We have achieved our goal of creating young minds through our values and unique pedagogy, says Dean of ABBS

Dr D M Mahishi is Dean-Academics at Acharya Bangalore B School (ABBS). He holds a PhD, Post Doc-UF-USA. He has an industry experience of 18 years of which 12 years he has worked in the education industry. In a conversation with Shiksha.comMahishi talks about the unique pedagogy that aims at “transformative education” wherein there is a holistic approach for the all-round development of a student. He also talks about the pre-placement training wherein the industry recruiters are called to apprise students about the skills and aptitude required in different industries.

 Q: What are the salient features of the teaching methodology adopted by your college? How does this differ from others?

 A: We have developed, over a decade, a unique pedagogy that aims at “transformative education” wherein there is a holistic approach for the all-round development of a student. We have given more emphasis to activity-based learning. The teaching-learning modules are student-centric and the participation is at an individual as well as in teams. We have achieved our goal of creating young minds with great analytical power, professionalism and leadership qualities.

Q: How are you preparing your students to be industry-ready?

 A: We have integrated our academic curriculum with inputs from the industry. Students visit industries regularly and learn from the real-time management of industrial processes.  The industry experts are called for a presentation during an interactive session. Students get opportunities to work in the industry as interns as well as they carry out their project work in industry. During pre-placement training, the industry recruiters are called to appraise our students about the skills and aptitude required in different industries.

Q: What are the qualities you are looking for in student applicants? What qualities do they need to do well in your course?

 A: Students taking up a particular course should have a clear understanding of the specialisation. They should have a prior idea about the basic knowledge and skills required in the new course. Students need to know the quantum of efforts involved for successful completion. Students should also know the main aspects of personality needed for practising the new profession.

Q: How do you ensure that your course curriculum is up to date and meets industry requirements?

A: The regular interaction with industry gives us timely input for identifying the new skills and emerging technology. We design new modules under certificate programmes to train our students in the latest technology.  The certification programs conducted by us are well accepted by the industry.

Q: Is your college receptive to innovation, technology, science and entrepreneurship? How? Could you cite some examples of these?

A: The regular interaction with the industry and business world has given us the direction for being innovative and tech-savvy. Students are motivated to become entrepreneurs and we provide them the initial inputs and incubation facility for the startup.

For example, based on industry input, we have started certificate programs in Business Analytics, Supply chain management and Nanotechnology. Our students are preferred during recruitments owing to the additional skills.

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Akash Harkude | Master of Business Administration (MBA) - Batch of 2025
Reviewed on 29 Nov 2025
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4.0
Placements 3 Infrastructure 4 Faculty & Course Curriculum 5 Crowd & Campus Life 4 Value for Money 4
My experience and learnings from ABBS.

Faculty: Teachers in ABBS are very good with corporate experience. They will teach the topics with practical things and from their corporate experience. The curriculum is relevant to the industry, and they have a very good curriculum. Semester exams are a little hard to pass.

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Faizan Ahmed | MBA in Business Analytics - Batch of 2025
Reviewed on 26 Oct 2025
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4.0
Placements 4 Infrastructure 4 Faculty & Course Curriculum 4 Crowd & Campus Life 4 Value for Money 4
I shared my college experience.

Faculty: In our MBA department, all faculty are cooperative with all students. They help students to get their internship and teach them how to communicate with others. The semester exams are not too hard if you read something, then you can pass easily. Most regular students pass the semester exam.

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Neetu Seervi | Bachelor in Computer Application (BCA) - Batch of 2025
Reviewed on 7 Oct 2025
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4.0
Placements 4 Infrastructure 4 Faculty & Course Curriculum 4 Crowd & Campus Life 4 Value for Money 4
ABBS is an absolute each!

Faculty: Faculty members are highly qualified, and most of them have done a Masters. Software development is the core of our course, and most of them are highly skilled in that. From critical thinking to deep research, our faculty members taught us all. Our course made us industry ready as our labs are installed in discussion with the industry people.

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Muhammed Shameem | BBA in Aviation Management - Batch of 2028
Reviewed on 18 Sep 2025
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5.0
Placements 5 Infrastructure 5 Faculty & Course Curriculum 5 Crowd & Campus Life 5 Value for Money 5
The college and faculty members are good. It had strong placements in 2020.

Faculty: Faculty at ABBS are qualified and supportive. The teaching quality is strong. The curriculum is industry-relevant. It is preparing students for the professional world. Semester exams are moderately challenging. The pass rate is over 70%. It reflects the college’s good academic standards and values.

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Muhammed Abu Thahir | BCA in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning - Batch of 2025
Reviewed on 1 Sep 2025
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3.8
Placements 3 Infrastructure 4 Faculty & Course Curriculum 4 Crowd & Campus Life 4 Value for Money 4
A student got placed with a salary package of 18 LPA.

Faculty: The certificate value is much better than that of other colleges. Semester exams are here, and internal exams. The college is an autonomous college. Answer papers are fully corrected by our teachers. Good teachers are friendly and available at any time to clear our doubts. Study well; you are okay.

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Faizan Ahmed | Master of Business Administration (MBA) - Batch of 2026
Reviewed on 24 Jul 2025
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4.0
Placements 4 Infrastructure 4 Faculty & Course Curriculum 4 Crowd & Campus Life 4 Value for Money 4
My opinion about this college.

Faculty: Teachers who are teaching in our MBA program are experienced and have work experience from other organisations. All teachers are cooperative with all students. Semester exams are not very difficult to pass. Most of the students pass semester exams.

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Faizan | Master of Business Administration (MBA) - Batch of 2025
Reviewed on 7 Jul 2025
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3.8
Placements 4 Infrastructure 4 Faculty & Course Curriculum 4 Crowd & Campus Life 4 Value for Money 3
My opinion about my college .

Faculty: Teachers are well-trained and they are teaching good. All faculty members are cooperative with students, and they give knowledge about the corporate environment and work culture. Semester exams are little bit difficult but not so hard to pass.

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Vivek TB | B.Com. in Logistics and Supply Chain - Batch of 2024
Reviewed on 16 Jun 2025
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4.4
Placements 5 Infrastructure 4 Faculty & Course Curriculum 5 Crowd & Campus Life 4 Value for Money 4
I am satisfied with the campus, extracurricular activities, and good placements.

Faculty: Teaching quality of the faculty members is good, and they are knowledgeable to all students. The curriculum for the BBA program is designed and incorporated, with admission based on merit in the qualifying exam. For Ph.D. programs, continuous assessment, including internal assessment and viva voce, is conducted.

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Faizan Ahmesd | MBA in Business Analytics - Batch of 2025
Reviewed on 17 Mar 2025
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3.6
Placements 4 Infrastructure 3 Faculty & Course Curriculum 3 Crowd & Campus Life 4 Value for Money 4
Honest college review on Acharya Bangalore B-School.

Faculty: Teachers are good, they help all students every time. After the first semester, they organized a mentoring program where they put 15 students in a group and 15 students with one mentor. For one year, all the mentors guided students in study and study-related queries.

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Faizan Ahmed | MBA in Business Analytics - Batch of 2025
Reviewed on 15 Feb 2025
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3.8
Placements 4 Infrastructure 3 Faculty & Course Curriculum 4 Crowd & Campus Life 4 Value for Money 4
My college experience in ABBS.

Faculty: In our MBA department, teachers are cooperative with all students. Maximum teachers have many years of corporate experience. They are making the students industry-ready. College semester exams are so tough in our two-year course, we have 4 semesters.

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shibina | Bachelor in Computer Application (BCA) - Batch of 2026
Reviewed on 29 Jan 2025
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2.2
Placements 3 Infrastructure 3 Faculty & Course Curriculum 2 Crowd & Campus Life 1 Value for Money 2
College is not good because of facilities and events otherwise, it is good for studies.

Faculty: Teaching quality is not good. Curriculum is relevant and makes students ready for the industry. Pass percentage is 40%. Teachers are helpful and so many students take admission. Students who passed out aluminum, they invited and through a success party. Faculty members are good at teaching.

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Surya | Bachelor in Computer Application (BCA) - Batch of 2025
Reviewed on 7 Jan 2025
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4.2
Placements 5 Infrastructure 4 Faculty & Course Curriculum 4 Crowd & Campus Life 4 Value for Money 4
My experience and point of view.

Faculty: All the teachers are excellent and qualified. They teach not only from textbooks but also incorporate the latest technology and provide examples during class time. They explain concepts well and make them easy to understand.

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Sunaina Raj | B.Sc. in Genetics - Batch of 2026
Reviewed on 24 Nov 2024
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3.0
Placements 4 Infrastructure 3 Faculty & Course Curriculum 3 Crowd & Campus Life 2 Value for Money 3
Review of Acharya Bangalore Business School.

Faculty: Teachers are good but a lot of them involve students unnecessarily in teachers' politics. The teaching quality depends on the teacher. The course curriculum is good but more practical applications should be added. Semester exams are fine. The pass percentage is 42%.

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Amit | Master of Business Administration (MBA) - Batch of 2025
Reviewed on 20 Nov 2024
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3.8
Placements 4 Infrastructure 4 Faculty & Course Curriculum 4 Crowd & Campus Life 3 Value for Money 4
There are more than 300 placements.

Faculty: Teachers are very good and approachable. Most of the teachers have work experience in the corporate sector and the teaching field. Examinations are quiet tough.

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Emil G Koshy | B.Com. in Logistics and Supply Chain - Batch of 2024
Reviewed on 21 Jul 2024
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2.8
Placements 2 Infrastructure 3 Faculty & Course Curriculum 3 Crowd & Campus Life 3 Value for Money 3
Do not choose this college if you are actually serious about your career.

Faculty: The curriculum does justice to the course, but it is more or less relevant to the industry and does make the students ready to take on a career in this industry. The semester exams are comparatively easy; even if you study on the day of the exam, you would pass. The faculty members in my course are average. Although they are knowledgeable, their teaching styles are not that good, and some of them can't even speak proper English.

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