From its humble beginnings in 1976, when the School of Communication and Management Studies was established to offer a correspondence course in Mass Communication and Journalism, the institution has grown into a major name in education under the brand SCMS Group. The Group’s ability to anticipate economic shifts and identify growth opportunities enabled its entry into management education during the liberalization of the Indian economy in the 1990s, followed by its foray into engineering education with the opening of the private self-financing sector in Kerala in 2001.
Since then, the Group has diversified into Management, Engineering and Technology, Architecture, Computer Applications, Commerce , Biotechnology , Psychology, and Polytechnics, and today comprises about a dozen institutions across multiple campuses.
The Group’s flagship programs in Management and Engineering have earned consistent accolades and recognitions over the years. SCMS Cochin School of Business, offering the PGDM, and SCMS School of Technology and Management (SSTM), offering the MBA, are ranked among the top 50 programmes in various All India surveys, including the prestigious MHRD rankings. The PGDM programme is accredited by NBA and ACBSP (USA) and is ranked No. 1 B-School in Kerala, while SSTM is accredited by NAAC with an ‘A’ grade. Academic tie-ups with leading global universities for faculty and student exchange, curriculum development, pedagogy, and collaborative research further strengthen the Group’s academic ecosystem.
