Shaheed Sukhdev College of Business Studies is a constituent college of the University of Delhi falling under the Faculty of Management Sciences, imparting education in the fields of management, finance and information technology. The college was established in 1987 by the Ministry of Human Resource Development as the first collegiate business college in India.
The college was earlier an off-campus college of Delhi University located in Vivek Vihar, but now has joined the list of the prestigious colleges of North Campus of Delhi University after shifting to its new campus at Rohini, North Delhi.
Recently, the Hindustan Times survey placed the college in the top 5 colleges of North Campus (North Campus colleges are considered more prestigious in terms of Academics, Faculty, Student knowledge and talent, and Placements, than the South Campus colleges) of Delhi University. It is considered as one of the top colleges under Delhi University, mentioned in the same league as SRCC and St Stephen's College.
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History
The college was established as College of Business Studies under the aegis of the Delhi University in 1987. Dr.S S Gulshan was behind the idea of undergraduate business management education, and was appointed as the Principal of the college.
In 1991, the College of Business Studies was the first college in Delhi University to adopt the semester system, for its BBS course. After 19 years, the semester system was then implemented in all courses across the university in 2010.
The college was rechristened as 'Shaheed Sukhdev College of Business Studies' in 1997, after Indian revolutionary Sukhdev Thapar who along with Bhagat Singh and Shivaram Rajguru became part of independence folklore.
In 1999, the college became the only college in the country to offer the BFIA programme, a core Finance based programme spread over six semesters. SSCBS is the only college in the Delhi University to offer the BFIA course.
From May 2013 onwards, the BBS courses have been transformed to form BMS (Bachelor in Management Studies), which is directly under the aegis of FMS (Faculty of Management Studies), University of Delhi. It also offers a tertiary course namely Bachelor of Science(Computer Science) Honours. Only a handful number of colleges offer this course and admission to the same is highly compettive with a minimal number of seats. The only college that is capable of giving SSCBS a good compettion in terms of Information Technology is Hansraj College, North Campus.
SSCBS is known for its Society Culture throughout in Delhi University with around 30 societies, which is highest in entire Delhi University.
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Programmes
The college offers the following courses:
- Bachelor of Management Studies
- Bachelor of Business Administration (Financial and Investment Analysis)
- Bachelor of Science - Computer Science (Honours)
Admissions
The admission process for BMS and BFIA course is different from the regular cut-offs based on Class XII results, as followed in other colleges of the University. The Faculty of Management Studies, undertakes the responsibility for admissions in the course BMS. Selection criteria for prospective students consist of the following (weightage in admission decisions given in brackets)
1. An objective written test, the Joint Entrance Test (JAT) - includes a wide variety of questions on verbal skills, quantitative skills, logic, business knowledge, and current affairs. (65%)
2.(35%) marks scored in class 12th board examination.
The admission to BMS/BFIA course is one of the most competitive in Delhi University with more than 40,000 applications in 2015.
The admission to the B.Sc Computer Science programme is done solely on cut-offs based on Class XII performance. The cutoff of this college is comparatively very high for this course.The college is considered as the best college in Delhi University for both of its courses.Some of the leading Magazines and Portals ranked SSCBS as 10th best Business Management College in Asia and ranks 3rd in India at Undergraduate level.
Professional placements
The professional placements of its graduates and interns are maintained through a dedicated student team at the SSCBS Career Development Centre.
In 2015, 61 companies recruited at CBS. The highest packages offered to graduates of SSCBS are in excess of Rs. 1 million, with average packages of over Rs 550,000.
Some companies recruiting at CBS include among others:
- Grail Research
- McKinsey & Co.
- Bain Capability Centre
- Boston Consulting Group
- AT Kearney
- UBS Verity Knowledge Solutions
- Jones Lang LaSalle
- The Smart Cube
- CB Richard Ellis
- Deloitte
- Ernst & Young
- Nokia Siemens Networks
- KPMG
- PricewaterhouseCoopers
- Capital IQ
Student life
FinX - The Finance Society organizes various events and competitions to accomplish its goal of elevating the financial acumen of students. One such initiative is FinWiz - the Financial Wizard which has been going on for 24 years. The annual flagship event of the society FinWiz is one of the oldest and most reputed financial event in the country with one of the highest turnout DU. The simulations are based on concepts such as corporate finance, personal finance, financial markets, and banking. This event started in the form of a stock market simulation - Mock Stock, but with years of hard work and perseverance, it has grown into an event with multiple competitions like - Bulls and Bears, Journey 24 to 60, Corporate Suite and Finquizzitive. It is a pan Delhi event with multiple arduous games that challenge the notion and astuteness of finance in a person. Its continual success and increasing popularity among the finance enthusiasts means that it has fast cemented its place as one of the most prestigious finance events at Delhi University. FinWiz has turned into the biggest finance festival of Delhi University with an exhilarating reach all around Delhi University and beyond.
Crescendo is a corporate-cum-cultural festival and the biggest event in SSCBS' annual calendar, a lively and casual event that brings together students and corporate representatives. Events at Crescendo include Musical Concert, Party Shuffle (DJ) Night, Music and Dance Competition, Debating Competition, Ad-Making and Corporate Quiz.
Convergence is the annual flagship business convention of CBS. .
Adrenaline is the annual sports fest of SSCBS, spanning as long as for 25 days continuously in the month of January-February. The winter Olympics of CBS accommodates 16 Events in 7 Sports - namely Volleyball, Soccer, Cricket (CCL), Athletics, Table Tennis, Badminton & Chess.
Manthan is the annual street play festival organized by Verve, the street play society of Shaheed Sukhdev College of Business Studies, University of Delhi. Unlike other street play festivals, Manthan is not meant to be about performances in renowned amphitheatres, neither it is about hefty cash prizes. It is an effort of SSCBS's street play society Verve, initiated to spread a message of hope and revival, to spur people towards transformation with the belief that the power lies within them! The prime motive of Manthan is to call on the street play societies of various colleges to initiate a movement, to bring street theatre to public places and schools, to arouse a sense of responsibility and cognizance about sensitive issues maligning the society, amongst the uninitiated. "Sirf hangama khada karna mera maksud nahi, meri koshish hai ki yeh soorat badalni chahiye"
Sanganak the annual technical fest of SSCBS aims at inculcating and shocasing the tech fire in its students.Its events include bITz - The Biz-Tech Quiz, DeCodeEnmITy - The LAN Battle,Video Mashup, #Tweet2win,DECRPYT - The IT Crossword,App-t-IT-ude - The Nokia S40 Gaming App Competition and many more.
'Dell Social Innovation Competition 2011' was organized by The University of Texas at Austin and Dell for the fifth consecutive year with the goal of bringing visibility and public recognition to thousands of social entrepreneurs worldwide. India through SIFE SSCBS (Students in Free Enterprise team of 'Shaheed Sukhdev College of Business Studies', University of Delhi) for the first time in history of the competition emerged as one of the finalists from over 1450 teams that applied worldwide. SIFE SSCBS was awarded witho Third prize consisting of the trophy and $10,000 and the People's Choice Award, consisting of the trophy and $1000.
The Enactus team made the nation proud by getting 2nd position at the Enactus world cup.
Reminiscence, an alumni dinner organized by the CBS Alumni Association, is a platform for CBS alumni and current students to interact with each other and to contribute to their mutual development.
There are also many academic, recreational and cultural societies available to SSCBS students.
Notable Alumni
- Saurav Arora, Founder of IMHERE24x7
- Dhirendra Kumar (1990), CEO, Value Research India
- Naresh Priyadarshi (1991), Lead of Business Consulting, Synovate India
- Manvir Singh Kochhar (1992), Regional Sales Manager for the Middle East, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Sri Lanka - KLM Dutch Airlines
- Sanjeev Mittal (1990), Vice President, ARCIL
- Geetika Ganju (1993), Emcee (Master of Ceremonies)
- Sandeep Vyas (1990), Business Head, India, Yum! Restaurants
- Rajiv Kumar (1990), Global Vice President, Frost & Sullivan
- Vivek Chopra (1990) National Sales Manager, L'Oreal India
- Arshpreet Singh Chaudhary (1993), Senior MD, Asia Pacific, Cushman & Wakefield
- Kaushal Modi (1994), Head, Licensing & Telephony, Sony Entertainment Television
- Jiten Chopra (1990), Partner, KPMG
- Manoj Kr. Pardasani (1994), Director Taxation, Asia-Pacific Region, American Express Bank
- Rahul Mathew (1998), Creative Head, Young & Rubicam, Malaysia
- Sandeep Batra (1997) , Vice President, Citibank
- Gautam Wadhwa (2000), Associate Director, Global Investments, Temasek Holdings
- Sumit Malik (1993), VP, Optimum Solutions (S) Pte Ltd, Singapore
- Priti Kataria (1996), HR Head, Wipro Infotech
- Harsh Kaul (1994), Sr. Mgr, Sales, Continental Europe, RMSI
- Prateek Madan (1994), AVP, Credit Suisse First Boston
- Vineet Madhusudan (1999), International Program Manager, Microsoft
- Gaurav Rathi (1993) , Vice Chairman, Rathi Super Steel
- Vommi Venkata Krishna Chaithanya(2020), Public Relationship Expert
References
External links
- Business studies
- Official College Website
- Article in Businessworld
- College Details
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