B-school review: Admission, placements & USPs of National School of Business, Bangalore

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NSB at a glance
National School of Business is a unique initiative of National Educational and Social Trust (NEST), Bangalore. Established in 2004, National School of Business, Bangalore has signed MoUs with more than 12 industry and university bodies in India and abroad to offer international standard and industry aligned programs.
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National School of Business, in academic collaboration with the UGC recognized University of Mysore, offers a two year full time MBA program delivered in the semester mode.
The course fee for MBA and PGPM programme is Rs. 4 lakh while total intake is 150. The highest package offered in the 2010-12 batch placements at NSB was Rs.7.16 lakh while the average package was Rs. 3.8 lakh.

Exam Scores accepted
NSB accepts scores of all management admission tests to avoid discrimination of applicants based on the test and to provide equal opportunity to all students.
An applicant who has not taken any one of these tests is required to take the National School of Business Test, which will be administered to the applicants on the day of personal interview.
The institute conducts telephonic interviews and for personal interviews candidates are required to come to Bangalore.

Loans & scholarships on offer
To help deserving students enroll in NSB MBA program, National Educational and Social Trust, a charitable organization, has given a scholarship fund of Rs. 70 lakh for the year 2013-14.
Application of students will be reviewed for scholarship grant and the decision will be conveyed to students with the admission letter.

Placements
As per NSB, some of the companies who recruited in 2012 from their campus include Accenture, Sharekhan, Kotak Mutual Fund, Ernst & Young, , Aircel, Bajaj Allianz, McAfee, IBM, BHEL, Bata, Capgemini, Infosys, etc.
The maximum package offered in the 2010-12 batch placements at NSB was Rs.7.16 lakh while the average package was Rs. 3.8 lakh.

Partnerships/Collaborations
National School of Business has signed an agreement with Universidad de Deusto San Sebastian- Spain to offer international exchange opportunities for its students
The institute has a partnership with ESC-Pau, France

Campus Life:
Students of National School of Business involve in various extra-curricular activities via different student clubs like:

Surabhi-The Cultural Club
DISHA-Entrepreneurship Cell
Social Media Club
Movie Club
Eklavya-The Sports Club

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