The Higher Education Review

The educational institutes not only develop young minds but also shape the future of the country. Aiming to be the world's best Management institution which is developing socially committed leaders, LEAD College of Management is driven toward providing value-based education to learners. The institute is driven toward providing its learners with an ecosystem which naturally enhances their learning and application ability with the guidance pro-vided by the best faculty members in the world. In addition to the premium MBA programme, LEAD College offers various value-based academic programmes to its students like ELEAD, Centres of Excellence, and LEADX, including other programmes.

Located in Dhoni, Palakkad, LEAD was established in 2011, and it continues to stand as the preferred destination of management aspirants. The institute is the 2nd ranked MBA College in Kerala by The Times of India for the last three consecutive years. LEAD is listed along with six IIMs, VIT (Vellore), Symbiosis, SRM, and BITS Ranchi by Business India in India's best B-School Ranking.

Encouraging Learners to Achieve their True Potential
As per the academic mission of LEAD College of Management, the institute is hustling to enhance the intellectual knowledge and competency of the students, required to be the leaders of tomorrow. LEAD's role is to provide mentorship, development support, investor support, consulting support, & other services in a variety of industries through internal and external resources, and networking. Agri-tech and food processing.

Edutech and skilling, Manufacturing and Infrastructure, and Supply Chain and Transportation solutions are among the areas of specialization.

The academic structure of the institute is structured to develop the student's thinking ability and to give a direction to that ability by proper guidance.

LEAD has committed to fostering dynamic entrepreneurs in the present and future, with a unique option for aspiring young men and women to pursue a recognized university MBA degree, while also pursuing their passion of becoming an entrepreneur in just two years of education and training on cam-pus.

LEAD welcomes all young people who want to achieve their goals to take advantage of this fantastic opportunity LEAD has a unique sort of academic structure which has divided the complete programme for this Entrepreneurship Development into four stages - Launchpad, Runway, Take off, and Autopilot.

A prospective entrepreneur must achieve the Autopilot stage or have crossed Take off by the end of the MBA programme. LEAD College of Management caters for its students with various study programmes like, regular MBA in streams like Marketing, Finance, Human Resources, International Business Systems, and Travel & Tourism.

Apart from this, the institute provides its unique study programme like ELEAD, Centres of Excellence, and LeadX, including other programmes. In addition to the study programmes mentioned above, LEAD College of Management also encourages several training, and research programmes which are Train-ers' Training Programmes (TTPs), Management Development Programmes (MDPs), Entrepreneurship Awareness Programmes (EAPs), Entrepreneurship Development Programmes (EDPs), Entrepreneur-ship-cum-Skill Development Programmes (EDPs). These specially designed sponsored activities for various target groups are just a few of the training programmes offered by the institute.

To inculcate the value of participation, learning and winning, the institute has designed unique activities for the learners. These activities are specially developed to enhance the thinking skills of the stu-dents. Entrepreneurial support provided to students includes

one-on-one mentoring of each project, DPR evaluation, external mentor/investor connect, expert talks/discussion/seminar for better experience, and inputs from the actual field related issues and pro-posed remedial action envisaged, and expert talks/discussion/seminar for better experience and inputs from the actual field related issues and proposed re-medial action envisaged. So far, LEAD has been able to assist aspiring entrepreneurs through MSME conferences, the YIP programme, and Ignite-Darshana, among other venues.

"Located in Dhoni, Palakkad, LEAD was established in 2011, and it continues to stand as the preferred destination of management aspirants"

Knowledge can only be fruitful for learners if they are rightly guided and rightly evaluated by their teacher. At LEAD College faculty members are high-ly qualified and hold years of professional experience in their respective fields. The learning methodology adopted by the academic staff is student-driven where students are encouraged to participate and share their ideas for better learning of the subject matter.

Grooming Students into Leaders
LEAD College of Management has industrial tie-ups with numerous government agencies and private companies. At the state level, the institute works closely with the Kerala Start-up Mission (KSUM).

Dr. Thomas George K (Thomman),Chairman and Director of LEAD College of Management
An industry veteran with over two decades of experience, Dr. Thomas George K (Thomman) is the director of LEAD College of Management. An international trainer of JCI, Dr. Thomas holds a GUINNESS WORLD RECORD of delivering the 'LONGEST BUSINESS LESSON'.

He had pursued Engineering followed by MBA, MSc, MPhil, and also obtained his Doctorate on the thesis `Enhancing Competencies of Engineering and Management Students'. With all his strong ed-ucational background and a vast experience, Dr. Thomas is spearheading the LEAD College of Management to greater heights.