School of Management Studies, JNTUniversity is one of the leading Business Schools in the state of Andhra Pradesh, located at JNTU campus in a spacious building: It taps the talent of the most successful of the ICET aspirants.

MBA (Regular)

With only fourty seats being offered every year for Regular MBA program at SMS, it has been the dream destination for all the ICET toppers who choose to pursue their MBA. It draws in the talented from every nook and corner of Andhra Pradesh. The fame of the school reflects in the fact that it has international students too from the countries like Thailand and Gulf. When your niche in life is MBA, you have to certainly land into SMS, JNTU.
The other programs offered at SMS, JNTU are

MBA (PTPG)

A part time MBA program is catered for the working executives from public and private sector. This three year program imparts and equips them with the contemporary issues in management. The executives have a platform to discuss the real time problems in the class rooms with the help of peers, the faculty members and invited visiting professors from the corporate.

MBA (JNTU-CMU)

The SMS MBA program in collaboration with CentralMichiganUniversity has entered fifth year of glory where in students study one year at this school and second year at Central Michigan University, USA. All the students of last batches have been well placed in companies of International repute.

Ph.D program

SMS also offers PhD program in management, part time and full time basis. The full research scholars are given the best facilities to pursue their research activity. The scholars are encouraged to write research based articles in reputed journals, organizing seminars, workshops, conferences.

The pillars of SMS are

• The faculty
• Discipline
• Books & Journals
• Students
• Campus Placements

SMS has the best faculty. Each professor has years of experience in teaching, training, consulting and research. The pedagogy used in imparting knowledge, exposes the budding managers to blossom. We also have adjunct faculty drawn from the fraternity of experts from industry, who teach our students. On every Wednesday, the school invites professional from various functional areas to share their practical knowledge with SMSites. Students make the most out of this two hour interactive session

The students are encouraged to be the members of the professional organization like HMA, NHRD which helps them to interact with leaders to guide, train and mould their career with their valuable inputs.

The school organizes several events, workshops, seminars and management fests from time to time with a view to provide them an update on contemporary issues in management. MBA students take part in these events with all the seriousness and passion. In all, the school provides every student an opportunity to prove himself/herself and facilitate unearthing the hidden talents in them. Students find in our school a platform to show case their talent.

Discipline is the biggest asset of SMS. Unlike any other schools, it sticks to the academic calendar. Students are made to make time management as a part of their life. Attendance is given as much importance as the academics. Punctuality is inculcated by all the students from their professors who preach by their actions.

Management course requires extensive reading to keep oneself updated and in sync with times. Reading, reflection and analysis are the keys to success. JNTU has a central library catering to the needs of the entire university. SMS is unique in the sense that SMS has its own departmental library which houses a vast number of books on the courses studied in each semester, national and international journals, all the daily English business newspapers, internet connectivity around the clock. Some of the valuable assets the School is proud of include SPSS software, Prowess (CMIE company database) and Emerald Insights (that provides access to innumerable number of e-journals in Management) etc.

Each year students come and leave after their MBA. But there is a strong bond built in the heart of every student of SMS. The strong family like relationship and the friendliness among the students is a blessing in disguise to each student. Collective/experiential learning is the BUZZ word at SMS. Students at SMS believe in SYNERGY to succeed. Team spirit, leading and managing become the part and parcel of each student in SMS automatically. Besides learning, there is a fun and frolic during various events including Leadership and adventure camps.

Each day in SMS is unique in the way that continuous learning and sharing with lots of fun and enjoyment takes place. The management perspectives are learnt from movies like CHAKDEINDIA, LAGAAN, TARE ZAMEEN PAR, GURU, GUNS OF NAVARONE and THE GODFATHER. Documentaries (Enron, Super size me) and speeches by management guru’s (ShivKhera, Sumantraghosal) are screened mandatorily. We invite every source of learning.

Students come in with lot of hopes to be placed in the best organizations and SMS makes this true to them. The school has its alumni placed in very senior positions in both the corporate and academics. Some of the organizations to quote are mentioned down. The school lays wonderful foundation even in entrepreneurship by bringing the successful entrepreneurs to school to familiarize students with the contemporary opportunities besides orienting them in terms of the risk-reward related issues.

• Reliance Group
• TCS
• HDFC
• TATA Chemicals
• Blue Star
• Barclays
• Zee Telugu
• Bharti telecom
• ICICI bank
• Deloitte
• Data monitors
• UBS
• Infosys
• Wipro tech.
• Maytas
• Karvy