ISME Bangalore

Pallavi Jain is the Director – Admissions & International Relations at ISME, Bangalore. An alumni of the prestigious Wharton Business School, USA Pallavi has a wide range of corporate experience working with the Tata Group in Mumbai & New Delhi and NVT Quality Certification an ISO accreditation body before joining ISME in 2006. Here’s bringing you a Tete-a-tete with Pallavi Jain.

What is your philosophy of leadership? How would you describe your leadership style?

“An essential element of effective leadership is to provide space to let others bloom”

My leadership philosophy is to lead the projects, stay involved, and inspire my team to deliver their best according to the set deadlines. I lead by facilitating an open dialogue, engage in brainstorming, and accept suggestions from my team.

What are the changes noticed by you in the education sector in the past few years?

“Education has evolved in the past few years”

The curriculum is mapped with the industry’s needs—the faculty design ISME’s curriculum in consultation with the industry experts. To impart practical education, we introduce case studies, videos, gamification, role plays, etc. The projects are research-based. Students have excellent online tools to do their research. Two trends are emerging, the globalization of education, and the increase in the use of technology. Our having MOU’s with top foreign universities and being a technologically advanced B-school benefitted our students during the pandemic times.

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When you first came to ISME, what was your vision for the university? Has it evolved over time, and how far along in implementing that vision are you?

“Our vision is to be a Business school of international repute by providing a global outlook to students”

I feel that we have successfully transformed the lives of 1500+alumni who are working in MNC’s in India, USA, Australia, UK, Dubai, Singapore, etc. Many of our students have started their ventures and have been successful in their endeavours. It has been possible due to the environment and the right guidance they have received from our institute and faculty. ISME has been ranked 39th top B-school in India by Times of India 2019 and 27th top b-school All India 2019 by Business India, which has validated our reputation

“ISME, Bangalore is proud to admit students from 20+ states across the country. Our on campus hostel helps our students mingle with each other and continue with the fun while learning concepts. Our students are guided and mentored by faculty, and they do pretty well in the corporate world.”

With the competition so high, how do you guide your students to survive in such a competitive scenario?

“Corporate centric approach at ISME prepares our students to face any challenges”

We guide our students to enjoy the healthy competition between their peers and keep striving and putting their best foot forward. As we take fewer students per batch, we can concentrate on each student in a better way. Our students get a lot of opportunities to show their talents, leadership skills. 

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How does the curriculum of ISME ensure the best practice of industry?

“Rigorous internships and projects garner the practical learning of students and help them get good placements”

Being an AICTE approved autonomous college, we have the flexibility of updating our curriculum each year. Our curriculum is vetted by our esteemed faculty, who are graduates from top schools and our industry experts who are working with top MNCs. We make our students do many internships and projects and give them practical learning, which helps them transition to their jobs. That is why we keep getting appreciation emails from our recruiters about our students' performance in their companies.