Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan & Marshal University, Bhavan Marshall MBA Program, No. 43, Race Course Road, Bangalore - 560 001, Karnataka.

Founded in the year 1983, by Kulapati Dr. K. M. Munshi, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan has grown from humble beginnings in the pre-independent India to an all India intellectual, cultural and educational movement. Today it is incessantly endeavouring to imbibe fundamental Indian values of life and reintegrate with the new elements suited to modern conditions.

This goal is being accomplished and through over 200 constituent institutions and departments and thousands of voluntary members spread throughout India and 101 institutes abroad. On the educational initiatives, Bhavan has established institutions – schools and colleges – on its own and in association with other organizations.

The conferment of the prestigious ‘Communal Harmony & National Integration Award’ for the year 1999 and the ‘Gandhi Peace Prize’ for the year 2002 by the Government of India speak volumes of Bhavan’s commitment to its cause. Bhavan has been recognized as ‘Educational Institution of National Eminence by the Government of India.

Towards management education, Bhavan’s commitment is deep. Four institutions are the initiatives in this direction, training hundreds of manager-aspirants. Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan now moots the international dimension to its management education initiative in association with Marshall University.

Named after John Marshall, the great Chief Justice of the United States, Marshall Academy was established in 1837. Marshall became a university in 1961 and has since grown tremendously, particularly in the 1990's which saw the construction of the state-of-the-art Drinko Library, Jomie Jazz Center and the addition of the Graduate College.

It is a state-assisted, interactive university with 16,500-plus students studying at a given point of time. It offers 26 associate degree programs, 46 Bachelor degree programs, 49 Post graduate degree programs and some in doctoral degree.



It is accredited as an institution of higher learning by the Commission on Institutions of Higher Education of the North Central Association of Colleges and schools and the AACSB. Most of the faculty in Marshall University hold Ph.D.’s or the highest degrees in their fields. 100% of their faculty for MBA Programs are Ph.D.s. With over 1,00,000 alumni throughout USA and outside USA, it has a wide network of active Chapters in over 40 cities in the USA.


University Vision Statement
(Approved by MU Board of Governors on May 12, 2004)

Marshall University, an exemplar of excellence in teaching and learning, will continue to place its highest priority on providing outstanding undergraduate and graduate education, resulting in national recognition in academics and in scholarly, artistic, and creative achievement. Marshall’s students will graduate well prepared for the responsibilities of life within a culturally diverse and globally interdependent society. Marshall will address the changing needs of the state and region and will return to the community and state an outstanding value for the resources invested in the university.

University Mission Statement
(Approved by MU Board of Governors on May 12, 2004)

Marshall University is a multi-campus public university providing innovative undergraduate and graduate education that contributes to the development of society and the individual. The University actively facilitates learning through the preservation, discovery, synthesis, and dissemination of knowledge.

Marshall University Creed

Inspired by the example of John Marshall, we the students, faculty, staff, and administrators of Marshall University, pledge to pursue the development of our intellects and the expansion of knowledge, and to devote ourselves to defending individual rights and exercising civic responsibility. We strive to exemplify in our own lives the core values of John Marshall’s character: independence, initiative, achievement, ethical integrity, and commitment to community through association and service. As Marshall University, we form a community that promotes educational goals and that allows individuals maximum opportunity to pursue those goals.

We are :

An Educational Community in which all members work together to promote and strengthen teaching and learning;
An Open Community uncompromisingly protecting freedom of thought, belief and expression;
A Civil Community treating all individuals and groups with consideration, decency, and respect, and expressing disagreements in rational ways;
A Responsible Community accepting obligations and following behavioral guidelines designed to support the common good;
A Safe Community respecting each other’s rights, privacy and property;
A Well Community respecting and promoting physical and emotional health;
An Ethical Community reflecting honesty, integrity and fairness in both academic and extracurricular activities;
A Pluralistic Community celebrating and learning from our diversity;
A Socially Conscious Community acting as citizens of the world and seeking to contribute to the betterment of people and their environments;
A Judicious Community remaining alert to the threats posed by hatred, intolerance and other injustices and ever-prepared to correct them.

I) MBA FOUNDATION COURSES
a) Quantitative Methods
b) Accounting
c) Economics
d) Financial Management
e) Marketing and Management
f) Human Resource Management
g) Project Management
h) Business Communication


II) MBA ADVANCED COURSES
a) Advanced Quantitative Methods
b) Advanced Marketing
c) Advanced Financial Management
d) Management Information System
e) Production and Operations Management
f) Legal Environment
g) Organizational Behaviour
h) Managerial Economics
i) Strategic Management and Business Policy

In addition to the above, 2 Advanced Level Elective Courses in the following areas will have to be completed.
1) Marketing
a) Global Marketing
b) Customer Relationship Marketing
2) Finance
a) International Financial Management
b) Investment Analysis.