Varanasi, U.P -- (SBWire) -- 10/27/2010 -- SMS gets high rating amidst consistent record of 'A-plus Business School' for tenth consecutive year; highest Placement package in the segment

l Top-99 category includes only 20 from North India of which 16 lie in NCR
l Around 300 institutions ranked this year
l SMS placed amongst top-most 7 institutions in Uttar Pradesh
l SMS amongst top-most 52 in Northern belt from Jammu to Kolkata
l SMS has highest intake of 300 in PGDM and highest average salary of Rs. 5.2 lakhs per annum in UP amongst A+ category institutions

VARANASI
In India's oldest Business school survey (of Business India), this year too the prestigious B-School of the region, School of Management Sciences (SMS), Varanasi (established in 1995) has been awarded 'A-plus' ranking for the tenth time in a row amongst an ever expanding base of such Business Schools in India. From the previous year, there has been an over 50 per cent increase in the number of B-Schools being awarded a rank, yet, SMS has been able to keep its flag flying high which is indicative of its inherent strength which has been instrumental in making the Institution grow with an intake of 300 seats (highest in UP) and an average package of Rs. 5.2 lakhs per annum going to the placed students of the last batch of the various PGDM programmes.

The Survey also indicates many startling facts, representation from North India is minimal (about only 20 %) and 80% of them fall in the National Capital Region (NCR). This is against the backdrop of the fact that Uttar Pradesh commands in the number of such technical institutions all over the country and only seven could make it to the top most, SMS being one of them. The Northern belt from Jammu to Kolkata has seen only one-third (33%) contributing to the top-category of such B-schools, according to the Survey published in the latest issue of Business India dated October 17, 2010.

According to this Survey SMS ranks itself along with well established and old institutions. Commenting on the Survey, the Director Prof. P. N. Jha said that "today ranks are diminishing in the din of B-School boom in the country, specially pockets like the NCR, Bangalore, Pune, western UP, to name a few; what is important today is the value-addition which an institution provides to the student and I am happy that we are able to deliver such thing in variety of ways to all our stake holders amongst which our dear students are of prime concern to us. We provide value based learning through excellent infrastructure (40-plus core faculty, separate Air-conditioned PGDM block, 25000-plus books in fully automated library, 7 computer centres with over 400 terminals and wi-fi, free laptop to all PGDM students), international tie-up and academic exchange for PGDM students with Claflin University, USA, industry tie-ups for training and final placement, sporting activities and values education through the Centre for Spirituality and Human Enrichment. The soaring placement package too speaks about the efforts which our team is committed to."