The Higher Education Review

Existing for over 40 years now, IMS Learning Resources has evolved into a most trusted brand in the education and training sphere. Professor N.R. Rane, the man behind IMS Learning Resources, established this training center foreseeing the demand of management education. Starting with a first batch of only 7 students, today IMS has earned a noticeable National presence through its 90+ centers across 44 cities. In 2010, IMS carrying forward its mission of rendering practical skills and knowledge in some essential professional courses at affordable cost, in the shortest possible time to students, initiated IMS Proschool. “Boasting of having 12 centers Pan India and trained around 30,000 students till date in the field of data science, analytics, financial modeling and so on, IMS Proschool is now known as one of the largest classroom training providers in the country,” says Ankush Bhandari, Head of IMS Proschool CPS.

Apart from classroom training, the institute also offers its wide range of courses via online mode. The courses varies from certifications to post graduate and vocational in domains such as Investment, Banking & Capital Markets, Digital Marketing, Data Science along with an exclusive Business Analytics programme which is conducted in collaboration with NSE Academy, India’s largest Certification body in Finance. “As we are an approved training partner of NSDC, on successful completion of this 3 months business analytics course, students are entitled to get jointly certified by NSE Academy, IMS Proschool and NSDC,” proudly says Bhandari.Students who aspire to receive training in the field of analytics and data science for a longer period of time are provided the option of pursuing 9 months PG Diploma in Data Science which has been developed based on an employment-oriented approach and on a detailed research of companies’ requirements.

Awarded twice under classroom section by Analytics India magazine, IMS Proschool is beatified with a group of faculty members who are extensively experienced and experts in their respective areas"

Bhandari states, “80-90 percent of our student population comprises of working professionals. Hence we conduct all of courses only in weekends, which render our students the convenience and flexibility to complete their courses

in a stress-free way”. Been awarded twice under classroom section by Analytics India magazine, the institute is beatified with a group of faculty members who are extensively experienced and experts in their respective areas. “Our faculty members are those, who themselves works in the industry for 5 days a week and shares their insights with our students in the weekends. So there is never such case of stagnation in their knowledge and particularly in their training approaches,” opines Bhandari.

The institute also has support of a strong content development team, that every 6 months conducts surveys with different stakeholders on the latest industry demands and strives to include the concerned courses and perform necessary changes in the current course currilcum as soon as possible. For strengthening the value of the courses offered and stay abreast with the market requirements, the institute has extended several international associations with organizations such as CIMA, CFA, Association of Chartered Certified Accountants and many more. “Followed by obtaining a robust training with us through optimum practical and project-based approaches, we also help our recipients in earning job opportunities. In future, we aim to set up analytics labs in our training centers, enhance international collaborations in the field of analytics and set up IMS Proschool in 40 cities,” concludes Bhandari.