Accelerated MBA in 18 months

People having special interest in their professional development sometimes don’t have enough time to leave their respective jobs to pursue higher studies that would catapult them to a higher ground. They want to minimize the time spent in pursuing full time studies. Especially for such professionals/individuals, courses allowing lateral entry are boon from the heavens.

The lateral entry program has made it possible for a professional to complete their MBA program in flat 18 months. All you need to do is fulfill certain criterions. Listed below are the eligibility criteria for a person to qualify for a Lateral Entry MBA program. The student needs to qualify for any one of these.

1. A 3-year Graduation course and a min of 3 years at a managerial/supervisory position thereafter.

2. A 3-year Graduation course with 6 month Management Diploma from an institution and a min of 1 year at a managerial / supervisory position thereafter

3. BBA / BBM from a recognized University

4. 3-year Graduation with PGDBA from AICTE recognized institution

5. For an MBA in Healthcare, a MBBS / BDS / B.PHARM / BHMS / BAMS / BUMS / BSSM/BVSc/4 year graduation in Allied Health Science / Life Science graduates from a recognized University.

Lateral Entry is also available for other programs such as MCA, BCA, etc. For more details on the Lateral Entry program, you can read our earlier blog on Lateral entry, or give us a call at 9810505801/011-43055468 for more information.

IAIT has partnered with Sikkim Manipal University, Punjab Technical University and the Karnataka State Open University to provide MCA course. There is a lateral entry option available for your benefit. Check out our website or give us a call at 9810505801/011-43055468 for more information.

India needs more Software Professionals!!

In spite of the slow down in U.S. and other world economies, there is dearth of Software professionals all over the world. The globalization has a bigger impact on the software industry then any other industry. The Software industry has achieved the highest mobility of human capital in the last 2 decades.

With all these growth opportunities in the sphere, India is placed at the right place w.r.t. to the manpower for the software industry. We churn out the highest number of Software professionals than any other country; still the IT industry seems to be at a shortage of quality software professional. There is an overwhelming flow of jobs for a software professional in the IT industry.

A very common phrase going around among the IT professionals these days is “Which companies do you have an offer from? And which one are you joining”. For good software professionals the trends have changed, it is not the company that selects these guys; they choose the company and the salary at which they want to join.

The MCA course is exclusively designed to meet the IT requirements of IT Trained Students for various organizations. The well balanced course significantly emphasizes on planning, designing and building of complex commercial application software and system software. The MCA program also places equal importance on the functional knowledge in various areas.

The fact that industries in India and abroad have been placing the MCA students on regular basis is testimony to the quality of course and its students. This is just about the right time for any person looking for a career in software to join the band wagon.

A three year MCA course is not just a postgraduate course; it is also a complete professional grooming for students for a successful career in the IT Industry. The programs thrust is on giving the students a thorough and sound background in theoretical and application-oriented courses relevant to the latest computer software development. The program also emphasizes the application of software technology to solve mathematical, computing, communications/networking and commercial problems.

IAIT has partnered with Sikkim Manipal University, Punjab Technical University and the Karnataka State Open University to provide MCA course. There is a lateral entry option available for your benefit. Check out our website or give us a call at 9810505801/011-43055468 for more information.

About Lateral Entry Into MBA

People having special interest in their professional development sometimes don’t have enough time to leave their respective jobs to pursue higher studies that would catapult them to a higher ground. They want to minimize the time spent in pursuing full time studies. Especially for such professionals/individuals, courses allowing lateral entry are boon from the heavens. It is an option that provides an opportunity for skilled individuals with proven and demonstrated subject knowledge skills to delay their entry into the respective courses and gain valuable time for their organizations and themselves.

These individuals need more time to plan their studies and would want to extract maximum growth by devoting minimum time. Offering lateral entry to these individuals can ease their life and can prove to be the most benign incentive to talented professionals.

Simply put, a lateral entry to an MBA allows a professional to delay his/her admission to the course by one semester and join directly into the second semester. This is of course, designed to provide greater flexibility if the individual clears the examinations for the first semester at a later stage. It is very easy to get lateral entry in some specific courses. Some courses have just minimal requirements built into them like having scored a minimum required marks percentage and having some specific years of experience or another minimal set of qualifications pertaining to the discipline.

Individuals who meet these requirements can take advantage of this golden opportunity and can get more time to devote to their professional and personal commitments and then get an entry into the course of your choice at a lateral stage.

The advantages are two-pronged as organizations are now required to give a lesser duration of study leave to their employees. Thanks to lateral entry programs, now-a-days organizations are willingly encouraging their employees to take a sabbatical  to study and enhance their skills and knowledge base. A win-win situation for all!

IAIT has partnered with Sikkim Manipal University, Punjab Technical University and the Karnataka State Open University to provide many MBA courses with lateral entry for your benefit. Check out our website or give us a call for information.

Soft Skills – Must for everyone

A degree from IIT and an MBA from IIM does not guarantee a person a job of his/her choice unless that person has a little something extra; something that others do not have or have it in slightly lesser in capability.

So, what is this something extra? What is it that makes a person with lesser academic percentages stand a  little bit taller than his peers?

Well the answer is pretty simple, it is Soft Skills.

Soft skills play a vital role in professional success; they help you excel in the workplace and their importance cannot be denied in this age of information and knowledge. Good soft skills, which are in fact scarce in the highly competitive corporate world helps you stand out in a milieu of routine job seekers with mediocre skills.

Many people define a good attitude as a behavioral skill that simply cannot be just plugged in. In my view, it can be developed through continuous training and mentoring. What needs to be understood is that your responsive nature is all about looking at things with the right perspective and the trainings only help you develop these skills.

Having said so much in favor of soft skills, my intention is never to undermine the importance of technical skills. It’s nearly impossible for a person to survive in the profession without sound technical skills. What I intend to challenge here is a popular myth: Technical skills and only technical skills makes a complete professional.

I firmly believe that both technical and soft skills complement each other and the balance between these two is what makes a complete professional. Now, let’s have a look at the various soft skills that make up a successful professional.

Over a series of blog posts I would highlight some key soft skills that are absolutely mandatory for any person to have if he/she wishes to climb the ladder of success in this highly competitive corporate world. In these individual posts I would delve into greater details on each of the skills.

At IAIT, we have realized that the current economic development trends are not sustainable and that public awareness, education and training are the key elements to move our society towards sustainability. Keeping in view the importance of soft skills, IAIT offers free soft skill classes every weekend for all students.

IAIT has Soft Skills trainers on board with vast experience in conducting programs for the corporate world.

Why Distance Education?

If you are a busy professional who aspires to earn higher degrees to advance your career and enrich your knowledge, distance learning is perhaps the best option for you. Without compromising on your existing schedule, you can fulfill your dream through the distance learning programs. Programs could be pursued in a self-designed way and the degrees that you will earn, are equally regarded as the campus programs.

Distance learning programs are available for almost all areas of study. Professionals can opt for the programs of their choice and earn Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees.

Courses are offered in different modes, which the student can opt for, for example a student can decide to have classes through out the week and pursue distance education like a full time course, also, in case of time crunch a student can opt for weekend classes or on a self study mode.

With some universities, courses are offered in a virtual classroom setting that could be accessed from anywhere, anytime via computer and internet connection. Prime example of such an initiative being Sikkim Manipal University (SMU), which provides all its study material online, it also employs high-end interactive tools that allows the students to chat with the instructors and peers.

Whether you are looking for a rewarding career in the vast and intriguing field of science, or in the ever growing domain of Management or in the domain of arts and humanities or you want to be a journalist or a health care administrator, you will always find a program of your choice in Distance Learning.

Several prestigious colleges and universities offer distance learning based degrees to the students. International Academy of Information Technology offers degree courses from Sikkim Manipal University, Punjab Technical University and Karnataka State Open University. A degree from these esteemed institutions will give a zing to your existing career and facilitate you to achieve your career goal.

IAIT has partnered with Sikkim Manipal University, Punjab Technical University and the Karnataka State Open University to provide many Distance Learning courses for your benefit. Check out our website or give us a call for information.

Boost Your Career – Finance

In the third part of our ongoing “Boost Your Career” series, we take a detailed look into the Financial sector and the  importance of a degree in finance to your career.

Finance — the sector most battered by the global meltdown — is making a comeback. Financial heavyweights are flexing their muscles once again on Day Zero. Names currently doing the rounds are Morgan Stanley, JP Morgan Chase, Credit Suisse, UBS, HSBC, RBS, Barclays, Bank of America — Merrill Lynch, Nomura and many more.

There are a plethora of roles and opportunities in the financial sector for the right candidate. A specialized course in finance can offer numerous possibilities and can be an effective tool to help with your promotion in an organization. Most prospective jobs for finance professionals fall within investment banks, corporations, and securities firms. Financial analysts and mangers play an important part in mergers and global financing and expansion. Highly specialized knowledge in these areas is an important asset to the financial manager and his or her employer to maximize potential profit and reduce risks. Many companies utilize globally active consulting firms exclusively for these purposes. Accounting managers working in a corporate setting perform responsibilities relating to tax reporting and management, and creating income statements inside of controller and audit groups. This career path may bring one to the positions of corporate treasurer, corporate controller, or a CFO (chief finance officer).

Job Prospects:

Areas like traditional banking with specific knowledge of leasing and derivative products, fixed income and credit derivatives hold a lot of promise for finance graduates. Opportunities for fresh graduates exist in traditional finance areas – finance departments, audit and taxation, banks, management consulting and public services – both in professional practice and industry.

Needless to say that there is a huge section of the corporate world that believes that finance professionals tend make better CEOs. Undoubtedly, competent and enterprising finance professionals are a captive requirement to keep the wheels of corporate businesses turning.

The need and necessity for financial expertise is critical for success of business and cannot be substituted. In the present market, niche finance skills are still very much sought after.

IAIT has partnered with the Sikkim Manipal University and the Karnataka State Open University to provide specialized MBA courses on finance for your benefit. Check out our website or give us a call for information.

How MBA Adds Value to Your Knowledge

After passing through whirlwind of school and college days, loads of interviews and then landing a job, many people tend to think that they have reached a saturation point where their career progress has reached a halt and growing at a very slow pace. In this competitive world, where there is an oasis of opportunities outside, they don’t feel comfortable sitting at their desk and waiting for an opportunity to knock at their door one fine day. It makes sense that we stand up and make ourselves worth grabbing the opportunities. One of the critical differences, apart from the obvious job experience, between you and your boss who is just 3-4 yrs older than you and still adding more zeroes than you in his paycheck is an MBA degree.

Importance of an MBA degree in today’s time cannot be understated. Even now-a-days, in many industries it has become essential to have MBA degree to land a good opportunity for instance in Finance or Consultancy. An MBA degree has raised the level of standards of generic qualification. It reflects that you have the capability to study at a higher level and that you are quite serious about your professional life and career growth. It brings one to the notice of Senior Management that you are capable of handling senior roles now.  Most employers allow you to move beyond a certain career stage only if you have an MBA to show.

What you learn at an MBA school goes much beyond just theoretical knowledge, rather the school equips you to handle and manage your professional and personal life effectively. MBA schools leverage standardized and time-tested curricula that have been designed to enable you to move on to the next level. Also, it is a general belief that an MBA graduate has the ability to think out of the box and is in sync with the bigger picture, which is true to a great extent.

In the modern scenario, not only acquiring knowledge, but also knowledge sharing is very crucial for success of your organization. Due to the globalization of economy, rapid growth in information technology, increase in knowledge based work and competition pressure, the concept of knowledge management has gained momentum in recent years. And a specialized course like an MBA teaches you the correct implementation of knowledge sharing at your workplace and in personal life. Through internships, assignments, group discussions and group-assignments involved in the MBA curriculum, you will learn a lot about team building, team management, and significance of organization culture. These factors tend to weigh in more than your actual knowledge on your selected subject matter sometimes.

An MBA degree fosters innovation while allowing free flow of ideas. This degree can prove to be a tool that can transform knowledge into business values and in turn push your career to greater heights.

IAIT provides distance MBA courses, in conjunction with Sikkim Manipal University, Punjab Technical University and the Karnataka State Open University. Check out our website or give us a call for information.

Career in Mass Communication and Journalism

Dabbling with the idea of pursuing a course in Mass Communications or Journalism? Here’s all you need to know about the career options and how to get started.

Journalism is concerned with collection and dissemination of news through the print media as well as the electronic media. This involves various areas of works like reporting, writing, editing, photographing, broadcasting or cable casting news items.

Journalists play a major role in the development of nation. The purpose of journalism itself is to inform and interpret, educate and enlighten the people. Journalism and Mass Communication have spread wings in many areas that compile different sections of communications and public relations. Although these fields have had a remarkable presence from a long time, the real potential of them has gained credit in the recent days. Many job opportunities have opened for students completing a mass communications course in nearly all the fields of the business and industry. A career in journalism is a prestigious profession as well as a highly paid one if you play the cards right.

The opportunities for journalists are endless and at the same time the job has become more challenging, as the new world is proving the adage that “the pen (and the camera) is mightier than the sword.” Simple reporting of events is no more sufficient, more specialization and professionalism in reporting is required. Journalists specialize in diverse areas, such as politics, finance and economics, investigation, culture and sports for newspapers and periodicals.

The syllabus of the Mass Communication field includes many interesting mediums like the television, newspaper, public relations, radio, advertisements and many more. Many universities and colleges across the world offer different fields of specialization in this field.

IAIT provides a Bachelors and Masters course in Journalism, Bachelor of Arts in Journalism and Mass Communication (BAJM) and Master of Arts in Journalism and Mass Communication (MAJM) in conjunction with Sikkim Manipal University.

If you are interested in learning more about the career options or have specific queries regarding Mass Communication and Journalism, check out our website or give us a call for information.