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SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT, NITK Surathkal

"To mould every student into a holistic professional with sound engineering and managerial techniques through proper value addition with quality inputs from Humanities, Social Sciences and Management Sciences."

The School of Management (SOM) began its journey in the year 1989-90 with expertise in three disciplines: Management, Economics, and Professional Communication.

The school started its exclusive Post-Graduate programme, Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the academic year 2007-08. This program was designed to meet the increasing demand for quality manpower in the global business scenario and has been well received.

Undergraduate Programmes

Currently the school also offers ‘Professional Communication’ to I/II Semester B.Tech students, ‘Engineering Economics’ as well as ‘Management Theory and Practice’ to V and VI Semester B.Tech students.

Other Post Graduate Programmes

The school also teaches ‘Managerial Economics’ and ‘Accounting and Financial Management’ to PG (MCA) and ‘Construction Economics and Accounting’ to M. Tech (Construction Technology and Management) students. Apart from this, the school floats optional courses such as Engineering Entrepreneurship. Accounting and Financial Management, Marketing Management, Business Policy, Human Resource Management amongst several others.

'''Ph. D. in Economics, Management and English & Comparative Literature'''

Over the past 18 years the school has been active in research and development.. The Department offers PhD Programs in Management, Economics and Literature.

SOM Areas of research topics include Strategic Management, Marketing Management, Financial Management, Human Resources Management, Operations Management, Sustainable Development, Indian Coffee, Engineering Economics, Agricultural Economics, Economics of Technological Change, Comparative Literature, Translation Studies, Indian Classical Music, Production and Operations Management, Information Systems and Analytics, Behavioural Sciences, Quantitative Techniques, International Business Management.

VISION OF THE SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT

Nurture competent professionals to become outstanding leaders and managers with values.

MISSION OF THE SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT

• Provide requisite managerial, social and communication skill sets to make our graduates readily employable.

• Foster and strengthen linkages with the industry and other leading business organizations.

• Mentor slow learners and socially disadvantaged students.

• Strengthen and further the research and consultancy initiatives.

• Attain one of the top positions among the leading B-Schools.