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1. Plan Your
Career
With Us
INFORMATION
MEMORANDUM
Summer Batch 2020 - 21
No 149, Greenways Road, R A Puram, Chennai – 600 028
Ph: 044-42424242; 9841059270 e-mail: admissions@cbs.org.in
www.cbs.org.in

2. Message from
The Dean
Of CBS
Greetings from CBS
If you are reading this, you have probably decided to pursue your
higher education in Management. I congratulate you on taking
what I feel is a wise decision.
Today, we are not only in an information era but also in an era of
choices! And this is possible because information is available.
From among the many Institutions offering the traditional 2-Year
Program, the offering from CBS – a one-year Program in
Management - stands out. Many people have asked whether it was really possible to
do a Management Program in one year! My answer is simple. If fourteen batches of
students can do it and be successful managers/entrepreneurs, it probably means it
can be done.
The question that has probably arisen in your minds is – Why? We all know that
differentiation is an important reason for products to sell. Are we differentiating only
so that we can stand out or is there is a deeper reasoning?
Management graduates either join organizations at an executive level or start new
businesses. In both the instances, they will be responsible for, among many other
things, effective utilization of resources. One such resource is time.
When we started a one-year Program, we recognized that time, one of the most
important resources in the hands of professionals, should be managed better. In CBS,
students are exposed to all the concepts of management that any B-School offers.
They are also taught to manage this learning in one year by effectively utilizing time.
I welcome you to join CBS where, you can learn in one year, earn in one year and, in
the process, save one year of your life.

3. Where
Professors
are
Professionals
About CBS
When passion is the driver, excellence is always the
outcome. Chennai Business School was commissioned
with a passion to provide quality education and meet
the ever-changing demands of Industry.
One of the steps we took in the early days was to have a
clear definition of quality education which was to equip
students with skills to readily understand the demands of
Industry and contribute to its value-maximization
objectives. And this is what differentiated us from the
plethora of B-Schools in Chennai.
At every point of time during the fourteen years of
existence, we ensured that we kept pace with the
demands of Industry and the expectations of students.
Our motto
Learning for the real
world
Our offerings
 One year full-time
PGPM
 13-month
weekend
Executive
Program in
Management
 Short-term courses
for Management
Address
Chennai Business
School
No 149, Greenways
Road, R A Puram
Chennai – 600028
Contact
044-42424242
9841059270
admissions@cbs.org.in
3-Tier Management
CBS has an Advisory Board to provide guidance at the
strategic level and an active Governing Council to
ensure that the commitments to all stakeholders are
met. Lastly, we have an Advisory Council for the
specialization courses which ensures that the curriculum
is current and relevant to industry requirements.
Such a robust structure ensures at all times that we are
industry-focused and we supply “industry-ready
professionals”.

4. The Promoters
Of CBS
Late Mr P K Mohapatra
Mr K Krishnan
Mr J N Amrolia
Mr Mohan Menon
Mr N Sathasivam

5. The
Business School
Promoted by
Business Leaders
The Promoters of CBS
CBS has been incubated by a group of CEOs with over
500 man years of rich experience in manufacturing and
service businesses in India and abroad.
Mr P K Mohapatra
- Engineer from REC Rourkela; MBA from Jamnalal
Bajaj Institute; Advanced Management Program
from Harvard Business School
- Former President and Board member of the RPG
Enterprises, a US $ 3 billion enterprise
Mr K Krishnan
- Chartered Accountant; Cost Accountant
- Former President of the Broadband Division of
Airtel
- Presently Director and co-founder of ThinkSynQ
Consulting
Mr J N Amrolia
- Graduate in Economics and Masters in Personnel
Management - TISS
- Former Executive Director – HR of Ashok Leyland
Mr Mohan Menon
- Former Member of the Board – Ogilvy & Mather
Mr N Sathasivam
- Chartered Accountant
Our motto
Learning for the real
world
Our offerings
 One year full-time
PGPM
 13-month
weekend
Executive
Program in
Management
 Management
Program for
Family Managed
Business
 Short-term courses
on Management
Address
Chennai Business
School
No 149, Greenways
Road, R A Puram
Chennai – 600028
Contact
044-42424242
9841059270
admissions@cbs.org.in

6. Meet
The Faculty
Of CBS
Prof Sridar
Natarajan
B. Tech. (Hons) – IIT Kharaghgpur; PGDBM – IIM Bangalore
35 years of experience in Industry and Academia
Teaches Finance and Quantitative Techniques
Prof Srivarahan PGDBA – IIM Ahmedabad; AICWA; CAIIB
More than 40 years of experience in Industry and
Academia
Teaches Finance courses
Prof Arun Nair B.E. (Hons) – PSG Tech; PGDBM – IIM Bangalore
27 years of experience in Industry and Academia
Teaches Operations and Quantitative Techniques
Prof Vijaya C MBA - Finance
15 years of experience in Industry and Academics
Teaches Finance courses and Economics
Prof Anish Ravi Masters in International Business
11 years of experience in Industry and Academics
Teaches Marketing courses
Prof Rajeshwar B. E. (Hons) – Anna University; PGDBM – IIM Bangalore
34 years of experience in Industry
Teaches Marketing courses
Dr Ravi Shankar Chartered Accountant; PhD in Management
More than 30 years of experience in Industry and
Academia
Teaches Business Law and Finance courses
Dr Mythili
Venkateswaran
PhD in Education & Training;
30 years experience in teaching, mentoring and consulting
Teaches HR courses

7. The World
Is not
A
Classroom
Core Faculty
Our senior core faculty members are from the IIMs and
have joined teaching after several years of Industry
experience in companies like E&Y, Shell and ITC.
Visiting faculty
A large percentage of the specialization courses is
taught by practising management professionals. At CBS,
we believe that mere classroom learning does not
generate managerial abilities. It is learning through
interaction with practicing senior professionals that helps
students make the grade.
Industry speakers
Almost once every month, and sometimes even more
frequently, we call very senior practitioners from the
Industry to interact with our students. During these
sessions, the senior executives (mainly CXOs and very
senior management professionals) share their
experiences and engage in discussion with our students
on a range of topics – from strategy to corporate
governance.
Our motto
Learning for the real
world
Our offerings
 One year full-time
PGPM
 13-month
weekend
Executive
Program in
Management
 Management
Program for
Family Managed
Business
 Short-term courses
on Management
Address
Chennai Business
School
No 149, Greenways
Road, R A Puram
Chennai – 600028
Contact
044-42424242
9841059270
admissions@cbs.org.in
Pedagogy
At CBS, learning is fun. We combine several teaching
methodologies, all of which are aimed at making our
students industry-ready from Day 1. Professors use a
judicious combination of case studies, panel discussions,
simulation games, role plays, watching movies and live
projects to make the learning effective.

8. Meet
The Recruiters
Of CBS

9. Chennai’s
Fastest
Growing
Business School
Our Achievements
Some of our achievements over the past 13 years are:
- Awarded the best curriculum in Marketing pan
India
- Awarded the best curriculum in Advertising pan
India
- Ranked ‘A’ by Business India B-School Rating in
2008
- Ranked A+ by Business India B-School Rating in
2009
- Ranked A++ by Business India B-School Rating in
2010
- Ranked among the top 50 B-Schools in India
(excluding the IIMs) by Times of India B-School
Rating in 2013 (one of the youngest B-Schools to
be rated thus)
- Ranked among the top 50 B-Schools in India by
Business India B-School Rating in 2013
- Ranked 51 by Business India B-School Rating in
2015
Placements
Right from Batch 1, which graduated in the year 2007, it
has been aim to place every student in professional
roles in good companies. We have been successful in
placing more than 95% of the students.
Companies where our students have found placements
include Ashok Leyland, Saint-Gobain, Ernst & Young,
Federal Express, Taj Hotels, Pfizer, Vodafone, FLSmidth
and various other large companies in India and
Our motto
Learning for the real
world
Our offerings
 One year full-time
PGPM
 13-month
weekend
Executive Program
in Management
 Management
Program for Family
Managed Business
 Short-term courses
on Management
Address
Chennai Business
School
No 149, Greenways
Road
RA Puram
Chennai – 600028
Contact
044-42424242
9841059270
placements@cbs.org.in

10. At CBS
Learning and Fun
Co-exist!

11. Get
What Is Good
For
Business
The PGPM
CBS offers a 1-Year full-time Post-Graduate Program in
Management. The course commences in the second
week of July 2020.
Specializations
The following specializations are on offer:
 Entrepreneurship Management
 Financial Management
 Human Resources Management
 Marketing & Communications Management
 International Business Management
 Information Technology Management
Course structure
The course is of around 1,050 hours of which the first 600
hours focus on the General Management courses like:
- Business Economics, Legal Aspects of Business
- Financial Accounting, Cost Management, Financial
Management
- Organizational Behaviour, Human Resources
Management, Business Communication
- Business Statistics, Quantitative Techniques, IT for
Managers
- Operations Management
- Marketing Management, Business Research
- Strategic Management
The remaining 450 hours are dedicated to building the
specialized knowledge required for the students to be
effective in their areas of work
Our motto
Learning for the real
world
Our offerings
 One year full-time
PGPM
 13-month
weekend
Executive
Program in
Management
 Management
Program for
Family Managed
Business
 Short-term courses
on Management
Address
Chennai Business
School
No 149, Greenways
Road, R A Puram
Chennai – 600028
Contact
044-42424242
9841059270
admissions@cbs.org.in

12. Happenings
at
CBS
Chennai Business School (CBS) believes in providing opportunities to its students to
expand their learning. While the time and tested learning through lectures and
books does exist, CBS has supplemented this with a plethora of extra-curricular events
and activities. The academic year 2019-20 saw several such initiatives on
collaborative learning experience.
An outbound training program was organized by Chennai Business School at Green
Coconut Resort to enable students to enhance their personality development,
confidence building, team building and leadership skills.
Chennai Business School empowered the students to learn management through movies.
The movies were carefully selected to ensure that they received a widened perspective on
management issues.

13. Make your move
NOW!
Get a good Return
On your
Investment!
Admission process
- Our application forms can be downloaded from
our website – www.cbs.org.in
- On receiving the application form, you will be
called for an interview and also asked to take up
the CBSAT, our aptitude test (candidates with a 70
percentile or more in CAT, XAT are exempt from
the CBSAT)
- The admission will be decided based on the
performances in both the test and the interview
- Admissions will close by the end of June 2020
Eligibility
- At least 60% in the Xth, XIIth and the graduation
- Experience is not a must but persons with prior
experience may apply
- Good communication skills
- Self-motivated person with a strong desire to
achieve
Course fee
The course fee is Rs. 600,000 (Rupees Six Lakhs only). This
is inclusive of GST. Educational loans can be obtained
from Axis Bank and HDFC Credilla, with who we have tie-
ups.
Our motto
Learning for the real
world
Our offerings
 One year full-time
PGPM
 13-month
weekend
Executive
Program in
Management
 Management
Program for
Family Managed
Business
 Short-term courses
on Management
Address
Chennai Business
School
No 149, Greenways
Road, R A Puram
Chennai – 600028
Contact
044-42424242
9841059270
admissions@cbs.org.in

14. Distinguished Alumni
Of
CBS
LEADING CORPORATE PROFESSIONALS
LEADING ENTREPRENEURS
Vinay Jain
Vice President – BNY
Mellon
Kamala Manohari
Senior Manager HR
APAC & ME
L&T Technology Services
Trisha Saxena
Head Of HR
Adrenalin eSystems
Ltd
Aruna Ganeshram
Corporate Theatre
Trainer using
Immersive Theatre
Krishna Kavya
Co-founder
Health Hub
A start-up for
geriatric healthcare
Pranesh Padmanabhan
Founder of Pranesh
Photography and
Evolvonomics

15. What do the
Alumni
Feel about CBS
Pravin Natesan - Finance Varsity, (2013-2014 batch)
Studying at CBS has been a unique experience. Throughout the one year course, there were new things learnt each
day which made it exciting. The faculty members, drawn from various industries, are highly experienced and are
able to enlighten us about current trends and situations. The course is structured in such a way that it involves case
studies, presentations, team work, visual aids, problem solving, situation analysis, research and field work that hone
our skills. With class room interactions, encouragement to ask questions, continuous assignments and appraisals, it
makes us well rounded individuals. CBS also encourages us to make paper presentations at other universities, and this
enhances our visibility. Importantly, the professors at CBS mentor and guide us to achieve success in our respective
careers. Also guest lecturers from various industries give us an insight into the corporate world, something which is
often a grey area in a students’ mind. Undoubtedly the one year of education at CBS has been a transformational
experience for me and I am proud to be a part of CBS.
Aishwarya Muppirala - IT/IBM Varsity, (2013-2014 batch)
I was working with Cognizant for 1 year 7 months as a java programmer before choos- ing to quit my job and pursue
higher education. My main reason behind leaving such a good company was to change my area of work and get
into management, which had been on my mind for a while. One year down the line, my area of knowledge has
expanded, because unlike any other course, your learning is not narrow – it is wide. The teaching at CBS prepares
you to put concepts into practice through case studies, field work and class room interactions. Today, I am placed in
a good company and have got my dream job. As long as you keep learning and believe in yourself, nothing is
impossible.
Vikram Santhanam - International Business Varsity, (2013-2014 batch)
Chennai Business School is a great place to study and keeps getting better and better. I feel comfortable talking with
any teacher at any time about anything – how things are going, what is on my mind, what is happening on campus.
My relationship with many of the teachers at school can be classified as friendship. I keep in touch with them. The
teaching methodol- ogy is very professional in terms of multimedia power point presentations on important topics,
provision of hard copies of helpful notes from mentioned books, and many case studies, which were really helpful.
The College helped in developing my skills and understanding beyond what I could have hoped for.
Baalagopalan N - Marketing & Communications Varsity, (2013-2014 batch)
Learning at CBS was a totally unique experience – one of the best years of my life; one that actually changed my
career path to a greater extent. Initially, I was not very confident, and was not sure about which way my career
would go after this one year. But thanks to each and every faculty member who stood by me and guided me every
time I needed any, I’m now in a great situation. One thing that makes CBS stand apart from other institution is they
make us realize learning is fun. And when you enjoy learning it’s always easier to understand. The one year at CBS
passed really quickly, but the memories will stay forever. Big thanks to all my friends and faculty.
Gokul Kanda - Marcom Varsity, (2012-2013 batch)
Studying at Chennai Business School was not a typical B-School experience. The intimate learning environment
meant that I could easily ask questions of the teachers during lectures and case discussions, which helped me gain
greater knowledge and insight into the subject content. The best thing about CBS is having the freedom that
allowed me to learn what interested me the most, so in all my time here I never felt bored. To any new student
coming to CBS, I would say this: Throw yourself at every opportunity that comes your way. Those opportunities can
make all the difference between getting what you want and having to settle for second best.
Lavanya Ramachandran - Best Student – Marketing Varsity (2007-2008 batch)
CBS gave me the kind of management education that I wanted after having worked for a while and taking a break
for my higher studies in Management. It is rigorous, has an exhaustive curriculum for one year, and has a perfect
blend of theory and business application with case studies, field work, and dealing with real industry problems that a
management graduate must definitely know about. Learning from the leaders is truly the essence of my
Management degree from Chennai Business School.

16. PGP Admissions
2020-21
Plan your career in one year
No 149, Greenways Road, R A Puram, Chennai – 600 028
Ph: 044-42424242; 9841059270 e-mail: admissions@cbs.org.in
www.cbs.org.in