MP Birla Institute of Management
On August 12, 1999, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan secured permission from the All India Council for Technical Education to establish the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Harilal Bhagawati College of Commerce and Management to offer full-time MBA programmes. The intake for this batch was 60 students. Under the patronage of Smt. Priyamvada Birla (also fondly remembered as 'Badi Ma'), the institute was rechristened as M P Birla Institute of Management in September, 2002. In August, 2010, AICTE formally approved the intake to 120 students per academic year. Riding on the popularity of MPBIM's MBA course and the value-based learning imparted at the institute, the intake is likely to be increased further to 180 students per academic year.

Salient Features of M P Birla Institute of Management
Though established under the aegis of the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, MPBIM is run autonomously and has its own governance systems in place. The institute benefits from various factors:

• Location : Located close to the Chief Minster's residence, The Vidhana and Vikas Soudhas (seats of the Karnataka Government), The High Court of Karnataka, Cubbon Park, The Taj West End Hotel, The Bangalore Race Course and Turf Club, The Bangalore Golf Course and Hotel Chalukya, The Central Bus Stations and Railway Station, MPBIM is perched on prime city space and close to major government and private establishments and amenities. The institute is well serviced by public transport including BMTC buses and autorickshaws with direct connections to major hubs within the city. Its city-centre location ensures that students at the institute have little trouble in accessing the institute early in the day or late in the evening. Safety and security of students is at the core of the institutes concerns and adequate provisions have been made to ensure that students can peacefully take up their academic responsibilities without interruptions.
• Accreditation : MPBIM is AICTE accredited and also follows ISO guidelines. A formal accreditation system requires that the institute adhere to a strict code of administration and academic delivery. Students enrolling at and graduating from MPBIM benefit from a recognised, authentic and accredited postgraduate qualification.
• MPBIM's Values : While the institute borrows from the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan in being a value-bases system, it has commanded a reputation of its own in the past five years for quality and values that reflect in some of the admission criteria and extra-curricular activities that the institute engages its MBA student executives in. The top 6 percentile of MAT and Top Ranking CET students enroll at MPBIM each year where highest MAT scores in one particular year were 800 and the average MAT scores were 717. MPBIM operates an impartial student-intake procedure and ensures that students enroll purely on merit. MPBIM encourages participation by its students in activities with a social perspective and one of many such activities is the event called 'Walkathon' that raises funds for charity.
• The MBA Qualification : While the number of business schools offering MBA degrees have grown manifold in the past five years to achieve a strength of more than 200 institutes in Bangalore alone, the best of the MBA experience is offered at a select few and perhaps in the top 20 % of management institutes. Also noted is the limited availability of highly-skilled and experienced faculty members to impart the value addition that students pursuing the MBA degree seek. Under such circumstances, there are few institutes that motivate faculty members to impart the education expected by students. At MPBIM, we find that we are continuously working towards achieving this objective and others, where the institute encourages faculty members to be creative in their pedagogy. Such a liberal policy while adhering to preset academic regulatory conditions, provides the much-needed education that is not just Chalk-and-Talk.
• The MPBIM Brand and Positioning : When it comes to a professional approach, MPBIM strives to provide maximum brand exposure to the brand name and is constantly reinforcing its position as a provider of premium management education at a national level. As part of a fresh initiative by the management and in response to changing market needs, MPBIM is now writing up long-term plans for further strengthening its already-strong brand in the management education markets. The ultimate benefits of such initiatives in the past have been our students and with new approaches and plans being written, we are confident that future cohorts will benefit even further from the MPBIM brand and its reputation in the MBA world.
• Faculty and Staff : Few things matter more to freshers on the MBA than a level of comfort in their new venture of securing an MBA qualification. While the faculty at MPBIM carry an array of work experience and academic exposure with them to class each day, they also ensure that there are light moments with students to keep the learning process interesting. Case-based learning and industrial visits (Toyota Kirloskar, VOLVO, ACE Manufacturing, Karnataka Antibiotics, Coca Cola) are built into the course along with support from faculty for internships, projects and final placement. An unbiased attitude where there is no room for discrimination of any kind ensures a level learning platform for students to compete and showcase their academic prowess. Non-academic staff put in a fair share of effort to ensure that safey, hygiene, order and infrastructure are maintained to high standards.
• Para-academics : The institute is a bed of activity with a calendar of events scheduled for different times of the year. Students are encouraged to participate in Sports, can learn the Arts including Music and Cinema and are offered opportunities to travel to scenic locales where they experience the pragmatic side to management outside of the classroom. Events such as the annual fest - Paradigm - and 'Wakathon' mark the major highlights of the first academic year. Weekly talks as part of the Business Leadership Forum where students interact with business leaders, who have included in the past names such as Dr. Stephen Howes (Lead Economist, World Bank) Mr. Krishnamurthy. V. (CEO JM Capital) Ms. Christine F. Jamal (VP Corporate, TATA Coffee) Mr. Mohapatra (President, CMR Group), are looked forward to by students.