Regional College of Management

About Regional College of Management

Regional College of Management (RCM), Bhubaneswar is the oldest management institute in the state of Orissa. This institute, since its inception, has developed immensely in all areas right from infrastructure to the quality of education. Of late, RCM has been scaling new heights.The institute has 46 full time faculty members, eight of whom are Ph. Ds. Three of the faculty members have joined the institute after a long stint in the industry where they held senior positions. 180 MBA students are admitted every year. RCM is now affiliated to Biju Patnaik University of Technology (BPUT). The semester system has been replaced for the MBA stream by a trimester system. The curriculum is designed, keeping in mind what is taught in some of India's best B-schools. RCM classroom sessions are interactive with emphasis given on students participation through presentations, literature reviews and case studies discussions. Since its inception this institute evolved quality to match international standards in imparting training, infrastructure and faculty. Every aspect is being checked, rechecked and verified over a period of time and improvements are made to achieve innovative education. After the perfectly unabridged metamorphosis, this institute is now proud to boast of excellence in education. The very best of minds, shape the future of bright and energetic students, aided by up-to- date technological support. Both Master in Business Administration(MBA) and Master in Computer Application(MCA) programs are affiliated to the Biju Patnaik University of Technology (BPUT), Raurkela. All the programs were affiliated to Utkal University upto the year 2002 and students who have completed their studies before the year 2003 have received their final certificate from Utkal University. For students who have passed out in the year 2004 and onwards have received their final certificates from BPUT, Rourkela. Programs run by Regional College of Management (RCM) is recognized by All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE). Ladies hostel is safely embedded inside the campus. The campus is just 8 Kms from the station. It is situated in the most peaceful side of the Temple City known as the institutional Area of Bhubaneswar. The institute is located in the heart of the INFOCITY amidst infosys, Satyam, Software Technology Park and other MNC firms.

Some of the Faculty

• Human Resource Management.
• Finance.
• Retail Marketing.
• Information System.

Facilities

Ladies Hostel - One of the important infrastructure of RCM is the four storied ladies hostel and a single storied adivasi hostel inside the campus. This hostel has most of the ladies students from the college and in case of additional demand, accommodation is hired in the near by localities to provide hostel facilities for girls. One of the unique features of the ladies hostel is attached marble bathroom to each room.During the current session 200 girl students have been provided with hostel facilities. A senior faculty member is in-charge of all the ladies hostel.

Boys Hostel - Depending on the demands RCM provides excellent hostel facilities. Hostel is provided by hiring suitable buildings to students, who would like to avail such facilities. Currently 60 % of students are staying and studying in RCM hostels. Located in the vicinity of the college campus.

Classrooms - The classrooms are equipped with the latest teaching aids for interactive education, LCD Projectors are being used for teaching and digital presentations in class, OHP for slides and white boards for classrooms interaction. There are ten lecture halls each with a capacity of 60 students. Seminars are regular feature in the RCM Curriculum and taking place every week. All classrooms are provided with campus internet connection with access to internet server.

C-LOT - Centre for Leadership of Tomorrow is a world class centre for communication, soft skills and leadership development has been built in consultation with CACM, STEP-IIT, Kharagpur. Besides taking care of the communication skills, it helps in the development and the proficiency of the students in foreign languages like Japanese, French, German, Arabic, and English with main objectives of global employment in the emerging job market abroad. The centre is designed to prepare the students in improving their skills in presentation, group discussion, mock interview, role-playing, etc. The activities of Centre for Leadership of Tomorrow are geared to facilitate the students to become a complete and balanced individual besides honing their employability skills.

Computing Resources - RCM provides an advanced student computing laboratory 'Creative Vision', one of the best computer facilities in eastern India containing state-of-the-art computing and networking facilities, advanced library of licensed software packages. Individual students would be provided their own laptop through the institute's subsidized scheme.

Computing Resources Features:

1. Wireless Hotspots throughout the campus.
2. 4 IBM dedicated Servers based on Windows 2003, Linux, Oracle.
3. 60 IBM workstation for programming assignments.
4. 70 PC's networked together with servers in lab and library with excellent ambience for internet access,access to online books and journals.
5. Licensed software packages for all microsoft products,kaspersky antivirus software
6. 24 hour internet access (leased line internet connectivity) of 4 Mbps from 2 ISP's.

Gyan Sagar - RCM Library well known as Gyan sagar is a collection of 18000 (Eighteen thousand books. The library subscribes to all the leading business news papers and magazines along with journals of India's Top Notch B-School to provide the student with the most current Movements of the economy, changes in technology and also get them at par with the standards of the other B-Schools in synchrony. Each area are subscribes to relevant international journals out of which in popularity Harvard Business review is has gained more popularity for information by faculty/students.

MDP - Management Developmental centre of Regional College of Management focuses on conducting management development programme on improving skills of people, their capacities to manage projects and programme, interacting ability, competence and confidence building conflict resolutions adaptability in cross cultural environment. MDPs aim at managerial development within the structured scenario & synergetic system of organizational behaviour with value addition to recognise functional areas. The wide ranging programme on various management areas targeted towards senior managers , middle and front line managers, NGOs ad the likes. It also places emphasis on industry institution interface and interaction with adequate case studies.

Industry Institute Interaction - RCM has assisted the RIO- TINTO- Orissa Mining private ltd a joint venture of RIO TINTO , an Australian Steel Company and Orissa Mining Corporation in formalizing its HR Policy and developing a manual for implementation of HR practices.

Auditorium - The auditorium is used by the students for their class room seminar project presentation and pre- placement interaction etc. It is also being used for quiz competition student meetings & faculty gathering.

Consultancy Services - Consultancy is provided for ISO, CMMi, Six Sigma & ITIL Consulting, Business Solutions, Education/Training, IT Security. Our Services:- IT Education & Corporate Training. Enterprise business solution.ISO and Six Sigma Consulting. New idea incubation centre. Threat & Susceptibility analysis.

Canteen - A fast food Conner attached to a general canteen caters to various tastes and pockets of students & staffs within the campus at a subsidized price. Starting from breakfast, lunch, afternoon snacks &  dinner is available for veg. & Non Veg customers.

Guest House - RCM guest house consists of three fully air conditioned double-bedded rooms. The guest house is used for accommodation of guest faculty coming from outside Bhubaneswar, guests of the college and parents of RCM students. Booking to be done 48 hours prior to arrival through one of the numbers and confirmation is essential before arrival.

Achievements

• In 2002, Outlook ranked RCM as the 4th best in Eastern India after IIMC, XLRI and XIMB.

• The same magazine in its 2003 ranking of the business schools in Indian also places RCM as the 4th best in Eastern India.

• Another prestigious B-schools ranking done by Cosmode and Business world rates RCM as the 5th best in Eastern and Central India.

• RCM Campus encompasses a stupendous building, a garden which received prizes in consecutive years for the best maintained garden among all professional colleges in Bhubaneswar.