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Brochure No.:

Admissions 2010

15-A Knowledge Park II, Greater Noida, India

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A Career Launcher Group Initiative

 IWSB is committed to promoting
socially responsible Entrepreneurial
Leadership worldwide,
through innovations in curriculum
and teaching,
and cutting-edge research.

Entrepreneurial Leadership is a moral, of the outcome. They have a

mindset. It is as relevant to a start-up
venture as to a mature business.
Entrepreneurial leaders are
transformational. They set ambitious
goals for themselves and their
organizations, and are constantly
driven by their achievement. They
keen eye for opportunities and a
healthy appetite for risk. They are
often first-movers. They relentlessly
push the boundaries of possibilities,
in their journey of realizing the
infinite potential within. They do not
hesitate to challenge conventional

Inspiring mobilize resources, opinions and thinking. They shift paradigms,

Entrepreneurial action towards the achievement of

their goals. They assume full
creating new insights and changing
the rules of the game.

Leadership responsibility, personal as well as

Entrepreneurial Leadership is what the world is looking for.

 IWSB is committed to promoting
socially responsible Entrepreneurial
Leadership worldwide,
through innovations in curriculum
and teaching,
and cutting-edge research.

Entrepreneurial Leadership is a moral, of the outcome. They have a

mindset. It is as relevant to a start-up
venture as to a mature business.
Entrepreneurial leaders are
transformational. They set ambitious
goals for themselves and their
organizations, and are constantly
driven by their achievement. They
keen eye for opportunities and a
healthy appetite for risk. They are
often first-movers. They relentlessly
push the boundaries of possibilities,
in their journey of realizing the
infinite potential within. They do not
hesitate to challenge conventional

Inspiring mobilize resources, opinions and thinking. They shift paradigms,

Entrepreneurial action towards the achievement of

their goals. They assume full
creating new insights and changing
the rules of the game.

Leadership responsibility, personal as well as

Entrepreneurial Leadership is what the world is looking for.

INDEX

CHAIRMAN’S NOTE 3
THE JOURNEY OF INFINITY, OF KNOWING THYSELF 4
THE IWSB DIFFERENCE 6
Entrepreneurial Ethos 8
A Powerful Learning Experience 8
Chairman’s Note
Collaborative Learning 9
Cross-functional Integration 9
Dear IWSB aspirant,
THE SHOULDERS OF GIANTS: FACULTY 10
As you go through this brochure, I am sure you will find a whole lot of excitement that makes you consider
IWSB Governing Board 11
IWSB as a place to further yourself towards your dreams over the next decade or more.
Facilitators Par Excellence 12
At the same time, I feel that we, as an institution, are entering a very important phase. Our first batch
Distinguished Mentors of Entrepreneurship 15 comprising young and energetic boys and girls are preparing themselves for a life after IWSB. Some of them
INFINITE OPPORTUNITIES: PLACEMENTS 16 would be re-entering the work life after a two-year study sabbatical, while the rest would get their first taste
of working lives. What is also heartwarming to note is that there are a couple of them who are choosing to
UNLIMITED POTENTIAL UNLEASHED: HANDS-ON ENTREPRENEURSHIP 20
become entrepreneurs and give shape to their ideas at the IWSB Incubation Center.
Driving the Entrepreneurial Spirit at IWSB 21
Focused on outcomes
The Business Incubation Center 22
One of the most important measures of the stature that a B-school attains is ‘Placement’. In other words, it is
Srijan – National Business Plan Competition for Incubation 23 measured by the respect that it commands in the eyes of corporate institutions and the leaders therein.
INTEGRATED WITH TOMORROW: INDUSTRY INTERACTION 24 We shall face our first litmus test shortly. We are keenly awaiting the placement season of IWSB. While we
“My Journey” – An Interactive Session with a Leader 25 shall welcome some of the marquee corporates to come and recruit from our campus, we are far more focused
on ensuring that the young and the fastest-growing 50 companies take notice of us. We shall lay our bets on
Museum of Entrepreneurial Leadership (MOEL): Celebrating the Spirit 26
the Infosys and the Google of the future. We would be keen to provide opportunities for our students in
A Platform for MSME 26 organizations where youngsters get a lot of freedom and responsibility, sooner than later. This is best achieved
Projects and Internships 26 in smaller, but fast-growing companies. You will read more about it elsewhere, too, in this brochure.

THE SEEDBED OF TOMORROW: INFRASTRUCTURE 27 Innovation is the key

THE WORLD IS YOUR PLAYGROUND: GLOBAL BUSINESS PERSPECTIVE
MANAGEMENT EDUCATION: LOOKING BEYOND
The Postgraduate Program in Management (PGPM)
Electives and Majors – Unlimited Explorations
30 We are absolutely aware, and hence driven, by the need to be original and innovative in order to get to our
goals as an institution. The intensive and modular delivery of courses against the conventional B-school
32
approach, the setting up of an active Incubation Center at an early stage itself, the nation-wide ‘Srijan’ by
33 the student body, etc., are some of the innovative steps already evident at IWSB over the past months. More
34 are in store as IWSB prepares to move into her own campus by the end of this calendar year.

PGPM Batch Profile 35 In essence, we are getting into deeper areas of our commitment to IWSB in the current year, and we look
forward to seeing you on campus after successfully going through the selection process that may seem rather
ADMISSIONS 36
rigorous for a young institution of this era.
Eligibility, Application Process, Deadlines and Fees 36
Affectionately,
LIFE ON A RAINBOW: THE JOURNEY OF INFINITY BEGINS 38
Satya Narayanan R
Chairman
Indus World School of Business
3
INDEX

CHAIRMAN’S NOTE 3
THE JOURNEY OF INFINITY, OF KNOWING THYSELF 4
THE IWSB DIFFERENCE 6
Entrepreneurial Ethos 8
A Powerful Learning Experience 8
Chairman’s Note
Collaborative Learning 9
Cross-functional Integration 9
Dear IWSB aspirant,
THE SHOULDERS OF GIANTS: FACULTY 10
As you go through this brochure, I am sure you will find a whole lot of excitement that makes you consider
IWSB Governing Board 11
IWSB as a place to further yourself towards your dreams over the next decade or more.
Facilitators Par Excellence 12
At the same time, I feel that we, as an institution, are entering a very important phase. Our first batch
Distinguished Mentors of Entrepreneurship 15 comprising young and energetic boys and girls are preparing themselves for a life after IWSB. Some of them
INFINITE OPPORTUNITIES: PLACEMENTS 16 would be re-entering the work life after a two-year study sabbatical, while the rest would get their first taste
of working lives. What is also heartwarming to note is that there are a couple of them who are choosing to
UNLIMITED POTENTIAL UNLEASHED: HANDS-ON ENTREPRENEURSHIP 20
become entrepreneurs and give shape to their ideas at the IWSB Incubation Center.
Driving the Entrepreneurial Spirit at IWSB 21
Focused on outcomes
The Business Incubation Center 22
One of the most important measures of the stature that a B-school attains is ‘Placement’. In other words, it is
Srijan – National Business Plan Competition for Incubation 23 measured by the respect that it commands in the eyes of corporate institutions and the leaders therein.
INTEGRATED WITH TOMORROW: INDUSTRY INTERACTION 24 We shall face our first litmus test shortly. We are keenly awaiting the placement season of IWSB. While we
“My Journey” – An Interactive Session with a Leader 25 shall welcome some of the marquee corporates to come and recruit from our campus, we are far more focused
on ensuring that the young and the fastest-growing 50 companies take notice of us. We shall lay our bets on
Museum of Entrepreneurial Leadership (MOEL): Celebrating the Spirit 26
the Infosys and the Google of the future. We would be keen to provide opportunities for our students in
A Platform for MSME 26 organizations where youngsters get a lot of freedom and responsibility, sooner than later. This is best achieved
Projects and Internships 26 in smaller, but fast-growing companies. You will read more about it elsewhere, too, in this brochure.

THE SEEDBED OF TOMORROW: INFRASTRUCTURE 27 Innovation is the key

THE WORLD IS YOUR PLAYGROUND: GLOBAL BUSINESS PERSPECTIVE
MANAGEMENT EDUCATION: LOOKING BEYOND
The Postgraduate Program in Management (PGPM)
Electives and Majors – Unlimited Explorations
30 We are absolutely aware, and hence driven, by the need to be original and innovative in order to get to our
goals as an institution. The intensive and modular delivery of courses against the conventional B-school
32
approach, the setting up of an active Incubation Center at an early stage itself, the nation-wide ‘Srijan’ by
33 the student body, etc., are some of the innovative steps already evident at IWSB over the past months. More
34 are in store as IWSB prepares to move into her own campus by the end of this calendar year.

PGPM Batch Profile 35 In essence, we are getting into deeper areas of our commitment to IWSB in the current year, and we look
forward to seeing you on campus after successfully going through the selection process that may seem rather
ADMISSIONS 36
rigorous for a young institution of this era.
Eligibility, Application Process, Deadlines and Fees 36
Affectionately,
LIFE ON A RAINBOW: THE JOURNEY OF INFINITY BEGINS 38
Satya Narayanan R
Chairman
Indus World School of Business
3
 “Our deepest
fear is not that we
are inadequate.
Our deepest fear is The spirit of pursuing the ‘knowledge of self ’, that
that we are infinite potential that each one of us possesses, above any

powerful beyond other pursuit is at the core of the philosophy of many

great people - Socrates, Buddha, Confucius and
measure. It is our Mahatma Gandhi.

light, not our These greats did not let convention tie them down. They

darkness, that most questioned every orthodox belief and decided

independently if it was worth following. They were great
frightens us. proponents of independence of thought, and let their
disciples arrive at the truth themselves by asking
questions that would engage them in reflection and
We ask ourselves, open dialogue.
who am I to be At IWSB, this independent approach to seeking
brilliant, gorgeous, knowledge, the questioning of conventional wisdom and
the spirit of free inquiry and exploration, forms the
talented, fabulous? bedrock of our academic philosophy.
Actually, who are The classroom at IWSB belongs to the learners in every
you not to be? sense as the faculty provokes students with relevant
questions that facilitates introspection and debate
leading to learning. You will discover the joy of a
You are a multi-dimensional learning environment that is

child of God. collaborative, innovative and engaging, an environment

that is boundary-less and intellectually stimulating.

The Journey of
Your playing As a learner at IWSB, you will be challenged everyday to
small doesn't serve know a bit more about yourself, to push your own

Infinity, of the world.” boundaries, and thereby, to enhance your understanding of

self, people, and the world of businesses and organizations.

Knowing Thyself
IWSB initiates you into a journey of realizing your
infinite potential, and this journey of knowing thyself
lasts your lifetime.

(From A RETURN TO LOVE

by Marianne Williamson)

4 5
 “Our deepest
fear is not that we
are inadequate.
Our deepest fear is The spirit of pursuing the ‘knowledge of self ’, that
that we are infinite potential that each one of us possesses, above any

powerful beyond other pursuit is at the core of the philosophy of many

great people - Socrates, Buddha, Confucius and
measure. It is our Mahatma Gandhi.

light, not our These greats did not let convention tie them down. They

darkness, that most questioned every orthodox belief and decided

independently if it was worth following. They were great
frightens us. proponents of independence of thought, and let their
disciples arrive at the truth themselves by asking
questions that would engage them in reflection and
We ask ourselves, open dialogue.
who am I to be At IWSB, this independent approach to seeking
brilliant, gorgeous, knowledge, the questioning of conventional wisdom and
the spirit of free inquiry and exploration, forms the
talented, fabulous? bedrock of our academic philosophy.
Actually, who are The classroom at IWSB belongs to the learners in every
you not to be? sense as the faculty provokes students with relevant
questions that facilitates introspection and debate
leading to learning. You will discover the joy of a
You are a multi-dimensional learning environment that is

child of God. collaborative, innovative and engaging, an environment

that is boundary-less and intellectually stimulating.

The Journey of
Your playing As a learner at IWSB, you will be challenged everyday to
small doesn't serve know a bit more about yourself, to push your own

Infinity, of the world.” boundaries, and thereby, to enhance your understanding of

self, people, and the world of businesses and organizations.

Knowing Thyself
IWSB initiates you into a journey of realizing your
infinite potential, and this journey of knowing thyself
lasts your lifetime.

(From A RETURN TO LOVE

by Marianne Williamson)

4 5
 “I used to think that
running an organization was equivalent
to conducting a symphony orchestra.
But I don't think that's quite it;
The IWSB it's more like jazz.
Difference There is more improvisation.”

Warren Bennis, pioneer in Leadership studies,

associated with the universities of Cincinnati, USC and Harvard

The world of business and management is extremely successfully negotiate the complex and fast-evolving
complex. A manager is faced with a rapidly changing business issues. Further, most tools and techniques are
environment characterized by uncertainty and factors over liable to become outdated with time.
which she has very little control. Adding to this complexity
The management programs at IWSB are based on curricula
is the phenomenon of globalization and the socio-cultural
shaped by the latest developments in the world of business
diversity of consumer markets.
practice and research, and a methodology that ensures deep
Under such a scenario, the role of a manager has become engagement and collaborative learning. The
more challenging. And the process of preparing for such a leadership-enabling outbound-learning modules and rural
role has become more difficult. Books, theories, frameworks, immersion modules expose students to challenging
tools and techniques – while being critically important for situations outside the classroom.
an MBA student – are by themselves not enough for her to
This pushes their own
boundaries in the context of
self, team, leadership,
community and society at
large. Each of these cosmic
experiences, inside and
outside, has been designed
with the singular goal of
helping our students become
learners for their lifetime.

6 Mr. Peter, an environmentalist, explaining the impact of biodiversity on economy - Outbound at Bhimtal. 7
 “I used to think that
running an organization was equivalent
to conducting a symphony orchestra.
But I don't think that's quite it;
The IWSB it's more like jazz.
Difference There is more improvisation.”

Warren Bennis, pioneer in Leadership studies,

associated with the universities of Cincinnati, USC and Harvard

The world of business and management is extremely successfully negotiate the complex and fast-evolving
complex. A manager is faced with a rapidly changing business issues. Further, most tools and techniques are
environment characterized by uncertainty and factors over liable to become outdated with time.
which she has very little control. Adding to this complexity
The management programs at IWSB are based on curricula
is the phenomenon of globalization and the socio-cultural
shaped by the latest developments in the world of business
diversity of consumer markets.
practice and research, and a methodology that ensures deep
Under such a scenario, the role of a manager has become engagement and collaborative learning. The
more challenging. And the process of preparing for such a leadership-enabling outbound-learning modules and rural
role has become more difficult. Books, theories, frameworks, immersion modules expose students to challenging
tools and techniques – while being critically important for situations outside the classroom.
an MBA student – are by themselves not enough for her to
This pushes their own
boundaries in the context of
self, team, leadership,
community and society at
large. Each of these cosmic
experiences, inside and
outside, has been designed
with the singular goal of
helping our students become
learners for their lifetime.

6 Mr. Peter, an environmentalist, explaining the impact of biodiversity on economy - Outbound at Bhimtal. 7
 Entrepreneurial Ethos
“The entrepreneur
At IWSB, entrepreneurial culture is a way of life. We have
is our visionary, embraced it whole-heartedly, and you can see it reflected in
the creator in each of us. all aspects of what we do. The entrepreneurial spirit is
embodied in our core values of Risk Taking, Openness,
We're born with that Ownership, Honesty and Commitment, and Innovation.
quality and it defines our At the core of this spirit is our commitment to foster a liberal
lives as we respond environment that encourages complete academic freedom
and open debate.
to what we see, hear, feel,
Our students love this boundary-less environment where
and experience. It is there is an informal and open relationship between them
developed, nurtured, and the members of the faculty – it redefines the role of
the latter as a friend and a facilitator. At IWSB, our
and given space students are on a first name basis with the entire faculty,
to flourish or is squelched, and even the Director.
thwarted, without air or A Powerful Learning Experience
stimulation, and dies.” At IWSB, we predominantly follow the case method. As a
participant in any of our programs in Management you
would go through hundreds of case studies – many of them
written by our faculty members, apart from the best ones
Michael Gerber
(entrepreneur, MSME guru and author) published and discussed in the Ivy League institutions.
Poli (PGP ’10) with children at the school run by students of IWSB for children of construction workers.
Cross-functional Integration
Organizational “problems” don’t come
with functional tags. More often, such
situations involve multiple functions and
sometimes run across organizational, and
even national, boundaries.
At IWSB, we emphasize your
understanding of the big picture and
adopting an integrative approach to
problem solving. You will find a number
A case discussion in progress in the class of courses in the programs being jointly
Each case study presents a unique and often complex real offered by two or more members of the faculty from different
world situation. It provides an opportunity to our students to functions. For example, a course on Mergers and
wear the hat of the decision makers and to evaluate options Acquisitions will expose you to the opportunities and
against the backdrop of conflicting priorities. It is through rationale (strategy), the pricing of the deal (finance), and
such exercises, which bring “a slice of reality” inside the the post-merger integration (change management).
classroom, that our students become adept at handling What helps further in our emphasis on cross-functional
decision situations and implementation challenges.
integration is our choice of cases. Most of the case studies
you would undertake in the program will involve
The case method is a proven approach in management
enterprise-wide issues across multiple functions.
education. Its greatest advantage is that these case studies
expose you to several years of real-life business knowledge
in the context of several organizations, in several countries
and industries, within just a few months.
Collaborative Learning
Organizational decision situations seldom require you to
work alone. In fact, most likely, you would have to work with
others in reaching decisions, and it is
important to understand the bases for
others’ views and to make room to evolve
consensus.
The case method, group projects,
seminars and our outbound programs
provide many opportunities to collaborate
and learn from each other. This becomes a
valuable experience, especially when
your class comprises participants drawn
from diverse backgrounds and
experiences. Also, it makes learning far
8 more engaging and interesting. Team building exercise on an outbound learning module 9
 Entrepreneurial Ethos
“The entrepreneur
At IWSB, entrepreneurial culture is a way of life. We have
is our visionary, embraced it whole-heartedly, and you can see it reflected in
the creator in each of us. all aspects of what we do. The entrepreneurial spirit is
embodied in our core values of Risk Taking, Openness,
We're born with that Ownership, Honesty and Commitment, and Innovation.
quality and it defines our At the core of this spirit is our commitment to foster a liberal
lives as we respond environment that encourages complete academic freedom
and open debate.
to what we see, hear, feel,
Our students love this boundary-less environment where
and experience. It is there is an informal and open relationship between them
developed, nurtured, and the members of the faculty – it redefines the role of
the latter as a friend and a facilitator. At IWSB, our
and given space students are on a first name basis with the entire faculty,
to flourish or is squelched, and even the Director.
thwarted, without air or A Powerful Learning Experience
stimulation, and dies.” At IWSB, we predominantly follow the case method. As a
participant in any of our programs in Management you
would go through hundreds of case studies – many of them
written by our faculty members, apart from the best ones
Michael Gerber
(entrepreneur, MSME guru and author) published and discussed in the Ivy League institutions.
Poli (PGP ’10) with children at the school run by students of IWSB for children of construction workers.
Cross-functional Integration
Organizational “problems” don’t come
with functional tags. More often, such
situations involve multiple functions and
sometimes run across organizational, and
even national, boundaries.
At IWSB, we emphasize your
understanding of the big picture and
adopting an integrative approach to
problem solving. You will find a number
A case discussion in progress in the class of courses in the programs being jointly
Each case study presents a unique and often complex real offered by two or more members of the faculty from different
world situation. It provides an opportunity to our students to functions. For example, a course on Mergers and
wear the hat of the decision makers and to evaluate options Acquisitions will expose you to the opportunities and
against the backdrop of conflicting priorities. It is through rationale (strategy), the pricing of the deal (finance), and
such exercises, which bring “a slice of reality” inside the the post-merger integration (change management).
classroom, that our students become adept at handling What helps further in our emphasis on cross-functional
decision situations and implementation challenges.
integration is our choice of cases. Most of the case studies
you would undertake in the program will involve
The case method is a proven approach in management
enterprise-wide issues across multiple functions.
education. Its greatest advantage is that these case studies
expose you to several years of real-life business knowledge
in the context of several organizations, in several countries
and industries, within just a few months.
Collaborative Learning
Organizational decision situations seldom require you to
work alone. In fact, most likely, you would have to work with
others in reaching decisions, and it is
important to understand the bases for
others’ views and to make room to evolve
consensus.
The case method, group projects,
seminars and our outbound programs
provide many opportunities to collaborate
and learn from each other. This becomes a
valuable experience, especially when
your class comprises participants drawn
from diverse backgrounds and
experiences. Also, it makes learning far
8 more engaging and interesting. Team building exercise on an outbound learning module 9
 Gautam Puri

“If I have GP belongs to the rare breed of people

who are gifted with an

seen further, understanding of education, as

well as business. He has had

it is by successful stints in the industry

(Hindustan Petroleum, Britannia,

standing on
VAM Organic) before taking the plunge
as an entrepreneur. While the business numbers are always
at his fingertips, GP is a teacher par excellence. At IWSB,

The the shoulders he teaches Quantitative Techniques and Operations

Shoulders of
Management. GP is an alumnus of IIM Bangalore.

of giants.” Philip Anderson

Giants:
Philip Anderson is the INSEAD
Alumni Fund Professor of
Entrepreneurship at INSEAD. He

Faculty Isaac Newton is also director of the 3i

VentureLab and director of the
Rudolf and Valeria Maag
IWSB Governing Board International Centre for

The august body that is at the helm of all the School related Entrepreneurship. He received his Ph.D. in Management of
Organizations from Columbia University. He has a wealth of
affairs and the key policy making body for the School,
experience in research and teaching in management and has
comprises some of the most eminent education, business and
been a guiding light for IWSB. He is our chief mentor and
thought leaders.
has played a vital role in shaping the curricula.
Satya Narayanan R
Sridhar Iyengar
Satya is the Chairman of the IWSB
Sridar Iyengar is associated with
Board of Governors. A true
Bessemer Venture Partners. He is
visionary, he started his career
an independent advisor to
with a brief stint at Ranbaxy,
businesses, particularly those
before realizing his dream of
operating in the US/India
being an entrepreneur. He founded
corridor. He has been active in
Career Launcher, South Asia's leading
US/India economic, business and
edu-corporate. Satya is also a certified Crestcom and NTL
social issues for the last 15 years. He serves on the Boards
trainer who has trained corporate bigwigs in leadership and
of Infosys Technologies, ICICI Bank and Rediff.com, and
management skills, besides thousands of students, teachers
other Indian and US based companies.
and corporate executives. He supports new entrepreneurial
ventures through his association with TiE. Occasionally, Sridhar makes it a point to take a couple of hours from his
he also trains the Delhi state cricket team in the area of busy schedule every couple of months to interact with
"mental preparation". students and the faculty at the IWSB campus.

Satya is an alumnus of IIM Bangalore. He anchors and

10 teaches courses on entrepreneurship at IWSB. 11
 Gautam Puri

“If I have GP belongs to the rare breed of people

who are gifted with an

seen further, understanding of education, as

well as business. He has had

it is by successful stints in the industry

(Hindustan Petroleum, Britannia,

standing on
VAM Organic) before taking the plunge
as an entrepreneur. While the business numbers are always
at his fingertips, GP is a teacher par excellence. At IWSB,

The the shoulders he teaches Quantitative Techniques and Operations

Shoulders of
Management. GP is an alumnus of IIM Bangalore.

of giants.” Philip Anderson

Giants:
Philip Anderson is the INSEAD
Alumni Fund Professor of
Entrepreneurship at INSEAD. He

Faculty Isaac Newton is also director of the 3i

VentureLab and director of the
Rudolf and Valeria Maag
IWSB Governing Board International Centre for

The august body that is at the helm of all the School related Entrepreneurship. He received his Ph.D. in Management of
Organizations from Columbia University. He has a wealth of
affairs and the key policy making body for the School,
experience in research and teaching in management and has
comprises some of the most eminent education, business and
been a guiding light for IWSB. He is our chief mentor and
thought leaders.
has played a vital role in shaping the curricula.
Satya Narayanan R
Sridhar Iyengar
Satya is the Chairman of the IWSB
Sridar Iyengar is associated with
Board of Governors. A true
Bessemer Venture Partners. He is
visionary, he started his career
an independent advisor to
with a brief stint at Ranbaxy,
businesses, particularly those
before realizing his dream of
operating in the US/India
being an entrepreneur. He founded
corridor. He has been active in
Career Launcher, South Asia's leading
US/India economic, business and
edu-corporate. Satya is also a certified Crestcom and NTL
social issues for the last 15 years. He serves on the Boards
trainer who has trained corporate bigwigs in leadership and
of Infosys Technologies, ICICI Bank and Rediff.com, and
management skills, besides thousands of students, teachers
other Indian and US based companies.
and corporate executives. He supports new entrepreneurial
ventures through his association with TiE. Occasionally, Sridhar makes it a point to take a couple of hours from his
he also trains the Delhi state cricket team in the area of busy schedule every couple of months to interact with
"mental preparation". students and the faculty at the IWSB campus.

Satya is an alumnus of IIM Bangalore. He anchors and

10 teaches courses on entrepreneurship at IWSB. 11
Facilitators Par Excellence
The faculty at IWSB combines the latest in theory with
real-world experience to provide you learning that is
unparalleled. They take a lot of pride in teaching, and
are constantly spicing up the classroom by sharing their
own stories.
Some of the best in the country, our faculty use an array
of teaching methods that span the spectrum – from case
discussions to pure lectures, and everything in between.
They are true facilitators in the learning process and will
incessantly challenge you to outperform yourself.
In keeping with our philosophy of bringing real-world
experience into the classroom, many of our faculty are
outstanding industry leaders who will share their
invaluable wisdom with you.
In 1963, Prof. Ishwar Dayal came to
teach at Indian Institute of
Management, Calcutta and later
moved to Indian Institute of
Management, Ahmedabad. In 1984,
he became the founding Director of IIM Lucknow.
Prof. Dayal has been a consultant to many large
organizations in India, such as Power Finance
Corporation, Life Insurance Corporation, Indian
Oil Corporation, Indo-Burma Petroleum, Air India,
Indian Airlines, National Thermal Power
Corporation, Mafatlal Industries, DCM, Voltas,
Bank of Baroda and others. He was the Chairman
of an 18-member committee appointed in the
year 2000 by the Ministry of Human Resource
Development to recommend on Policy Perspectives
for Management Education.
Prof. Dayal has served on the Corporate Boards of
several organizations. He was Chairman, DCM Ltd,
for two and half years, and a member of the Boards
of Bharat Electronic Ltd, Indian Oil Corporation,
National Textile Corporation, UP Roadways
Corporation and several others. He is also on the
Governing Boards of many management schools.
He has published 27 books and monographs and
over 240 papers in journals and periodicals in India
and abroad.
He is the Chairperson, Academic Council, IWSB
and guides the academic approach and delivery.
Mirza S Saiyadain
Professor Mirza S Saiyadain has been a
visiting professor at McGill University,
Canada and Universiti Sains
Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia. He was a
professor in the Personnel and Industrial
Relations area at IIM Ahmedabad for 27 years. In addition,
he has taught at the University of Kansas, USA, and the
University of Lagos, Nigeria. He is an active researcher and
consultant to various Indian organizations, UNESCO,
UNFPA, AIBD, ASBU, etc., and has coordinated many
Executive Development Programs in India and abroad.
He has authored 18 books and more than 50 research papers
in Indian and international journals.
Veeresh Sharma
Veeresh has a Ph.D. in Strategic
Management. He brings with him
28 years of industry experience and
12 years of research and teaching in
the premier B-schools of the country. He
has been a strategy consultant to more than 50 MNCs in
more than 40 countries of North America, Europe, North
Africa, Middle and Far East. His clients have included
Fortune 500 corporations, among others. Veeresh is also a
visiting faculty at MDI and FMS.
Gunjan M Sanjeev
Gunjan’s primary teaching interests
are in the areas of Corporate
Finance, Commercial Banking and
Financial Services. A passionate
teacher, she has spent over a decade in
management education. Her research areas include
efficiency measurement of the banking and other services
sectors, management of NPAs, asset liability management
and corporate finance. Gunjan has published a number of
papers in various international and national journals,
some of which have won her awards (at IIM Lucknow
and IISc Bangalore.) One of her case studies has been
accepted for publication in “Women Entrepreneurs:
Global Case Book”, being published by Oxford
12
Brookes University Press. She has conducted a number Rajkishan Nair
of Executive Development Programs in Finance, as a
Rajkishan has a combined teaching
visiting faculty at IIM Ahmedabad.
and research experience of more
than 8 years in the area of
Madhusree Mazumdar
Economics. He has been teaching at
Madhusree, a full time Professor at
the Delhi University since 1999 and
IWSB, has around 40 years of
has also worked as a Senior Economist with the
research, training and teaching
Economic Research Foundation, New Delhi. He is
experience in urban and regional
currently completing his PhD from Jawaharlal Nehru
planning and urban environmental
University, New Delhi. He is deeply interested in the
management. She has spent most of her professional life
prospects of Agribusiness, in the future of the
at the National Institute of Urban Affairs, New Delhi,
developing world, and has a fascination for
which is a think-tank for the Ministry of Urban
Developmental Economics, especially the importance
Development. She has also worked for Delhi, Lucknow,
of sustaining traditional food systems.
and Bangalore Universities. She holds a Ph.D. in
Development Studies from the Institute for Social and Raju Majumdar
Economic Change, Bangalore, with training in Inner City /
Raju has about 5 years of experience in
Urban Renewal Management and Environmental Impact
teaching and research. With a Masters
Assessment and Auditing from the Universities of degree in Economics from the
Birmingham, Bradford and Manchester in UK. University of Delhi and MFC from
She has also been a Senior Fulbright Research Scholar at Banaras Hindu University, he is
currently pursuing the Fellow Program in
the Centre for Environmental Design Research at the
Management from the Institute of Management Technology,
University of California, Berkeley and the Northeastern
Ghaziabad. His areas of interest include corporate capital
University, Boston in 1993-94. She was a consultant to
structure, financial derivatives and real options. Apart from
WHO, ADB, Rajiv Gandhi Foundation and JBIC
being an instructor of financial derivatives and security
sponsored projects.
13
Facilitators Par Excellence
The faculty at IWSB combines the latest in theory with
real-world experience to provide you learning that is
unparalleled. They take a lot of pride in teaching, and
are constantly spicing up the classroom by sharing their
own stories.
Some of the best in the country, our faculty use an array
of teaching methods that span the spectrum – from case
discussions to pure lectures, and everything in between.
They are true facilitators in the learning process and will
incessantly challenge you to outperform yourself.
In keeping with our philosophy of bringing real-world
experience into the classroom, many of our faculty are
outstanding industry leaders who will share their
invaluable wisdom with you.
In 1963, Prof. Ishwar Dayal came to
teach at Indian Institute of
Management, Calcutta and later
moved to Indian Institute of
Management, Ahmedabad. In 1984,
he became the founding Director of IIM Lucknow.
Prof. Dayal has been a consultant to many large
organizations in India, such as Power Finance
Corporation, Life Insurance Corporation, Indian
Oil Corporation, Indo-Burma Petroleum, Air India,
Indian Airlines, National Thermal Power
Corporation, Mafatlal Industries, DCM, Voltas,
Bank of Baroda and others. He was the Chairman
of an 18-member committee appointed in the
year 2000 by the Ministry of Human Resource
Development to recommend on Policy Perspectives
for Management Education.
Prof. Dayal has served on the Corporate Boards of
several organizations. He was Chairman, DCM Ltd,
for two and half years, and a member of the Boards
of Bharat Electronic Ltd, Indian Oil Corporation,
National Textile Corporation, UP Roadways
Corporation and several others. He is also on the
Governing Boards of many management schools.
He has published 27 books and monographs and
over 240 papers in journals and periodicals in India
and abroad.
He is the Chairperson, Academic Council, IWSB
and guides the academic approach and delivery.
Mirza S Saiyadain
Professor Mirza S Saiyadain has been a
visiting professor at McGill University,
Canada and Universiti Sains
Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia. He was a
professor in the Personnel and Industrial
Relations area at IIM Ahmedabad for 27 years. In addition,
he has taught at the University of Kansas, USA, and the
University of Lagos, Nigeria. He is an active researcher and
consultant to various Indian organizations, UNESCO,
UNFPA, AIBD, ASBU, etc., and has coordinated many
Executive Development Programs in India and abroad.
He has authored 18 books and more than 50 research papers
in Indian and international journals.
Veeresh Sharma
Veeresh has a Ph.D. in Strategic
Management. He brings with him
28 years of industry experience and
12 years of research and teaching in
the premier B-schools of the country. He
has been a strategy consultant to more than 50 MNCs in
more than 40 countries of North America, Europe, North
Africa, Middle and Far East. His clients have included
Fortune 500 corporations, among others. Veeresh is also a
visiting faculty at MDI and FMS.
Gunjan M Sanjeev
Gunjan’s primary teaching interests
are in the areas of Corporate
Finance, Commercial Banking and
Financial Services. A passionate
teacher, she has spent over a decade in
management education. Her research areas include
efficiency measurement of the banking and other services
sectors, management of NPAs, asset liability management
and corporate finance. Gunjan has published a number of
papers in various international and national journals,
some of which have won her awards (at IIM Lucknow
and IISc Bangalore.) One of her case studies has been
accepted for publication in “Women Entrepreneurs:
Global Case Book”, being published by Oxford
12
Brookes University Press. She has conducted a number Rajkishan Nair
of Executive Development Programs in Finance, as a
Rajkishan has a combined teaching
visiting faculty at IIM Ahmedabad.
and research experience of more
than 8 years in the area of
Madhusree Mazumdar
Economics. He has been teaching at
Madhusree, a full time Professor at
the Delhi University since 1999 and
IWSB, has around 40 years of
has also worked as a Senior Economist with the
research, training and teaching
Economic Research Foundation, New Delhi. He is
experience in urban and regional
currently completing his PhD from Jawaharlal Nehru
planning and urban environmental
University, New Delhi. He is deeply interested in the
management. She has spent most of her professional life
prospects of Agribusiness, in the future of the
at the National Institute of Urban Affairs, New Delhi,
developing world, and has a fascination for
which is a think-tank for the Ministry of Urban
Developmental Economics, especially the importance
Development. She has also worked for Delhi, Lucknow,
of sustaining traditional food systems.
and Bangalore Universities. She holds a Ph.D. in
Development Studies from the Institute for Social and Raju Majumdar
Economic Change, Bangalore, with training in Inner City /
Raju has about 5 years of experience in
Urban Renewal Management and Environmental Impact
teaching and research. With a Masters
Assessment and Auditing from the Universities of degree in Economics from the
Birmingham, Bradford and Manchester in UK. University of Delhi and MFC from
She has also been a Senior Fulbright Research Scholar at Banaras Hindu University, he is
currently pursuing the Fellow Program in
the Centre for Environmental Design Research at the
Management from the Institute of Management Technology,
University of California, Berkeley and the Northeastern
Ghaziabad. His areas of interest include corporate capital
University, Boston in 1993-94. She was a consultant to
structure, financial derivatives and real options. Apart from
WHO, ADB, Rajiv Gandhi Foundation and JBIC
being an instructor of financial derivatives and security
sponsored projects.
13
analysis, he has published five research papers in reputed
Indian journals. In his last assignment with the Society for
Development Studies, he developed a Hedonic Price Model
for house prices for the cities of Mumbai and Coimbatore.
Somonnoy Ghosh
Shom is the quintessential Operations
and Decision Sciences man. He has an
experience of 15 years, both in
industry and education. Of these, he
has spent seven years working with
Maruti Udyog in its Vendor Development and Supply Chain
functions. Shom has a passion for Operations Management.
He is an alumnus of IIT Kanpur and IIM Lucknow
Sunil Joshi
Sunil is a senior banking professional
with extensive experience of more than
27 years in International and
Domestic Banking, and academics. He
has worked with Punjab National Bank,
ICICI Bank and Meadow Bank at Auckland in New Zealand.
The focus of his specialization has been Credit Appraisal,
International Finance, Trade Finance and Banking. He has
worked as Deputy Director (Centre for Retail Management)
with FDDI, an autonomous society of the Government of
India under the Ministry of Commerce. There he started an
MBA program in retail management. He has also been a
visiting professor at various business schools, including
SP Jain Institute of Management, Mumbai, where he was
banking, media & entertainment, manufacturing and
consulting. He has been associated with global consulting
firms in the areas of strategy management and has worked
as a consultant with numerous organizations in India and
overseas. His long-standing interest in academics has led
him to join IWSB as a faculty member in Strategy
Management and International Business. He has a PGDM
from IIM Lucknow preceded by BA Economics (Hons)
from Panjab University, Chandigarh.
R Sreenivasan
A through and through peoples' man,
Sreeni defies the stereotype of an
MBA professor in every sense of the
term. If there is one word to describe
him, it is "creative." With nearly two
decades of experience with organizations such as TCS, Sony
Corp and Career Launcher, Sreeni brings to IWSB a rich
blend of excellent people-related skills and unorthodox
pedagogy that draw heavily from the arts and theatre. His
classes on Leadership and Innovation can make you
discover strengths about yourself that you never knew you
had. He is an alumnus of IIM Bangalore.
Sujit Bhattacharyya
A quintessential technologist, Sujit
brings in world-class leadership to
IWSB. With his experience in Silicon
Valley and India, IWSB is poised to
become an applied laboratory to develop
Some of the Distinguished Mentors of
Entrepreneurship
There has been enough debate on whether entrepreneurship
can be taught in classrooms. Our belief is that it can
certainly be learned in a classroom setting, especially when
“taught” by some of the best entrepreneurs who have
traveled the distance themselves.
IWSB draws upon distinguished members from the industry
as guest and visiting faculty from time to time, besides the
eminent faculty on board.
Sanjeev Bikhchandani
(CEO, Info Edge – naukri.com, jeevansaathi.com,
99acres.com)
Sanjeev, a St. Stephen’s and IIM-A
alumnus, is the Co-Founder and
Chief Executive Officer of Info
Edge, India’s leading internet
classifieds company. Info Edge
owns and runs naukri.com,
jeevansathi.com, 99acres.com,
naukrigulf.com and Quadrangle. An entrepreneur since
1990, he has also worked in marketing at Glaxo SmithKline
(then HMM) and in advertising at Lintas.
Mahesh Murthy
(Founder, Pinstorm)
Mahesh is a well-known entrepreneur
Shantanu Prakash
(Founder, Educomp Solutions Limited)
Shantanu Prakash founded Educomp,
India’s first school-centric
education solutions company in
1995, a few years after his MBA
from IIM, Ahmedabad. His vision
has been to transform the
teaching-learning process through the use of technology.
Shantanu is also a member of the Board of Globio, USA,
which focuses on the area of bio-diversity education, and the
founder of Education Quality Foundation of India ( EQFI).
Numerous other distinguished mentors with vast
entrepreneurial experience facilitate our students from time
to time. IWSB also draws strength from the larger Career
Launcher entrepreneurial family that includes Niraj Prasad,
Abhinav Garg, S C Bagla, Amit Mittal, Ajesh kamania,
Santosh Kumar, Naveen Saraf, Anand P A and many more.
Each mentor is an alumnus of the best of B-Schools
in India and abroad and is known for outstanding
mentoring capability.
“To know
how to suggest

is the great art

invited to take up a one-week capsule course on Retail real-world technology solutions, in addition to delivering
and investor. He has founded a
Banking for their MBA students at Singapore. Presently, he high quality systems education. Sujit is an alumnus of IIT
number of successful ventures

is working as a professor at IWSB in the area of
International Finance.
Sunil Sangra
Sunil has 20 years of multi-sector
corporate experience in diverse roles
and functions including finance,
marketing, strategy management,
corporate performance management and
business development both as an employee and as a
consultant. He has worked across sectors, including
of teaching.”
Kharagpur and IIM Bangalore.
including Pinstorm and Passion
Nikhil Mahajan Fund, and is a Managing Partner at
Seedfund. He loves traveling and
Nikhil brings in over two decades of
trekking, and has been a regular columnist. He is also a
corporate work experience in the
visiting faculty at INSEAD.
areas of strategy, corporate finance,
Henri Frederic Amiel
investments, mergers and acquisitions
and corporate leadership. Apart from
being the MD of Career Laucher, he has held leadership
positions in manufacturing, finance and consulting verticals.
He is an alumnus of IT-BHU and IIM Bangalore. 14 15
analysis, he has published five research papers in reputed
Indian journals. In his last assignment with the Society for
Development Studies, he developed a Hedonic Price Model
for house prices for the cities of Mumbai and Coimbatore.
Somonnoy Ghosh
Shom is the quintessential Operations
and Decision Sciences man. He has an
experience of 15 years, both in
industry and education. Of these, he
has spent seven years working with
Maruti Udyog in its Vendor Development and Supply Chain
functions. Shom has a passion for Operations Management.
He is an alumnus of IIT Kanpur and IIM Lucknow
Sunil Joshi
Sunil is a senior banking professional
with extensive experience of more than
27 years in International and
Domestic Banking, and academics. He
has worked with Punjab National Bank,
ICICI Bank and Meadow Bank at Auckland in New Zealand.
The focus of his specialization has been Credit Appraisal,
International Finance, Trade Finance and Banking. He has
worked as Deputy Director (Centre for Retail Management)
with FDDI, an autonomous society of the Government of
India under the Ministry of Commerce. There he started an
MBA program in retail management. He has also been a
visiting professor at various business schools, including
SP Jain Institute of Management, Mumbai, where he was
banking, media & entertainment, manufacturing and
consulting. He has been associated with global consulting
firms in the areas of strategy management and has worked
as a consultant with numerous organizations in India and
overseas. His long-standing interest in academics has led
him to join IWSB as a faculty member in Strategy
Management and International Business. He has a PGDM
from IIM Lucknow preceded by BA Economics (Hons)
from Panjab University, Chandigarh.
R Sreenivasan
A through and through peoples' man,
Sreeni defies the stereotype of an
MBA professor in every sense of the
term. If there is one word to describe
him, it is "creative." With nearly two
decades of experience with organizations such as TCS, Sony
Corp and Career Launcher, Sreeni brings to IWSB a rich
blend of excellent people-related skills and unorthodox
pedagogy that draw heavily from the arts and theatre. His
classes on Leadership and Innovation can make you
discover strengths about yourself that you never knew you
had. He is an alumnus of IIM Bangalore.
Sujit Bhattacharyya
A quintessential technologist, Sujit
brings in world-class leadership to
IWSB. With his experience in Silicon
Valley and India, IWSB is poised to
become an applied laboratory to develop
Some of the Distinguished Mentors of
Entrepreneurship
There has been enough debate on whether entrepreneurship
can be taught in classrooms. Our belief is that it can
certainly be learned in a classroom setting, especially when
“taught” by some of the best entrepreneurs who have
traveled the distance themselves.
IWSB draws upon distinguished members from the industry
as guest and visiting faculty from time to time, besides the
eminent faculty on board.
Sanjeev Bikhchandani
(CEO, Info Edge – naukri.com, jeevansaathi.com,
99acres.com)
Sanjeev, a St. Stephen’s and IIM-A
alumnus, is the Co-Founder and
Chief Executive Officer of Info
Edge, India’s leading internet
classifieds company. Info Edge
owns and runs naukri.com,
jeevansathi.com, 99acres.com,
naukrigulf.com and Quadrangle. An entrepreneur since
1990, he has also worked in marketing at Glaxo SmithKline
(then HMM) and in advertising at Lintas.
Mahesh Murthy
(Founder, Pinstorm)
Mahesh is a well-known entrepreneur
Shantanu Prakash
(Founder, Educomp Solutions Limited)
Shantanu Prakash founded Educomp,
India’s first school-centric
education solutions company in
1995, a few years after his MBA
from IIM, Ahmedabad. His vision
has been to transform the
teaching-learning process through the use of technology.
Shantanu is also a member of the Board of Globio, USA,
which focuses on the area of bio-diversity education, and the
founder of Education Quality Foundation of India ( EQFI).
Numerous other distinguished mentors with vast
entrepreneurial experience facilitate our students from time
to time. IWSB also draws strength from the larger Career
Launcher entrepreneurial family that includes Niraj Prasad,
Abhinav Garg, S C Bagla, Amit Mittal, Ajesh kamania,
Santosh Kumar, Naveen Saraf, Anand P A and many more.
Each mentor is an alumnus of the best of B-Schools
in India and abroad and is known for outstanding
mentoring capability.
“To know
how to suggest

is the great art

invited to take up a one-week capsule course on Retail real-world technology solutions, in addition to delivering
and investor. He has founded a
Banking for their MBA students at Singapore. Presently, he high quality systems education. Sujit is an alumnus of IIT
number of successful ventures

is working as a professor at IWSB in the area of
International Finance.
Sunil Sangra
Sunil has 20 years of multi-sector
corporate experience in diverse roles
and functions including finance,
marketing, strategy management,
corporate performance management and
business development both as an employee and as a
consultant. He has worked across sectors, including
of teaching.”
Kharagpur and IIM Bangalore.
including Pinstorm and Passion
Nikhil Mahajan Fund, and is a Managing Partner at
Seedfund. He loves traveling and
Nikhil brings in over two decades of
trekking, and has been a regular columnist. He is also a
corporate work experience in the
visiting faculty at INSEAD.
areas of strategy, corporate finance,
Henri Frederic Amiel
investments, mergers and acquisitions
and corporate leadership. Apart from
being the MD of Career Laucher, he has held leadership
positions in manufacturing, finance and consulting verticals.
He is an alumnus of IT-BHU and IIM Bangalore. 14 15
 “We believe in placing
Infinite IWSBians in the fastest growing companies.
Opportunities: They will find nirvana of both kinds –
Placements job-satisfaction and wealth creation
for themselves.”

Satya, Chairman, IWSB

We believe that one of the fundamental expectations
that a management school aspirant has pertains to his or
her ‘placement’. Any B-school that hopes to build a long
term reputation must earn respect in the boardrooms of
the largest and the smartest companies. IWSB started
with that advantage on day one.
Needless to say, IWSB enjoys industry and corporate
relations that would be the envy of the best of business
schools, thanks to the long-standing reputation and
relationships that the founders and the faculty of IWSB
have. For instance, Prof Ishwar Dayal founded or held
positions in three of the first six IIMs in India and his
industry relationships are 40 years old. Many of his
pupils are now CEO’s of large corporations.
Similarly, Career Launcher (the sponsoring organization of
IWSB), with a few dozen alumni from the IIMs and top
16 B-schools, and the faculty of IWSB are all noted
individuals with immense reputation and years of
corporate experience. They tap into their vast alumni and
corporate networks to give unmatched value to the
students at IWSB.
While we welcome large companies to come and recruit
from our campus, as an institution we focus on building a
strong reputation for supporting young and fast-growing
companies in India, or elsewhere as a part of our
placement process.
There are dozens of such young companies that will be
large corporations within a 10-year time horizon. In other
words, we are focused on the organizations that are today
like Infosys, Google, ICICI and Airtel were in 1995 or
1999: they were small and entrepreneurial, and the
youngsters who grew with those companies have gone on
to become the top most leaders in a decade’s time.
17
 “We believe in placing
Infinite IWSBians in the fastest growing companies.
Opportunities: They will find nirvana of both kinds –
Placements job-satisfaction and wealth creation
for themselves.”

Satya, Chairman, IWSB

We believe that one of the fundamental expectations
that a management school aspirant has pertains to his or
her ‘placement’. Any B-school that hopes to build a long
term reputation must earn respect in the boardrooms of
the largest and the smartest companies. IWSB started
with that advantage on day one.
Needless to say, IWSB enjoys industry and corporate
relations that would be the envy of the best of business
schools, thanks to the long-standing reputation and
relationships that the founders and the faculty of IWSB
have. For instance, Prof Ishwar Dayal founded or held
positions in three of the first six IIMs in India and his
industry relationships are 40 years old. Many of his
pupils are now CEO’s of large corporations.
Similarly, Career Launcher (the sponsoring organization of
IWSB), with a few dozen alumni from the IIMs and top
16 B-schools, and the faculty of IWSB are all noted
individuals with immense reputation and years of
corporate experience. They tap into their vast alumni and
corporate networks to give unmatched value to the
students at IWSB.
While we welcome large companies to come and recruit
from our campus, as an institution we focus on building a
strong reputation for supporting young and fast-growing
companies in India, or elsewhere as a part of our
placement process.
There are dozens of such young companies that will be
large corporations within a 10-year time horizon. In other
words, we are focused on the organizations that are today
like Infosys, Google, ICICI and Airtel were in 1995 or
1999: they were small and entrepreneurial, and the
youngsters who grew with those companies have gone on
to become the top most leaders in a decade’s time.
17

Companies that have picked students
during summer placements, or have
shown keenness to be involved with the
school’s activities, including placements.
In today’s context, some examples of such companies
would be Infoedge, Su-kam, Educomp, ValueFirst,
Sula Wines, Career Launcher, Indiagames,
Indiabulls, UTV, and so on. Some of these have
already moved from being unknown entities to
having billion dollar valuations.
Many more are in the making. We believe that our
alumni would make a huge difference to these
companies and find ‘nirvana’ of both kinds – huge
job satisfaction in the freer entrepreneurial
environment, as well as wealth creation for
themselves through stocks, etc. The Center for
Career Services of IWSB works with students to
profile them, match their interests and aptitude with
possible placement opportunities to arrive at
more meaningful and enduring placements for
our students.
In the very first year of its existence, IWSB has
been able to place its students during the summer
as interns with handsome stipends, in some of the
world’s leading as well as fastest growing
companies; in areas as diverse as education,
technology, varied media, consulting, retail,
logistics, varied financial markets, digital
marketing, advertising, automobile, luxury goods,
celebrity management, beverages, commodities and
white goods and developmental sectors.
Students’ Experiences
“Kirusa exposed me to cutting-edge marketing - market
research, customer interaction and applying service
marketing in traffic growth directions. Reported to the VP,
handling a team. Ambitious project with stringent timelines
with major clients. Delivering exceptional results provided
immense confidence which I will take forth. At the end of
my project, Kirusa wanted to have the Director of IWSB on
their advisory board.”
– Navdeep Dalal
“My internship at Globosport helped me realize what I want
to focus on in the near future. It enabled me to learn and
experience the various facets of the sports management
industry.”
- Lal Muanpuia Sailo
“My stint at Outlook helped me understand management
beyond the classroom. Interacting with media experts and
clients across regions exposed me to behaviour, expectations
and cultural differences.”
– Diksha Rawat
“My internship at Jivox taught me that my work needs to be
my favourite hobby. Work should reflect a part of your
personality and that will happen only when you and the
Corporate Reactions
“IWSB students delivered well on their summer project
which was aimed at confirming a few of our hypotheses on a
new market opportunity we are exploring. The project was
deliberately left unstructured, because we wanted an
unbiased view on our hypothesis. This posed a greater
challenge for the students and I was glad to see that they
were highly motivated and persistent and did a good job.”
- Arindam Bhattacherjee,
Head- Corporate Planning, Emerson - India Region
(Emerson is a $25 billion US company with an India
operation of about $500mn)
“IWSB students did a good job on a challenging consumer
behaviour research project for some of our up-market and
niche magazine brands.”
Shrutika Dewan, Brand Manager, Outlook India
“Mansi was very quick on the uptake in analyzing and
understanding the industry we operate in.”
- Preet Dhupar, BBC India
“Sahil has been an enormous resource and made
outstanding contributions in our initiatives for branding and
advertising.”
- Manik Kubba, Educomp Ltd

people around you are having fun. Success is not business

suits, a super computer and globe-trotting. It is colours,
creativity and thinking beyond borders and patterns.”
“We are moving
– Vibha Hegde from being a managerial
society to an
“My internship at the MNC APL was a great learning
Luxury Hues experience; reporting to the GM, who has vast knowledge
entrepreneurial society.”
and deep insight into the industry and meeting clients
including many MDs and CEOs to pitch how we can add
value to their business, was terrific.”
John Naisbitt
– Mayank Joshi
18 19

Companies that have picked students
during summer placements, or have
shown keenness to be involved with the
school’s activities, including placements.
In today’s context, some examples of such companies
would be Infoedge, Su-kam, Educomp, ValueFirst,
Sula Wines, Career Launcher, Indiagames,
Indiabulls, UTV, and so on. Some of these have
already moved from being unknown entities to
having billion dollar valuations.
Many more are in the making. We believe that our
alumni would make a huge difference to these
companies and find ‘nirvana’ of both kinds – huge
job satisfaction in the freer entrepreneurial
environment, as well as wealth creation for
themselves through stocks, etc. The Center for
Career Services of IWSB works with students to
profile them, match their interests and aptitude with
possible placement opportunities to arrive at
more meaningful and enduring placements for
our students.
In the very first year of its existence, IWSB has
been able to place its students during the summer
as interns with handsome stipends, in some of the
world’s leading as well as fastest growing
companies; in areas as diverse as education,
technology, varied media, consulting, retail,
logistics, varied financial markets, digital
marketing, advertising, automobile, luxury goods,
celebrity management, beverages, commodities and
white goods and developmental sectors.
Students’ Experiences
“Kirusa exposed me to cutting-edge marketing - market
research, customer interaction and applying service
marketing in traffic growth directions. Reported to the VP,
handling a team. Ambitious project with stringent timelines
with major clients. Delivering exceptional results provided
immense confidence which I will take forth. At the end of
my project, Kirusa wanted to have the Director of IWSB on
their advisory board.”
– Navdeep Dalal
“My internship at Globosport helped me realize what I want
to focus on in the near future. It enabled me to learn and
experience the various facets of the sports management
industry.”
- Lal Muanpuia Sailo
“My stint at Outlook helped me understand management
beyond the classroom. Interacting with media experts and
clients across regions exposed me to behaviour, expectations
and cultural differences.”
– Diksha Rawat
“My internship at Jivox taught me that my work needs to be
my favourite hobby. Work should reflect a part of your
personality and that will happen only when you and the
Corporate Reactions
“IWSB students delivered well on their summer project
which was aimed at confirming a few of our hypotheses on a
new market opportunity we are exploring. The project was
deliberately left unstructured, because we wanted an
unbiased view on our hypothesis. This posed a greater
challenge for the students and I was glad to see that they
were highly motivated and persistent and did a good job.”
- Arindam Bhattacherjee,
Head- Corporate Planning, Emerson - India Region
(Emerson is a $25 billion US company with an India
operation of about $500mn)
“IWSB students did a good job on a challenging consumer
behaviour research project for some of our up-market and
niche magazine brands.”
Shrutika Dewan, Brand Manager, Outlook India
“Mansi was very quick on the uptake in analyzing and
understanding the industry we operate in.”
- Preet Dhupar, BBC India
“Sahil has been an enormous resource and made
outstanding contributions in our initiatives for branding and
advertising.”
- Manik Kubba, Educomp Ltd

people around you are having fun. Success is not business

suits, a super computer and globe-trotting. It is colours,
creativity and thinking beyond borders and patterns.”
“We are moving
– Vibha Hegde from being a managerial
society to an
“My internship at the MNC APL was a great learning
Luxury Hues experience; reporting to the GM, who has vast knowledge
entrepreneurial society.”
and deep insight into the industry and meeting clients
including many MDs and CEOs to pitch how we can add
value to their business, was terrific.”
John Naisbitt
– Mayank Joshi
18 19
 IWSB’s “Center for
Inspiring Entrepreneurial
“The challenges faced
Leadership” has been
rated by National Entrepreneurship Network
by the neighbourhood
as one of the top seven matured E-Cells in grocery store and
India along with a couple of IITs, IIMs and
BITS-Pilani, and also as the fastest growing Mr. Sunil Bharti Mittal
E-cell in the country.
of AIRTEL
IWSB, in her eventual avatar would be known for a single
word – Entrepreneurship. We will measure ourselves with are no different,
the metrics of:

- How many entrepreneurs have been successfully except for the scale.”
incubated at IWSB?

Unlimited
- How many entrepreneurs have got funded on campus /
through our incubation centre?

PotentialUnleashed: - How many of the companies that go for IPO in a decade – Sridhar Iyengar,
have IWSB alumni as founders / co-founders? Board member, IWSB, Infosys,
Rediff, ICICI was addressing

Hands-on
- How many of our alumni have turned social
the students of IWSB
entrepreneurs championing a larger cause and are

Entrepreneurship
celebrated by society?
b. On the ground movement participations such as
This journey has already commenced with four students of
‘Shodyatras’, which are excursions into the interiors of the
IWSB, in its very first year of existence, launching their
country to help us get to the goal of contributing
start ups. Each of them started putting the blueprint of their
significantly to the entrepreneurship movement in India.
idea into action during the summer, while their batchmates
Greater Noida and a few taluqs of Aligarh district have been
were heading to corporations for their summer internships.
locations of IWSB’s involvement during the previous year.
Their endeavors ranged from creating an outfit for promoting
organic farming in Aligarh district of Uttar Pradesh, setting c. An active Incubation Center and annual mega events like

up a food processing plant in the outskirts of Assam, to ‘Srijan’ – a national business plan competition. Four

creating a venture in the commercialization sector with students have turned entrepreneurs, six business plans are

a focus on grassroots innovations. All of them have being incubated.

found endorsers for their ideas from the industry and

the government.

Driving the entrepreneurial spirit at IWSB

At IWSB, we have a multiple strategy approach –

a. Micro-entrepreneurship projects, where students choose

to work with different entrepreneurs from the IWSB
eco-system – a grocer, beautician, restaurant, an NGO
etc. for hands-on learning.
20 Shodhyatra 21
Facing page: Outbound learning
 IWSB’s “Center for
Inspiring Entrepreneurial
“The challenges faced
Leadership” has been
rated by National Entrepreneurship Network
by the neighbourhood
as one of the top seven matured E-Cells in grocery store and
India along with a couple of IITs, IIMs and
BITS-Pilani, and also as the fastest growing Mr. Sunil Bharti Mittal
E-cell in the country.
of AIRTEL
IWSB, in her eventual avatar would be known for a single
word – Entrepreneurship. We will measure ourselves with are no different,
the metrics of:

- How many entrepreneurs have been successfully except for the scale.”
incubated at IWSB?

Unlimited
- How many entrepreneurs have got funded on campus /
through our incubation centre?

PotentialUnleashed: - How many of the companies that go for IPO in a decade – Sridhar Iyengar,
have IWSB alumni as founders / co-founders? Board member, IWSB, Infosys,
Rediff, ICICI was addressing

Hands-on
- How many of our alumni have turned social
the students of IWSB
entrepreneurs championing a larger cause and are

Entrepreneurship
celebrated by society?
b. On the ground movement participations such as
This journey has already commenced with four students of
‘Shodyatras’, which are excursions into the interiors of the
IWSB, in its very first year of existence, launching their
country to help us get to the goal of contributing
start ups. Each of them started putting the blueprint of their
significantly to the entrepreneurship movement in India.
idea into action during the summer, while their batchmates
Greater Noida and a few taluqs of Aligarh district have been
were heading to corporations for their summer internships.
locations of IWSB’s involvement during the previous year.
Their endeavors ranged from creating an outfit for promoting
organic farming in Aligarh district of Uttar Pradesh, setting c. An active Incubation Center and annual mega events like

up a food processing plant in the outskirts of Assam, to ‘Srijan’ – a national business plan competition. Four

creating a venture in the commercialization sector with students have turned entrepreneurs, six business plans are

a focus on grassroots innovations. All of them have being incubated.

found endorsers for their ideas from the industry and

the government.

Driving the entrepreneurial spirit at IWSB

At IWSB, we have a multiple strategy approach –

a. Micro-entrepreneurship projects, where students choose

to work with different entrepreneurs from the IWSB
eco-system – a grocer, beautician, restaurant, an NGO
etc. for hands-on learning.
20 Shodhyatra 21
Facing page: Outbound learning
Budding Entrepreneurs Speak
“During the summer, I worked on my own
venture SRISTI Herbal Agro Solutions
(incubated at IWSB)– an organic farming
endeavor. I am really enjoying the
challenges that go with creating an
organization / movement. I am looking
forward to making this movement grow.”
– Vipresh Sharma; National Innovation Foundation,
SRISTI are supporting his endeavours
an opportunity. Our in-house entrepreneurship development
program will provide you with unparalleled help and
support in your initiative.
The Business Incubation Center
Business Incubation Center conceived Srijan as a yearly
activity to foster an entrepreneurial society in our country.
The event is open to all Indian nationals who have a serious
business idea which they are hungry to pursue.
“What I liked most
about Srijan was
its unconventional approach
Srijan ’09–National Business Plan Competition
for Incubation
Srijan’09 was the first platform to provide a springboard to
numerous entrepreneurial ideas from across the country.
The winning start-up ideas of the day began their
entrepreneurial journey to becoming an enterprise in reality.
For more responses from the corporate sector on Srijan ’09,
check out www.iwsb.in
Achievements and recognitions of Srijan ’09
• Reached a few lakh entrepreneurial youth

• 240 entries shortlisted in the 1st round

Renaissance Consulting - my start-up;
(incubated at IWSB)
“I am working on my own entrepreneurial
idea of starting a venture on innovation
commercialization with a focus on grassroots
innovations; We bagged a prestigious project,
Raunaq Singh Innovation Grid, from CII.
Starting a venture from scratch, forming a
core team, registering the firm, dealing with
government departments, finding an
affordable place for the office, negotiating
with several vendors for projects with a team
of two people: there can't be a more learning,
adventurous, thrilling experience in the
3 months summer of my PGPM course.
I am continuing my venture these days and
will be opting out of final placements to
take it further.”
Srijan, final preparations
The Business Incubation Center at IWSB will provide
plan-to-startup support services for your venture. The center
has a corpus of US$ 1 million that provides initial
investment for promising ventures.
Hatch an idea that seizes on a business opportunity. Create
a business plan with methodical analysis, planning and
mobilization of resources. Put together a team. Convince the
panel about your idea. You may be on your way to be
Even not so educated talents
mentored by star entrepreneurs who have built successful
enterprises - Sanjeev Bikhchandani (Naukri.com), Shantanu
Prakash (Educomp), Gopal Jain (Gaja Capital), Mahesh
Murthy (Pinstorm), Vishwadeep Bajaj (ValueFirst), or Satya
(Career Launcher).
to encourage budding
• Six winners are going through the pre-incubation
entrepreneurs. process. Three of them have already started operations
Young men & women from • Srijan ’09 winners were selected for nomination by CII
to the Rolex International Entrepreneurship Award
‘not so front running’
• Another winner - Renaissance – signed up with CII for
institutes coming up the CII National Innovation Grid Project.
with bright ideas which We are indebted to a galaxy of eminent persons, including
founders and CEOs from industry and academia who graced
IWSB promises to nurture. the panels of Srijan ’09 during the regional and final rounds.
- Industry giants - CII, TATA Steel, TQMS, HSBC, KPMG,
IBM, Reliance Money, Syntel, CISCO, Naukri.com,
with ideas which promise Pinstorm, Value First, Career Launcher
to make a difference - Government departments - DST, DHFW, Bharat
Dynamics
were encouraged, - Non-Profit Organisations - NIF, Ashoka Foundation,
which is definitely DRCSC

- Professors from IITs, IIMs, IISc

– Jaydeep Mandal; CII, NIF, DST
a right step to encourage
have come forward with support. - Global entrepreneurship promotion organizations - TIE,
Do check out entrepreneurial talents.” SIFE, NEN, GEN

http://www.iwsb.in/index.php/student-activities/ and - Venture Capital firms - Seedfund, Helion Ventures; as

http://www.youtube.com/user/iwsbindia, to know more and well as first generation entrepreneurs
see all that we have already done in the past year or so.

One unique attribute of your experience at IWSB is that you

might be able to start your own venture while still being a
-Pradeep. K. Mukherjee,
Head - IT, TATA Steel
student here. In no other B-school in India will you get such The participants with the panel of judges
22 23
Budding Entrepreneurs Speak
“During the summer, I worked on my own
venture SRISTI Herbal Agro Solutions
(incubated at IWSB)– an organic farming
endeavor. I am really enjoying the
challenges that go with creating an
organization / movement. I am looking
forward to making this movement grow.”
– Vipresh Sharma; National Innovation Foundation,
SRISTI are supporting his endeavours
an opportunity. Our in-house entrepreneurship development
program will provide you with unparalleled help and
support in your initiative.
The Business Incubation Center
Business Incubation Center conceived Srijan as a yearly
activity to foster an entrepreneurial society in our country.
The event is open to all Indian nationals who have a serious
business idea which they are hungry to pursue.
“What I liked most
about Srijan was
its unconventional approach
Srijan ’09–National Business Plan Competition
for Incubation
Srijan’09 was the first platform to provide a springboard to
numerous entrepreneurial ideas from across the country.
The winning start-up ideas of the day began their
entrepreneurial journey to becoming an enterprise in reality.
For more responses from the corporate sector on Srijan ’09,
check out www.iwsb.in
Achievements and recognitions of Srijan ’09
• Reached a few lakh entrepreneurial youth

• 240 entries shortlisted in the 1st round

Renaissance Consulting - my start-up;
(incubated at IWSB)
“I am working on my own entrepreneurial
idea of starting a venture on innovation
commercialization with a focus on grassroots
innovations; We bagged a prestigious project,
Raunaq Singh Innovation Grid, from CII.
Starting a venture from scratch, forming a
core team, registering the firm, dealing with
government departments, finding an
affordable place for the office, negotiating
with several vendors for projects with a team
of two people: there can't be a more learning,
adventurous, thrilling experience in the
3 months summer of my PGPM course.
I am continuing my venture these days and
will be opting out of final placements to
take it further.”
Srijan, final preparations
The Business Incubation Center at IWSB will provide
plan-to-startup support services for your venture. The center
has a corpus of US$ 1 million that provides initial
investment for promising ventures.
Hatch an idea that seizes on a business opportunity. Create
a business plan with methodical analysis, planning and
mobilization of resources. Put together a team. Convince the
panel about your idea. You may be on your way to be
Even not so educated talents
mentored by star entrepreneurs who have built successful
enterprises - Sanjeev Bikhchandani (Naukri.com), Shantanu
Prakash (Educomp), Gopal Jain (Gaja Capital), Mahesh
Murthy (Pinstorm), Vishwadeep Bajaj (ValueFirst), or Satya
(Career Launcher).
to encourage budding
• Six winners are going through the pre-incubation
entrepreneurs. process. Three of them have already started operations
Young men & women from • Srijan ’09 winners were selected for nomination by CII
to the Rolex International Entrepreneurship Award
‘not so front running’
• Another winner - Renaissance – signed up with CII for
institutes coming up the CII National Innovation Grid Project.
with bright ideas which We are indebted to a galaxy of eminent persons, including
founders and CEOs from industry and academia who graced
IWSB promises to nurture. the panels of Srijan ’09 during the regional and final rounds.
- Industry giants - CII, TATA Steel, TQMS, HSBC, KPMG,
IBM, Reliance Money, Syntel, CISCO, Naukri.com,
with ideas which promise Pinstorm, Value First, Career Launcher
to make a difference - Government departments - DST, DHFW, Bharat
Dynamics
were encouraged, - Non-Profit Organisations - NIF, Ashoka Foundation,
which is definitely DRCSC

- Professors from IITs, IIMs, IISc

– Jaydeep Mandal; CII, NIF, DST
a right step to encourage
have come forward with support. - Global entrepreneurship promotion organizations - TIE,
Do check out entrepreneurial talents.” SIFE, NEN, GEN

http://www.iwsb.in/index.php/student-activities/ and - Venture Capital firms - Seedfund, Helion Ventures; as

http://www.youtube.com/user/iwsbindia, to know more and well as first generation entrepreneurs
see all that we have already done in the past year or so.

One unique attribute of your experience at IWSB is that you

might be able to start your own venture while still being a
-Pradeep. K. Mukherjee,
Head - IT, TATA Steel
student here. In no other B-school in India will you get such The participants with the panel of judges
22 23
 The sessions are aimed at achieving multiple purposes -
“Have the courage a. INSPIRATION: The leaders we invite all have

to want things. ‘entrepreneurial spirit’ and are drawn from disparate

fields - businessmen, eminent bureaucrats, authors,

Pursue passionately. artists. They have excelled in life, founded

organizations, initiated movements, and contributed in

Life has its way their own way to society.

b. REALIZATION: On the industry front, we invite

of delivering them founders, CEOs and able leaders of the fastest growing
companies of the country. These sessions not only help
to you in the most us understand these sectors and organizations, but also
provide the leaders/CEOs an opportunity to experience
unexpected ways.” IWSB. This, in turn, opens the doors for greater
interaction and collaboration.

c. MOTIVATION: By relating to the real life stories of

every leader that has been through troughs before
– Vishwadeep Bajaj, reaching peaks, there comes a simple message that with
Founder ValueFirst, grit and determination, we, too, can make it happen.
addressing the students at IWSB Success is just a stretch away and what matters are the
goal, passion and perseverance. This series emphasizes
the need to create our own vision and provides the
At IWSB, you learn not only in the classroom but also motivation to strive and realize our dreams.
from industry leaders and successful practising
professionals. What’s more, the faculty has strong
alliances with industry partners. Such engagement, which
is close and continuous, provides just the right
environment for enabling hands-on learning.

The IWSB curriculum is enriched on a regular basis by

industry leaders’ visions of tomorrow. Their inputs provide
a real context to learning and allow us to validate the
currency of what we are teaching. Of course, this kind of
input on the curriculum also ensures that when it comes to
Sridhar Iyengar interacting with students
employing, the industry leaders are able to choose our
students without any reservations. ‘My Journey’ has seen leaders and founders of some of the

Integrated with ‘My Journey’ – An interactive Session

with a Leader
most admired companies and movements like Sanjeev
Bikhchandani (naukri.com), Arvind Kejriwal (Magsaysay

Tomorrow:
winner and Founder, Parivartan), Osama Manzar (Digital
‘My Journey’ is a weekly series wherein we invite an
Empowerment Foundation), Vimalendu Verma (Magic
entrepreneurial leader to spend an evening at the
Software), Smita Vats (ITIHAAS), Rahul Agarwal (Optima

Industry Interaction IWSB campus, sharing his/her journey, highs and lows,
successes and failures, learnings and realizations that
Insurance), Vishwadeep Bajaj (ValueFirst), Kunwer
Sachdev (Su-Kam) and also mentors like Sridhar Iyengar
can be invaluable to the budding entrepreneurial leaders
24 on the campus. 25
 The sessions are aimed at achieving multiple purposes -
“Have the courage a. INSPIRATION: The leaders we invite all have

to want things. ‘entrepreneurial spirit’ and are drawn from disparate

fields - businessmen, eminent bureaucrats, authors,

Pursue passionately. artists. They have excelled in life, founded

organizations, initiated movements, and contributed in

Life has its way their own way to society.

b. REALIZATION: On the industry front, we invite

of delivering them founders, CEOs and able leaders of the fastest growing
companies of the country. These sessions not only help
to you in the most us understand these sectors and organizations, but also
provide the leaders/CEOs an opportunity to experience
unexpected ways.” IWSB. This, in turn, opens the doors for greater
interaction and collaboration.

c. MOTIVATION: By relating to the real life stories of

every leader that has been through troughs before
– Vishwadeep Bajaj, reaching peaks, there comes a simple message that with
Founder ValueFirst, grit and determination, we, too, can make it happen.
addressing the students at IWSB Success is just a stretch away and what matters are the
goal, passion and perseverance. This series emphasizes
the need to create our own vision and provides the
At IWSB, you learn not only in the classroom but also motivation to strive and realize our dreams.
from industry leaders and successful practising
professionals. What’s more, the faculty has strong
alliances with industry partners. Such engagement, which
is close and continuous, provides just the right
environment for enabling hands-on learning.

The IWSB curriculum is enriched on a regular basis by

industry leaders’ visions of tomorrow. Their inputs provide
a real context to learning and allow us to validate the
currency of what we are teaching. Of course, this kind of
input on the curriculum also ensures that when it comes to
Sridhar Iyengar interacting with students
employing, the industry leaders are able to choose our
students without any reservations. ‘My Journey’ has seen leaders and founders of some of the

Integrated with ‘My Journey’ – An interactive Session

with a Leader
most admired companies and movements like Sanjeev
Bikhchandani (naukri.com), Arvind Kejriwal (Magsaysay

Tomorrow:
winner and Founder, Parivartan), Osama Manzar (Digital
‘My Journey’ is a weekly series wherein we invite an
Empowerment Foundation), Vimalendu Verma (Magic
entrepreneurial leader to spend an evening at the
Software), Smita Vats (ITIHAAS), Rahul Agarwal (Optima

Industry Interaction IWSB campus, sharing his/her journey, highs and lows,
successes and failures, learnings and realizations that
Insurance), Vishwadeep Bajaj (ValueFirst), Kunwer
Sachdev (Su-Kam) and also mentors like Sridhar Iyengar
can be invaluable to the budding entrepreneurial leaders
24 on the campus. 25
(Mentor, Board Member of Infosys, Rediff, ICICI, Career
Launcher), Sanjeev Agarwal (Helion Ventures) and
Mahesh Murthy (Pinstorm).
“Youth, like you, is full of idealism and
enthusiasm, bringing hope. You have maximum
stake, too. My request to you is to care for your
society and country as much as you care for
your family by taking out time. Start
participating actively and you will soon start
seeing the change.”
- Arvind Kejriwal, Magsaysay winner, RTI Champion,
Founder - Parivartan, at IWSB
Museum of Entrepreneurial Leadership (MOEL):
Celebrating the Spirit
Museum of Entrepreneurial Leadership at IWSB is a
first-of-its-kind in India. We invite the best entrepreneurs
of our times to share with us their stories and a few of their
precious milestones, so that we may learn about their rise
to the top and what it takes to overcome obstacles and
emerge victorious. It is a place from where prospective
entrepreneurs can derive knowledge, motivation and above
all, the courage to say ‘I can do this, too.’
Mahesh Murthy with students
A few of the industrial, governmental, and developmental bodies that play a significant role in supporting endeavors at IWSB
- for academic inputs, partnerships in events like Srijan, student activities and projects, and inviting mentors and speakers.
“If I can be an achiever without being a
The
Seedbed of
graduate, I am sure each one of you can really
herald a new India.”
Tomorrow:
– Mahesh Murthy, Founder Pinstorm, PassionFund,
SeedFund, while addressing the students
during his induction into MOEL, at IWSB.
Creating a platform for MSME Infrastructure
IWSB is striving to create a forum for Micro, Small and
Medium Enterprises in the area of Greater Noida to enable
the sharing of knowledge, exchange of ideas, discussion on
issues and challenges that are common to all, and brainstorm
to find solutions and also foster synergies among them. This
process creates a platform for the students of IWSB to interact
with leaders and organizations in the vicinity and also
initiates collaborative projects that will benefit the
organizations, and IWSB, as well.
“The true spirit of entrepreneurship and leadership is that
the young and aspiring generation mixes with their
generation ahead, and the generation ahead works with the
younger generation. The model is of making the world better
with the confluence of experience and energy.”
-Osama Manzar,
Founder, Digital Empowerment Foundation, at IWSB
Projects and Internships
Projects are a part of almost every course that you undertake
at IWSB. Many of these will require you to work with the
industry. These projects and internships provide valuable
exposure to real business problems and the platform to
practise what you learn in the classroom. Examples of such
projects are the Core Application Project (CAP) and the
Multidisciplinary Project.
26 27
(Mentor, Board Member of Infosys, Rediff, ICICI, Career
Launcher), Sanjeev Agarwal (Helion Ventures) and
Mahesh Murthy (Pinstorm).
“Youth, like you, is full of idealism and
enthusiasm, bringing hope. You have maximum
stake, too. My request to you is to care for your
society and country as much as you care for
your family by taking out time. Start
participating actively and you will soon start
seeing the change.”
- Arvind Kejriwal, Magsaysay winner, RTI Champion,
Founder - Parivartan, at IWSB
Museum of Entrepreneurial Leadership (MOEL):
Celebrating the Spirit
Museum of Entrepreneurial Leadership at IWSB is a
first-of-its-kind in India. We invite the best entrepreneurs
of our times to share with us their stories and a few of their
precious milestones, so that we may learn about their rise
to the top and what it takes to overcome obstacles and
emerge victorious. It is a place from where prospective
entrepreneurs can derive knowledge, motivation and above
all, the courage to say ‘I can do this, too.’
Mahesh Murthy with students
A few of the industrial, governmental, and developmental bodies that play a significant role in supporting endeavors at IWSB
- for academic inputs, partnerships in events like Srijan, student activities and projects, and inviting mentors and speakers.
“If I can be an achiever without being a
The
Seedbed of
graduate, I am sure each one of you can really
herald a new India.”
Tomorrow:
– Mahesh Murthy, Founder Pinstorm, PassionFund,
SeedFund, while addressing the students
during his induction into MOEL, at IWSB.
Creating a platform for MSME Infrastructure
IWSB is striving to create a forum for Micro, Small and
Medium Enterprises in the area of Greater Noida to enable
the sharing of knowledge, exchange of ideas, discussion on
issues and challenges that are common to all, and brainstorm
to find solutions and also foster synergies among them. This
process creates a platform for the students of IWSB to interact
with leaders and organizations in the vicinity and also
initiates collaborative projects that will benefit the
organizations, and IWSB, as well.
“The true spirit of entrepreneurship and leadership is that
the young and aspiring generation mixes with their
generation ahead, and the generation ahead works with the
younger generation. The model is of making the world better
with the confluence of experience and energy.”
-Osama Manzar,
Founder, Digital Empowerment Foundation, at IWSB
Projects and Internships
Projects are a part of almost every course that you undertake
at IWSB. Many of these will require you to work with the
industry. These projects and internships provide valuable
exposure to real business problems and the platform to
practise what you learn in the classroom. Examples of such
projects are the Core Application Project (CAP) and the
Multidisciplinary Project.
26 27

Architect’s model of the eventual IWSB complex
Situated on a five-acre plot in Knowledge Park II, Greater
Noida, the upcoming sprawling IWSB campus reflects
contemporary architecture on one hand, and simplicity and
functionality on the other. In the first phase, the 1 lakh
square feet of space covers two levels under the ground and
three levels above. Assisted by experts, the ‘Green’ campus
is one-of-its-kind in this region. It has been designed to
address different kinds of spaces, for working, formal and
informal interactions, recreation etc. It will be well lit with
natural lighting, and has lots of open spaces, as well as
space for movement indoors and outdoors. This
infrastructure accommodates air-conditioned, wi-fi enabled
administrative and academic blocks.
Administrative Block:
A grand reception area forms the entrance to the block.
This block houses cabins for the Dean, Directors, Faculty
and Staff members, as well as conference rooms/ seminar
rooms for these officials. Areas for student-faculty
interaction are provided on the upper basement, ground and
first floors. In addition to these functions, services of
everyday usage, like a pantry, book shop, general store and
bank facilities, etc. will also be provided here.
Academic Block:
The hub of academic activity at IWSB campus, this block
comprises classrooms/ discussion rooms for students. Rooms
for routine lectures, tutorial rooms and break-out rooms are
the seat for academic activity. To promote interaction with
mentors across the globe, audio/ video conferencing facilities
have been provided in the break out rooms. In addition to the
regular elevators and staircase, the block also has a ramp to
facilitate movement of the physically challenged.
KRC:
IWSB’s Knowledge Resource Center uses state-of-the-art
technology to bring a world of published content using a
blend of audio, video, digital and print media. The Center
provides resources and services in all relevant areas and
28
disciplines of management and related subjects, catering to
the students, as well as the research needs of the faculty.
The KRC provides ready access to a host of digital libraries
across the globe, and to over 1500 leading digital journals
of the world. It houses over 125 print journals and
periodicals for ready reference, and also useful databases on
companies, industries and markets. Further, it also has a
number of CD-ROM and educational videos for the use of
the campus community.
In the next phase of expansion, we will build other elements
of the recreation center – a gymnasium and swimming pool.
Lecture halls and Auditorium:
Lecture halls and break-out rooms for discussions of varying
capacities, accommodating 200, 90, 60 and 30 people
Physical fitness is an important part of personality
respectively, are coming up. An auditorium with a seating
capacity of 400 is planned for the next phase. The sound- development, and the gym on the first floor shall be
proofed, acoustically designed auditorium will be an ideal fully equipped. There will also be a food court facing the
place to hold conferences, and it will be located in the 25 meter swimming pool.
basement to be easily accessible to visitors.
Recreation Center:
At present, we have a cafeteria with a capacity to
accommodate about 100 people apart from a recreation and
relaxation room for students with indoor games like carrom,
chess and table tennis etc. TV sets with dish antennae are
also provided. 29

Architect’s model of the eventual IWSB complex
Situated on a five-acre plot in Knowledge Park II, Greater
Noida, the upcoming sprawling IWSB campus reflects
contemporary architecture on one hand, and simplicity and
functionality on the other. In the first phase, the 1 lakh
square feet of space covers two levels under the ground and
three levels above. Assisted by experts, the ‘Green’ campus
is one-of-its-kind in this region. It has been designed to
address different kinds of spaces, for working, formal and
informal interactions, recreation etc. It will be well lit with
natural lighting, and has lots of open spaces, as well as
space for movement indoors and outdoors. This
infrastructure accommodates air-conditioned, wi-fi enabled
administrative and academic blocks.
Administrative Block:
A grand reception area forms the entrance to the block.
This block houses cabins for the Dean, Directors, Faculty
and Staff members, as well as conference rooms/ seminar
rooms for these officials. Areas for student-faculty
interaction are provided on the upper basement, ground and
first floors. In addition to these functions, services of
everyday usage, like a pantry, book shop, general store and
bank facilities, etc. will also be provided here.
Academic Block:
The hub of academic activity at IWSB campus, this block
comprises classrooms/ discussion rooms for students. Rooms
for routine lectures, tutorial rooms and break-out rooms are
the seat for academic activity. To promote interaction with
mentors across the globe, audio/ video conferencing facilities
have been provided in the break out rooms. In addition to the
regular elevators and staircase, the block also has a ramp to
facilitate movement of the physically challenged.
KRC:
IWSB’s Knowledge Resource Center uses state-of-the-art
technology to bring a world of published content using a
blend of audio, video, digital and print media. The Center
provides resources and services in all relevant areas and
28
disciplines of management and related subjects, catering to
the students, as well as the research needs of the faculty.
The KRC provides ready access to a host of digital libraries
across the globe, and to over 1500 leading digital journals
of the world. It houses over 125 print journals and
periodicals for ready reference, and also useful databases on
companies, industries and markets. Further, it also has a
number of CD-ROM and educational videos for the use of
the campus community.
In the next phase of expansion, we will build other elements
of the recreation center – a gymnasium and swimming pool.
Lecture halls and Auditorium:
Lecture halls and break-out rooms for discussions of varying
capacities, accommodating 200, 90, 60 and 30 people
Physical fitness is an important part of personality
respectively, are coming up. An auditorium with a seating
capacity of 400 is planned for the next phase. The sound- development, and the gym on the first floor shall be
proofed, acoustically designed auditorium will be an ideal fully equipped. There will also be a food court facing the
place to hold conferences, and it will be located in the 25 meter swimming pool.
basement to be easily accessible to visitors.
Recreation Center:
At present, we have a cafeteria with a capacity to
accommodate about 100 people apart from a recreation and
relaxation room for students with indoor games like carrom,
chess and table tennis etc. TV sets with dish antennae are
also provided. 29
 Across the world, economies and markets are becoming IWSB’s Tie-up with Shanghai University
Asia is not only poised to be the new economic giant, but

The
increasingly integrated and inter-dependent. In this
inter-connected world, it is imperative for our students to also the seat for the evolution of new management theories

World is
think and compete globally. and practices. In March 2008, IWSB tied up with Shanghai
University Business School for programs on joint research,
A few years from now, or perhaps earlier, you could be
scholar-exchange and entrepreneurship. We see this tie-up

your Playground:
conducting business overseas with firms in Australia or
as a gateway for entrepreneurs and academicians from India
Europe, or setting up a subsidiary of your own company in
and China to co-create value for each other.
China, or working for an MNC in Mexico or Brazil.
Given this scenario, you will find your IWSB experience

Global Business Perspective extremely useful. Besides integrating global issues as a part
of the curriculum, throughout the program we are visited by
business experts and guest speakers from different parts of
the world to speak exclusively to our participants. These
experts comprise both practising business professionals, as
well as faculty from leading international Business schools.
IWSB seeks to build partnerships with institutions of higher
learning, including leading Business schools across the
globe. We aim to develop -
Prof. Dayal and Satya at Shanghai University
• Student Exchange programs with our partner institutions
• Educational visits to overseas campuses as a part of Global Environment Modules
twinning arrangements The PGPM and EPM Programs at IWSB incorporate
Faculty Exchanges that would include visiting faculty from optional modules that include a study tour to an
across the world to offer various relevant courses is another international destination. The key objectives of the GEM are
way of delivering global experience to you at IWSB. to give students the opportunity to gain deeper insights into
a region’s economic, cultural and political environment, and
Also, in order to provide adequate conceptual foundation for
to understand foreign business practices.
management in the borderless world, most courses would
expose you to global business situations and cross-cultural Foreign Language
issues. IWSB will soon be initiating language courses in German,
Global E-Summit: AviraQuest'09 French, Spanish and Mandarin. This will enable students to
get acquainted with a language or two to the extent that they
The students got to interact with some of the top corporate
can get by when traveling in any of the countries where
leaders from Europe and one of the luminaries of
language becomes a barrier in communication.
management education from INSEAD, France.
The distinguished guests were “The AviraQuest visit to IWSB was a great hit.
• Prof Subramanium Rangan, INSEAD If our delegation was visiting to see the secret of
• Julian Lopez, CEO, Zurich Financial Services India's human capital, we saw it in you and your
• Phil Bloomer, Director Campaigns and Policy, Oxfam fellow students. If our delegation was visiting to
• Agostino Galvagni, Executive Board Member, Swiss Re
see visionary leadership and citizenship, we saw
it in Satya and his devotion to the human project.
• Azita Owlia, Senior Vice President, APAC, Bayer
If our delegation wanted to get a sense of what
Material Science
the future held for India, we saw it in the way you
They talked about the business environment and challenges and the whole campus mobilized to receive us.”
in Europe, issues of creating next-generation leaders in
India and shared their experiences spanning various fields - Prof. Subramanian Rangan, INSEAD, France,
on behalf of AviraQuest ’09 team at IWSB
of corporate life. It was a memorable occasion for the
30 students of IWSB. 31
 Across the world, economies and markets are becoming IWSB’s Tie-up with Shanghai University
Asia is not only poised to be the new economic giant, but

The
increasingly integrated and inter-dependent. In this
inter-connected world, it is imperative for our students to also the seat for the evolution of new management theories

World is
think and compete globally. and practices. In March 2008, IWSB tied up with Shanghai
University Business School for programs on joint research,
A few years from now, or perhaps earlier, you could be
scholar-exchange and entrepreneurship. We see this tie-up

your Playground:
conducting business overseas with firms in Australia or
as a gateway for entrepreneurs and academicians from India
Europe, or setting up a subsidiary of your own company in
and China to co-create value for each other.
China, or working for an MNC in Mexico or Brazil.
Given this scenario, you will find your IWSB experience

Global Business Perspective extremely useful. Besides integrating global issues as a part
of the curriculum, throughout the program we are visited by
business experts and guest speakers from different parts of
the world to speak exclusively to our participants. These
experts comprise both practising business professionals, as
well as faculty from leading international Business schools.
IWSB seeks to build partnerships with institutions of higher
learning, including leading Business schools across the
globe. We aim to develop -
Prof. Dayal and Satya at Shanghai University
• Student Exchange programs with our partner institutions
• Educational visits to overseas campuses as a part of Global Environment Modules
twinning arrangements The PGPM and EPM Programs at IWSB incorporate
Faculty Exchanges that would include visiting faculty from optional modules that include a study tour to an
across the world to offer various relevant courses is another international destination. The key objectives of the GEM are
way of delivering global experience to you at IWSB. to give students the opportunity to gain deeper insights into
a region’s economic, cultural and political environment, and
Also, in order to provide adequate conceptual foundation for
to understand foreign business practices.
management in the borderless world, most courses would
expose you to global business situations and cross-cultural Foreign Language
issues. IWSB will soon be initiating language courses in German,
Global E-Summit: AviraQuest'09 French, Spanish and Mandarin. This will enable students to
get acquainted with a language or two to the extent that they
The students got to interact with some of the top corporate
can get by when traveling in any of the countries where
leaders from Europe and one of the luminaries of
language becomes a barrier in communication.
management education from INSEAD, France.
The distinguished guests were “The AviraQuest visit to IWSB was a great hit.
• Prof Subramanium Rangan, INSEAD If our delegation was visiting to see the secret of
• Julian Lopez, CEO, Zurich Financial Services India's human capital, we saw it in you and your
• Phil Bloomer, Director Campaigns and Policy, Oxfam fellow students. If our delegation was visiting to
• Agostino Galvagni, Executive Board Member, Swiss Re
see visionary leadership and citizenship, we saw
it in Satya and his devotion to the human project.
• Azita Owlia, Senior Vice President, APAC, Bayer
If our delegation wanted to get a sense of what
Material Science
the future held for India, we saw it in the way you
They talked about the business environment and challenges and the whole campus mobilized to receive us.”
in Europe, issues of creating next-generation leaders in
India and shared their experiences spanning various fields - Prof. Subramanian Rangan, INSEAD, France,
on behalf of AviraQuest ’09 team at IWSB
of corporate life. It was a memorable occasion for the
30 students of IWSB. 31
 Pursuing an MBA at any stage of your career and life is a
critical decision. It is about looking years ahead and
beyond. After all, you will undertake an MBA only once –
and your choice of the school will stay with you for the rest
of your career.
So, as you ponder over your options, it might be useful to
consider the following:
• The business environment and issues have become
increasingly complex in recent times
• Functional knowledge and analytical tools may not be
enough to meet the complex requirements of the industry
• Organizations the world over are looking for
professionals who are global in their outlook, who
consider the larger and more integrated view of
organizational issues, and who go beyond conventional
ways to create and leverage new opportunities.
In fact, leading Business schools around the world are
preparing themselves to respond to the fast evolving needs
of the business world and markets, and are bringing about
fundamental changes in their focus, curriculum and
methodology to align themselves with those needs.
At IWSB, the thought leadership provided by our faculty
and Industry Partners has gone into designing our Programs
keeping these considerations central. We believe that our
Programs will go a long way in creating leaders who would
make significant differences to organizations and the society
they belong to.
The Postgraduate Program in Management (PGPM)
True to our promise of being relevant and at the forefront of
global developments, the PGPM has been designed with an
eye to creating global business leaders of tomorrow. It has a
unique modular structure similar to what has been recently
Management Education:
adopted at some of the best Business schools in the world,
such as Stanford, Yale and IMD (Lausanne).
Looking
It aims at providing comprehensive and holistic learning
through a curriculum that emphasizes rigor and analysis on
Beyond
one hand, while creating numerous opportunities for
applying classroom learning to real-life business situations,
on the other.
By the time you complete the Program, you will be more
32 than ready to take on the challenges of your profession.
Leading Business schools around
the world are bringing about
fundamental changes in their
focus, curriculum and
methodology to align themselves
with fast evolving realities.
The Pre-Term
The two-week long Pre-Term module ensures that our
students, coming from diverse backgrounds, get fully
inducted into the Program. We promise you an action-
packed session that will help you orient yourselves for the
Program, make new friends, and get to know the campus
and the community.
In addition to a four-day Outbound in the Himalayas,
during the Pre-Term you will go through an orientation to
the academic expectations, the IWSB culture, and the
case method.
The PGPM Curriculum
A lot of deep thought and intensive discussions with faculty
and industry professionals have resulted in the modular
PGPM curriculum that will transform your career.
Business Appreciation Module (2 weeks)
Our participants in the Program come from different work
backgrounds. They bring in a wealth of experiential
knowledge into the class. But very often this knowledge has
contextual or functional boundaries.
In the very beginning of the PGPM, you will be exposed to a
plethora of organizational situations and issues that pertain
to multiple areas and functions. This module expects you to
explore questions such as
• How does a General Manager use knowledge and data of
markets, financial reports, people resources and the
business environment to take operational and strategic
decisions?
• How is the data from different functions and business
environment integrated by a General Manager to manage
expectations of different stakeholders?
33
 Pursuing an MBA at any stage of your career and life is a
critical decision. It is about looking years ahead and
beyond. After all, you will undertake an MBA only once –
and your choice of the school will stay with you for the rest
of your career.
So, as you ponder over your options, it might be useful to
consider the following:
• The business environment and issues have become
increasingly complex in recent times
• Functional knowledge and analytical tools may not be
enough to meet the complex requirements of the industry
• Organizations the world over are looking for
professionals who are global in their outlook, who
consider the larger and more integrated view of
organizational issues, and who go beyond conventional
ways to create and leverage new opportunities.
In fact, leading Business schools around the world are
preparing themselves to respond to the fast evolving needs
of the business world and markets, and are bringing about
fundamental changes in their focus, curriculum and
methodology to align themselves with those needs.
At IWSB, the thought leadership provided by our faculty
and Industry Partners has gone into designing our Programs
keeping these considerations central. We believe that our
Programs will go a long way in creating leaders who would
make significant differences to organizations and the society
they belong to.
The Postgraduate Program in Management (PGPM)
True to our promise of being relevant and at the forefront of
global developments, the PGPM has been designed with an
eye to creating global business leaders of tomorrow. It has a
unique modular structure similar to what has been recently
Management Education:
adopted at some of the best Business schools in the world,
such as Stanford, Yale and IMD (Lausanne).
Looking
It aims at providing comprehensive and holistic learning
through a curriculum that emphasizes rigor and analysis on
Beyond
one hand, while creating numerous opportunities for
applying classroom learning to real-life business situations,
on the other.
By the time you complete the Program, you will be more
32 than ready to take on the challenges of your profession.
Leading Business schools around
the world are bringing about
fundamental changes in their
focus, curriculum and
methodology to align themselves
with fast evolving realities.
The Pre-Term
The two-week long Pre-Term module ensures that our
students, coming from diverse backgrounds, get fully
inducted into the Program. We promise you an action-
packed session that will help you orient yourselves for the
Program, make new friends, and get to know the campus
and the community.
In addition to a four-day Outbound in the Himalayas,
during the Pre-Term you will go through an orientation to
the academic expectations, the IWSB culture, and the
case method.
The PGPM Curriculum
A lot of deep thought and intensive discussions with faculty
and industry professionals have resulted in the modular
PGPM curriculum that will transform your career.
Business Appreciation Module (2 weeks)
Our participants in the Program come from different work
backgrounds. They bring in a wealth of experiential
knowledge into the class. But very often this knowledge has
contextual or functional boundaries.
In the very beginning of the PGPM, you will be exposed to a
plethora of organizational situations and issues that pertain
to multiple areas and functions. This module expects you to
explore questions such as
• How does a General Manager use knowledge and data of
markets, financial reports, people resources and the
business environment to take operational and strategic
decisions?
• How is the data from different functions and business
environment integrated by a General Manager to manage
expectations of different stakeholders?
33
Analytical Thinking and Systems Perspective Module (2 +
4 + 2 weeks)
Conducted in three phases during the first year, this module
uses various methodological tools to help participants
develop and hone their analytical skills. This module also
trains you to understand how open systems like
organizations work, and how to analyze information to
identify real issues.
Business Fundamentals Modules (12 + 12 weeks)
With eleven courses spread over two modules of 12 weeks
each, the Business Fundamentals modules will lay the
foundation for understanding areas such as finance and
economics, accounting, operations, organizational behaviour,
technology and marketing.
Rural Immersion Module (2 weeks)
Future managers need to understand the breadth and scope
of managerial issues – the fact that opportunities to make
significant contributions to society do not end at cities and
metros. This module requires participants to spend two
weeks staying in a rural area with the local people, primarily
to understand the latter’s perspectives on life, societal
mores, culture, governance and developmental issues.
Corporate Strategy Module (3 + 2 weeks)
Entrepreneurial Leadership Module (4 weeks)
Successful business leaders are expected to nurture and
develop businesses – both existing and new. In this module
you will either work on your own business launch idea –
from inception to the funding or launch stage, or work
closely with an existing entrepreneur to create a robust
business plan that can stand the scrutiny of experts.
You will need to present your plan to potential investors and
convince them to invest.
Electives and Majors – Unlimited Explorations
With over six majors and more than 35 elective courses to
choose from, IWSB students have no dearth of opportunities
to tailor their studies to their individual needs and interests.
Our elective courses incorporate the latest trends, ideas and
practices in business, and a number of them are taught by
successful executives from various areas, who bring in
valuable insights from live experience.
Majors
Finance
The Finance major is meant for students seeking a career in
Corporate Finance or Investments, as well as for the
generalists looking for a career in Consulting, or wanting to
start their own business. It provides in-depth training and
preparation for a variety of career paths, including
Strategy requires you to work on a real-life project, either with a
business organization, or a social enterprise, or in your own
This major is meant for students who wish to pursue a career
in management consulting, or those who are going to be venture. The Center for Career Services, along with faculty
engaged in internal strategic planning roles; although it can advisors, ties up with various organizations to identify
add value to students from other majors as well. The courses specific projects.
offered under Strategy deal with the competitive position of Alternatively, you may choose a dissertation project to work
a firm, and how to sustain competitive advantage in a fast- on. These projects, dealing with business-related problems,
changing global marketplace. need comprehensive understanding and analysis for you to
Operations and IT come up with an actionable solution. In the end, you are
required to submit a written report, as well as make a
The Operations and IT major give in-depth exposure and
presentation to the Faculty Committee.
training in the various value creating processes in a supply or
a value chain; and how information can be strategically Summer Internship
harnessed to create excellence in customer service and
At the end of the first year, PGPM students are required
competitive advantage for a firm. Students majoring in
to do their summer internship for a duration of eight
Operations and IT can look forward to a career in consulting,
weeks. The Center for Career Services will organize these
or in manufacturing and supply chain management.
engagements. Students are required to submit a written
Dissertation, Core Application Project (CAP)
report on their summer work, in the beginning of the
The CAP is a capstone project in the second year that second year.
PGPM Batch Profile
Age Profile
> 28 years: 8%
26 to 28 years: 10%
< 22 years: 42%

Investment Banking, Money Markets, Venture Capital and Educational Background

Having gained knowledge about various functions,
Corporate Finance.
participants in the PGPM are exposed to business situations Ot hers : 13% Science: 15%

that require developing an integrative approach where Leadership Arts: 10%

23 to 25 years: 40%
knowledge from functions are applied to overall business Students in the Leadership major learn about different
problems. In addition, this module also exposes students to leadership approaches to effectively managing people and
Engg: 38% Commerce: 25%
various frameworks and models that help them understand processes. The courses focus upon instilling general skills
Work Exp: Duration
strategic issues. for enhancing performance of people and organizations.
> 48 months: 5%
Although students of other majors often opt for the
Globalization and its Impact (4 weeks) 36 to 48 months: 5%
Leadership courses also, someone majoring in Leadership
Globalization and opening up of markets have 25 to 36 months: 20%
will be ready to take up HR roles in an organization.
Work Exp: Industry
fundamentally changed the perspectives for corporate
Marketing
management. A number of factors influence decisions in Others: 6%
Courses in the Marketing major deal with both the 0 to 12 months: 55% Pharma: 11%
such a scenario – global competition, geo-political and 13 to 24 months: 16%
behavioral aspects, as well as the quantitative skills, related IT / ITES: 39%
cross-cultural issues. How do these issues impact the Education: 11%
to marketing management. Suited to both the generalist as
organization of, and systems in, the work place, and policy
well as those who wish to have a career focused around
formulation?
marketing, the major works well for a career in consumer
Financial Services:
goods marketing, advertising, or marketing of technology Manufacturing: 17%
This module will help familiarize you with these emerging 17%

challenges and issues. and services.

34 35
Analytical Thinking and Systems Perspective Module (2 +
4 + 2 weeks)
Conducted in three phases during the first year, this module
uses various methodological tools to help participants
develop and hone their analytical skills. This module also
trains you to understand how open systems like
organizations work, and how to analyze information to
identify real issues.
Business Fundamentals Modules (12 + 12 weeks)
With eleven courses spread over two modules of 12 weeks
each, the Business Fundamentals modules will lay the
foundation for understanding areas such as finance and
economics, accounting, operations, organizational behaviour,
technology and marketing.
Rural Immersion Module (2 weeks)
Future managers need to understand the breadth and scope
of managerial issues – the fact that opportunities to make
significant contributions to society do not end at cities and
metros. This module requires participants to spend two
weeks staying in a rural area with the local people, primarily
to understand the latter’s perspectives on life, societal
mores, culture, governance and developmental issues.
Corporate Strategy Module (3 + 2 weeks)
Entrepreneurial Leadership Module (4 weeks)
Successful business leaders are expected to nurture and
develop businesses – both existing and new. In this module
you will either work on your own business launch idea –
from inception to the funding or launch stage, or work
closely with an existing entrepreneur to create a robust
business plan that can stand the scrutiny of experts.
You will need to present your plan to potential investors and
convince them to invest.
Electives and Majors – Unlimited Explorations
With over six majors and more than 35 elective courses to
choose from, IWSB students have no dearth of opportunities
to tailor their studies to their individual needs and interests.
Our elective courses incorporate the latest trends, ideas and
practices in business, and a number of them are taught by
successful executives from various areas, who bring in
valuable insights from live experience.
Majors
Finance
The Finance major is meant for students seeking a career in
Corporate Finance or Investments, as well as for the
generalists looking for a career in Consulting, or wanting to
start their own business. It provides in-depth training and
preparation for a variety of career paths, including
Strategy requires you to work on a real-life project, either with a
business organization, or a social enterprise, or in your own
This major is meant for students who wish to pursue a career
in management consulting, or those who are going to be venture. The Center for Career Services, along with faculty
engaged in internal strategic planning roles; although it can advisors, ties up with various organizations to identify
add value to students from other majors as well. The courses specific projects.
offered under Strategy deal with the competitive position of Alternatively, you may choose a dissertation project to work
a firm, and how to sustain competitive advantage in a fast- on. These projects, dealing with business-related problems,
changing global marketplace. need comprehensive understanding and analysis for you to
Operations and IT come up with an actionable solution. In the end, you are
required to submit a written report, as well as make a
The Operations and IT major give in-depth exposure and
presentation to the Faculty Committee.
training in the various value creating processes in a supply or
a value chain; and how information can be strategically Summer Internship
harnessed to create excellence in customer service and
At the end of the first year, PGPM students are required
competitive advantage for a firm. Students majoring in
to do their summer internship for a duration of eight
Operations and IT can look forward to a career in consulting,
weeks. The Center for Career Services will organize these
or in manufacturing and supply chain management.
engagements. Students are required to submit a written
Dissertation, Core Application Project (CAP)
report on their summer work, in the beginning of the
The CAP is a capstone project in the second year that second year.
PGPM Batch Profile
Age Profile
> 28 years: 8%
26 to 28 years: 10%
< 22 years: 42%

Investment Banking, Money Markets, Venture Capital and Educational Background

Having gained knowledge about various functions,
Corporate Finance.
participants in the PGPM are exposed to business situations Ot hers : 13% Science: 15%

that require developing an integrative approach where Leadership Arts: 10%

23 to 25 years: 40%
knowledge from functions are applied to overall business Students in the Leadership major learn about different
problems. In addition, this module also exposes students to leadership approaches to effectively managing people and
Engg: 38% Commerce: 25%
various frameworks and models that help them understand processes. The courses focus upon instilling general skills
Work Exp: Duration
strategic issues. for enhancing performance of people and organizations.
> 48 months: 5%
Although students of other majors often opt for the
Globalization and its Impact (4 weeks) 36 to 48 months: 5%
Leadership courses also, someone majoring in Leadership
Globalization and opening up of markets have 25 to 36 months: 20%
will be ready to take up HR roles in an organization.
Work Exp: Industry
fundamentally changed the perspectives for corporate
Marketing
management. A number of factors influence decisions in Others: 6%
Courses in the Marketing major deal with both the 0 to 12 months: 55% Pharma: 11%
such a scenario – global competition, geo-political and 13 to 24 months: 16%
behavioral aspects, as well as the quantitative skills, related IT / ITES: 39%
cross-cultural issues. How do these issues impact the Education: 11%
to marketing management. Suited to both the generalist as
organization of, and systems in, the work place, and policy
well as those who wish to have a career focused around
formulation?
marketing, the major works well for a career in consumer
Financial Services:
goods marketing, advertising, or marketing of technology Manufacturing: 17%
This module will help familiarize you with these emerging 17%

challenges and issues. and services.

34 35
 Application Process Applicants short listed for the Personality Assessment round Financial Assistance
will be informed electronically as well as via telephone.
There are two ways in which the PGPM Application Form Scholarships
can be acquired: Applicants who receive the final offer of admission must
IWSB offers merit-cum-means based scholarships to
• You can download the form (PDF version) from the IWSB deposit the Admission Fee of Rs. 35,000/- within 7 working
incoming students. All students are automatically considered
days of receiving the offer, failing which the offer will be
website: www.iwsb.in. In this case, you will have to enclose for these, subject to their submitting detailed financial
withdrawn.
the Application Fee along with your filled application and earnings account of the primary earning member in the
send these to us. The Application Fee of Rs.1000/- needs family, attested by a Gazetted officer. Students intending to
Admissions
Tuition Fee and Living Expenses (all in Indian Rupees)
to be enclosed in the form of a Demand Draft favoring avail of the scholarship need to apply in Round 1.
Estimates for 2010 Intake for PGPM
“IWSB”, payable at Greater Noida/New Delhi.
These scholarships are in the form of Research/Teaching
Tuition * 340,000
• Alternatively, you can buy the form from your nearest Assistantship. Students awarded the scholarships will be
Career Launcher center. In this case, you need to enclose Academic Materials 75,000 expected to spend a few hours every week assisting the
the receipt for the payment made to purchase the form. Software Licenses 30,000 members of the faculty in teaching or conducting research.
1. Please fill the Application Form legibly using a black Bank Loans
Student Welfare 50,000
ballpoint pen.
* Tuition will attract service tax IWSB has tied up with leading banks to provide education
2. Please write the essays in Microsoft Word, and attach loans to admitted students. Details about these banks and
a printout along with the filled Form. Living expenses are estimated at Rs 5000/- pm for boarding the terms, etc. will be sent to all students who are finally
For our Programs, we are looking for bright, motivated, 3. Provide your CAT/XAT/GMAT score at the and lodging. Estimates given are for twin-sharing basis. selected for admission.
creative applicants who will bring with them proven
appropriate place in the Form, if you already
academic and leadership potential. As a policy, we
have one.
encourage diversity of background and experience, and
4. In case you would like the Admission Committee to
hope that it will add to the richness of the learning
consider your CAT 2009, or XAT 2010 scores, please
experience. We are looking for individuals who have a
provide your CAT or XAT enrollment/registration
“can-do” attitude and would actively participate in the
number at the appropriate place in the Form.
IWSB community.
5. The completed Application, along with the essays,
We welcome you to send us your application. and the Application Fee (or receipt) need to be sent
Eligibility Criterion to the following address:
Admissions Office
To apply to the PGPM
Indus World School of Business
• You need to have a recognized three-year graduate B-52, Okhla Industrial Area, Phase I,
degree, or equivalent, in any discipline with a minimum New Delhi - 110020
aggregate of 50% marks in all the three years. Students
Deadlines
appearing for their final qualifying examinations in 2010
can also apply provided they submit a valid copy of their For the PGPM June / July intake
degree (or provisional degree) before 1st October 2010.
Round 1 Round 2
• You need a valid CAT/XAT/GMAT* score. Scores upto Application reaching 25th Dec. 15th Feb.
last three years, as on February 2010, are valid. For IWSB 2009 2010
example, XAT scores of 2008 till 2010, or scores of CAT
Short-listing, Personality 5th Jan. - 5th March -
2007 till 2009, are accepted. If you have appeared for
Assessment Round, 20th Feb., 15th April,
these tests more than once in the last three years, you
Final Offer 2010 2010
may apply on the basis of your best score.
Admission Fee on selection to be paid within seven
* Please note that the CAT/XAT is only used for shortlisting working days of the offer.
candidates applying to IWSB. The IIMs/XLRI have no role either
Important: Round 2 applications will be processed subject
in the selection process or in the conducting of the Program.
to availability of seats.
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 Application Process Applicants short listed for the Personality Assessment round Financial Assistance
will be informed electronically as well as via telephone.
There are two ways in which the PGPM Application Form Scholarships
can be acquired: Applicants who receive the final offer of admission must
IWSB offers merit-cum-means based scholarships to
• You can download the form (PDF version) from the IWSB deposit the Admission Fee of Rs. 35,000/- within 7 working
incoming students. All students are automatically considered
days of receiving the offer, failing which the offer will be
website: www.iwsb.in. In this case, you will have to enclose for these, subject to their submitting detailed financial
withdrawn.
the Application Fee along with your filled application and earnings account of the primary earning member in the
send these to us. The Application Fee of Rs.1000/- needs family, attested by a Gazetted officer. Students intending to
Admissions
Tuition Fee and Living Expenses (all in Indian Rupees)
to be enclosed in the form of a Demand Draft favoring avail of the scholarship need to apply in Round 1.
Estimates for 2010 Intake for PGPM
“IWSB”, payable at Greater Noida/New Delhi.
These scholarships are in the form of Research/Teaching
Tuition * 340,000
• Alternatively, you can buy the form from your nearest Assistantship. Students awarded the scholarships will be
Career Launcher center. In this case, you need to enclose Academic Materials 75,000 expected to spend a few hours every week assisting the
the receipt for the payment made to purchase the form. Software Licenses 30,000 members of the faculty in teaching or conducting research.
1. Please fill the Application Form legibly using a black Bank Loans
Student Welfare 50,000
ballpoint pen.
* Tuition will attract service tax IWSB has tied up with leading banks to provide education
2. Please write the essays in Microsoft Word, and attach loans to admitted students. Details about these banks and
a printout along with the filled Form. Living expenses are estimated at Rs 5000/- pm for boarding the terms, etc. will be sent to all students who are finally
For our Programs, we are looking for bright, motivated, 3. Provide your CAT/XAT/GMAT score at the and lodging. Estimates given are for twin-sharing basis. selected for admission.
creative applicants who will bring with them proven
appropriate place in the Form, if you already
academic and leadership potential. As a policy, we
have one.
encourage diversity of background and experience, and
4. In case you would like the Admission Committee to
hope that it will add to the richness of the learning
consider your CAT 2009, or XAT 2010 scores, please
experience. We are looking for individuals who have a
provide your CAT or XAT enrollment/registration
“can-do” attitude and would actively participate in the
number at the appropriate place in the Form.
IWSB community.
5. The completed Application, along with the essays,
We welcome you to send us your application. and the Application Fee (or receipt) need to be sent
Eligibility Criterion to the following address:
Admissions Office
To apply to the PGPM
Indus World School of Business
• You need to have a recognized three-year graduate B-52, Okhla Industrial Area, Phase I,
degree, or equivalent, in any discipline with a minimum New Delhi - 110020
aggregate of 50% marks in all the three years. Students
Deadlines
appearing for their final qualifying examinations in 2010
can also apply provided they submit a valid copy of their For the PGPM June / July intake
degree (or provisional degree) before 1st October 2010.
Round 1 Round 2
• You need a valid CAT/XAT/GMAT* score. Scores upto Application reaching 25th Dec. 15th Feb.
last three years, as on February 2010, are valid. For IWSB 2009 2010
example, XAT scores of 2008 till 2010, or scores of CAT
Short-listing, Personality 5th Jan. - 5th March -
2007 till 2009, are accepted. If you have appeared for
Assessment Round, 20th Feb., 15th April,
these tests more than once in the last three years, you
Final Offer 2010 2010
may apply on the basis of your best score.
Admission Fee on selection to be paid within seven
* Please note that the CAT/XAT is only used for shortlisting working days of the offer.
candidates applying to IWSB. The IIMs/XLRI have no role either
Important: Round 2 applications will be processed subject
in the selection process or in the conducting of the Program.
to availability of seats.
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Life on a
Rainbow:
The journey of
infinity begins
There are many words to describe the IWSB community –
warm, open, informal, energetic, collaborative, and
entrepreneurial.
Within no time of your arriving here you will get absorbed
into life at IWSB. It is fast-paced and exciting. Time will
fly, and the terms will pass before you realize it.
The campus is fully equipped with all the amenities for
leading an enjoyable and eventful life. It will provide you
with every opportunity and facility to indulge yourself and
make the most of your time while you are here. You can
spend hours researching our electronic knowledge
resources, or playing the “Indus World Premier League.”
You could play a game of dumb charades or soccer, or
perhaps a guitar at a musical evening. Practise for a theatre
performance, or walk through the lush green environs. You
will never find a dearth of activities to indulge in.
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Pg 39
And if you thought all the coursework and extracurricular
activities will leave you with no time for any other organised IWSB Entrepreneurs Society - Disha
activities, you could be in for a surprise. You will discover
IWSB Investment and Finance Club
plenty of satisfaction and fun working on our community
The Theatre Association
development endeavors in the E-Week, Shodhyatra or
rural immersion project; or spending a weekend in the IWSB Marketing and Media Association
wilderness engaging in team exercises during one of the
IWSB Technology Club
outbound retreats.
IWSB Cricket Club
Student Clubs
The Strategy Club
What’s more, there are a number of student clubs and
centers that you could become a member of. Or, you could IWSB Arts and Music Association
start one of your own. These clubs are an outcome of the IWSB Consulting Club
diversity that IWSB embraces, and it’s hard to ignore the
IWSB Cinema Club
infectious culture of whole-hearted participation.
IWSB Trekking Club
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Pg 38
Life on a
Rainbow:
The journey of
infinity begins
There are many words to describe the IWSB community –
warm, open, informal, energetic, collaborative, and
entrepreneurial.
Within no time of your arriving here you will get absorbed
into life at IWSB. It is fast-paced and exciting. Time will
fly, and the terms will pass before you realize it.
The campus is fully equipped with all the amenities for
leading an enjoyable and eventful life. It will provide you
with every opportunity and facility to indulge yourself and
make the most of your time while you are here. You can
spend hours researching our electronic knowledge
resources, or playing the “Indus World Premier League.”
You could play a game of dumb charades or soccer, or
perhaps a guitar at a musical evening. Practise for a theatre
performance, or walk through the lush green environs. You
will never find a dearth of activities to indulge in.
38
Pg 39
And if you thought all the coursework and extracurricular
activities will leave you with no time for any other organised IWSB Entrepreneurs Society - Disha
activities, you could be in for a surprise. You will discover
IWSB Investment and Finance Club
plenty of satisfaction and fun working on our community
The Theatre Association
development endeavors in the E-Week, Shodhyatra or
rural immersion project; or spending a weekend in the IWSB Marketing and Media Association
wilderness engaging in team exercises during one of the
IWSB Technology Club
outbound retreats.
IWSB Cricket Club
Student Clubs
The Strategy Club
What’s more, there are a number of student clubs and
centers that you could become a member of. Or, you could IWSB Arts and Music Association
start one of your own. These clubs are an outcome of the IWSB Consulting Club
diversity that IWSB embraces, and it’s hard to ignore the
IWSB Cinema Club
infectious culture of whole-hearted participation.
IWSB Trekking Club
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Admissions 2010

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