Hyderabad|India|June '2011: Prof. Biswajeet Pattanayak, the former Professor of IIM (Lucknow and Indore), who discovered the finest management lessons in the famous Lagaan movie, has established the dream management Gurukul Asian School of Business Management (ASBM) at Hyderabad after a phenomenal success in Bhubaneswar to create an IIM out of a private b-school.

ASBM is approved and recognized by All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India as an autonomous institution.

ASBM, his dream child modeled after the very best b-schools in the world, has become a hallmark of management education in India by being conferred with Top Institute of India Award by Competition Success Review in 2011. Dainik Bhaskar Lakshya has also ranked the institute the 19th position in the country this year. ASBM has been rated the highest in Governance parameter coming at par with IIM-Ahmedabad and on Infrastructure parameter, it has come at par with renowned institutions like IIM-Calcutta by the b-school survey conducted by Indian Management. Business India b-school survey has rated ASBM as an A+ institution.

ASBM is joining hands with DATAMEdu, a global Australian Academy that offers Australian Certified Education and Training Programs in many countries. The qualification being offered through this collaboration will start with Diploma in Financial Services (Financial Planning) and Diploma of Management which will provide the much needed international education and exposure to the students. Programs will also open the door for the students to avail credits towards higher education and job opportunities in Australia as well as other countries.

The institute also has collaborations with California State University, European Retail Academy, North Orissa University, Association of Management Development Institutes in South Asia (AMDISA) etc. and industry partnership with Pantaloons, Gati, LANCO, KKCL etc. for placement.

ASBM adopts unique Harvard model case-based teaching and film analogy for teaching management in the classrooms. Use of games, role plays and simulations is a regular methodology. ASBM is the only business school in India which adopts scientific methods through its Finishing School modules to make the students highly employable.

ASBM has state of the art fully residential campus with best of the facilities like smart buildings, air-conditioned classrooms, hi-tech labs, modern library, food courts, multi-gym, neatly maintained hostels for boys and girls, health centre with own ambulance etc in the most oxy-rich environment located nearer to Shamirpet Lake.

ASBM, Hyderabad campus is the best in Andhra Pradesh among all business schools. Looking at the world class facilities and assured bright future, the course fee is exceptionally reasonable to accommodate meritorious students. The Corporate scholarships are provided to the merit students. The Institute has tied up with State Bank of Hyderabad for providing 100% education loans to all the students.

ASBM offers its flagship programme Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) which is the most demanded in the industry along with a wide range specializations like Marketing & Retail Management, HR, IT, Finance and Operations & Logistics Management. The course and pedagogy benchmarked with IIMs has made the students competent to achieve continuously excellent placement.

This year all the students of ASBM Hyderabad campus have been placed in campus in blue chip companies. To quote here Mr. C K Kurien of Pantaloons (Future Group), “I have been associated with ASBM since its inception, and I am extremely proud of my association with an institution’s commitment to quality management education. Besides innovative teaching and learning practices, the institute also offers a learner centric infrastructure and students’ services. The commitment and dedication of the management and staff is commendable and is evident in the quality of the students passing out of the institution every year. As a recruiter we have found students from ASBM enthusiastic, knowledgeable and most importantly industry ready”.