PGDM course at JK Business School prepares students for a rewarding career ahead by opening various avenues of success across industries
JK Business School (JKBS), a leading Business School in India and Asia’s top industry-anchored B-School, recently conducted Orientation Programme’ Adhwan’ for its newly joined PGDM 2022-24 batch. The 35 days annual orientation program Adhwan takes place upon completing the 100-day onboarding program ‘Buniyaad’ – an induction program to strengthen the basics of management and bridge gaps by bringing together students from diverse backgrounds on a common level of understanding before starting the PGDM program at JKBS. Buniyaad is conducted in 2 phases- Pre-Foundation and Foundation program.
The program is enriched with sessions on leadership, current affairs, company presentations, quizzes, and many more. Buniyaad-2 involves many interactions with the corporate world through online networking and meetings. Many activities such as Webinars and e-Talks with Founders, Industry Leaders, Philanthropists, Motivational Speakers, Technology Front-runners, etc., were conducted to keep students abreast with the changing times and to lay a platform to enable students to become thoughtful leaders and managers in the long run. Buniyad holds great significance for freshers as it prepares students for two years journey of comprehensive learning.
JK Business School officially welcomed the PGDM batch of 2022-24 during the onboarding ceremony, which started with lighting the lamp of knowledge followed by Saraswati Vandana and welcoming the chief guest of the day, Shri Arvind Thakur, Member of the board at JK tech and Dr. S.K. Mahapatra, Director of KIIT, Bhubaneswar.
The PGDM Batch of 2022-24 has a good diversity in the class. The academic mix has graduates ranging from various streams like engineering, commerce, humanities, science, and management. In terms of professional experience, the batch has a balance of fresh graduates as well as working professionals. Diversity in the domains of working professionals, academic background, and the geographical location of fresh graduates is expected to enrich the learning experience of the students within the classroom.
Addressing the occasion, Dr. S.K. Mahapatra, Director of KIIT, Bhubaneswar, said, “I whole-heartedly welcome PGDM batch 2022-2024 and congratulate them for successfully completing the foundation program”. He further added, “2 years comprehensive PGDM program at JKBS will focus on Tech Savvy curriculum, Strong industry connect and Learning beyond academics. JKBS curriculum is laid on an outcome-based approach and problem-based learning in order to harness the ‘higher-order thinking skills (HOTS). This will foster the analytical and critical thinking abilities of students and help them make data-based decisions and inculcate cross-cultural perspectives so they can function seamlessly in a global business environment. Thus, our focus will be majorly on working on real-time projects with industry professionals to give students firsthand experience of the real world scenarios.”