This could perhaps be a side effect of the poor placement season due to the financial meltdown last year. More than 150 students staged a dharna at Narsee Monjee Institute of Management School (NMIMS) two days ago, as they fear they would be left without any job.
On Thursday, three students from the institute barged into the placement room and disrupted the interviewing process. After which, 150 students, from the ‘focus’ group, (consists of those who opted for banking, actuarial science, capital markets, global business, service and retail management) gathered outside the college office as they were agitated with the institute for sending separate profiles of students from the ‘core’ group, (students, who opt for a general MBA in finance, human resources and marketing) and the ‘focus’ group.
The students allege that this move hampered their chances of getting into leading companies, as the human resources department prefers to choose a student from the ‘core’ MBA group over the specialised ones.
Two days after the incident, the students are still waiting for the institute to take some measures. One of the students from the ‘focus group’, who did not wish to be named, said, “During the placement season, the institute sends a separate profile of students from the ‘core’ and the ‘focus’ group. The HR personnel, who come to interview students, invariably pick up students from the ‘core’ group as they feel they are exposed to a lot of subjects. This is not fair to us.”
Another aggrieved student said, “If they send a general list of students, then a student would be chosen on merit. We have made a demand to the institute and are waiting for their response.” Students however denied that they disrupted the placement process.
NMIMS’s spokesperson, Ashish Tambe, said, “Two groups of students were at loggerheads with each other. The institute was not involved. Three students had barged in to the room, where the placement interviews were on and we have decided to take disciplinary action against the students involved.” He further added that the institute sends the list of all students to the recruiters without any biases. However, the students feel that the ‘core’ group students are preferred, which is not true, he added.
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