The Higher Education Review

Shree Medha Degree and PU College (SMC) has been operating in the Indian higher education strata to equip their students with the needed skills required to be successful in the modern world. The institute operates with a mission to raise standards by promoting a school ethos which is underpinned by core values that support the development of the whole child as a reflective learner, and to inspire individuals to choose their own positive personal, social, moral and spiritual values and nurturing them as world citizens. So, by offering top-notch higher education to their students, the institute is aiming to create inspired learners who can make a name for themselves in the respective industries. By operating to offer first-rate higher education, SMC is aiming to ensure that their students become successful both at the personal and professional front.

Growing Stronger Day by Day
In today’s time, when there is a huge crisis of moral values in society, value-based education proves out to be the solution. Through value-based education, SMC aims to develop their students into people with strong character and one who know how to utilize their knowledge for the advantage of mankind. “We at SMC inculcate moral values, life skills enhancement and other personality traits as a part of employability enhancements in the students so that they turn out into winning personalities. We operate with the belief that education is the process of facilitating learning or the acquisition of knowledge, skills, values, beliefs and habit. Our faculty members are at the core of everything that we do and they teach, disseminate and impart basic or applied knowledge to students and assist students with the learning process and applying the knowledge.

Faculty members at SMC are following developments in the field so their expertise and knowledge base remain current and in a lecture section, our faculty members deliver lectures that are complemented by regular and smaller recitation sections which include module-level assessments, weekly assignments, as well as other study materials”, avers K Ram Kiran, Founder, SMC.

Starting with just CEBA & SEBA along with CA/CMA/CS foundation courses in 2017, SMC has achieved impressive growth over the last three years and as of now, the institute has a diversified course list that includes BBA, BCA, and Bachelor of Commerce to name a few. SMC has also given ample importance when it comes to creating top-notch infrastructural facilities for their students and is equipped with the latest computer lab, latest software and internet connectivity.

“SMC aims to develop their students into people with strong character and one who know how to utilize their knowledge for the advantage of mankind”

Additional resources such as printers, wireless internet connectivity for use in laptops are also provided in the college. The wireless internet connectivity will work well in all the locations of the college including classrooms, offices, canteens, and auditorium. SMC has always had an eye over the latest technologies so that the students are benefited and this passion to consistently improve themselves have been a primary catalyst behind the growth of the institute.

Taking a Different Route
Practical training is an essential part of studies at SMC. All the programmes offered at SMC involve a period of practical training which is designed to provide students with the opportunity to put theory into practice. As a part of practical training for students, the institute conduct management games, events specific to courses, case study analysis, role play, and video hand outs. The aim of

practical training is to help students develop skills and abilities that support professional studies and prepare them for work later on.

The institute also has tie-ups with BOSCH Bridge Training Program to enhance the employability of the students of the poorer section of the society and helps in providing placement assistance to their students. SMC also has good industrial collaborations with business organizations like Kirloskar, Karvy, Geojit, Anand Rati, Lenskart, Vikram Jewelers, and Chamber of Commerce – BCCI to name a few.

SMC also has a placement cell that works around the clock to locate job opportunities for their students by keeping in touch with reputed firms and industrial establishments. Also, companies such as Tata Consultancy Services, Hyundai, Connect, BYJUS, Madhu Infotech, DYNA and WIPRO have visited SMC every year for conducting Placement Training programmes and Campus Interviews.

SMC has been awarded on numerous occasions for both their curricular and extra-curricular activities and this shows the emphasis, the institute has given for the holistic development of their students. Going forward, SMC has an optimistic expansion plan for the coming years and they aim is to add on few more courses along with existing UG courses to their course list. Some of the other immediate plans in the institutes’ list include expanding its wings by the introduction of PG courses like MCOM and MBA, work for NAAC accreditation by 2025 and become pioneers in the field of Commerce in North Karnataka.

K Ram Kiran, Founder
It was Ram’s vision to nurture a generation that could successfully meet the demands of the information age and at the same time be imbued with the noble ideals of selfless service and love that led to the establishment of SMC. Also, his deep academic and industry expertise has been a cornerstone in the development of the institute.