The Hindu : Karnataka / Bangalore News : MBA in BPO services launched

Online edition of India's National Newspaper
Thursday, Oct 21, 2004

Karnataka

Karnataka - Bangalore

MBA in BPO services launched

COSMIC ACADEMY, attached to the Maharishi Group, has launched an MBA programme with specialisation in business process outsourcing (BPO) services.

On completion of this full-time two-year degree programme, students will receive an MBA degree certificate from Sikkim Manipal University and a postgraduate diploma from the academy.

This MBA course, according to the academy officials, "is an integrated programme designed to provide an advanced course in management for those seeking senior positions in the BPO/information technology-enabled services industry, commerce and public services.

The core subjects are aimed at developing knowledge and skills in fundamental management disciplines.

The programme involves participation in group-work with course members from different industrial, commercial, geographical and cultural backgrounds.

"It is also aimed at improving the decision-making qualities of participants and producing quality managers."

The Cosmic Academy is affiliated to the Sikkim Manipal University and offers various undergraduate and postgraduate degree courses.

Classes for full-time courses are held five days a week.

The academy also offers MBA with dual specialisation in marketing and human resource/finance/systems, MBA-IT, undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in mass communication and journalism and BBA.

For more details, visit (www.citesindia.com) .

Calendar of events

BANGALORE UNIVERSITY has made some changes in the calendar of events for its undergraduate courses coming under both the annual and semester schemes.

While making the changes, the university considered requests from teachers' associations seeking a common vacation time for all teachers.

According to the modified calendar, the last working day for the I Semester will be October 30 and not November 19 as scheduled earlier.

For the II Semester, the last working day will be March 31, 2005 instead of April 15 as notified earlier.

Under the Annual Scheme, the last working day for the first term will be October 30 instead of October 15.

For the second term, March 31, 2005 will be the last day.

The classes for the II Semester will commence on December 1.

For the second term under the Annual Scheme, classes will begin on December 1 instead of November 16 as scheduled earlier.

The supplementary examination for the first term students will be held from November 3 instead of October 16.

There will be no classes between October 31 and November 30.

For the I Semester students, practical examination would be completed by November 19 and theory examination will start on November 22.

Under the Annual Scheme, the supplementary examination is now scheduled fromNovember 3.

Environmental club

THE ENVIRON- MENTAL activist and retired chief conservator of forests, A.N. Yellappa Reddy, inaugurated "Paryavaran Mandal", an environmental club of the Garden City College recently.

Mr. Reddy emphasised the need to have clean air, clean water and clean earth.

The ambitions of man and his extravagant lifestyle had caused depletion of the resources of the earth and pollution of the environment. "We need to do everything possible to avoid this," he said.

— Rasheed Kappan

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