The VITBS education system is built drawing on the best practices of the premier institutions of the world.

• Fully residential programme
• Trimester pattern is followed
• The curriculum and syllabi are designed by a Board of Studies that includes faculty members from the IIMs and IITs, andpeople with rich experience in Industry whhave a deep involvement with quality education
• VIT FFCS was pilot tested and pioneered at VITBS. It provides the student with the flexibility not only tchoose the subjects,but alsthe pace of learning and the time-table
• The student gets ample exposure tpractice through cases, course projects, industry internships, and tours abroad. Cases are developed by the faculty through a system of encouragement of active engagement with industry
• The students get focused soft-skills training tenable their true inner qualities tshine through
• The programmes feature visiting experts from industry as guest speakers
• Careful selection of good students from all over India andabroad, whhave consistent good academic record, and the aptitude for management, ensures that the classrooms are lively,and that each student gets a challenging, competitive, and cosmopolitan atmosphere

VIT Business School (VITBS), Vellore was established in September 1994 as the Department of Management Sciences under the University of Madras and has expanded along multiple fronts. It is accredited by the NAAC of the UGC as an A grade school, also a member of the Association of Advanced Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) International and graded by AIMA at the top of the A3 B-Schools. Today the school offers four post- graduate programmes.

• Along with the rest of VIT, the VITBS is also accredited by the NAAC of the UGC as an A grade school
• Besides, the school is also a member of the Association of Advanced Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) International
• Forbes Magazine describes this as the gold standard of business school accreditations
• Respectable All India Management Association (AIMA) in its survey published in the Indian Management (September 2009) graded VITBS at the top of the A3 schools in line with the top schools in the south of India
• This means that VITBS is classified among the top 20 percentile of the Business Schools in India
• All India Management Association (AIMA), in its B-School survey published in the Indian Management (May-2011,Volume 50; Issue - 5), graded VITBS at the top of the A2 schools in line with the top schools in the south of India

• VITBS today has a strong team of dedicated and committed faculty members in various areas of management (http://www.vit.ac.in/vitbs/facultyteams.asp), and also draws on the faculty members of the School of Social Sciences in areas such as Economics, Accounting and Languages.

Around one half of the faculty members are doctorates, and many others are pursuing their doctorates. Quite many of the faculty members have received their education from premier institutes of management such as the IIMA, XLRI, JBIMS, etc. and have rich practical experience in management and in teaching.

The faculty avails of continuous training in their subjects, in the methods to ensure learning, in research skills, and is strongly encouraged to engage with industry.

• Leadership: The VITBS faculty team is led by experienced academic administrators including Dr. Fr. Casimir Raj, ex-Director of the XLRI Jamshedpur as the Advisor, and Dr. C.M. Ramesh, ex-Dean of the Goa Institute of Management as the Director.

• A green campus with smart classrooms, electronic databases, state of the art labs and a fully stocked and air conditioned library
• The electronic data bases include EBSCO, EMERALD and ABI Info which give faculty and students full access to all current and back issues of important journals
• At VIT Business School, use of PROWESS enables faculty and students access to current and historical data about numerous companies
• Labs feature software packages including SPSS, SYSTAT,ReNet and Tally
• Video conferencing facilities are also available

• VITBS features an excellent placement service built on the backbone of the excellent VIT placement system
• Strength of this placement system can be gauged by the fact that in 2009, VIT created a world record with about 1100 graduates recruited by just one firm (TCS)
• Schools fosters a lasting relationship with its graduates through VITMAA - a strong Management Alumni Association
• Association enables the school to source good visiting faculty and guest speakers, as well as internship and placement opportunities for its graduates
• The fact that VITBS features stable faculty members with long tenures enables the alumni to stay connected with their alma-mater and gurus
• Partnership with Bombay Stock Exchange, TCS, Cognizant, SAP, Microsoft, IBM and others with a tradition of excellent job placement and Internships

Memoranda of Understanding with more than 110 International academic institutions

Opportunities for VITBS graduates to obtain a second specialized Master (MS) degree in Policy, Supply Chain Management, Marketing, Finance, Human Resources or Entrepreneurship from the following US partner Universities:

• Princeton University
• Cornell University
• University of Maryland
• University of Rochester
• State University of New York
• Clarkson University
• Clemson University
• University of Massachusetts