New Delhi: While students in other institutes are enjoying their summer breaks, Asia Pacific Institute of Management(AIM) campus is abuzz with activity .Highly career oriented Aimians are busy with their respective summer projects and training programs with serious dedication.
 
AIM constantly tries to develop future industry leaders as per the industry needs. The integrated industry-academia interface at the Institute has been built through various platforms for providing real life experience, projects and constant guidance by industry leaders. Therefore as an integral part of the MBA curriculum, every student takes up work on a project in an organization for greater understanding of real life organizational situations.
 
According to Mr.Shelendra K. Tyagi Sr. Manager - Corporate Relations, The Institute always tries to establish a good fit between industry requirement and student's aspiration. Elaborating further he said, "Since most of our students are freshers so they are exposed to real working environments in order to strengthen their learning process."
 
The duration of the training ranges from 8-10 weeks. Summer Training starts from mid-April to the end of June. The project guides are from among the faculty who provide necessary guidance to the students and monitor their performance. The projects are evaluated at the beginning of the fourth semester by a panel of external, internal and corporate experts on the basis of a report, a presentation and cross questioning. 

The Training programmes at AIM attempts to match the expectations of the corporate sector and the Institute also focuses on grooming students to be good future managers. Students also play an active role in the placement activities being conducted in the institute.
 
Organizations like Satya Paul, Times of India, Bharti, BHEL, BSNL, Standard Chartered Bank, Satyam, ICICI Bank, PHILIPS,ITC ltd,Radisson Group, Unicon Investment Solutions, Hyundai Motor India, LG Electronics, Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd, Zee Network Television Ltd, Asian Paints Ltd, Lauren & Benon, Freight Systems, Coca-Cola Company, Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd, IGI Airport, NTPC, ShareKhan, Sona Koyo, Reliance Mutual Fund,NDTV, , Axis Bank, Capital IQ, Bajaj Allianz, ICICI Pru., Simplex Infrastructure, ICICI Direct, India Bull, Sriram Pistons and Rings Ltd ,HDFC Bank, McCann, SBI Life visited the campus and recruited students for summer training workshops. 
 
The summer placement for the current year Batch 2007-09 started as early as January' 2008 and a total of 50+ companies visited the campus and selected 126 students. The stipend range has been Rs 4,000 - Rs 15,000.

''It is a matter of pride for us that the Institute has been achieving 100 per cent placement for its successful students since its inception in 1996 and a number of reputed business and corporate houses have always kept an eye on AIM eagerly waiting for the period when they come and grab the leaders of tomorrow at the first place,'' said Mr. A K Shrivastava, Chairman of  AIM. 

Asia-Pacific Institute of Management came into existence in the year 1996 under the aegis of a non-profit autonomous body, called All India Asia Educational Foundation (AIAEF) and registered under the Indian Societies Registration Act XXI of 1860.