I am Balakrishna Shankar, B.E., MIBA, a student of MIBA Program 1995-97, the First Batch of MIBA. I have done my Bachelors In Engineering from Annamalai University. Presently, I am working as Branch Director of 20:20 MSL, Chennai. 20:20 MSL, is part of the Publicis Groupe and is Asia’s largest Communication Industry. In 1995, when I received my admission letter, I was overwhelmed by the fact that we were the first batch of students to the newly started course on International Business. https://www.linkedin.com/in/shankarbalakrishna

With economy opening up to the global market, we were quite exited about the offers that we would get once we complete the course.

We had great inspiration in Dr. M.A. Arulandam, professor who was focused on discipline, Dr. M. Selvam, whom we always feared; we used to call him as Prof of Numbers (I am still a long way from accountancy and numbers). Prof. TR.Gurumoothy, the WTO expert and Prof. P. Natarajan, (now in Pondichery Central University) inspired us to be a good presenter. They were also instrumental in making us read the newspaper daily. Other than the updated course content that we had which was similar to Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, we had lot of industry experts addressing us and the industrial tour arranged by the college, gave us the required exposure.

As President of MIBA student wing, I also had opportunity to organize multiple seminars, which helped us to emerge as a complete professional. I would like to thank the university and all my professors for making us what we are today; I would also like to mention that almost 90 % of our batch students are all well settled in their career and we are competing with the IIFT students in the market.

When I, P. Jeyanth Thomas, think about ALU, the first thing that comes to my mind is the dedicated professors & lecturers. They were our guardians, taking special care for each one of us. The curriculum was well designed which matched perfectly to the Industry’s needs. The next thing I appreciate at ALU is the infrastructure, especially for sports and games. We had a wonderful time playing various games which actually moulded us to be good team players in the corporate world too. We cherished the two years at hostel too. We were given enough space and freedom which helped us to develop from adolescent stage to young adults ready to face challenges in life.

MBA (International Business) at Alagappa University was a God given opportunity for me to develop life skills which later paved the way for entering and establishing a fulfilling career in Shipping Industry. I appreciate ALU for being in touch with us even after passing out through Alumni programs. ALU also gave me an opportunity to be in the Board of Studies which I count as a great honour which I do not deserve. May the choice blessing of Lord Jesus Christ be upon all our professors, lecturers, staff (both teaching and non-teaching) and their family.

The older I get, the more I realize that our stay at Alagappa University was a critical factor to hop on to industry role with ease as a whole and to make sure that over the coming years we become a positive contributor to the society. Alagappa University has been an important part of my life and part of my identity.

My learning on international trade and logistics business came from comradeship with our faculty team. I am impressed by the spirit, openness and drive for excellence from all members. They often challenge us but also be there as a coach. Our faculty team directly and indirectly inspire everyone to grow as a person and as a professional and always willing to go that extra mile not because they must or have to but because they really want to. I am proud and happy to be part of Alagappa University alumni. I wish everyone all the best for the future.

It gives me a great pleasure to say with pride that I am an alumnus of Department of International Business & Commerce Alagappa Institute of Management Alagappa University Karaikudi Tamil Nadu completed my Master of Philosophy (M. Phil) and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in the Faculty of Management. Alagappa University is a wonderful temple of knowledge with its motto “Excellence in Action” serving since 1985. Department of International Business of Alagappa University has highly qualified faculties, updated course curriculum, well equipped library, which is not only imparting knowledge on foreign markets but also on Organisations with global footprints.

The university and its various departments offer a fantastic academic environment, seminars, inter disciplinary initiations for overall development of students. I felt extremely lucky to be in an environment that allowed me to conduct research on the topic that interest me the most.My advice to prospective students - Throw yourself at every opportunity that comes your way. If it gets too much, you can always scale back, but those opportunities can make all the difference between getting what you want and having to settle for second best. Once again, I am deeply grateful to all my Gurus, Professors and University staff.

It gives me a great pleasure to say with pride that I am an alumnus of Department of International Business & Commerce Alagappa Institute of Management Alagappa University Karaikudi Tamil Nadu completed my Master of Philosophy (M. Phil) and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in the Faculty of Management. Alagappa University is a wonderful temple of knowledge with its motto “Excellence in Action” serving since 1985. Department of International Business of Alagappa University has highly qualified faculties, updated course curriculum, well equipped library, which is not only imparting knowledge on foreign markets but also on Organisations with global footprints.

The university and its various departments offer a fantastic academic environment, seminars, inter disciplinary initiations for overall development of students. I felt extremely lucky to be in an environment that allowed me to conduct research on the topic that interest me the most.My advice to prospective students - Throw yourself at every opportunity that comes your way. If it gets too much, you can always scale back, but those opportunities can make all the difference between getting what you want and having to settle for second best. Once again, I am deeply grateful to all my Gurus, Professors and University staff.