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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Bhavya S | Master of Business Administration (MBA) - Batch of 2027
Reviewed on 3 Jan 2026
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4.4
Placements 4 Infrastructure 4 Faculty & Course Curriculum 4 Crowd & Campus Life 5 Value for Money 5
B School for a MBA student.

Faculty: Teachers are very friendly and easy to approach and all have Ph.D. are very knowledgeable. The teaching quality is very good and understandable. They keep students more busy and they conduct GD JAM, presentation and many more and as it is a B School, they make students ready to corporate.

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Akshana Salvador ... | Master of Business Administration (MBA) - Batch of 2027
Reviewed on 3 Jan 2026
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4.6
Placements 4 Infrastructure 5 Faculty & Course Curriculum 5 Crowd & Campus Life 4 Value for Money 5
The college has good faculty. Even good placement records and extracurricular activities.

Faculty: The faculty is very experienced, helpful, knowledgeable, and really very approachable. Most of the faculty members have industrial experience and many have graduated from top colleges. They are very much aware of the job market and give suggestions regarding it is very helpful.

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Anuranj H | Master of Business Administration (MBA) - Batch of 2026
Reviewed on 3 Jan 2026
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3.8
Placements 4 Infrastructure 3 Faculty & Course Curriculum 4 Crowd & Campus Life 4 Value for Money 4
Great campus with great infrastructure, highly knowledgeable professors.

Faculty: The teachers are all really helpful, greatly qualified, and knowledgeable, and they are great at teaching. I believe that the course curriculum is relevant, and it does make students industry-ready. The exams are all a little difficult, but it's manageable if we study with proper study materials.

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Bhavana Kumari | Master of Business Administration (MBA) - Batch of 2027
Reviewed on 2 Jan 2026
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4.0
Placements 4 Infrastructure 4 Faculty & Course Curriculum 4 Crowd & Campus Life 4 Value for Money 4
ABBS has nice infrastructure along with a highly educated faculty.

Faculty: We have highly educated faculty members in the MBA department for each subject. All faculty members are knowledgeable and well-equipped to teach the MBA curriculum. From time to time, outside faculty also visit to teach new subjects.

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Mithun T M | Master of Business Administration (MBA) - Batch of 2027
Reviewed on 25 Dec 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 journey and my experiences.

Faculty: Teachers are helpful, well-qualified, and knowledgeable. In our department, the teacher's teaching quality is good. The course curriculum is relevant. They make the students industry-ready. If you read before the exam, you can pass easily. Most students pass the semester exam.

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Faizan Ahmed | MBA in Business Analytics - Batch of 2025
Reviewed on 22 Dec 2025
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4.0
Placements 4 Infrastructure 4 Faculty & Course Curriculum 4 Crowd & Campus Life 4 Value for Money 4
My previous college experience.

Faculty: Teachers are helpful, well-qualified, and knowledgeable. Their teaching quality is good. The course curriculum is relevant. They make the students industry-ready. If you read one day before the exam, you can pass easily. Most of the students pass all semester exams.

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Mithun T M | Master of Business Administration (MBA) - Batch of 2027
Reviewed on 16 Dec 2025
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4.0
Placements 4 Infrastructure 4 Faculty & Course Curriculum 4 Crowd & Campus Life 4 Value for Money 4
Review of my college life experience.

Faculty: Teachers are helpful, well-qualified, and knowledgeable. The teaching quality is good. The course curriculum is relevant, and it makes students industry-ready by providing different industrial visits, real experience of corporate events, etc. It is easy to pass the semester exams.

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Mithun T M | Master of Business Administration (MBA) - Batch of 2027
Reviewed on 3 Dec 2025
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4.0
Placements 4 Infrastructure 4 Faculty & Course Curriculum 4 Crowd & Campus Life 4 Value for Money 4
Review of my college experience.

Faculty: The teaching quality is very good in our department. They provide good quality teaching facilities. For placements, they also give placement training in every semester. The course curriculum is relevant, and it prepares students for the industry. To pass the semester exams, it is not very easy in our college.

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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
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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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Acharyas Bangalore Business School has been rated 4.2 for faculty as per reviews by students. This shows that Institute has qualified and experienced faculty members.

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Atul Mishra

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Answered a month ago

The institute has released the salary details for the 2024 drive. The highest package bagged during the placements 2024 was INR 16.43 LPA. The average and median packages offered were INR 7.56 LPA and INR 6.12 LPA. From 2022 to 2024, a fluctuating trend was recorded in the highets package. Likewise,

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Aayush Taneja

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The median package offered to the batch 2024 was INR 6.12 LPA. The median package offered during the ABBS Bangalore placements 2023 was INR 6 LPA. In 2022 the median package recorded was INR 7 LPA. This indicates a fluctuating tend.

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Akanksha Bhandari

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The highest, average and median packages have been released for the 2024 batch. Check the table below to know the Acharya Bangalore Business School placement package details for 2024 drive:

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the highest packageINR 16.43 LPA
Average packageINR 7.56 LPA
Median packageINR 6.12 LPA

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Abhay Panda

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The overall Acharya Bangalore Business School average package for 2024 batch was INR 7.56 LPA. The average package recorded for 2023 was INR 7.72 LPA. In addition to this, the average package 2022 recorded was INR 7.64 LPA. Comprison indicates a fluctuating trend.

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