NIA School of Management
NIASoM is the Management School of National Insurance Academy in Pune,India. The MBA programme is designed to reflect NIA’s Philosophy of Managerial Development i.e. to develop managerial excellence based on technical competence, proactive knowledge seeking ability, creative problem-solving approach and visionary approaches that emphasizes social upliftment through individual endeavors
The curriculum has been designed in a manner where equal importance is given to class room learning and self audit through a series of case / project based learning assignments, active participations in Curricular and Para-curricular activities, involvement in day-to-day organizational practices,intensive involvement in off-campus action research projects and exposure to unstructured problems with a view to enabling the students to manage the real life situations efficiently.
It also has some unique features compared to other management schools like INLAB, PPDP, Mowgli Tables, Mini Golf Course, etc. Its students also get to interact with thousands of professionals from various industries every year as they visit the campus for various training courses, summits and seminars. Its founder was Dr K C Mishra, who was the previous director of NIASoM. In the past few years, the institute has gained exponential name and fame and has become one of India's best and most respected B-Schools. Currently the institute is looking to enter into the league of top 10 B-Schools with the help and guidance of Dr. Prathap Oburai, who has recently joined NIA SoM as the new director after he left Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, where he was the Chair Professor, Marketing and coordinator of LIC's internal MBA Program. Though students get foreign placements with extremely good profiles, Dr Oburai motivates the students to accept domestic postings of better than international stature.
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