--By Upashana Neupane

 

South Asian Institute of Management (SAIM) is an independent academic institution established in 2006. Located at Lagankhel, Lalitpur, SAIM aims to provide need-based management education and engage in management development, research and provide consultation services to facilitate the growth and development of managers, entrepreneurs, and business leaders in South Asia.

 

SAIM aims to address the demand for skilled managers and entrepreneurs in Asia, which is expected to grow as it is the most dynamic economic centre for global trade, investment and technology innovation.

 

It envisions generating professional managers and entrepreneurs who have a deep understanding of the region, its people and their deep rooted cultural values. And it has been working hard for the same with high degree of commitment, dedication and perseverance to establish itself as a regional learning centre of excellence for management studies.

 

SAIM provides best of management education with some of the Nepal’s best intellectual professionals in its faculty such as  Dr Bijay KC, Dr Prakash Chandra Lohani, Ashok R. Pandey, Madhukar SJB Rana and alike. The College offers Bachelor’s in Business Administration (BBA) and Master’s in Business Administration (MBA) in Global Business with affiliation from Pokhara University. 

 

Apart from that, SAIM has also collaborated with Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) Bangkok. With a purpose to upgrade education and research opportunities, SAIM signed an MOU with AIT in December 2009. The MOU focuses mainly on faculty and student exchange program, conducting joint research and studies. It also aims to build capacity of SAIM faculty members through degree and training programs at AIT. 

 

College Objectives

• To develop managers with sound management knowledge, skills and values along with leadership qualities and a positive attitude.

• To build relevant, practical curricula grounded on sound theory and based on regional case studies and experience sharing.

• To motivate students for bringing out the best in them and foster creativity, innovation and effective team building.

• To inculcate creativity and innovativeness in the faculty through continuing education, faculty development programs, consulting and research.

 

 

 “Be an entrepreneur not an employee”

 

Any developed country is well-developed because it’s well-managed. Until a country can’t utilise its resources, it can’t be developed. Utilising human resource and natural resources needs proper management. MBA (Masters in Business Administration) produces skilled or appropriate manpower for the utilisation of the resources, be it natural or human.

 

MBA is regarded as best education worldwide for the management studies. It is a course providing practical knowledge about management. It teaches management of property as well as problems. It also helps in developing leadership and an individual’s decision making ability. It provides knowledge about specialized management which includes management of every sector. It teaches skills to apply theoretical knowledge in practical life. It also sharpens communication skills and team work. Thus, MBA has drawn attraction among students lately than other management programmes. 

 

Our country moved ahead to privatization after the change in policy in 1991resulting in increase of economic activities. Number of private industries, companies, banks, and financial sectors also increased after that. Similarly, activities in tourism sector and aviation also increased. Need of proper management was felt after the number and responsibilities of these institutions increased. For which, people with proper management skills were needed. MBA’s importance was felt to generate that manpower.

 

Most of the students pursuing MBA have a thought of working with some companies.  We suggest them to be entrepreneurs themselves rather than working with any organisation. MBA graduates should create employment rather than be an employee.  Students belonging to industrial family automatically incline towards business while others think of doing job under some company. MBA however is not a subject to continue the traditional occupations. MBA graduates should be innovative enough to create employment opportunities and be progressive to face possible challenges in the market. However, being an entrepreneur is much more challenging than working for other organisations. 

 

MBA Graduates have showed good results in the management of the organizations. They are paid well also. Thus, the number of students wanting to study MBA increased along with the number of management schools providing MBA course. However, looking at the present scenario, number of MBA graduates has become more than the opportunities available and the size of the market. Economic activities that accelerated after 1991 have slowed down lately due to political instability in the country. MBA graduates thus are more in numbers than the opportunities available in the market. 

(Based on an interview with Dr Bijaya KC.)