Chennai Business School (CBS) is an institution dedicated to creating ‘industry-ready’ managerial talent. CBS offers training in India’s exponentially growing verticals – Information Technology, Retail, Finance and Financial Services and International Management. CBS also offers focused learning in strategic areas of management – Human Resources and Marketing & Communications.
One of the first management institutions to be established and run by professionals from the industry, CBS started in 2006, offers Programs that are supported by contemporary infrastructure, industry-orientation, latest teaching methodologies and high-profile faculty, both from academia and industry.
CBS Advantage? Professionals are professors
The teaching fraternity at CBS is strongly oriented towards industry needs. Indeed there is a high degree of hands-on involvement by senior industry professionals who have won their spurs the hard way.
Industry approval
CBS placement record certainly underscores the welcome acceptance of its one year management qualification. CBS has also been entrusted with training students who have been identified for employment by corporates.
Unique course structure
Being industry focused, the curriculum embraces sound management theory and real life, real time management issues in the business world. The intensive 1,100 hour course is intended to provide a challenge to the students.
Executive education
CBS has designed an executive Education Program with a view to help corporates empower their managers with enhanced managerial skills. This initiative has been kicked off with a specialized program for Sutherland Global Services.
Question on Chennai Business School (CBS), Chennai, Tamil Nadu
The city campus of CBS is located in the knowledge district of Chennai on Velachery-Taramani Road, southeast of the city. It is just minutes away from the new campus of Madras University, the National Institute of Fashion Technology and the American International School and opposite the Velachery Campus of Tata Consultancy Services.
The campus facilities include:
State-of-the-art classrooms with all facilities for a learning ambience
A well-stocked library
A cafeteria, and
A Wi-Fi enabled environment.
The main campus is planned to be set up in the knowledge corridor on the outskirts of Chennai.
Accommodation:
CBS will help outstation students find suitable accommodation through a network of real estate agencies.
Being industry-led, CBS has the advantage of delivering what the industry is looking for. Some of the major advantages available to CBS students are
A major part of the courses are delivered by industry professionals
The curriculum is industry oriented
Specialization in selected verticals ensures that the students are given the
Necessary inputs in terms of theory and practice, which enables them to fit in and progress in the industry
In spite of the worldwide recession CBS has been able to report 98% placement of its 2009 batch of students.
The details of the varsity-wise placements of the 2010 batch of students are as follows:-
VARSITY
AVERAGE CTC (Till Date)
PLACEMENT STATUS
Retail
4.0 lakhs
100%
Marketing & Communications
5.3 lakhs
100%
Banking & Financial Services
4.0 lakhs
100%
Information Technology
4.9lakhs
100%
Human Resources
4.3 lakhs
93%
TOTAL
4.5 lakhs
98.60%
The fact that nearly 99% students of the batch are placed and the average CTC is Rs. 4.5 lakhs, is further endorsement of the B school by the corporate world. A student of the Marketing & Communications Varsity got the highest CTC of Rs. 8.6 lakhs.
Companies turned up in campus interviews and placements: