SCMS COCHIN SCHOOL OF BUSINESS

SCMS Cochin School of Business, formerly the School of Communication and Management Studies, is a management institute located in Kochi, India, approximately 12 km from Ernakulam railway station. It was founded in 1976 by G. P. C. Nayar under the trust Prathap Foundation for Education and Training, and it forms part of the SCMS Group of educational institutions. The school's Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) is well regarded in South India and the institute is rated as the best business school in Kerala after IIM-K for many years. PGDM electives are offered in marketing, finance, retail, human resources, banking and insurance, and systems and operations. SCMS is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs and by the National Board of Accreditation since 2003. Since 2004, the school has published a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal, the SCMS Journal of Indian Management, covering business, management, and accountancy, indexed in Scopus, EBSCO, and ProQuest. The journal's editor-in-chief is G.P.C. Nayar, who is also the founder and chairman of the SCMS Group and president of the Federation of Private Self Financing Professional Institutions in India.