Globally companies are realizing that CSR not only contributes significantly to their growth, revenues, profits and employee retention in the short term but more importantly their long term survival and prosperity depends on being a good corporate citizen and be seen as one. Corporations across the world are thus working towards a corporate stewardship based model under which they fulfill a dual role via act in conformity with societal expectations and endeavor to minimize/ ideally eliminate negative environmental impact.

In keeping with the growing role, relevance and the accent placed on CSR by the govt.of India, psus, private sectors including mnc’s we at IFIM B school are also exploring the possibility of building, promoting and strengthening, through various strategic tie-ups and partnerships, intra-state, regional, national and international alliances for undertaking academic oriented CSR initiatives for the mutual benefit of all the stakeholders.

CSR initiatives at IFIM B school

At IFIM B school, students carry out CSR projects and study ngo & cross-sector. CSR initiatives with a view to identify and link academic & research interventions to the academic and co-curricular frame work.
 

Projects and seminars enable students to understand & appreciate inter-alia issues pertaining to:   The role of CSR in the corporate sector (public & private) Evolving innovative partnerships between business, governments & ngo’s and examine the resultant impact on shaping socially responsible business practices in the corporate sector. Building cross sectorial and sustainable partnerships Developing ngo capacity for engagement with the private sector on CSR initiatives

In order to sensitize students to societal issues, concerns and problems, CSR initiatives at IFIM B School operates at two distinct levels:
 

• One- academic initiatives (to include foundation courses) and
• Two- hands- on involvement in community work with ngo’s through club activities academic initiatives.

We offer a foundation course each on CSR and business ethic’s as an integral part of the academic curriculum. Over the years out students have found both the courses extremely engaging besides, of high relevance to them as well as to the corporate sector. At one level, the CSR programme enables the student to examine various possibilities of integrating CSR into all functional systems and processes and understand how these impact the overall business performance. At the other, students learn to appreciate the impact of CSR on issues covering leadership, governance, company policies, organisational culture, etc.

Extra-curricular activities & hands-on involvement with ngo’s

At IFIM B School, CSR is not just about academics alone. In order to recognise and reflect the growing importance of CSR as a everyday concern, we have institutionalized CSR and elevated it to the status of a compulsory extra-curricular activity intertwined with the pgdm (ib) programme. Consequently, it now forms an integral part of the student activity as an exclusive student club. Students are required to visit ngo’s to observe, note, interact and learn in a real-time setting. we believe that these visits will not only give them a deeper understanding and insight of the issues that are dealt with in the class room but more importantly becomes a talking point about issues such as health, hygiene, literacy domestic harmony and the like that would shape and impact their overall personality.