Off the approach road in Juhu , nestled between Vile parle and the commencement of Juhu Vile parle Scheme , stands an imposing edifice. One can safely called this street as the Education Street as its filled with Colleges, One has the Narsee Monjee College of Commerce or the NM College as its affectionately called , The Chauhan Law College , the Mithibai Collge and the Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies. The Edifice mentioned earlier is NMIMS. One of the revered Management Institutes in Mumbai and one of the well known in the Country , this Institute rubs shoulders with SP Jain and Jamnalal Bajaj working its way as 13th place in the Best Management Institutes in this country.
Spearheaded by the Kelavani Mandal Trust , this College as slowly worked its way to the top. It has all the modern amenities that a Management college must have and now it has added another feather to its feather filled cap and this feather is the biggest of them all … its is now a Deemed University , the child that once walked the streets clasping his parent’s finger has now grown only to be free … to decide on the curriculum , affiliations , course details and course fees of course. The parent in this case is the University of Mumbai which no longer dictates the courses offered by the institute.
Courses
The status of Deemed university has brought in a sea change in the course curriculum. The courses offered are strictly management oriented as why you may ask …because it’s an Institute of Managements studies. This knowledge can be learned in three ways
A full time course – One has to give the NMAT online test , following which is a grueling Group discussion and a Personal interview before you join.
A part time or an executive course – You need to have 2 years of post graduation experience in a supervisory grade in an organization and needless to say you must be employed to join this course.
Distance learning – This is a course via correspondence , there will be no lectures , one can comfortably study in the comforts of his home , but the weight age goes along with the few troubles to be undertaken.
One can major in Finance, Marketing, Mass communication, Human resource Development, Advertising or Information technology. The courses now have trimesters instead of semesters earlier. Diploma courses are too available in these fields.
Positives
The brand name of the Institute is the biggest positive point, and I dont need to mince words here … this brand though has been well earned through the years. The facilities come next , as Students here once can access the air conditioned library with its immaculate collection of books , an ideal setting for studying. The clean classrooms with comfortable chairs ( some of the chairs are not ) with cold draft flowing in to comfort the students as the experienced lecturers impart their knowledge to the students are another plus point of this institute. Need to make a project urgently and send it to all your friends in the group through email … no fret the computer lab equipped with a 2MB speed cable connection will ease your anxiety.
Academics are not the only concern of the Trust , as tie up with international food chain Pizza Hut and the Indian Coffee bar experts Café Coffee day have seen the famed tie up within the College premises. Every semester there is a festival in the college , and each group has their festivals i.e both the full time and the Executive participants.
Negatives
Lecturers are pretty good and are co operative , but alas … no institute is complete with its share of some rotten apples and I say without battling an eyelid the same exist here too.
A requirement of a simple canteen exists , and if my ears hear well , there is one underway soon. This is because I cannot eat Pizza everyday nor can I afford to have the same and wash it down with a Mochachinno everyday.
The fees are quite high , especially for the full time participants , though the facilities cover much of the payments made , alas human expectations never cease… do they ?
Verdict
Overall with all this positives and negatives NMIMS is an institute to be revered and I am proud to be a part of the same.