Bengaluru, Aug 17, 2015:
Prin. L N Welingkar Institute of Management Development & Research,
Electronic City Bangalore (Popularly known as WeSchool, estd.2007) has
been conferred with the
B-School of the Year Award by Bangalore Management Association (BMA). The Award was given for academic excellence and industry orientation in a ceremony wherein BMA celebrated its Member Day & 62nd Anniversary Awards recently at Capitol Hotel, Bangalore. Justice Shivraj V Patil was the Chief Guest on the occasion.
B-School of the Year Award by Bangalore Management Association (BMA). The Award was given for academic excellence and industry orientation in a ceremony wherein BMA celebrated its Member Day & 62nd Anniversary Awards recently at Capitol Hotel, Bangalore. Justice Shivraj V Patil was the Chief Guest on the occasion.
Dr.
Anil Rao Paila, Dean and Director of Welingkar Bangalore campus along
with his faculty team received the award for the Best Management
Institute. WeSchool, Bangalore under his leader ship is the youngest
campus to have received the coveted NBA, AIU, and SAQS Accreditations.
The event was marked with poignant moments when the faculty and the
students stepped on the dais to receive the award. The Award aims to
encourage and reward excellence in management education.
The
uniqueness of Welingkar - Bangalore, lies in its strong industry
orientation and programs in Business Design & Innovation and
E-Business which are highly valued by the students and working
executives. The Institute has brought out several industry-institute
connect initiatives such as We Cafe, HR Showcase and other structured
initiatives to encourage innovation and entrepreneurship on the campus
by setting up an Innovation Lab, a Prototype lab, a Case Centre and
Research Centre to name a few. The Institute has achieved path breaking
customized Industry Outreach programs engaging companies like Infosys,
Robert Bosch, Bicon, Titan, EnY, DELL to name a few.
The
institute’s faculty finds meritorious representation on the boards of
NHRDN, CII, BMA, FICCI, Association of Indian Management Schools (AIMS),
making contribution to Management Education.
Prof. Dr. Uday Salunkhe, Group Director- Welingkar
as the conventional patriarch appeared jubilant, watching the young
Institute come of age. He congratulated his faculty team and students
for the award. Salunkhe, a recipient of the prestigious Eisenhower
Fellowship, is a highly awarded and recognized educationist with
unflinching belief in the power of youth and their leadership potential.
Led by him, Welingkar as a brand is known for its industry-led, design
thinking and being contemporary in its pedagogy and curriculum.
Welingkar,
Mumbai has acquired autonomy, recently which could be a significant
step towards the Institute shaping itself as a private university, a few
years down the line. It has been known for collaborating with the best
industry players in the space, across the globe, paving way for a more
connected world.
Welingkar Institute of Management Development & Research
has two campuses in the country, one in Mumbai and the second one in
Bengaluru. The Mumbai campus came into existence in 1977. It comes under
the aegis of S P Mandali Trust, which has the distinction of being the
oldest educational trust in the country, and running 43 educational
Institutes.
Some of the other awardees included, Mr. Narayan Murthy, Co-founder, Infosys was conferred the BMA Lifetime Achievement awards, The Infrastructure Company of the Year Award went to Prestige Constructions; Lt Col. , Trustee Pradeep collected the award for Adamya Chetana- the NGO of the Year;
Rajini Mishra, Chief General Manager, State Bank of India- collected
the Bank of the Year Award, Ravi Gururaj-Frictionless Ventures for
serial Entrepreneur of the Year award, T Sudhakar Pai- Kurl on
Enterprise Ltd was given the Innovative Manufacturer Award. KN Tilak
Kumar - Deccan Herald received the Editor of the Year Award, Manjunath
Vishwakarma M/s Tax Bell Ltd, UK received the Promising Global
Entrepreneur of the Year Award, Mohit Hegde, Creative Infotech was given
the Digital Educator of the Year award and Bhaavna Arora received the
Promising Author of the Year Award.
Bangalore Management Association (BMA)
was founded in the year 1953 and celebrated its Golden Jubilee in
recent years. In its existence of over 50 years BMA has contributed
significantly for the development of modern management practices in the
state of Karnataka in particular and Nation as whole. It is in the
forefront among all the management associations under AIMA and it is
recognized as one of the best management association in the country. It
has over 1000 number of members including almost all the leading
corporate in Karnataka. Its role in updating management education among
the Management institutions in the state of Karnataka is worth noting.
About WeSchool:
Established
in 1977, Prin. L. N. Welingkar Institute of Management Development
& Research (WeSchool) features among the premier Business Schools in
India. Run by charitable Trust S.P. Mandali, Pune, all across the state
of Maharashtra, WeSchool is ranked 10th out of 200 institutes in India
as per the Annual Times B-School 2015 survey. The same survey has also
ranked WeSchool as 2nd best institute in the West zone and among the top
10 institutes recognized for providing global exposure to the students,
following industry relevant pedagogy and having renowned faculty
members. WeSchool’s goal is to use the power of the amalgamation of
design and management thinking and truly redesign the way education can
make a meaningful difference to students, and society that is visible
through actions and outcome.
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