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KSRM MBA (RM) Advantage

Building Career Opportunities

Organization offering Career toKSRM Students

Unique MBA (RM) Curriculum

The School

Students’ Activities andAchievements

The Campus

The People

Faculty Profiles

How to Apply

Organization Testimonial

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KSRM has emerged as frontrunner in the field of Rural Management fornumber of its initiatives taken in last one decade to impart high qualityeducation in this niche sector.

KSRM MBA (RM) Advantage

KSRM's two year MBA (RM)programme nurtures committed young andmeritorious students into rural managers and entrepreneurs who cre-ate va lue for the ir orga nisations and rural communities. The pro-gramme has the capability to empower students from all economic andacademic background into good corporate citizens who are empoweredto serve the rural society. The programme is a gateway to highly special-ized but challenging careers in development sector and provides op-portunities to young managers to become agents of change for ruralcommunities.

KSRM also draws its strength from its strong parent brand KIIT Univer-sity which has been granted A- Category status by the Ministry of HRD,Govt. of India and also is accredited by NAAC of UGC in 'A Grade'.

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Objective Induction Programme - Guest address by Mrs Usha Padhi, IAS.Director- NRLM

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Glimpse of Annual Student's Conclave Sangati 2016

Field exposure as part of Natural ResourceManagement course to Mangalajodi

Student's in discussion with villagers during during Action Research Segment

Pre Placement talk Scholarship briefing by Tejaswini Panigrahi Piramal Foundation on 30th September 2016

A Category status to KIIT University by Ministry of HRD

KSRM provides promising career path to students through exposure live sit-uations /experiences to facilitates in identifying and seizing the right oppor-tunities. The three experiential learning components , wherein our studentswork with more than 300 partner organisations spread all over the country,allows them opportunity to work with variety of developmental organisations,Corporates, Government bodies gives them adequate exposure to shape theircareer path and aspirations.

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KSRM facilitation is in terms of career planning includes pre-placement train-ing by Training and Placement wing of KIIT University, followed by on-campuscompany presentations and recruitment events. Our model of delivery oflearning, itself becomes a big source of career offers received by our students.KSRM has a glorious record of placing all its 427 students who passed outtill 2016 and thus meeting their career aspirations to a very large extent.

A student of MBA(RM) - Batch (2014-16) going through Pre Placement Process

Dr. T. Haque delivering 10th Dr. Verghese Kurien Foundation Day Lecture

Dr. Ajit Mani, Managing Director of Intervention(India) Pvt. Ltd conducting Action ResearchSegment Workshop

Mr. Manoranjan Pani, General Manager (Sales& Marketing), GCMMF (AMUL) conductingPlacement process

Pre-placement Training Students of MBA(RM) - Batch (2013-15) receiving1st Prize in Panthan 2015 Business Competition

1. Aga Khan Rural Support Programme (AKRSP)2. BAIF Development Research Foundation, Pune3. Gram Vikas, Berhampur4. Mrida, New Delhi5. Nico Orgo, Gujarat6. Satin Credit Care (SCNL), New Delhi7. SRIJAN, New Delhi8. Vrutti Livelihoods Resource Centre, Bhopal9. Saija Finance Private Limited, Bihar10. Fusion Microfinance Private Limited11. KIIT-TBI12. ACCESS Development Service13. Access Livelihood Consulting14. Adani Wilmar15. Agriwatch16. All India Disaster Mitigation Institute17. American India Foundation18. Biomix Network Ltd ChildFund India19. Cohesion Foundation Trust20. Deepak Foundation21. Development Support Agency22. Digital Green23. E kutir24. Foundation for Ecological Security (FES)25. Gramin Vikas Trust

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26. Gramin Vikas Trust (GVT ) of KRIBHCO, Noida27. Harsha Trust, Odisha28. ICICI Bank/Yes Bank29. India Offbeat30. Institution for Developmental Education and Action31. Jaipur Rugs Foundation32. Knowledge Consortium of Gujarat (KCG), Govt. of Gujarat33. KISS, KIIT University, Bhubaneswar34. Life Spring Hospitals Private Limited (LHPL)35. Minda NexGen Tech Limited36. National Collateral Management Services Ltd37. National Handloom Development Corporation38. Neem India Products Pvt. Ltd.39. NDDB Dairy Services40. Orissa Tribal Development Society41. Ruchi Soya42. Safal Solutions43. Society for Elimination of Rural Poverty44. SREI-Sahaj Reliance Foundation45. Society for Elimination of Rural Poverty46. Syngenta-Ekutir47. SAGROCOD India Private Limited, Banglore (Part of TANMONDIAL PTE Limited, Singapore)48. Saral Services, Sikandrabad49. Urja Unlimited50. Vedanta Aluminium Ltd

Organization offering Career to KSRM Students

KSRM has made Experiential Learning as one of the core focus of ourcurriculum. It allows students to learn from live situations which arereal and at the same time more complex than what can be createdin classroom in various ways including case discussion. Resultantly,students end up in spending nearly 1/3 of course time in field withour partner organisations spread all over the country. The Experien-tial Learning is given further depth by assigning different learningobjectives to each of the three segment.

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Classroom Projects discussions Classroom Session in Progress

The courses offered in classroom segment in combi-nation with learning from experiential segments al-lows students to carve out possible specializationsinto areas like agribusiness, banking, microfinance,marketing, sustainable development a nd others.KSRM faculty uses effective and variety of pedagog-ical tools to actively engage students in classroomproceedings.

The course curr iculum of MBA(RM) is broad basedcompared to mainstream MBA. KSRM addresses thischallenge by enrolling large panel of visiting facultyand practioners who bring their unique and relevantexperiences to the classroom.

Moving up theLearning CurveThe innovative Programme

Semester IVClassroom SegmentResearch Methodology TrainingManagement Traineeship Segment (MTS)

Live Problem Solving

Semester IIIClassroom SegmentDomain Specialization

Semester IIClassroom SegmentCase Study Research TrainingCase Study Research Segment (CSS) Context based Problem Diagnosis

Semester IClassroom SegmentSocial Research TrainingAction Research Segment (ARS) Micro Planning Social Mobilization

Structure MBA(RM)Programme

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Action Research Segment (ARS)

Management Traineeship Segment (MTS)

Case Study Research Segment (CSS)

Live Projects-ProblemSolving(Semester-IV )

Components

Contex tSpecific-ProblemDiagnosis(Semester -II)

Components

Micro Planningand SocialMobilization(Semester-I)

Components

Project ManagementOrganizational BehaviourRural MarketingAgri Business ManagementCSR ManagementStrategic ManagementStrategic Marketing

MacroEconomicAnalysisFinanceforManagersMarketingManagementRural SociologyMarketResearch

Semester II Semester III Semester IV

OptionalRural Financeand CommercialBankingNaturalResourceManagement

Field Segments Field SegmentsCase Study ResearchSegment

Management TraineeshipSegment

ICTs forDevelopmentHuman ResourceDevelopmentLegal Environmentand Business EthicsDevelopmentTheory &Practice

MicroEconomicAnalysisAccountingforManagersRuralProductionandLivelihoodQuantitativeTechniquesManagerialAnalysisandCommunicationDevelopmentResearchMethods

Semester I

Action ResearchSegment

Field Segments

Optional

OptionalMicro FinanceCommodity Trading & MarketingManagementInformation SystemCo-operative ManagementClimate Change-Challenges & AdaptationFinancing Agricultural Value ChainsInternational Trade inAgriculture

RuralEntrepreneurshipPolicy &ProgrammeInterventionsStrategic Issues inDevelopmentOrganization

MBA(RM) Curriculum:

KSRM was established in 2006 and its flagship programme MBA(RM) wasstarted in 2007. Having consolidated its MBA(RM) programme , KSRM tooka conscious decision to start specialised programmes to cater to emergingneeds of the development sector. As a result Post Graduate Diploma inCommunity Development (PGDCD) was launched in 2016 and plans areunderway to launch another programme on Sustainable Livelihoods in2017.

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The school has rich portfolio of many other academic activities which in-clude research, consulting and customised Management Development Pro-grammes(MDPs). The aim of many of its activities is Knowledge Buildingas school emphasis is on research based learning and teaching. The facultyand students are active part of this process.

MBA(RM) programme is designed to balance academics with experiential learning and has two specific segments - Class Room Segment(CRS), spread over 55 weeks and Field Segments (FS) of 33 weeks spread over four Semesters. The three FS components are designed ina progressive manner with Action Research Segment in Semester - I, Case Study Research Segment in Semester - II in year one and Man-agement Traineeship Segment (MTS) in Semester - III in year two.

Each student has to complete 92 credits, including 56 credits of Course Work and 36 credits of Field Work.

MBA (RM)

KSRM while diversifying its portfolio has now launched a one year programme” PG Diploma on Community Development whichcommenced on 1st August, 2016.

New Programme - PG Diploma in Community Development:

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PGDCD Curriculum Design:Curriculum of each semester consists of five courses (4 coreand 1 elective Semester I and 3 core and 2 electives inSemester II) including one internships of 12 credits each ) ineach semester to give the course a greater practice orientationto the programme. The course will have a clear ExperientialLearning base through internships.

CommunityDevelopment:Theory, Policyand PracticeGender andCommunityDevelopmentConflict Resolutionin Groups andCommunitiesCommunityOrganisationand LeadershipData Analytics forCommunityDevelopmentResearch

Semester I Semester II

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Field Study Segment- I(FSS- I)Field Segments Field Segments

Field Study Segment- II(FSS-II)

Community Empowermentand Enterprise DevelopmentDevelopment andManagement ofCommunity ProjectsEngaging Communitiesfor SustainabilityFinancial Inclusion forCommunity Development

Communication for DevelopmentDevelopment of Tribal CommunitiesSocial Change &Community DevelopmentInnovations in communityDevelopment and Enterprise

The one year programme on Post-Graduate Diploma in Sus-tainable Livelihoods (PGDSL) aims to nurture livelihood pro-fessionals who have the required competencies in sustain-able l ivel ihoods prac tices and implementing l ivelihoodprogrammes in different contexts and resource environmentsleading to desired outcomes in terms of poverty reductionand women development. The programme is l ikely to belaunched in the beginning of next academic year 2017. Withestablishment of clear linkages between Sustainable Liveli-hoods and poverty reduction , the course will offer promisingcareers to young people in organisations ranging from corpo-rate, government and variety of developmental organisations.

Mr. Manas Ranjan, Director, Vasundhara, Odisha delivering guest lecture to the PGDCD students

Proposed Programme for 2017-PG Diploma in Sustainable Livelihoods

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Some student driven initiatives which gives them an opportunity to en-gage themselves in creative activities are:

Student Magazine:“Spandan” is an in-house annual magazine brought out by students.

AAROHAN- Annual Fest:A two day Annual Festival organized by the students of KSRM. Theevents include competitions, presentations, and in-door and out-doorgames, model displays, inquisitives, laughter challenge, photography,movie making and cultural programmes.

Gaon se Gaon tak:An Annual exhibition which showcases the projects and activities un-dertaken by students in different parts of the country during Action Re-search Segment.

“Sangati” - Annual Students’ Conclave:An annual business schools meet involving seminars, guest lectures,competitive events around a theme aims to promote and influx of ger-minal and innovative ideas into the domain of rural entrepreneurshipdevelopment.

Alumni Meet:“Nostalgia” is an Annual Alumni event.

Students’ Activities and Achievements

Aarohan 2014

Sangati 2016

Receiving 1st Prize in Panthan 2015Business Competition

Nostalgia 2014 - Annual Alumni Meet

Gaon se Gaon tak 2015

NSS Activity:NSS is a component of ActionResearch Segment (ARS) wherein students undertake serviceactivity in campaign mode. NSS Activity by Supreeti Patra during her

ARS at Agragamee

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The CampusKSRM campus is an architectural masterpiece that combines design and space with tradi-tional interiors giving it a pleasing look. The architectural design, integrates well with thetheme of the School. The 45,000 sq. ft. building has six technologically equipped classroom,four syndicate study rooms, spacious faculty offices and common spaces. Other notablefeatures include conference space, student cafe and lounges.

The campus resources and facilities adequately support the academic and extra-curricularactivities. Business Source Complete (EBSCO), Emerald Management, ABI/INFORM Complete(Proquest) and India Stat. CMIE is available on the institute’s LAN. This Provides the servicesof prowess, economic Intelligent Services, Business Beacon and Indian Harvest. The Schoolis continuing its effort for last 5 years to further enrich it and is committed to provide ac-cess to the best resources for students, researchers and faculties.

All Student are covered under the Mediclaim policy. Easy healthcare facility available fromPradyumna Bal Memorial Hospital (a constituent unit of KIIT University).

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Research Conference on Reaching the Unreached by Centre forChildren Studies (CCS) - A World Bank Project

Research

MDPs

Consulting

MDP on Improving Managerial Effectiveness forSenior and Middle Level Managers of NRLM

State level validation workshop of Land GovernanceAssessment Framework (LGAF)

KSRM houses Centre for Children Studies (CCS) fully supported by UNICEF which workson children and women issues in Odisha. KSRM also completed number of sponsored/collaborative research assignments with UNDP, FAO, International Cooperative Alliance(ICA), ICSSR , TERI and TISS.

KSRM generally undertakes consulting assignments on request and at times on bid-ding for various departments of State and Central Government, Corporates, PSUs andautonomous organizations promoted by the Government and Semi Government bodies.So far we have completed 10 large and 21 medium/small consulting assignmentswith national and international agencies .

KSRM undertakes customized MDPs on request from various Government’s, Corporates,PSUs and developmental organizations. Some of the organizations for whom MDPs havebeen conducted include Min.of Env. and Forests and Rural Development , World Bank,FAO, UNICEF, Paradeep Pyrites and Phosphates (PPL), Swaminathan Foundation, OdishaForestry Sector Development Project (OSFDP); National Handloom Development Corpo-rations; Reliance Foundation and Mahanadi Coalfields Limited(MCL)

Skill BuildingOne assignment with EduBridge Learning Pvt. Ltd. on IT, BPO ,Banking and Finance,Sales and Marketing

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The People

Prof. (Dr.) Premendu Prakash MathurB.Sc., M.Sc., PhD (Zoology)

Dr. Achyuta SamantaFounder KIIT & KISS

Prof. N. L. MitraM.Com, LL.M, PhD

Chancellor Vice Chancellor

Prof. (Dr.) L. K. Vaswani

DirectorM.Sc.(Ag.) PhD (Agriculture)

Prof. V. Venkatakrishnan

DeanPh D (Development Studies) ISEC

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F a c u l t y P r o f i l e s

KSRM Faculties

Mr. Krishna KumarCourse: Micro FinanceProfessional Banker from Bank of Baroda

Mr. G. K. AyitamCourse: Agribusiness ManagementManagement Consultant

Prof. N. C. NarayananCourse: Development Theory & PracticeOrganization- IIT Mumbai

Mr. Shirish PandaCourse: Micro FinanceOrganization- Satin Credit Care Ltd.

Ms. Nandini SenCourse: Strategic Issues in Development Organization

Mr. Vinit KalerCourse: Commodity Trading & MarketingOrganization- Financial Technologies Knowledge Management Company (FTKMC)

Dr. S. GhoseCourse: Legal Environment & Business EthicsIndependent Consultant

Prof. Dinesh AgarwalCourse: Financial AccountingOrganization- CMD- Garg Group of Companies, Kolkata

Prof. Amiya SahuCourse: Accounting for Managers & Finance for Managers.Organization- Asst Prof - Goa Institute of Management

Prof. S. K. HotaCourse- Management of CooperativesOrganization: Professor, Madhusudan Institute of Cooperative Management

Mr. A B RajuCourse: Strategic Management and Strategic MarketingOrganization- BIZTRANS Solution

Mr. Gautam PradhanCourse: Rural Production and Livelihood SystemOrganization- Harsha Trust, Bhubaneswar

Mr R. K. VemulaCourse: Managerial Analysis and CommunicationOrganization- Assistant Professor: Dept. of Mass Communication andJournalism- CIEFL-Hyderabad

Prof. Damodar JenaPh.D. (Analytical and Applied Economics) UtkalUniversity,M.Phil. (Economics), University of MadrasExp: 21 years+Current Interest: Micro & Macro Economic Analysis;Research and Development; Natural ResourceEconomics, Climate Change and SustainableDevelopment.

Prof. Ganesha H SPGDRM, IRMA, Anand, Gujarat.Bachelor of Veterinary Sciences (B.V.Sc)Exp: 22 years+Current Interest: Quantitative Analysis, DSS using Excel,Project Finance and Commodity Derivatives

Dr. L. K. VaswaniDirector, KIIT School of Rural ManagementPhD (Agriculture), HAU, 1976Exp: 40 years+Current Interest: Agribusiness Management,Rural Marketing and CSR

Prof. Madhumita RayPhD, Social Anthropology, Utkal University (2001)Exp: 22 years+Current Interest: Development studies, Gender Studies,Rural Policy

Prof. Avijit MajumderPhD (Pursuing), MBA (Pt. Ravi Shankar SuklaUniversity, Chhattisgarh)Exp: 17 years+Current Interest: Financial Inclusion and SocialIssues (Urbanization)

Prof. Sumita SindhiFPM (XIMB, Bhubaneswar)Exp: 20 years+Current Interest: Corporate Social andEnvironmental Responsibility,Sustainable Development andNatural Resource Management

Prof. V. VenkatakrishnanDean, KIIT School of Rural ManagementPh D (Development Studies) - University of Mysore /ISEC, Bangalore (1999)Exp: 30 years+Current Interest: ICT for Development; Sustainablelivelihoods and Rural Development Policies

Visiting Faculties

Prof. Partho Sarathy SenguptaB.A. (Stephen’s College), M.A. (Delhi University),PGPM & IR (XLRI)Current Interest: Human Resource Management andOrganizational Behaviour

KSOM Faculties

Adjunct Faculty

Prof. Ajit ManiCourse: Project ManagementIndependent Consultant

Prof. Sumita MishraMSW (TISS), FPM (MDI, Gurgaon)Current Interest: Current Interest: Human ResourceManagement and Organizational Behavior

Email: admission@ksrm.ac.inTel: 0674 - 6555742Cell - 09438304388, 08908534440website : http://www.ksrm.ac.in

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How to Apply?The completed application for admission to the MBA(RM) programme shall includethe fol lowing:· KSRM application form.

Test Scores of KIITEE-Management 2017 (Separate national level on-line exam con-ducted by KIIT University, Bhubaneswar for its management Schools i.e. KSRM &KSOM)

Test Score Card of other National exam: Applicants are required to submit any oneof CAT /GRE /GMAT /GATE / UGC-JRF score card along with their application form.

Support Documents: The support documents will consist of: Certified copies of School and University degrees (with minimum 50% marks in Graduation) Copies of work experience certificates.·

For any query, please contact:Admission Coordinator, KIIT School of Rural Management(KSRM),Krishna Campus-7, KIIT University, Bhubaneswar- 751024, Odisha, INDIA .

Application Fee - Rs 1,250/- through DD·Application Deadlines:Applying through KIITEEE- Management- Last date 21st January 2017Applying through CAT/GRE/GMAT Score- 31st January 2017For full details Visit ; http://www.ksrm.ac.in/ admission/ ksrm admission-2017

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Organization Testimonials

The students sent by you were very well behaved and with goodlearning aptitude. Hope they could benefit from their exposure with us.We look forward to fur ther collaboration in the field of RuralDevelopment with you. Some areas where we may collaborate tomutual benefit and public interest are field studies and reportgeneration, PRA, Micro Credit Planning, Capacity Building of SHGs andalso Evaluation S tudies.

Sri. Samanjit SenguptaProject Director, DRDC, West Bengal State Rural Livelihood Mission

The student is exceedingly fast in learning and orienting himself to therequirements of the assignment. He is meticulous, systematic, acquiresskil l and information and does quality wo rk. With the SummerInternship Project Report he has made a valuable contribution byrevisiting the economics of Betel Vine Cultivation in the State of Odisha.The student has soothing personality to be accepted by all and one. Hissense of humility and respect to the seniors is remarkable.

Mr. Ankeet Panda’s conduct is very good. Students are well guided bythe Institute Faculties before coming for the MTS.

Sri. Dillip SahooHead CSR, Tata Power, Odisha

Sri. Debi Prasad DashAGM, Development Policy Department - Farm Sector NABARD

Mahadev Prasad Saha during his ARS at WBSRLM

Yashwant Raj Sethia during his CSS at NABARD