME’s students in the Post Graduate Programme in Management (PGPM) course, a Black Belt in Six Sigma. This is a very expensive course in the open market and ISME students will benefit from this without paying any extra fees.

The program consists of providing Green belt training and then an on site management consulting project for three months in the area of their specialization at top companies under the guidance of experts, wherein the students will use the management and Six Sigma concepts learned in the classroom for solving real world business problems within their area of specialization. On successful completion of the project they will attend Black Belt program at ISME and become Six Sigma Black Belt certified by ISI (Indian Statistical Institute). Worldwide Motorola, Honeywell, GE and most other top organizations extensively use this methodology for resolution of many of their problems and have reportedly saved billions of dollars. ISME is the only institute in the world developing their students to solve problems on a scientific basis, which will be a great resource and excellent managers for the organization where they join. According to Prof. Ramesh Tagat, Academic Mentor at ISME and former Professor at IIM Bangalore, “This is a distinct professional orientation to a unique academic programme at ISME”.

Student Life

ISME has a rich mixture of students from various academic backgrounds with an excellent balance of work experience, gender and ethnicity, who come from over 10 different states in India.

ISME’s vibrant student community has a lot of opportunities to learn beyond the classroom. Students can lead and participate in Academic, Social and Literary clubs. Student clubs and extra curricular activities enhance student interactions and foster the development of a wholesome personality providing a solid framework for life-long success.

The literary club brings out a bi-monthly magazine ‘ExCEL’ (Excellence in Culture, Education and Leadership). The social club provides an outlet to the ISME community to come together for cricket matches, Diwali and other functions.

The corporate relations cell along with the academic club regularly arranges visits from senior industry leaders. Some of the visits over the last two months were from Mr Jan Beltman, Certification Manager, KEMA, Netherlands; Mr NK Palta, Executive Director, HAL; Dr Nand Kishore Rathi, Director, Campus Relations, Oracle; Mr Chandramouli, CEO, Makino; Laurie Stewart, Director, Admissions, CMU, USA and others.

Infrastructure and Location

ISME is in the heart of the Whitefield area of Bangalore. It is strategically located in Export Promotion Industrial Park and is just one block away from Information Tech Park (ITPL). In the vicinity of ISME there are over 500 offices of some of the biggest international companies which will help students for training and placement opportunities. ISME has a sophisticated Wi-Fi Computer Lab, air-conditioned classrooms, executive board room and all facilities for a very nice academic environment. ISME’s hostel is in one of the best residential communities. The luxurious hostel and full time mess facilities enables students to focus only on academic pursuits.

Placements

ISME’s parent organizations, NVT Quality Certification and KEMA, Netherlands have made a big difference in ISME’s ability to network with top executives from the industry. ISME’s location in the heart of Bangalore also gives it an strategic advantage towards access to some of the biggest multi-nationals. Given the focus of all around education at ISME and its corporate connections, the first batch of ISME students seem to be well equipped for extremely successful placements. Some of the companies that are likely to accept ISME students include Accenture, Dell, Deloitte, Citibank, GE, HDFC, HP, IBM, ICICI, Infosys, Johnson and Johnson, Kirloskar, Motorola, Oracle, ORG-MARG, Philips, Reliance, Reuters and many others.

‘International School of Management Excellence’ is a refreshing addition to the management school landscape in India. Given its leadership and background, it will bring in standards of global excellence in management education.

ISME’s Difference in a Nutshell

ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE

• Course designed and taught by alumni from CMU, Purdue, Wharton, USA; IIMs, IITs & others
• Harvard Business School Publishing, USA courses on leadership and interpersonal skills
• Project involving learning to manage a multi-national company developed at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), USA
• Accredited by NRBPT, Ministry of Industries and Commerce, Government of India.
• Students awarded additional certificate for academic excellence by Prof David Lamont, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
• Project work based on applied Six Sigma Methodologies. All students get Six Sigma Black Belt certification which is highly valued and recognized by recruiting organizations.

ISME in the media

“An MBA with syllabus inputs from Harvard and Wharton?
After international schools, it will be an international B-school in Bangalore where students will learn from prestigious business schools of the world and get to work with international experts on real management consulting projects” – The Times of India

“What is new about ISME?
What is new is its simulated management game developed at Tepper School of Management, Carnegie Mellon University” – The Hindu- Education Plus

Global industry network – Quality education

• ISME is part of the ISO 9000 Certification body (NVT Quality Certification /KEMA) which has certified organizations including educational institutions all over the world for ISO 9001:2000
• Served over 1000 organizations worldwide including ORG-MARG, GM, HAL, Lemuir, TCS, Sobha Developers, Satyam, Phillips, GE, HP, IBM, Motorola, Texas Instruments, Xerox, etc.
• Students guided by international experts from Deloitte Consulting, IBM, McKinsey, KPMG, Chase Manhattan & Many fortune 500 companies for management consulting projects
• Completed 11 years in INDIA and 75 years worldwide operations in education, consultancy and certification.

“International School of Management Excellence (ISME) will provide global academic inputs and corporate connections” – The Hindu – Education Plus

World Class Learning environment

• State-of-the-art computer & Wi-Fi academic center, air-conditioned class rooms, executive board room and luxurious hostel facilities with internet access
• Training opportunities in over 500 international companies around ISME campus and client companies

“The center has modern, state-of-the-art classrooms, computer laboratory, etc.”
– Deccan Herald – DH Education

Placement support

• Placements in top companies of India and abroad. Life time career guidance.

“Students aspiring to be future managers can walk into ISME”
– Indian Express – City Express

Contact details

International School of Management Excellence
CAP 1, EOIZ
Export Promotion Industrial Park, Near ITPL
Whitefield
Bangalore – 560066

Phone: 80 65606200 / 6300
Fax: 80 28416767
Web: www.isme.in
Email: [email protected]; [email protected]

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