School of Management Studies

Mission

Advancing management theory and practice through spirit of inquiry and criticism for better quality of
life.
Vision

To emerge as a world class management school providing value addition to all the stake holders with a
focus on social responsibility through teaching, research, consultancy, training and development.
Profile

Founded in 1989 and has grown from strength to strength over the last few years.
Offers both day-time and part-time MBA
Academic collaboration with Central Michigan University (CMU), USA where students study two
semesters at SMS and the rest two semesters at CMU.
Headed by Director who has autonomy in designing market relevant programs.
Operates within the framework of UGC guidelines in the delivery of MBA program.
Offers PhD programs in several areas of management and thus emerged as a premier
management institute in the state through quality teaching, training, research and consultancy.
Our Esteemed Partners

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. View our recruiting partners

Events

Young minds after rigorous planning organize events at SMS with all the professional approach. You
have to see to believe the student participation and how they yearn for success. view more event
details

Contact Us :

Director,
School Of Management Studies
JNT University,

Kukatpally, Hyderabad (AP)

INDIA
91-040-23057111

MBA (ICET)
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 (Part Time)
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 with Central MIchigan University, USA
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.

Faculty Details

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Name

: Dr.D.Raghunatha Reddy

Designation : Professor & BOS Chairman

Department : Management
Qualification : Ph.D.

Description :

Has more than 20 years of experience in teaching and research in the area of management.
Prior to joining University Dr. Raghunatha Reddy worked as Assistant Statistical Officer
and Deputy Statistical Officer in the Directorate of Economics and Statistics (AP) from
1989 to 1992. He has published 70 articles (8 International and 62 National) in the various
journals of management. He has guided 8 PhD'ss. He has involved in preparation of course
material for MBA students of Dr.B.R.Ambedkar Open University in the area of Capital

Budgeting and Risk analysis. He assisted in organizing various seminars sponsored by

Technical education Government of A.P and Small Industrial Development Bank of India
(SIDBI). He is also authored book on Managerial economics & Financial Accounting.

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Name

: Dr. V.M.Prasad

Designation : Professor
Department : Management
Qualification : Ph.D.

Description :

Dr Prasad has about 20 years of teaching, research, training and consultancy experience.
Prior to joining School, JNTU in 1992, he was associated with projects like business
cycles, case studies on corporate planning at The Times Research Foundation of Bennett
Coleman and Company. After qualifying in the UGC-NET in Business Administration,
he did his Ph.D on the topic Diversification Strategy and Financial Performance of
Indian Private Corporate Sector. He received best thesis gold medal, among the theses
submitted to the faculties of Business Management, Commerce and Economics in
Osmania.
On sabbatical during 2001-2003, he was associated with Stansfield School of Business,
Singapore as Senior Lecturer for the Degree Programmes of University of London and
London School of Economics. He lectured on subjects like Computer Based
Information Systems, Computer Information Systems, Information Systems
Development and Management and Human Computer Interaction. As content
developer, coordinated uploading of UOL and LSE courses on the US Black Board Elearning Software. During 2004 he was associated as Senior Mentor for the eCommerce Management subject of MSIT programme of Carnegie Mellon University,
USA. He is a certified as Strategic Management Professor by Strategic Management
Forum of India.
He received AICTE, Ministry of HRD funds for the Business Systems Project
implemented at SMS, JNTU during 1997-2000. His current areas of research include
integration of Information and ERP Systems with Corporate Strategy to gain
competitive advantage and sustainable Growth. In this direction, he is preparing cases

on information systems and is also researching from the angle of human values,
transformational leadership and management of change. He presented several papers in
journals like IIMB Management Review, Management Research, national and
international conferences and also contributed book chapters on Outsourcing ITES and
Global Leadership published by Jaiko and Allied respectively. University of
Management Studies.
He has guided 7PhDs so far and 20 research papers published in national and
international journals and 15 research papers presented at National and international
conferences in China, Canada, US and Ireland.

aculty Details

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Name

: Dr.Sindhu

Designation : Associate
Professor,
Co-ordinator,
Research and Development Cell, JNTUH
Department : Management
Qualification : Ph.D

Description :

Dr.Sindhu is MBA, Ph.D. in Business Management from Osmania University,

Hyderabad and has more than fourteen years of experience in teaching, training and
research. She qualified herself in JRF-NET (National Eligibility Test) conducted by the
University Grants Commission, New Delhi. Her passion includes motivating, mentoring
and facilitating the management students to perform at their best. She uses interactive
teaching methodology as the pedagogy. Her current research areas include Finance
especially in Investment management, Risk management, Equity Valuation, Bond
Valuation, contemporary issues in Finance etc.
Dr.Sindhu is co-ordinator for joint MBA Programme of Central Michigan University,
USA and SMS, JNTUH. She has been the mentor, student advisor and also co-ordinator
in organizing the activities for the students. The Management Fest Synergy and
Nipuna, the annual event aimed at promoting the students competencies on soft skills
front and providing an understanding of management dynamics.
Dr.Sindhu has published ten (10) articles in International Journals and five (5) in
national level journals and also presented papers Fifteen (15) in international
conferences and eighteen (18) in national level conferences.
She is guiding seven Ph.D. Scholars as Supervisor and 6 as a co-supervisor in the areas

of Finance and HRM. She has guided more than 220 projects of MBA students of all the
programmes of the School.
She has reviewed five articles of the reputed national journals and also a book review.
She is on the Board of the various affiliated colleges and also university nominee. She
has developed the study material for Distance Education MBA programme of the
Osmania University.
She has organized more than 12 Seminars/workshops/Conferences/training programmes
in association with industry. She has attended the 22 training/ seminar/conferences and
refresher courses by the various institutions of repute. She is also life member of the
various professional bodies like NHRD, Hyderabad Management Association (HMA),
Ford Foundation etc.
She has delivered fifteen expert lectures in the various institutions and the university in
the areas of Finance, Research, Interactive teaching methodology etc. She is also the
examiner for the other Universities in A.P. and the affiliated colleges of the JNTU and
also the universities of the other states in the area of management. Earlier, she was also
Officer-Incharge, Examinations, SMS and Placement Officer as well.
Her pedagogy includes individual assignments and team based projects, case studies,
role plays, management games, stock trading etc. in all the papers she handles to give
practical exposure to the students. She is actively involved in the all the activities related
to Industry-Institute Interaction. She also gave a talk in live with students in I-News on
the Careers in Management.
She has initiated Women Entrepreneurship during 2010-2012 as the President of
JNTUH Women Employees Association. She actively conducted the
seminars/conferences and health check up for the employees of the JNTUH and as a
social responsibility visited and contributed funds to blind school, orphanages, old-age
home etc. during her tenure.

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Name

: Ms. A. Santosh Kumari

Designation : Assistant

Professor,

Academic & Planning, JNTUH

Department : Management
Qualification : MBA(Ph.D)

Co-ordinator,

Description :

Mrs.Santhosh Kumari joined as Assistant Professor in School of Management Studies,

JNTU in 2000. She has done her graduation and Post-graduation in Management from
OsmaniaUniversity. Other than teaching Management subjects, her areas of interest are
Training on soft skills, and Research. She has published eleven research papers in
various journals of national and international repute. She is actively involved in
Interactive individual based teaching-learning process, as a part of this, she has been
presenting series of lectures on contemporary management issues, on Doordarshan TV
channel and other various educational channels.
Mrs.Santhosh Kumari has been the mentor and enjoys motivating students to perform
better both at curricular and extra-curricular front. The team led by her was adjudged as
the Winner Team among the various business schools from all over India, for the best
Business Plan for Vision-2020 at Leadership Conference-2007 organized by Project
Management International at Infosys, Hyderabad.
She shows great zeal to organize Seminars/ /Executive Development and Training
programmes in association with industry. She organizes Expert lectures from industry
and institutions of national and international repute on emerging business trends and
contemporary management Practices.
She has organized five Workshops and training programmes on Contemporary
Management Practices. She was the Co-convener of the National Seminar on
Management of Services in a Competitive Market Environment during 2004. She
organizes from time-to-time Workshops on Soft Skills for the practicing executives and
Management students. She is the trained faculty on ERP platform for Supply Chain
Management & Retailing Programme on the CAPS-Logistics software.
Currently she is doing her doctoral research in Finance and working on research papers.

Seminars/Refresher Courses/EDPs organised:

1. Six day Skill cum Technology Upgradation (STUP) sponsored by Small Industries Development Bank
of India (SIDBI), Hyderabad in l992 for Entrepreneurs of Electronics Industry.

2. 14-week Small Industry Management Assistants Programme (SIMAP) sponsored by SIDBI during
l993 for Unemployed Graduates and ensured their eventual placement in Small Industry in
Hyderabad and Secunderabad.

3. Two-week Refresher/summer School on Modern Management Techniques for Technological

Institutions sponsored by during May 1994.

4. One day Executive Development Programme on Time Based Management for senior executives of
public and private sector companies in Hyderabad and Secunderabad during August, l994.

5. Two week Skill cum Technology Upgradation Programme sponsored by SIDBI for professionals in
Printing and Allied Industries in Twin cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad during March, l996.

6. Two day National Seminar on Role of Humanities and Social Sciences in Engineering Education at JNT
University, Hyderabad during October, l996.

7. Six day Workshop on Planning and Implementation of Change sponsored by Commissioner of

Technical Education, Government of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad for Principals of Andhra Pradesh
Government Polytechnics during Feb 6-11, 2003.

8. Two Day National Seminar on Management of Services in a Competitive Market Environment

organised in association with UGC Academic Staff College, JNT University during September 29-30,
2004.

9. Three-Day Intensive Workshop on Soft Skills during April 6-8, 2005

10. One day workshop on WTO, Banking and Insurance: Threats and Opportunities organised in
association with Hyderabad Management Association, July 2005.

11. One day workshop on Balanced Business Scorecard in association with Gitam Institute of Foreign
Trade, Visakhapatnam on 12th August, 2005.

12. Three Day workshop on Interactive Learning Methodologies Sponsored by UGC, New Delhi during
December 19-21, 2005.

13. Two Day Orientation Programme on Education Administration Sponsored by UGC New Delhi during
Feb.4-5, 2006

14. One day National Seminar on Best Practices in Project Management on 25.2.2006 at MCR HRD
Institute, Government of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad.
15. One day seminar on Union Budget-2006 sponsored by Andhra Bank, Hyderabad on 4th April, 2006
16. One day Symposium on Management Research Scholars Meet on 7th September, 2006.

17. Four Day Facilitation workshop on Engineering studies for Municipal Functionaries sponsored by
Andhra Pradesh Urban Services for Poor, A DFID Project, Government of Andhra Pradesh during
May 2006.

18. Four Day Facilitation workshop on Engineering studies for Municipal Functionaries sponsored by
Andhra Pradesh Urban Services for Poor, A DFID Project, Government of Andhra Pradesh during
December 2006

19. One day workshop on Commodities Trading in association with Karvy Comtrade, Hyderabad in April,
2007.

20. One day workshop on Soft skills for Personality Development for MBA students in association with
Tata Consultancy Services, Hyderabad on April, 2007.

21. Two day workshops (for twenty two subjects at MBA/MCA/B.Tech level) on How To Teach? For
Management/Engineering College Faculty during August 11-Septermber 5, 2007.

22. Three Week UGC Sponsored Refresher Course on Enterprise Resource Planning during October,
2007

23. Eight Three day workshops on SPSS (for researchers) in association with SPSS South Asia during
2005-2008 with an interval of six months.

24. Two day Champion Workshop on Six Sigma Methodologies during April 12-13, 2008.

25. Three Week UGC Sponsored Refresher Course on Innovation and Technology Management during
October, 2008.
26. One day workshop on Strategies for Financial Inclusion sponsored by National Bank for Agriculture
and Rural Development (NABARD) during February, 2009
27. People Education Programme of Khadi & Village Industries Commission, Hyderabad, March, 2010
28. One day workshop on International Business Opportunities: Focus Africa, 7th August, 2010.
29. Three Week UGC Sponsored Refresher Course on Management Science for Engineering
Management, October, 2009
30. Three Week UGC Sponsored Refresher Course on Manufacturing Strategies, March, 2010.
31. One day Workshop on Cost Reduction and Activity Based Costing for the executives of ISPAT
Industries, Mumbai, March, 2010.
32. Two day National Conference on Excellence in Manufacturing and Service Organizations: The Six
Sigma Way, August, 2010.
33. One Day International Seminar on Indo-US Relations: The Way ForwardThe Post Obama Visit, 16th
December, 2010.
34. People Education Programme of Khadi & Village Industries Commission, Hyderabad 28th December,
2010

35. Two Day workshop on International Business Opportunities with a focus on emerging Economies
and Documentation, May, 2011.

36. Two Day workshop on International Business Opportunities with a focus on emerging Economies
and Documentation, June, 2011.
37. Three week UGC Sponsored Refresher Course on Engineering Management, June 13-2 July, 2011.

38. Three day Executive Competency Development Program on Integrating Balanced Score Card with
Strategy and Performance Management for Top executives of Medium enterprises February 23-25,
2012.
39. UGC sponsored Three Week Faculty Development Program on Risk Management and Insurance
sponsored by UGC Academic Staff College, JNTUH, Hyderabad 25 March -18 April, 2013.

40. National conference on Retailing in India, sponsored by Andhra Pradesh State Council of Higher
Education, Government of Andhra Pradesh, August 13-14, 2013.
41. National conference on Behavioural Finance, sponsored by Indian Council of
Research, New Delhi,January, 22-23, 2014

Social Science

42. Workshop on Management of IPR and WTO, January 25, 2014

43. International Conference on Recent Trends in Training and Development, February 6-7, 2014
44. International Conference on INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS, February 6-7, 2014