NMIMS Hyderabad - Best kept secrets

Aha. After some intruding research through contacts for some time i found some detail about the NMIMS at Hyderabad which started on mid-July 2011. This is what i got and so I am passing on. Veracity of this information may look different in the absence of pointers which are fact-based so caution yourself with some verification on these - But it seemed logical to me. Here are the details.....

I recently learned some things about the NMIMS in Hyderabad. So I thought of sharing this with you. They have a plan to setup "huge" campus in the outskirts of Hyderabad - near Jadcherla (60 KMS from city). Although the management courses would still be with in city- Tarnaka which is accessible. This size of institute and recognition would directly increase market value of professionals within the hyderabad region besides providing opportunities for industry interactions.

There have some good industry contacts and they are still building it. With the sad demise of the iconic ICFAI in hyderabad (owing to some supreme court decisions of late), NMIMS looked like a good option for those profs. It is believed that a sizable number of good professors(none less than a PHD) are teaching in NMIMS now. This means better quality of education from profs with experience and good pedagogy skills. I also learnt that there are good selection criteria for profs is insisted.

Added to this the erstwhile industry contacts of ICFAI are being re-routed to NMIMS hyderabad through these profs and the director(IIT , IIM, PHD) seems to be playing cautious moves in this direction. The chain of contacts is good enough to pull good profs on one hand and industry contacts on the other. Added to this the alumnus of NMIMS is also leveraged. Alumni around hyderabad who are in good positions are also kept in good touch with the institute.

Although there may not be a promise of campus selections(as everyone is employed), there might be a campus placement cell to help students on this end. It is learnt that the first batch of PGDBM students at NMIMS hyderabad is still not out in the market yet. So an eagle eye to tap the information would help us determine the credibility of the institute.

Executive part-times of non-IIM's mirrored the IIM's

Ever since the IIM's started the executive courses, there was good response from the industry and among students. Inline with this many non-IIM's also started enrolling for executive courses. SPJain, NMIMS to name a few(that i know of... :) ).  In doing so they have taken some shortcuts here.

The structural import
First they took the IIM syllabus as is. Then they modified as per their the needs of the people who could be bought in to this syllabus. Then they tried to amalgamate the IIM way of teaching with case study methodology. They backed up this course with some good faculty (Preferably phd's in their field). Then they started to rolling out as course that is as competent as the IIM's. the rest of the infrastructure is already avaliable - library, selection process, location, recognition etc. This is done well so far. So they started to honor part-time executives. This was a good boost to their courses as many started to accept this course. But the fact is that even if you sell sprite in a whisky bottle it will still be sprite - That's the outlook of the recruiters.

The key is that you get an MBA (more or less) which is part time from a renowned Institute that mirrors the IIM's in the methodology. As the economy bought in(and still bringing-in) cycles of recession many  found this a safe haven for continuing studies on part-time basis.

This is the way NMIMS ,SP Jain and other institutes are working. They are finding it interesting and students must have found the benefits of it assuming they gave what it takes.

To my understanding this is a good bargain and best value for money.