Director's Message

KNOW US

TAPMI, founded in 1980 by Padma Bhushan Shri T. A. Pai in 1980 has established itself over the years as one of the premier B-schools in the country.  TAPMI has excelled in postgraduate management education ever since its programme began in 1984.

Though management education in India had its beginning in the early decades of the twentieth century, the emergence of institutes offering postgraduate programmes was witnessed only in the 1960s with the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs).  As such, TAPMI was one of the early institutes to offer a two-year Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM).  While the number of management schools has increased since 1990s, only a small fraction of them is able to offer quality education.  Today, TAPMI is consistently rated in the top 1% of the B-schools in India and is well known for its fully residential two year programme.

The importance of pursuing management education is fuelled by the globalization, intense competition, strategic orientation and need for quality and cost effectiveness in products/services offered by businesses.  Graduates from all streams have been aspiring to learn at best of B-schools to enhance their career graphs.  At present, the trend is to pursue a management degree after an initial two or three years of work experience, though a fair percentage of fresh graduates is also showing keen interest.

TAPMI is known for its academic rigour, quality and its aim of creating global leaders and wealth creators.  As on date, over 2500 TAPMI alumni have obtained PGDM degrees in 27 batches. Most of them are well placed in challenging job environments in the corporate world, while some of them have also launched entrepreneurial ventures and are successful.  Continuous review and revision of its curriculum, supported by the best of the academic infrastructure in terms of information technology, digital databases and library facilities all located in its new and exclusive residential campus have led to TAPMI being seen as one of the best institutes in the country by aspirants. 

I am proud to note that TAPMI has experienced and well qualified faculty, truly innovative educators, supported by an efficient group of academic and research support staff.  Unlike several management institutes that are solely focused on teaching, TAPMI boasts of a research culture, where students and faculty collaborate with each other to publish in noted journals, to complement its teaching capabilities.  It is however, a matter of concern to us that generally speaking, research and publication by management faculty in the country is at a moderate level, when compared to some of the countries in the Asia-Pacific region, such as China.  Perhaps we need to encourage management graduates and working executives as well to take greater interest in research and in pursuing doctoral degrees.  This would also enable enhancing and enriching faculty resources in the country’s business schools.

A number of co-curricular and extra-curricular activities are organized by the students at TAPMI.  These activities help them learn to manage and perform and develop teamwork and leadership skills.  Indeed, organizing, planning and implementation experience are essential in today’s business world.  The managers of today have to be responsible to manage the performance as well as the knowledge sets of their human resources, and this is much more challenging than managing physical assets and processes efficiently that earlier managers focused on.  The teaching–learning interface at TAPMI focuses on this key issue.

The TAPMI campus is an ideal location for students’ living and learning.  The campus buildings are constructed on a 42-acre land that has picturesque surroundings with greenery and scenic beauty.  The internationally acclaimed Manipal University also has its headquarters in Manipal, making the town an important educational hub of India.  TAPMI enjoys a synergetic relationship with Manipal University and a recent landmark in this relationship has been launching of the PGDM-Health Care Management (since 2010).  TAPMI has also successfully completed its first eGovernance Programme for Executives (e-GPX) in association with the National Institute for Smart Governance (NISG), Hyderabad for imparting education on e-Governance, to support the country’s e-Governance initiatives. 

TAPMI has many received accolades and awards over the years including Best B-school awards.  TAPMI students and faculty consistently win prizes in management events and competitions.  The AACSB accreditation process, started in 2004-05, is yielding results and the institute is awaiting its final review and accreditation.  This prestigious accreditation by an international   agency will enable TAPMI to collaborate with many reputed management institutes / universities abroad.Based on the recent review and assessment of our PGDM programme, CRISIL ,the  renowned rating agency has graded our PGDM at A*** at the national level and at Karnataka state level too. We are pleased and proud  to receive this highest academic grading for the programme.

The overall governance of the institute rests with the TAPMI Trust and Governing Council, which consists of eminent educationists, academics, bankers and corporate leaders.  With the state-of-the-art infrastructure at the campus, the institute is set for a second leap of growth and expansion, which would include significant collaborations with reputed B-schools from abroad, the launching of new programmes, spreading e-governance programmes at different locations, the expansion of executive education, consulting and research activities.

I sincerely acknowledge the unified efforts and endeavor of our management, faculty, staff, students and all stakeholders in helping us reach this significant stage of growth of the institute in offering quality in management education and in nurturing global wealth creators.  We hope to expand our horizon of visibility further, to reach out globally.

Dr. A. S. VASUDEV RAO
Director In-Charge & Dean-Administration  
T. A. Pai Management Institute,
P.O. Box No. 9,
Manipal 576 104,
Karnataka, India.

Tel: (D) : 0820-2701004 / 2701002
Fax:0820-2570699
Email: vasudevrao@tapmi.edu.in