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CMR University Dean Sugant R’s Interview: “We nurture creative thinkers to drive global change”

CMR University Dean Sugant R’s Interview: “We nurture creative thinkers to drive global change”

Edited By Kapil Rawat | Updated on Jun 18, 2021 05:12 PM IST | #CMR University, Bangalore

CMR University is a private university offering multidisciplinary, interdisciplinary and cross-disciplinary programmes. To help its students transition from college life to the corporate world, CMR University has made internship an integral part of their curriculum. CMR University has also collaborated with various universities from other countries so that its students can broaden their spectrum of knowledge. In an interview with Careers360, Sugant R, Dean of School of Management and School of Economics and Commerce at CMR University takes us through the internships, vision, mission and admission process at the varsity.

CMR University Dean Sugant R’s Interview: “We nurture creative thinkers to drive global change”
CMR University Dean Sugant R’s Interview: “We nurture creative thinkers to drive global change”

Careers360: Tell us something about the university; when it was set up, vision and mission?

Dr. Sugant R: CMR University, Bangalore is a private university in the state of Karnataka, established under the Act 45 in 2013. The university fosters creative communities where new ideas are nurtured, new discoveries made, and new creations shared. Our vision is to nurture creative thinkers who will drive positive global change.

Mission -

  • To offer multi, inter and cross-disciplinary modular programmes with technology-enabled teaching-learning processes.

  • To focus on research-led teaching and learning in an innovative and interdisciplinary learning environment; to create critical thinkers.

  • To create leaders for a knowledge based economy, with ethical demands of a society base.

  • To engage talented intellectual capital with diverse faculty strong in knowledge and experience.

  • To ensure transformation of learning into positive behaviour of students.

Careers360: Tell us something about the admission process?

Dr. Sugant R: The complete application process for CMRU admissions 2021 is paperless and online, keeping with the sustainability commitment of the university. Candidates meeting the eligibility criteria have to apply online at admissions.cmr.edu.in for admission to any programme.

Careers360: What kind of infrastructure can students expect at the university? Please elaborate?

Dr. Sugant R: CMR University has four state-of-the-art campuses located in HRBR Layout, Chagalatti, OMBR Layout, and Whitefield in the city of Bangalore. All these campuses provide all modern amenities for students to make their on-campus stay memorable and enriching.

Hostels - At CMR University, we prefer calling our hostels as “Student Quarters” or “Student Accommodations”. The student quarters, separate for both boys and girls students, are managed by an exclusive Campus House that also focuses on introducing newer facilities for students based on feedback.

Library - The university library is a knowledge centre which has rich resources. The library is equipped with the best books, magazines, periodicals and journals as well as books, journals, e-books, e-journals, question banks, bound volumes, project reports, case studies, conference proceedings, and training manuals.

Careers360: A lot of focus is being given with regard to interaction with the industry as well as companies that recruit. What are the steps being taken by the university in this direction?

Dr. Sugant R: CMR University has developed cordial relationships with recruiters. This has resulted in the university introducing workplace experiences to students at an early level. Some steps taken by the university as far as interaction with industry is concerned are:

  • Partnerships with industry bodies (Memberships with NASSCOM, CII, Karnataka Chamber of Commerce, NHRD, NIPM)

  • Senior industry executives as Members of Board of Studies of different schools who advise the schools on contemporary and futuristic curriculum.

  • Practice Labs – Centre for Marketing Insights/Centre for HR Excellence of School of Management partners with industry/ industry bodies to enable real-world learning for students through live projects, assignments and industry interactions.

  • Guest Lectures by senior corporate executives

  • Conferences and Conclaves involving corporate leaders

  • CMRU Bangalore Placement partnerships with companies

Careers360: Internships are now mandatory as per AICTE guidelines. Does the university help students with this? If yes, how?

Dr. Sugant R: The concept of internships at internships is one of the unique features of the curriculum at CMR University. It provides students opportunities to spend quality time in the industry for 2-4 months in their pre-final year and final year of their course/programme to gain valuable ground exposure by being part of teams handling live and challenging projects. It enables them to work in areas of mutual interest, improve self-confidence, and develop core competence.

Further, the students are encouraged to pursue summer internships during the summer or winter breaks of second year and third year of their study. In addition to this, industries offer in-semester projects to students.

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Careers360: Can you please share details if there is any collaboration with universities abroad?

Dr. Sugant R: Yes, CMR University has collaboration with the following universities:

  • Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA)

  • Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA)

  • Mzumbe University, Tanzania

  • United Nations Global Compact (PRME Educational Initiative)

  • Daffodil International University, Bangladesh

  • International Student Exchange Program, USA (ISEP)

  • Ariel University, USA

  • Virginia International University, USA

  • Ural Federal University, Russia

  • University of Grand Bassam, Ivory Coast

  • AIESEC

  • Al Zaiem Al Azhari University, Sudan

  • University of Huddersfield West Yorkshire, United Kingdom

  • Kyungpook National University, South Korea

  • Almaty Management University, Republic Of Kazakhstan

Careers360: Please share placement statistics with information on the average package, highest and lowest package, number of students placed and details of companies that have recruited.

Some of the recruiting companies include Bosch Limited, Capgemini, Goldman Sachs, HCL Technologies, BYJU’S, Deloitte India, EY Global Delivery Services, PwC, Thomson Reuters, HDFC Life, ICICI Bank Ltd, IDFC FIRST Bank Limited, USPL Airlabs, ZYOIN, Atos, HP Inc, Infosys, L&T Infotech, etc.

Salary offered by recruiters - school-wise

Schools

Salary offered

School of Economics and Commerce

Average - 314714

Maximum - 800000

Minimum - 250000

School of Engineering and Technology

Average - 421469

Maximum - 800000

Minimum - 250000

School of Management

Average - 337267

Maximum - 800000

Minimum - 250000

School of Social Sciences and Humanities

Average - 308750

Maximum - 800000

Minimum - 250000

School of Science Studies

Average - 329833

Maximum - 800000

Minimum - 250000

Number of offers made to students – 155

Highest recruiting sectors – Fintech, Banking, Healthcare, IT, EdTech, HR, Marketing, and Services.

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The total fees of CMR University Bangalore artificial intelligence is 9 lakh. The first year fees of the course is around 2.25 lakhs. The same amount of 2.25 lacs has been charged for second, third and fourth years. CMR University conducts own entrance exam for providing admission to Bachelor of technology artificial intelligence course. Besides this examination the university also affects the valid score of joint entrance exam mains and COMEDK examination.

You must have past ten plus two class level board examination with physics, chemistry, Mathematics and English as compulsory subjects for being eligible for admission to this course.

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Hello!

Yes, CMR University Bangalore has a good campus placements. The university has a training and placement centre for preparing students for placements. As per CMR University placement report for the year 2020-21, as many as 151 companies participated and provided over 115 offers to the students. The average salary offered was INR 3.52 lakhs per annum and the highest salary offered was Rs 8 Lakhs per annum. These are some CMR University top recruiters-

Ax is Bank, Myntra, Amazon, Bharti Airtel, Puma, Taj Group of Hotels, Unacademy, WorkIndia, Seraniti.com, Shades of Spring.

For more about the CMR university Bangalore and its placements, go through the following link :

https://www.careers360.com/university/cmr-university-bangalore/placement

Hope this helps!


Hi,

There may be lot of issues due to which a student maynot be able to continue his/her degree.  So, by explaining you current situation to your current institution in which you have completed your 1st semester, it is possible to leave the college legally and get your documents back upon request.

Inorder to leave an institution, you should get a No Objection Certificate and get it signed from the higher officials(principal or VC) of your current institute(college in which you have completed 1 sem of B.Tech) and submit it to the college(to which you are planning to join B.A) to which you will get admitted to.

As you have completed only one semester in B.Tech, most colleges will ask their students to pay the entire year's fee i.e, first year fee alone .  Get in touch with your institute to know more details about the fee.

Hi aspirant as usual placements are good for CSE. Many companies visited the campus like V Mware, Wipro, Cognizant, Accenture, Infosys, TCS, etc. The highest package offered in the previous year i.e. 2022 was 21 LPA from a Japanese based company. The average package of the college in respect of previous year around 5 LPA for CS and IT batches.

Thank You.

Hello,


CMR University Bangalore is one of the good colleges in Bangalore for CSE in Engineering. Placements is not very high but if you are a good student you can a placement of around 7–8 lakhs in BTech.

It offers E&C, EEE, CSE, ISE, Mech, Civil, MCA & MBA.

Hope this helps

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