WE School
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Former names | Welingkar Institute of Management |
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| Type | Private business school |
| Established | 1977 |
| Affiliation | UGC, NAAC |
| Director | Uday Salunkhe |
| Location | Mumbai, Maharashtra, Bangalore, Karnataka, India |
| Campus | Urban |
| Official name | Prin. L. N. Welingkar Institute of Management Development and Research |
| Website | welingkar.org |
Welingkar Institute of Management Development and Research is a private business school[1] with branches in Mumbai and Bangalore, India. Mumbai is the older center.
History
Prin. L. N. Welingkar Institute of Management Development & Research (WeSchool) features among the Business Schools in India. Run by charitable Trust Shikshan Prasarak Mandali, Pune, all across the state of Maharashtra. WeSchool, Mumbai, established in 1977 is first among the management institutes to offer Post Graduate Diploma in Management in new areas as Retail, Family Managed Business, Business Design & Innovation, Rural Management, Healthcare Management, Media & Entertainment Management and E- business.
Weschool, Bangalore was established in 2008 at Electronic City Phase -1 and we have introduced 3 full-time courses: PGDM, PGDM–E Biz and PGDM-Business Design & Innovation.[2]
WeSchool has pioneered programs such as Business Design and Innovation, E-business, Retail, Healthcare, Rural Management, programs for Family Managed business, initiated several partnerships with industry and international universities.[3] In 2015, WeSchool received the 'AICTE -CII best industry-linked management institute' award.[4]
Key Milestones
- 1977: MANDALI sets up Prin L N Welingkar Institute of Management Development & Research
- 1984-1986: First batch of MMS, affiliation with the University of Mumbai
- 1994: PGDM, AICTE approved MMS & MMM (Part Time)
- 2001: PGDM Ebiz
- 2002: College shifted to new campus in Matunga, Mumbai
- 2002: MIM /MIF (part-time)
- 2004: Bengaluru Campus established with Ebiz
- 2005: PGDM Retail introduced
- 2007: Introduced the PGDM –Business Design program
- 2010: PGDM Executive course introduced
- 2011: PGDM Healthcare introduced
- 2011: PGDM Rural Management (Emerging economies) launched
- 2014: PGP Entrepreneurship introduced
Global Linkages
WeSchool has established international links with foreign universities like Copenhagen Business School (Denmark), Malardalen University and Jonkoping International Business School (Sweden), Lancaster University and University of Hull (UK), Grant MacEwan College (Canada), Otto Friedrich Universidad and Stuggart Media University (Germany), Unitec Institute (New Zealand ) and Curtin Technical University (Australia).[5][6][7]
Post Graduate Diploma in Management(PGDM)(FLAGSHIP)
Post Graduate Diploma in Management in Healthcare
PGDM-Rural Management (Emerging Economies)
Campuses
WeSchool Mumbai
WeSchool decided to expand the capacity of Welingkar by moving from the small space of 10,000 sq ft to the new campus which has a total area of 1, 70,000 sq.ft. The Bengaluru campus of Welingkar was inaugurated in 2008.[8][9]
WeSchool-Bangalore The Bengaluru campus of Welingkar was inaugurated in 2008. Welingkar has a sprawling and Green campus set up on a Rs 1.5 acre property in Electronic City, Bangalore, in the vicinity of over 180 IT companies. Being a residential school, there are over 300 students studying at WeSchool, all from different parts of the country. The Bangalore Campus is known for its various events conducted by Career Management Center (CMC) involving several sector-based Industry Roundtables to engage senior members from the Corporate and invite them for sectorial discussions at Welingkar, where the students can also present their learnings and projects. There are annual sports events Jogabonito and We-cricket where alumni, faculty and students participate.The college has a cafeteria called Unwind and a ‘Hobby Kitchen’ where students can prepare food for themselves. The hostel has sports facilities like gym, table tennis, swimming pool, a football ground and a billiards room.
Welingkar’s Distance Learning Program(DLP)/ Part Time (3 Years )
The autonomous Welingkar Institute of Management offers distance learning programs. It is one of the few institutions whose distance learning programs have been accredited by Distance Education Council (DEC), a body of the Central Govt. of India.
Distance Education Council (DEC) has been set up by the Govt. of India under the IGNOU Act for assessment and accreditation of distance education institutes in India.
Welingkar’s Distance Learning Program (DLP) was appraised by DEC with regard to its content, quality of education and its delivery systems.
Specializations available:
- Marketing Management
- Finance
- Human Resource Management
- Operations Management
- Rural Management
- Retail Management
- General Management
- Operations Management
- E-Business
- General Management
- Services Excellence
- Rural and Agric Business
- Media And Advertising
- Travel & Tourism
- Healthcare management
- Hospitality Management
- IT Project Management
- Banking, Insurance & Investment
- Advertising & Media
References
- ↑ Subramanian, Aishhwariya (15 January 2013). "Alternatives galore for IIM aspirants". Daily News and Analysis – via HighBeam Research (subscription required) . Retrieved 8 April 2013.
- ↑ "Welingkar's We School campus in Bengaluru to focus on Design Thinking & Innovation".
- ↑ "Top 6 sectors that will CREATE JOBS for young graduates in 2012".
- ↑ "Matunga B-school wins award for best industry-linked management institute - The Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2015-12-04.
- ↑ "Welingkar institute signs MoU with an Aus university".
- ↑ "Welingkar institute signs MOU with Malardalen university".
- ↑ "Welingkar inks MOU with Grant MacEwan University".
- ↑ "Stepping STone".
- ↑ "WiFi – The Solution for Connectivity in the Campus".