About R.A. Podar Institute of Management

 

In the early sixties a need for management education was felt to keep up with the changing scenario of business in India. The University of Rajasthan, Jaipur started their MBA program in the year 1968. R.A. Podar Institute of Management was then established in 1974 as a constituent unit of the university. It was the 6th B-School established in the country. R.A. Podar Institute of Management was conceived not to be purely a business school, but a school of management.

With the setting up of the institute, MBA flagship program was launched to equip the future managers for assuming higher responsibilities in performing the job more effectively and efficiently in the context of changed domestic and international business environment. As the corporate world struggles to keep up with the growing pace of globalization, R.A Podar Institute of Management catered to this enhanced need by not just keeping up with the changes but ahead of it and started its MBA CAM (Computer Aided Management) and MBA E-COM (ECommerce) in the year 2002.

The institute firmly believes in the importance of management education and the critical role today’s students play in managing the highly competitive and varied businesses of the future. Constantly upgraded course content along with ongoing interaction with the industry ensures a deeper understanding of practical problems.

The Institute has carved out a niche for itself in the field of management education amongst the leading B-Schools in India. The institute has been ranked amongst the Top-10 University Departments all over the country by Outlook survey 2006. The University of Rajasthan has been awarded A+ accreditation by NAAC in year 2004 and also it has been placed in level 1 of A+ category B-Schools in the Business India Survey.

In a nutshell, University R.A. Podar Institute of management equips the students with the skills, knowledge and analytical mindset required to identify and solve problems, effective communication skills to communicate these solutions and sufficient practical exposure to create action plans and implement these solutions.