Loyola Institute of Business Administration

Coordinates: 13°03′49″N 80°14′05″E / 13.06361°N 80.23472°E / 13.06361; 80.23472

Loyola Institute of Business Administration
Type Private business school
Established 1979 (1979)
Religious affiliation
 Jesuit (Roman Catholic)
Director Dr P. Christie SJ
Academic staff
 24
Administrative staff
 44
Postgraduates 120 + 120
Location Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
13°03′49″N 80°14′06″E / 13.0636°N 80.235°E / 13.0636; 80.235
Nickname LIBA
Website www.liba.edu

Loyola Institute of Business Administration (LIBA) in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, was founded by the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) in 1979. It is situated on the Loyola College, Chennai, campus and run by the Loyola College Society.

History

Loyola Institute of Business Administration (LIBA) when established in 1979 had a three-year, part-time PGDBM program catering to the needs of business executives in and around Chennai. This program was approved by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE). Since 1995 LIBA has offered a two-year, full-time PGDM program, approved by the AICTE and recognized as equivalent to an MBA degree by the Association of Indian Universities (AIU). LIBA also offers a full-time MBA (PGDM) program (2 years), part-time MBA (PGBM) program (3 years), various executive diploma courses, and certificate programs in various management subjects. It is a resource center for doctoral programs offered in affiliation with the University of Madras.

Main Block

Courses

  • Two-year PGDM Program
  • Three-year, part-time PGDM Program
  • PhD Program
  • One-year Executive PG Diploma Program
  • Certificate Programs
  • Blended Learning
  • Executive MBA

Admissions

Admission to the two-year, full-time MBA is through the XAT examination conducted by XLRI, Jamshedpur. Since academic year 2012, LIBA has also accepted CAT scores. Candidates applying to LIBA will be short-listed on the basis of their XAT and CAT scores. Final selection of short-listed candidates is based on a group discussion and a personal interview; these are held at Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Kolkata, and Mumbai.

Rankings

Institute rankings
Business/Management – India
NIRF (2018)[1] 32

Loyola Institute of Business Administration was ranked 32 by the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) management ranking in 2018.[1]

Management Development Centre

LIBA's Management Development Centre designs, develops, and conducts customized programmes to suit industry needs. The focus is on creating skill-development programmes that equip managers with the required expertise.

Long-term executive programmes

These programmes, designed in collaboration with corporations, are industry-supported in their course content and design. They help corporations deal with the principles of good management.

Short-term executive programmes

These programmes are meant for beginning executives

Management development programmes

These programmes meet the needs of mid-career executives who wish to equip themselves for senior management positions.

Consultancy

LIBA has strategic partnerships with various firms that offer faculty and students opportunities to work on real-time projects.

Centres of excellence

  • Centre for Ethics and Governance
  • Centre for Retail and Supply Chain Management
  • Prof. C.K. Prahalad Centre for Emerging India[2]

International collaborations

LIBA through memorandums of understanding collaborates with renowned business schools in the United States, Europe, Australia, China, and South America. Based on mutual recognition, these institutions provide opportunities for curriculum revision, student exchange, faculty exchange, and joint research.

Student committees & clubs

Committees

  • The Placements Committee
  • Media and Communications Committee - The PR and Media Relations Committee
  • LIBA Premier League - Talent Meets Managers
  • Beyond Management - The Guest Lectures/Industry-Institute Interaction Committee
  • The Alumni Committee
  • 360 Degrees - The Student affairs Committee
  • E-Cell - This cell encourages and promotes entrepreneurship among students

Clubs

Sports

  • LIBA Soccer Team            * LIBA Basketball Team

LIBA has a Sports Committee that is managed by the students. Several inter-batch events are conducted during the second and third trimesters. The various sport events include Cricket, Football, Basketball, Volleyball, Badminton, Chess, Carron, Table Tennis, Throwball and all athletic events. Events are conducted for both Men and Women. Based on the overall points that both the batches has secured, the winner is crowned.

Events

Insight

Loyola Institute of Business Administration, Chennai, organizes an Annual National Management Symposium.

ESPIRE

ESPIRE is an annual business plan competition organized by the Entrepreneurship Cell of LIBA. The contest is open to business ideas that involve or leverage technology in any sphere of human activity. Entries are evaluated by a team of jurors that includes entrepreneurs, industry leaders, and members of the academia.

Mother Teresa award

Under the auspices of the Centre for Business Ethics and Corporate Governance, the Mother Teresa Award for Corporate Citizenship, instituted in 1998, is presented every year to a company that has shown exemplary commitment to the ideal of being a responsible corporate. Winners of the award have included Chennai Petroleum Corporation Limited (CPCL), NTPC, Polaris, Tata Sons, Titan Industries, Tamil Nadu Newsprint and Papers, Indian Oil Corporation, TVS Motor Company and Orchid Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals.

Libarated

LIBARATED is LIBA's annual intra-collegiate cultural fest.

Chrysalis

LIBA-Chrysalis is the annual national management festival conducted by the students of LIBA, with students from management schools throughout the country participating.

LIBAzaar

LIBAzaar is the biggest carnival of South India. Taglined “Namma Chennai Thiruvizha”,it celebrates everything Chennai. The event opens the gates of LIBA to the public. The one day event is filled with several events and concerts for people of all ages and various celebrities make an appearance through out the day.

Exquizite

Exquizite 2010

Exquizite is Chrysalis’s annual corporate business quiz, hosted by Derek O'Brien, which had 237 teams participating in 2009.

References

  1. 1 2 "National Institutional Ranking Framework 2018 (Management)". National Institutional Ranking Framework. Ministry of Human Resource Development. 2018. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
  2. ↑ "C.K. Prahalad Centre to focus on entrepreneurship". Business Line. 6 August 2011. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
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