The Higher Education Review

Today, companies both big and small are desperately looking for professionals that can inject new life into their organization. Currently, businesses that aren’t able to operate at its best are quickly being overtaken by their competitors and this has lead to organizations looking for young capable professionals. Acknowledging the lack of qualified professionals working in the industry, many educational institutions have started offering business and management courses. Staying unique from this bunch of educational institutions are B-schools whose focus is to create industry-ready business professionals and entrepreneurs that can make an impact on their respective segments. Catalyst Institute of Management and Advance Global Excellence (CIMAGE) has been a flag-bearer for Indian B-schools and 'CIMAGE Group of Institutions' (CGI) is considered to be the synonym of providing quality, innovating and Job oriented education in the country. The aim of CIMAGE is to help students become well-groomed individuals who can think critically about issues from multiple perspectives, communicate effectively and lead the organization and society from the front, taking self initiatives.

Formulating Innovative Models of Business Education

CIMAGE carries a strong emphasis on developing practical skills in the learners’ thorough progressive, research and experiment-based teaching pedagogy. The institute believes in preparing students who are truly qualified, skilled and are capable of being ethical leaders in a diverse and complex world. CIMAGE believes in restoring the balance in higher education by bringing innovative changes in the field of higher education. With a vision to prepare innovative, visionary, intellectuals, skillful professionals and leaders who go beyond conventional skills and a mission to foster an environment that provides opportunities, promotes excellence and ultimately inculcates a culture of lifelong learning. Serving the society by being the most preferred institute of higher learning in pursuit of academic excellence, innovation and nurturing entrepreneurship, CIMAGE has become a true

visionary in the business education realm. From producing University toppers every year since its inception, till today, CIMAGE has made its students job-worthy as well while getting its thousands of students placed through campus placements in several multi-national companies, namely Wipro, TCS, ICICI Bank and many more, which shows the high quality of education provided by the institute.

Talking more about the uniqueness of the 'Teaching and Learning' at CIMAGE, Neeraj Agrawal, Founder and Managing Director, CIMAGE Group of Institutions shares, “We strongly believe in the 'Learning by Doing' method and believe that all the theoretical knowledge must be supported with relevant practical skills. Hence, we put special emphasis on relevant skill development in the students. At CIMAGE, we have brought together the academic rigor of a University, practical needs of the corporate world and our innovative pedagogy. The combination of these trio has helped us in providing the students with the training of the highest quality to fulfill their big dream which they had in their small eyes. The primary focus of our curriculum is given to make our students skillful, job-ready and a global citizen. Along with routine studies, several activities that are conducted in the college, aim at providing practical exposure to the students. The students need to play an active role in order to plan, perform, control, coordinate and organize such activities. It helps them in learning the things in a practical manner.”

Complementing Add-On Courses

Students at CIMAGE are taught not merely to pass the university exams but are trained to meet the challenges of the corporate world too. The syllabus of University courses are not changed every year, hence all the University courses are complemented by relevant additional courses, as per the need of the industry, at CIMAGE, which keeps CIMAGEians up to date. The management courses are complemented by Diploma in Retail Management, Diploma in Customer Service, Soft Skills Training and Training Workshops on Entrepreneurship along with several Corporate Seminars, which are conducted on a regular basis. The Information Technology courses namely BCA and B.Sc.- IT are complemented by several add-on programs such as Advance Web Development Package, Advance Java Package, Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA Training) Extensive English Communication Training and

various workshops on Robotics, Cloud Computing and Ethical Hacking to name a few. Combining this with CIMAGE's strong academic and industrial tieups, students at CIMAGE are perfectly poised to have a successful and note-worthy career. CIMAGE, being the 'Nodal Center of IIT-Bombay', gets several important relevant Certification Courses organized for its students, which keeps them miles ahead of others.

"From producing University toppers every year since its inception, till today, CIMAGE has made its students job-worthy as well while getting its thousands of students placed through campus placements"

Considering the achievements of 'CIMAGE Group of Institutions' in the field of academics, innovations, result and placements, the institute has been awarded with the prestigious 'Atal Shresth Sansthan by the Hon. Union HRD Minister Sri Ramesh Shankar Pokhariyal and has been awarded as the 'Most Emerging Institute for Management Education' on national level by 'All India Management Education Association (AIMA)'; the most prestigious award given for achieving excellence in the field of Management Education, which are just 'some' among 'many' awards and recognitions that CIMAGE has won for its contribution. To prepare its students for the industry, CIMAGE will continue to focus more on the practical aspect of education rather than forcing its students to mug up the theoretical content. By not confining its students within the four walls of the classrooms, CIMAGE has been triumphant in creating a one-off learning environment that emphasizes on the development of its students.

Neeraj Agrawal, Founder and Managing Director

He is an IIM-Ahmedabad alumnus and has over 15 years of experience as an academician and social entrepreneur in the training and education sector. He is an expert in areas ranging from planning, executing, administration, and strategic management; to name a few. Neeraj is also a successful entrepreneur who grew eight businesses through effective planning, innovative pedagogy and successful implementation to serve thousands of students. His contributions have led him to be awarded with 'Atal Ratn Samman' by the Hon. Union HRD Minister Sri Ramesh Shankar Pokhariyal, given in the memory of 'Bharat Ratn Alat Bihari Bajpayi - Ex. PM of India'.