SWOT ANALYSIS OF NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CONSTURCTION MANAGEMENT AND RESEARCH

BY: Avishek Dey PGP-PEM6 (2010-2012)

About NICMAR
National Institute of Construction Management and Research (NICMAR) is a leading educational Institute established by the Indian construction industry. NICMAR is an autonomous, non government, non-profit academic body, incorporated in India on September 1983 as a 'Society' and a public charitable 'Trust'. It is recognised by Government of India as a Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation - SIRO. Major academic programmes of the Institute were started with technical assistance from UNDP and academic inputs from the faculty of Loughbourgh and Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.The Institute is managed by Board of Trustees, Board of Governors and Academic Council. The Institute is situated at Balewadi, 17 kms. away from the Pune Central Railway Station and seven kms. From Pune University and the Expressway to Bangalore runs along the Institute. It has over one lakh sq.ft. Built area on 11 acre plot of land, using the latest materials and technologies having stateof-art facilities blend harmoniously with the landscaped greenery all around. Physical infrastructure of the Campus include work area for 400 support staff, classrooms, seminar rooms, tutorial rooms, faculty cabins, offices, library to hold 70,000 titles, stack areas, reference section, documentation centre, scholars cabins, computerised catalogues, inter-campus library on-line, computer centers for 50 persons each to work at a time, provision of computer on every desk and in every room in hostels with total connectivity, internet and e-mail round the clock, chartrooms, recording and transmission facilities, a guest house, a modern and well appointed kitchen with capacity to serve 1,000 meals per day, students and faculty dining rooms and staff housing units.

Strengths:
1). Started by Indian Construction industries, so its a niche institute which caters the need of construction and infrastructure industry of India. 2). Almost every year 100% placement of the students studying in NICMAR. 3). First ERP lab for construction Industry in India. 4). State of art facilities, technologies and accommodation for Students.

Weakness:
1). Curriculum is not certified by AICTE and the course is just as a certificate course not recognised as degree or diploma. 2). Very less popular in students of state like Rajasthan, Jharkhand. 3). Though the Placement is 100% but the salary packages offered by the industries varies between 5 to 8 lacks without considering of 2-5 year experience of the student, each student is treated almost equal whether he/she is fresher or experienced. 4). No research and development in the teaching methodology.

Opportunities:
1). India is developing in a very fast and exponential growth rate; the want for techno-managers is also growing in the similar fashion. 2). Students and professional of engineering (Civil, Mechanical, Electrical, chemical) back ground who want to pursue further study NICMAR is a very good option for them.

Threats:
1). Various new institutes are also opening with same courses. e.g.: Adani institute of infrastructure management, UPES. 2). Poor quality of entrance exam which in turns result in poor Quality of students that finally leads to bad impression to industry.