TA Pai Management Institute (TAPMI) will be offering a Bachelor of Business Administration Honors (BBA Honors) programme at the Bengaluru campus of Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE) from the academic year 2022-23.
The four-year programme has an exit option at the end of three years. The institute will be offering 120 seats in the first year. A valid score from IPMAT (conducted by IIM Indore), JEE or SAT exams is necessary for applying to the programme.
According to TAPMI, the focus of the BBA Honors programme is going to be on a strong and multidisciplinary academic foundation coupled with holistic development. Mentorship by the TAPMI alumni, customized career planning by a dedicated team, experiential learning through the case method, simulations, multiple internships, live projects, and strong placement support will be some of the programme’s highlights.
Every student will go through an international immersion programme currently planned in Dubai. A key aspect is the collaboration with Srishti Manipal Institute of Arts, Design and Technology to develop creativity among the students.
Madhu Veeraraghavan, Executive Director (Management Studies) of MAHE, said the BBA Honors programme at TAPMI Bengaluru will fill a void for a high-quality undergraduate management programme.
Breaking norms
With the help of the industry, the institute will prepare every student for a unique career path, breaking the normal perception that BBA degrees are just precursors to a postgraduate degree. He said, the programme will provide an outstanding learning experience with state-of-the-art Finance, Operations, and Creativity laboratories. Specialisations will be offered in finance, operations, HR, marketing, IT, analytics, strategy and entrepreneurship.
TAPMI is in discussion with partner foreign universities to facilitate direct admission for the BBA students into the master’s programme abroad. Further, a full-fledged entrepreneurship module will be offered to interested students in partnership with Manipal Incubation Center, he said.
Students interested in pursuing a PhD abroad will be encouraged to take up the research track in the Honors year and work on a research project with a foreign faculty, he said.
The Manipal-based TAPMI, which has a legacy of four decades, has over 6,000 alumni and more than 300 hundred industry partners. It is one of the seven premier b-schools in the country to achieve the double crown accreditation of AACSB (Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business) and AMBA (Association of MBAs).