Sona School of Management  
PROFILE | COURSES | INFRASTRUCTURE | PLACEMENT | CONTACT

Profile
Sona School of Management (SSM) comes from the fold of Sona College of Technology & Thiagarajar Polytechnic College, Salem. Founded by the late textile wizard, Shri. M.S. Chockalingam, in 1997, the Sona Group of Institutions have become a pioneer in technical education. It has an army of experts in the art of educating people. The Chockalingam Trust manages the institutions. Shri. C. Sundaram is the Chairman and Shri. C. Valliappa, Vice-Chairman of the group. The Secretary, Shri. A. Dhirajlal, is the man behind the steering wheel at Sona. The Principal, Prof. M. Ramaswami, is a man of wide experience in Engineering Education.

Started in 1998, Sona's MBA program plans to enlist National and International students in the current academic year.

Our Vision: We resolve to produce of Top-Of-Mind practical managers by giving masterly coaching to our students combined with affordability and a pure B-School experience with a dedicated team of mentors. While they learn to rise high above the average, they also learn a sense of social commitment. They train to excel individually, yet achieve results with team spirit, globally thinking, yet retain the Indian eye to grasp realities of all around them. All in all, we strive to turn them into all-round corporate managers in terms of physical, emotional, intellectual, social and moral character.

Our Mission: Sona stands for giving its managerial aspirants with tomorrow's learning experience at today's classroom. This we shall do so by keeping pace with the changes in the industry, adopting to modern management methods besides continuously upgrading the quality of our faculty. We shall mould our students with right tools so they become competent managers in high-wire management. This will be our blueprint for their success.

Courses

Post Graduate Courses

1. M.B.A. - Master of Business Administration

Infrastructure
SSM sits at the heart of the `Steel City' Salem in Tamilnadu. By a fast train, Bangalore is just 3-hour away. Or 4-hour by road. Chennai, well-connected by frequent super fast trains. Coimbatore is its next-door neighbour. It has easy access to all metros. Daily trains from New Delhi, Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Bangalore and Thiruvananthapuram pass by Salem Junction.

Your campus is surrounded by hills on all sides and particularly, the Shervoroy hills in the east. Just feel the Arcadian environment all around you. Campus location is far from centers of population, and yet not far from the main city area. Housed in a sprawling campus of 17.5 acres, it has a built up space of 2,65,000 sq. ft. At first look, the main building is non-campus, unobtrusive, and corporate in looks and construction.

A marvel of architectural triumph. It has the best of infrastructure and state-of-the-art facilities. The campus life is lively, the whole air pleasant. The environs non-hazardous.
The main Computer Center has 180 nodes connected to 4 Servers in a high-speed LAN using 100 Mbps manageable switches. We use major brands like Compaq and IBM.

Leased line internet connection: Internet browsing at any of the 90 systems with 1 Mbps Leased Line Connectivity. The computer labs are open from 8.30 a.m. to 8.30 p.m.

Hardware: Server Configuration : Intel Pentium IV, 600 MHz, 256 MB SD-RAM, 18.2 GB HDD, 15" Colour monitor, 52X CD-ROM drive. Intel Pentium IV, 700 MHz, 64 MB SD-RAM, 8.2 GB HDD, 15" Colour Monitor, 52X CD-ROM drive.

Software Platform::The students can work in any of the three Network Operating Systems: Windows NT,Sun Solaris, Linux, High-end machines from HCL, Wipro, IBM and HP are used as nodes and servers. The center has multimedia facility for 90 nodes. There are four numbers ofof 10 KVA UPS with half hour backup to handle the total power failure.Three Compaq laptops and one IBM notebook are available for use.

Library:The School has a separate library for Management Studies. Its reading rooms have shelf after shelf of books stocked for your studies.

The Library has 5,000 volumes on Management program. Plus audiocassettes and CD-ROMs on Management. National and International Journals, handbooks. A leased line Internet connection.The Central Library has a collection of over 24,000 documents covering all disciplines. It includes books, back volumes, standards, atlases, audio/video cassettes, CD-ROMs. The Central Library receives 214 journals: Indian and Foreign. It subscribes to Electronic journals (E-JIS) developed by Infotrac Gale.

The Library uses Autolib, an Integrated Library Management software package for library housekeeping. It keeps a database of 24,000 records of books and periodicals. Using Autolib OPAC (On-line Public Access Catalogue), you can search the on-line catalogue by author's name, title, subject or keyword. You can work at late hours at the library to handle your projects.

The Central Library is a member of American Information Resource Center (AIRC). This gives you access to books and resource material not available on the campus library. Visitors have access to 24-terminals at the library to browse the Internet at a blazing speed of 1 Mbps leased line. The library has also media sources such as videocassettes, CDs and viewing and listening facilities. Other facilities include: -

Hostel: Room and board is available for boys and girls at separate hostels. Each room has a table, chair, cot and fan. You will not miss out on comforts. We care for your on-campus living. A sprawling new international hostel complex is emerging at a cost of rupees 20 million besides the existing one along with a world-class swimming pool.

An able staff of Warden, Dy. Warden, Asst. Warden, Residential Tutors, and Mess Representatives are at hand round the clock.

Placement
The Sona placement office is dedicated to give you the tools and Information you need to launch a Successful career. By the time you complete your studies you will learn that Sona MBAs are in demand by businesses throughout India and Overseas.

In recent years, students have had excellent placement records. This success is partially because of the quality of students who attend the School of Management and also because the placement office works hard to match Student and Company goals.

Corporate Business participate in our Placement Programs. The Placement Office organizes on-campus and off-campus recruiting annually and aggressively targets Employers to recruit Sona MBAs. To best serve the student career interests, the office is constantly in touch with the Alumni and leading business organizations in India and Overseas, developing new contacts and supporting good match between Sona MBA Candidates skills and Career Opportunities.

ABN Amro Bank, Airport Authority of India (AAI),Amway,Dalmia Cement (Bharat ) Ltd., EID Parry, Godrej Sara Lee Ltd. HDFC Bank, Hewlett Packard, ICICI Bank, India Cements, Indian Airlines, Kotak Mahindra, Lowe Lintas Advertising, Madura Coats, Ogilvy and Mather Advertising, Philips Software Centre, Roots Industries, Salem Steel Plant, Shardlow India Pvt Ltd, Simpson and Co,SPIC, Standard Chartered Bank, Suguna and Co ,TATA Indicom,Tata Sons Ltd,Titan Watches Ltd, TNPL, Top Gears,Touch tell,TVS Electronics Ltd Technology.

Contact Us
Sona School of Management
Thiagarajar Polytechnic College Road,
Salem - 636 005,
Tamilnadu, India.
Phone :+91 - 427 - 2443 545, 2446 898, 2447 907
Fax : +91 - 427 - 2449 174
Email : mba@sonatech.ac.in


For more information please visit http://www.sonamgmt.org/