Purple Leap conducted market research including surveys of MBA graduates, prospective employers, and students to understand problems in the current MBA education system in India. They also held a chairmen's conclave with industry leaders and MBA college heads to discuss how to make MBA education more relevant to industry needs. Purple Leap then developed BizLeap, an initiative to help institutions produce best-in-class management talent through globally acclaimed programs, state-of-the-art learning infrastructure, industry engagement opportunities, and career guidance and placement support. Their goal is to create a sustainable model that delivers high academic excellence, industry engagement, quality placements, and attracts large numbers of quality students in a cost-effective way for

2. What research has Purple leap done before coming out with this program? Process Participant Objective MARKET RESEARCH PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT

3. >65% of the MBA grads are getting into un-aspirational jobs ( Telesales, Call center agent, Insurance Agent,etc ) THE COLLEGE SURVEY

4. What does prospective employers & students look for in an MBA College INDUSTRY & STUDENT SURVEY

6. Industry leaders from 12 companies & Heads of 60+ MBA colleges in Karnataka participated & discussed To make MBA education in India relevant to current Industry needs THE CHAIRMEN CONCLAVE

7. THE INDUSTRY SPEAK

8. V.B Padode, IFIM College ( clip 5-3 ) THE INDUSTRY/COLLEGE INTERACT

9. THE INDUSTRY/COLLEGE INTERACT

10. THE INDUSTRY/COLLEGE INTERACT

11. PURPLELEAP ‘ THE CATALYST’ IN THE TRANSFORMATION OF MANAGEMENT EDUCATION

12. BizLeap AN INITIATIVE TO ASSIST INSTITUTES PRODUCE BEST-IN-CLASS MANAGEMENT TALENT WHO ARE DEPLOYABLE

13. Globally Acclaimed & Relevant Programs State-of-the-art Learning Infrastructure Continuous Industry Engagement Career Guidance & Placement BIZLEAP COMPONENTS

14. Market Leader Contextual Business Communication Program Developed by Financial Times & Pearson Longman Over 12 years of research Bringing World’s Best Programs to your Institution! GLOBALLY ACCLAIMED PROGRAMS

15. ROLE SPECIFIC INSIGHTS

16. Filling-in the gap between theory and application Handling Real Life Business Situations Simulations & Management Games to impart experiential learning ROLE SPECIFIC PROGRAMS

17. VSAT enabled multi-media Classes Learning from the Experts Interactions with the Leaders from the Industry STATE-OF-THE-ART LEARNING INFRASTRUCTURE

18. Complete Knowledge Management System Student Learning Management System Assessment Platform Web Portals Discussion Forums STATE-OF-THE-ART LEARNING INFRASTRUCTURE

19. TAKING LEARNING BEYOND 4 WALLS!

20. Constant Integrated Engagement Industry Expert Sessions Interactions with Practicing Professionals (IIP) Mentoring Corporate Tie-Up Live Case studies Projects Internships Placements INDUSTRY ENGAGEMENT

21. Getting Industry to your Doorstep! INDUSTRY ENGAGEMENT

22. PURPLELEAP REACH We have engagement with over 300 organizations for placements across India We have partnered with over 4 Management Colleges for Bizleap ever since the launch in Dec 2010. Partnered with over 100 engineering academic institutions and by 2011, the number will increase to over 200. We have trained more than 30,000 students over 3 years. By 2011, the number will go up to 1 Lac.

23. END-END TALENT MANAGEMENT Corporate Assessment College Training PurpleLeap Placement 6,000 job SLA’s

24. CREATE A SUSTAINABLE BRAND Academic Excellence Industry Engagement Best Learning Infrastructure Quality Placement Attract Students – Quality with Quantity

25. THE SUSTAINABLE VALUE MODEL KEY PARAMETERS WHAT BENCHMARK COLLEGES DO COST TO COLLEGE/STUDENT WHAT PURPLELEAP PROPOSES Placements Percentage placed Appoint Training & Placement Agency/ Placement Cell Activities Corporate Campus drive No. of recruiters visiting campus/Salary offered in campus placement 4000 - 8000 Summer placements Internship program Infrastructure and Facilities Physical Infrastructure/Knowledge facilities Build Communication Lab by partnering companies/ Multimedia Classrooms 8000-10000 VSAT / Zoom camera/Video recording / LMS Personality Development and Industry Exposure Soft skills Soft skill Training organizations / Events, MBA Games from specialized organisations Highly effective business skill program ( brand name ) Extracurricular activities 3000 + (>4000) Boot Camp/Event/Games/Live Case-study Industry interaction Industry guest lecture/Mentorship program Opportunity to try out new ideas / Involvement in the framing of vision and growth of the institute Adoption of this program Academic Excellence Quality of visiting faculty Visiting faculty from Industry (once a week) 4000 - 8000 Role specific Industry guest lecture/Mentorship program Course curriculum and its relevance/Consultation with industry in designing of curriculum Market Leader / IIP Attracting Quality/Quantity Talent Ads & Promotion/ Agents 30000 - 40000 The Purple leap brand association

26. THE VALUE PROPOSITION TOTAL COST TO COLLEGE Rs. 55000 – 75000 / Student PURPLELEAP PROPOSITION Rs. 26000 / Student TIME COMMITMENT FROM COLLEGE 50 hours / semester

27. Partnering with Institutes for bringing Transformation in Management Education