DMS Pondicherry University


The Department of Management Studies, School of Management, Pondicherry University is a department of the Pondicherry University School of Management of Pondicherry University, India for MBA studies. It was established in 1986.

History

DMS SOM established the MBA program of the university in 1986. It caters for MBA teaching, Management research, Organisational management, government officers training, industrial consulting and management extension, with a team of three professors, nine associate professors and two readers.

Location

is located in a campus spread over, facing the Bay of Bengal on the East Coast Road. It is accessible from Chennai and Bangalore. The School of Management is the first academic entity of the university established as a centre of Excellence and a stand-alone school in 1986. Then in 2005, SOM was reconstructed which includes the Department of Management Studies as the parent department and five other departments.

Profile

DMS SOM is funded and supported by the University Grants Commission and accreditation from National Assessment and Accreditation Council

MBA program

The two-year full-time MBA in DMS SOM prepares student for a professional career in management. While the first year is devoted to foundational course, the second year enables the students to gain breadth and depth of different areas and specialize in the selective fields. The students have choice to choose one major and/or one minor as specialization.
Evaluation of the students is on the basis of their performance in assignments, participation in departmental activities, projects, tests, classroom presentations, quizzes, case studies and end semester examinations.

Annual events

Synapse

Synapse is an industry interface event where CEOs, entrepreneurs, leaders and corporate people are invited to speak on management-related topics.

Electives offered