K J Somaiya Institute of Management Online

K J Somaiya Institute of Management was established in 1981 and situated in Mumbai Maharashtra. The institute is an integral college of Somaiya Vidyavihar University, that has a core vision and purpose of helping students acquire and transform themselves with value based and purpose driven leadership abilities and offer globally competent leaders to the world. The Institute is among the most reputed and recognized institutions in India and was founded by Padmabhushan Late Shri K. J. Somaiya in 1959, who was a renowned visionary, entrepreneur, and philanthropist. 

The institute offers various major, minor, and doctoral programs. The most opted program of the institute is the Master of Business Administration (MBA) for Working Executives, the duration of the program is 15 months and it is a best fit program for working professionals that assists them in upskilling themselves and enhancing their abilities for career advancement and allows them to pursue this program without hampering their working schedule as the classes are conducted on weekends only. 

The program offers a flexible curriculum with multiple choices to opt for among 7 specialisations, Harvard case studies with media analysis lab, and live projects that allow students an overview of theoretical and practical knowledge of the program with a balanced blend of fundamental management knowledge and integrative learning across domains. The program follows a semester pattern. The first semester has a duration of 6 months and rest 2 semesters are of 4.5 months each. 

The fee structure of the program is quite affordable but to assist students facing financial constraints the institute offers various financial aids and allows them to pay their program fee in 5 installments. Every installment has the same amount but they have specific dates and the enrolled students are required to pay their fees on specified dates provided by the institution to avoid any fine or action from the institution end. 

The examination pattern opted by the institute is a semester examination pattern that includes internal and term end examinations. The examinations are equipped with course presentations, projects, case studies, assignments, quizzes, and many more academic activities to evaluate the overall theoretical and practical understanding of the students throughout their academic journey. Every examination is conducted through online procured means for managing transparency and integrity of the examinations.