“Welcome to the world of business” starts in its virtual sense for a B-School graduate during the summer internship.

It is an integral part of management education. It serves as an excellent platform for the students to apply their academic learnings through hands on Industrial exposure. Eight weeks of comprehensive exposure to the industry inculcates the skills and finesse necessary in a manager. Positioned between the first and second year of the course, which begins in May, the programme is most effective in widening the students' perspective by providing an insight into real life organisational situations.

The heterogeneity of the students with respect to their graduate education qualifications along with the concepts of general management they are exposed to during their first year of MBA programme make each student a budding executive aspiring to test this acquired knowledge on the ground realities of dynamic business environment.

During the internship, a student undergoes rigorous training under the guidance of functional area experts in the corporate world. Students gain analytical and problem solving expertise while applying theoretical knowledge and skills in the practical world.

This process is mutually beneficial for both, the students and the organizations, wherein the students gain practical experience and the organizations get quality research and fresh perspectives. Summer internships provide the companies with the opportunity to evaluate students' candidature for future employment.

At the end of this training, students are required to prepare a report and furnish a certificate of completion of the project as per the satisfaction of the company. We believe in soliciting feedback from the corporate guide at the end of the summer internship to enhance the learning derived from the exercise.

For students of the professional Management programmes, placements are a vital culmination to their academic pursuits. The placement process allows an organization to visit the institute and witness the efforts that have gone into grooming the young management aspirants.

At our institute, the placement process is a team effort. The placement Committee consisting of the Director, the Placement Co-ordinator and the faculty work alongside the students in all the stages right from conceptualizing and designing the brochure to invite companies for the campus recruitment.

Final Placements
The ultimate test of a management institute is the placement offers that it can generate for its students.

For final placements, the institute invites companies to the campus so that our placement committee can offer them the required assistance for recruiting the right talent to suit their needs.

The institute offers best of the facilities to recruiters for conducting the selection procedure at the campus; including written tests, group discussions and personal interviews as per their requirements.

The young, well-trained, self-motivated minds of the institute contributed to achieve the super-ordinate goals of the recruiter.

Placement Activities
The placement season at GLS Management Programmes begins in the month of November and goes on upto June. However, the placement office is a place with vibrant ideas, activities and enthusiasm throughout the year. It carries out the following placement related activities for over development of the students on campus:

Resume verification: Resumes submitted by students for campus placement are duly verified by the Placement In-charge.

Employability enhancement programmes: Our goal is to give our students the fine-tuning that they require not just during the placement season but also as they board on their corporate endeavour. With this objective in mind, the Institute carries out several employability enhancement activities that include:

• Communication evaluation sessions
• Resume writing/Group Discussion/Personal Interview workshops
• Informal interactive talks with alumni during the alumni meet
• Several other preparatory activities like mock tests and discussion

The ultimate test of a management institute is the placement offers that it can generate for its students.

For final placements, the institute invites companies to the campus so that our placement committee can offer them the required assistance for recruiting the right talent to suit their needs.

The institute offers best of the facilities to recruiters for conducting the selection procedure at the campus; including written tests, group discussions and personal interviews as per their requirements.

The young, well-trained, self-motivated minds of the institute contributed to achieve the super-ordinate goals of the recruiter.

It is very important for management students to be aware of the external environment and the economic and industrial scenario. To achieve this objective, the institute organizes weekly discussions of contemporary issues. Contemporary Issues on Management provides basics on the effectiveness of work-life of individuals and groups who work at different situations in competitive world environment. The importance of keeping contemporary issues activity is to sensitize participants with current happenings in business and management context. Also to share and impart knowledge which is beyond syllabus of the programme, to enhance their intellect and make them aware about current happenings. The main objective of this activity is to make participants more competitive in job market.

Industrial groups are an innovative method of keeping students abreast with the happenings in major industries. Various industrial groups are formed with a faculty member in charge of each group. The members of the group meet on a weekly basis to discuss news articles, web casts and other developments in the industry of their choice. This exercise not only enhances general knowledge, but is also extremely useful to students during the placement process.