MYRA School of Business explained
| MYRA School of Business |
| Other Name: | MYRA, MSB |
| Type: | Private Business School (Autonomous) |
| Established: | 2012 |
| Founder: | Kantharaj Urs |
| Parent: | Mysore Royal Academy |
| Academic Affiliation: | AICTE |
| Chairman: | Dr. Ramasastry Ambarish |
| Dean: | Dr. Ramasastry Ambarish |
| Postgrad: | PGDM |
| Doctoral: | PhD (University of Mysore) |
| Other: | Executive Education |
| Address: | Yelwal Post |
| City: | Mysore |
| State: | Karnataka |
| Country: | India |
| Postcode: | 571130 |
| Campus: | Urban, 10 acres |
| Mascot: | Phoenix |
The MYRA School of Business is a business school established in 2012 in Mysore under the aegis of the Mysore Royal Academy (MYRA). The school and its campus were inaugurated on November 4, 2012.[1]
Programs Offered
- Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM)[2] (Two-year AICTE-approved MBA equivalent)
- Management Development Programs / Executive Education Programs
Flagship Program
PGDM (Post Graduate Diploma in Management)[3] has
PGDM Students take 32 courses - 16 Core Courses, 12 Electives, 2 Career Services Courses, 3 Projects, and 1 Internship Research Project - totaling 102 credits. Each course is worth 3 credit points.
Partner Schools
Partner Schools:
Centres of Excellence
MYRA has set up 2 Centres of Excellence:
- Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Business Innovations (CESBI)
- Centre of Excellence for Data Analytics and Business Insights (CEDABI)
Campus
The campus buildings have been called 'avant-garde' and showcase state-of-the-art architecture.
Milestones
Milestones:
- 4 November 2012 – MYRA Campus Inauguration by Shri Deepak Parekh, Chairman, HDFC.
- 17–18 December 2012 – Workshop on Governance and Political Economy in association with Warwick University.
- 6 January 2013 – Launch of Centre of Excellence in Sustainable Business Innovations (CESBI) and Distinguished Lecture by Prof. Vijay Govindarajan, Coxe Distinguished Professor, Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth College, US.
- 24 June 2013 – MYRA Founding Batch Inauguration by Mrs. Meera Sanyal, Chairperson, Royal Bank of Scotland.
- 16–17 December 2013 – Second International Conference on Big Data Analytics.
- June 2014 – Recognition by the University of Mysore as a Research Center.
- 31 May 2014 – Graduation of founding Batch Post Graduate Program for Executives (PGPX). Chief Guests: Dr. Ramadhar Singh, Distinguished Professor, IIM, Bangalore, and Mr. Ashok Mathur, MD, Madura Coats & Regional Chief Executive, South Asia, Coats Plc.
- 9 May 2015 – Graduation of founding Batch of Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) and 2nd Batch of Post Graduate Program for Executives (PGPX). Chief Guests: Prof. Rishikesha T Krishnan, Director, Indian Institute of Management, Indore, and Mr. R Gopalakrishnan, Non-Executive Director, Tata Sons
- 9 March 2016 – Launch of Centre of Excellence for Data Analytics and Business Insights (CEDABI) by Mr. David J Kasik, Senior Technical Fellow, The Boeing Company, Seattle, Washington.[7]
- 28 March 2016 – MOU with Dalhousie University, Canada, Mr. Greg Giokas, Consul General of Canada to Bengaluru, and Dr. Carolyn Watters, Provost & Vice President, Academic, Dalhousie University, Canada.[8]
- 20 June 2016 – Graduation of the 2nd batch of Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) & 3rd batch of Post Graduate Program for Executives (PGPX). Chief Guests: Dr. M G Parameswaran, Founder, Brand-Building.com and Shri Ranjan Mathai, Former Foreign Secretary, Government of India
- 30 July 2016 – Inauguration of Devaraj Urs Centre for Development Studies by Shri. Jairam Ramesh, Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha, Former Minister, Government of India.
- 30 May 2017 - Signing of MOU with Cambridge Judge Business Executive Education to offer Executive Education programs in India.
- 24 June 2017 – Graduation of the 3rd batch of Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) & 4th batch of Post Graduate Program for Executives (PGPX). Chief Guests: Shri Santosh Desai, MD and CEO of Futurebrands, author & columnist, and Dr. Ramasastry Ambarish, Managing Director of RA & Son Pte Ltd., Singapore, and Member of the Governing board, MYRA
- 13 May 2018 - Graduation of the 4th batch of Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) & 5th batch of Post Graduate Program for Executives (PGPX). Chief Guest, Dr. Viral V Acharya, Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India & C.V. Starr Professor of Economics, New York University Stern School of Business, USA
- 1 July 2018 - University of Mysore approved Master of Business Administration (MBA) 5 years integrated course
- 29 June 2019 - Graduation of the 5th batch of Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) & 6th batch of Post Graduate Program for Executives (PGPX). Chief Guest, Mr. MD Ranganath, Additional Independent Director, HDFC Bank
Distinguished Lecture Series:
- 6 January 2013 - Distinguished Lecture 1 on "Reverse Innovation" by Dr. Vijay Govindarajan, Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College, USA
- 25 November 2013 - Distinguished Lecture 2 on "Using Frugal Innovation to Create Market Disruption" by Mr. Suneet S Tuli, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Datawind Limited
- 19 February 2015 - Distinguished Lecture 3 on "Journey of Excellence-Beating Benchmarks and Scaling New Heights of Performance" by Lt Gen SK Gadeock, AVSM, Commandant, Defence Services Staff College
- 29 November 2015 - Distinguished Lecture 4 on "The Enduring Value of Management Education" by Dr. Dipak C Jain, Director (Dean), Sasin Graduate Institute of Business Administration, Chulalongkorn, University in Bangkok, Thailand
- 18 November 2016 - Distinguished Lecture 5 on "Economic and Social Change and Growth of Indian Business" by Dr. Sanjaya Baru, Distinguished Fellow, United Service Institute of India, New Delhi; Consulting Fellow for India International Institute of Strategic Studies, London; Honorary Senior Fellow, Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi
- 26 December 2017 - Distinguished Lecture 6 on "From Research to Action: Using Evidence to Inform Policy" by Mr. Iqbal Dhaliwal, Deputy Executive Director, Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge
- 18 January 2018 - Distinguished Lecture 7 on "My Journey" by Mr. Arjun Malhotra, Co-founder, HCL Technologies, Former Chairman and CEO, Headstrong
Notes and References
- Web site: 21 November 2012. Change Takes Off – Futuristic MYRA Campus Inaugurated in Mysore. Press Trust Of India.
- Web site: PGDM .
- Web site: top pgdm colleges in Karnataka best pgdm colleges in Karnataka . 2023-12-04 . MYRA School of Business Learn to Lead Change . en-US.
- Web site: Global Partners Part Time MBA college in Mysore - MYRA School of Business . 2023-12-04 . MYRA School of Business Learn to Lead Change . en-US.
- Web site: Global Partners Part Time MBA college in Mysore - MYRA School of Business . 2023-12-04 . MYRA School of Business Learn to Lead Change . en-US.
- Web site: MYRA School of Business. Dr. Rajiv Sinha, Founding Dean, MYRA School of Business - Remembrance and Homage . 2023-12-04 . www.prnewswire.com . en.
- https://speakers.acm.org/speakers/kasik_8603 Mr. David J Kasik
- https://www.dal.ca/faculty/computerscience/faculty-staff/carolyn-watters.html Dr. Carolyn Watters
