Colleges in Karnataka

GIBS Business School believes that to be successful; students should have more than an academic foundation. Therefore, as part of its overall focus on developing the personalities of its students, the Institute has developed ways to combine classroom-based learning with an emphasis on the development of leadership skills, professional development, and "hands-on" practical activities.

Ways to Further Develop Students' Personalities:

•  The School of Youth Leadership (SoYL): This programme through promoting conditions for developing leadership abilities such as teamwork, good decision making, and the concept of social responsibility.
• Communications Skills Program: In addition to the SoYL program, the Institute also provides its students with regular interactive sessions that improve students' public speaking, presentation skills, business communications ability and self-confidence.
•  Career Progression and Management Program (CPMP): This programme focuses on developing students' aptitude, enhancing their soft skills, preparing for and presenting themselves in interview situations, and overall professional development.
•  Exposure to Business: The Institute provides students the opportunity to build the necessary level of practical exposure to find their own ways to gain the confidence to achieve success.
•  Student Clubs and Activities: Engaging in various cultural, sports, management, and entrepreneurship clubs allows for the enhancement of creativity and developing teamwork and leadership skills.
• Mock Interviews and Group Discussions: The various activities available to GIBS students help to develop their abilities to communicate, critically analyze marketing concepts, and develop confidence in their overall professional presence.
•  Event Management Opportunities: Working to organize and participate in a variety of events allows for GIBS students to enhance their leadership, organizational, and coordination abilities needed to achieve personal success.

GIBS Business School sees producing graduates with strong capabilities in both academics and personal development as a matching objective. The institute successfully employs a well-rounded approach to teaching, so students gain not only knowledge of their subjects but they develop skills to be leaders, communicate effectively, and are equipped to enter the workplace as professionals somewhere they will be successful.

 Components That GIBS Uses to Balance Academics and Holistic Development:

•  High-Quality and Rigorous Academic Curriculum.  The students are given knowledge and understanding of management short-term through classroom study, case studies, and projects which provide a solid foundation of all management principles.
•  Leadership Development Programs - The SoYL initiative is one example of a programme designed to help develop and build students' abilities in the areas of leadership, teamwork, and decision-making.
•  Learning through Industry Exposure - Students are exposed via guest speakers, workshops, seminars, visits to companies within the industries they have studied and completing live projects connected directly to what they have learned in their classes.
•  Developing Skills - GIBS prepares students for their eventual entry into the workforce by providing training in communication skills, presentation skills, aptitude development, and personality development.
•  Student Clubs and Events - Providing students with the opportunity to participate in cultural, sports, management and entrepreneurship clubs gives them the chance to establish their own unique talents and interests away from academics.
• Innovation and Entrepreneurship Initiatives - Programs such as IRE (Innovation, Research & Entrepreneurship) advocate creativity, critical thinking, and problem solving.
•  Community Engagement - Programs that enhance students' social responsibility through service-based community engagement provide each student the opportunity to look at the world with empathy and a broader frame of reference.