A different B.Com.

that can sharpen accounting and secretarial skills beyond imagination

By : Dr. Trilok Kumar Jain Dean, ISBM (International School of Business Management) Suresh Gyan Vihar University Jaipur www.gyanvihar.org Isbm@gyanvihar.org 9414430763

As the economy grows, corporate sector booms and services industry rises, jobs in commerce stream increase. This increase is beyond expectations for many persons. Companies search for commerce graduates, but they fail to find the candidates with required skill sets. There are a large number of B.Com Graduates, but they lack competencies. Suresh Gyan Vihar University has therefore started B.Com Hons. Programmes that enable students to reach out to the demands of the corporate world. The courses being offered are different from other B.Com programmes available elsewhere. Suresh Gyan Vihar University, which has been known for its engineering programmes till date, tried to gear up for a B.Com. in the following manner : a. An accounting and statistics lab was set up where students could get hands on experience of working on accounting and statistical softwares b. A survey was carried out to find the skills that the industry was looking for among the commerce graduates c. a language lab was set up, where students were groomed in soft skills and communication skills d. Faculty members who were earlier training students of MBA and corporate executives, were asked to prepare curriculum and detailed course plan for B.Com. programme. e. Interactions were made with institutions like CIMA to get the latest trends, latest courses and latest curriculum Suresh Gyan Vihar University finally launched the following programmes : B.Com. (honors in Corporate Secretaryship) B.Com. (Honors in Management Accounting)

There are following features that make the B.Com. of Suresh Gyan Vihar University different from other available programmes : -

a. b. c. d. e. f. g. h. i.

Regular industry interaction including industry visits Regular guest lectures from corporate world Summer projects Practical trainings in accounting lab and finance lab Curriculum as per the requirements of the companies Continuous updation of curriculum and study material Faculty with industry experience Hands on experience of corporate work systems Flexibility to do CS of ICSI or CMA of CIMA (the student gets an opportunity to do one additional professional course along with regular B.Com (Hons). ) Students from Suresh Gyan Vihar University have had a great experience of working with Chartered Accountants and business professionals. Although the students of the first batch have gone for projects for the first time, they have experienced a great response from the industry. They have found that mentors from the corporate world give them the required skills and competencies.

The companies have found that B.Com. students are very useful to them as summer interns and contribute a great deal in their accounting and finance systems. The University is getting positive
feedback about their summer projects. One such email is being re-produced here, this is about summer training of Mr. Amit Pathak, who has just completed B.Com. 1st year from Suresh Gyan Vihar University and has undertaken his summer internship at the Living Greens : -

To The Dean Suresh Gyan Vihar University Jaipur Dear Sir We are currently re-engineering our complete accounting systems and developing a method of developing real-time decision-support data. Amit is playing a very crucial role in it. We seek your kind cooperation by requesting an extension of Amit's summer internship to 31st July. If his internship is not extended, our re-engineering process will get seriously de-railed. We hope you would conceded to this humble request. Warm Regards, Prateek Tiwari Founder & CEO THE LIVING GREENS