Popularity of management study is increasing every other day. Students’ attraction towards being a manager or an entrepreneur is growing each day. With increasing and growing popularity of management study among students, Bachelors in Information Management (BIM) comes as a plus point for them. BIM is a blend of two most popular fields that are Management and Information Technology (IT). 

 

BIM programme aims to develop creative, and result oriented information technology (IT) professionals. The course is designed to equip graduates with the skills and attributes required to be effective and efficient information technology professionals. 

 

BIM being a management related subject actually is a subject with the potential of both management and technological skill. A BIM graduate is actually capable of handling both the management and technological sectors. Siddhartha Marasini, BIM Programme co-ordinator at Thames College says, “The basic problem today in the case of Nepal is the management officers don’t have technical skill”, and shares that a person with a person with sound technical knowledge doesn’t have greater management skill. BIM intends to fill up this gap and create a person with both the managerial as well as technological skills. “They know how management works as well as the technologies prevailed”, he says.

 

Being the blend of both the Management and Information technology it automatically compiles the scope of Management and Information technology on its own. “BIM graduates have larger career opportunities as we know nobody wants a person with a single quality”, Marasini shares, “Hiring a person with multiple qualities and expertise will always be beneficial.”

 

With its multiple benefits, growing opportunities and larger scope, students willing to pursue the course are increasing day by day. However, Marasini shares that BIM has not been yet successful as it should have been as students take this as an alternative of Bachelor in Business Administration (BBA). “Students are not well aware of this subject”, he shares, and “Thus it has not yet been the first option for the graduate degree.” 

 

After Graduation

As BIM is a blend of both the management and IT sector, the graduates can simply work in both of the fields. They can work in Banking Sector (both management and IT department), Education Sector (Lecturer or Teaching Assistant), they can be an entrepreneur, IT Specialist, Web Developer, Administrative Sector, IT technician, system analysts, network administrators, database developers, web masters, e-Commerce programmers, information system project managers, software application developers, management information system managers and other IT related and as well as business professionals.

 

Fee Structure

Fee structure varies from college to college according to services provided and many other reasons. For the completion of the course one may have to pay around 4 lakhs. The amount may vary on the basis of college.

 

Eligibility and Evaluation

The students of any field scoring 60 per cent can apply for BIM CMAT exam and after successfully passing the CMAT exam conducted by Tribhuvan University (TU), the students are qualified to attend the class. The BIM programme extends over eight semesters that is four academic years. Examination and evaluation and the grading system for BIM are similar to 

 

that of BBA. The overall evaluation is divided into two clusters that are Internal and External evaluation. Internal evaluation accompanies of 40 per cent of the total marks. Similarly, the external evaluation comprises of 60 per cent of the total marks. The grading is done on the basis of Grade Point Average (GPA). Students need to successfully complete 126 credit hours as prescribed with a minimum of passing grade in all courses with an aggregate CGPA of 2.00. A minimum of grade ‘C’ obtained in the Industrial Attachment Project.