Department of Business Administration, University of Lucknow (LUMBA),

Established in 1956 to groom young people with professional, managerial, entrepreneurial aspirations and talents, the Department of Business Administration, University of Lucknow is committed to producing MBA’s to be forerunners, leaders, innovator cing MBA’s to be forerunners, leaders, innovators, challenge seekers, risk-takers, change managers and entrepreneurs. Over the years, the Department has been engaged in the field of management education and research. It has rich experience and has acquired an expertise in transforming ordinary people into dynamic managers, through continuous efforts; the Department has made great progress and has evolved as a place where students acquire the requisite skills and knowledge to be successful managers. The pedagogy followed makes students self-reliant and analytically powerful and backed with a desire to excel this enables them to face challenges of the corporate environment. The Department has a computer centre equipped with the latest hardware and software. The students learn in a networked environment with internet facility through a leased line. There are separate dedicated servers for Windows as well as Linux. The focus is on the integration of technology in the curriculum through exposure to specialized software such as SPSS and Prowess etc. Our students are empowered to conduct various activities on their own as we firmly believe that each of our students has the potential to lead by example. At LUMBA due emphasis is given on the overall personality development of the students by engaging them extensively in activities beyond the classroom. The students involve themselves in a range of activities for their overall development. The Department supports the students in organising different competitions. Some of the activities held regularly in the Department are: The art activities are important as they encourage students' "full and all-sided development". The Collage Making activity is organized by the Department of Business Administration as an extra-curricular activity. Here a group of students are given with a management issue/problem and are asked to present/solve the same with the help of their creativity with objects/images. This activity helps management students develop their cognitive, social and managerial abilities. The purpose of this activity is to explore the importance of art in management's learning and development and to help the growth of a sense of correlation among various social, economic and managerial issues.