About Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies - NMIMS

In order to meet the growing demand for management education Shri Vile Parle Kelavani Mandal Public Charitable Trust, with the help of handsome donation from Narsee Monjee Educational Trust, established NMIMS in 1981. NMIMS stands for Narsee Monjee Institute of Management and Higher Studies.The institute commenced its activities with starting of Masters Degree Programme in Management Studies. Through this Institute, SVKM hopes to contribute to strengthening the corporate foundation by imparting training in the latest techniques and know-how. The Institute renews its commitment to produce well-trained professionals who can take on the challenges and become modern day business managers.

EVOLUTION AND GROWTH

From its temporary location at Bhaidas auditorium, NMIMS moved to a large complex of over 5,50,000 sq feet where it stands today as a landmark in the heart of Mumbai at Vile Parle, an affluent suburb of the city.

Built on this inspiring legacy, today, NMIMS stands proud as a Deemed to be University offering multiple disciplines across multiple campuses. What started as an institute in a small building has caught the attention of the world, thanks to their 17 specialized schools. More than 17000 students and about 750 full-time faculty members, 10 faculty members with Fulbright Scholarship and Humboldt International Scholarship for post-doctoral researchers are part of India's most sought after academic community. The consistent academic quality, research focus, faculty from top national and global institutes and strong industry linkages at NMIMS have placed it amongst the nation's prime centers of educational excellence and research today.

HOLISTIC APPROACH

Keeping pace with the ever-evolving education scenario and to meet international standards, NMIMS has taken major initiatives in terms of programs, curriculum development, international linkages, placements and students’ development. It has transformed into a globalized centre of learning, providing its students a balanced exposure to research, academics and practical aspects of the industry.

DIVERSITY AND INNOVATION

The meteoric growth of NMIMS is reflected in our core belief—that learning is most fruitful when knowledge and expertise of individuals from various disciplines and diverse backgrounds are shared. Diversity has always been the mainstay of the University as it provides a cutting edge to professional education.

Innovation is the key to progress in the modern world, and our pursuit of excellence, has led to constant upgrade and adding newer areas of education and research to make our programs more relevant. Harboring a sense of openness, participation and fairness has helped NMIMS build a culture that is conducive to learning and continuous growth.

CREATING FUTURE LEADERS

We believe in equipping students with the knowledge and skills in their chosen streams, inculcate values, identify hidden talents, and provide opportunities for students to realize their full potential. We believe in nurturing a scientific spirit of inquiry among our students, and by providing value-based education, mould them into leaders and responsible citizens, who will go on to play the role of changemakers in society.

Constituent Institutes

1. School of Business Management
2. Mukesh Patel School of Technology Management and Engineering
3. School of Pharmacy and Technology Management
4. School of Commerce
5. School of Science
6. Balwant Sheth School of Architecture
7. School of Distance Learning

Location - NMIMS University is conveniently located at JVPD Scheme, Mumbai at a walking distance from Vile Parle railway station

Facilities

Hostels - 3 types of limited hostel / residential facility is available for students - a) MKM Sanghvi Girls hostel, b) G R Jani boys hostel and c) Residential Flats converted into the hostel. Facilities like TV in mess/Fridge/Washing Machine/Internet Connection/Hot Plate/Single Bed/ bed sheet /bed cover/ Pillow/ Almirah/ Chair etc. have been provided

Placements - The Institute has an excellent placement record for full-time students with 100% placement. Multinational and national companies from IT, FMCG, Service Sector, Heavy Industry, Banking, Retailing and Advertising visit the campus during the month of January.

Specials Classrooms - All classrooms in the University are air-conditioned and have ceiling mounted LCDs. Most classrooms have a capacity of 60. In addition, the University has a well equipped seminar hall and a conference hall.

Asian Paints Computer Centre - The Computer center is equipped with branded personal computers adequately supported by 3mbps shared leased line for Internet connectivity. It is also equipped with a wide range of licensed system software and applications software. The entire campus is connected with Wi-Fi network.

Library - The R. M. Desai Library is well furnished and air conditioned. NMIMS library has a stock of more than 42,000 volumes and subscribes to about 308 Indian and Foreign periodicals spanning all aspects of management. The library also houses 521 video’s, 319 audio’s, 187 CD’s, 274 VCD’s, annual reports, management games, news clippings, newsletters and case studies. The open access system facilities free use of books on the shelf.

MDP Hall - Today's business environment is more competitive than ever before and corporations that are capable of acting on today's business demands and realising tomorrow's opportunities have the cutting edge. Many of the Middle and Senior Management from leading companies have participated in the various Management Development Programmes organized by NMIMS. NMIMS houses a state-of-the-art Management Development Programme (MDP) hall. MDPs for the industry are a regular feature of the institutes's interaction with the corporate world. Programmes are custom designed to suit the requirements of individual organizations and also retailed.

The Audio Interactive Language Lab - NMIMS has pioneered the initiative of scientifically assisting students in preparing for Group Discussions or Job Interviews by developing an Audio Interactive Language Lab on the campus. This move is mainly directed towards making the students display the right internal personality driven message to their recruiters during a corporate placement, group discussions or interviews that are lining -up in the campus. This is how the system functions: The teacher records and makes a master lesson with as many copies possible. The student does all his work on this pre-recorded tape copy. On playing back, the student gets the teacher's voice followed by his own, giving him an instant comparison of his performance with the model. There are separate audio consoles in which clusters of students are seated in demarcated boxes to conduct the practice sessions. So an original tape with the teacher's voice, the copies with the student's voice and the headphones for comparison arrive as the obvious audio instruments to learn the dictums in communication like a song.

Campus Network - It is based on a fiber optic back bone and 100 MBPS Ethernet technologies. The Campus Network covers the institute, class rooms, library, faculty and staff. The intranet has 425 computers which are interconnected by a fiber optic network. Every classroom is equipped with PC and LCD projectors integrated with campus wide network.

Notebooks for everyone - Full Time MBA students are equipped with a laptop, which allows them to access the learning resources available on the Campus Network and the Internet round the clock. Thus, it makes it possible for the students to access information resources anywhere and any time in the campus

ETW - Enterprise Training Programme for Women is an Indian Adaptation of The Scottish Enterprise Foundation of the University of Stirling, Scotland Subsidized by Maharashtra State Finance Corporation (MSFC) and Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI). This programme is uniquely equipped to train women in planning, managing and running a business in order to make women gain autonomy and boost the overall growth of the economy.

Customised Programmes - The faculty at NMIMS University culls out the essence from their learning through industry interface and presents state of the art, customised Management Development Programmes designed to meet the needs of tomorrow's industry. Innumerable companies have taken training to achieve goals like - Training and empowering their people to make critical decisions and preparing functional and mid-level managers to assume higher responsibilities

Achievements

• Winner of the 'Golden Peacock Innovation Award-2007
• NMIMS is the first business school to be accredited and awarded a “FIVE STAR” rating by the UGC sponsored National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC), which is the highest rating that is awarded by the council.
• NMIMS has been awarded the ISO 9001:2000 Certification by ICL in 2004.
• The National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC), an autonomous institution of the University Grants Commission (UGC) has accredited NMIMS University with Grade 'A' (Score 85-90%)
• School of Business Management faculty Dr.T.T.Kachwala won the BMA Outstanding Teacher Award 2008-09.
• NMIMS bags BMA's "Outstanding Management Institute Award for last 5 years" (2003-2008)

Information compiled from: Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS University) - website