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MBA · Semester 3

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Your roadmap · आपका रोडमैप

  1. 1
    Admission & first meetingप्रवेश और पहली मुलाकात

    Enquire at your nearest NDSS centre, meet the teacher, fix the batch time and get your study material.

  2. 2
    Semester 3 — subject classesसेमेस्टर 3 — विषयवार कक्षाएँ

    Every theory subject of the term, unit by unit, with notes, numericals and doubt classes.

    Strategic ManagementBusiness TaxationInvestment Analysis & Portfolio ManagementFinancial Markets & InstitutionsCorporate Tax Planning
  3. 3
    Labs, practicals & project workलैब, प्रैक्टिकल और प्रोजेक्ट

    Experiments / jobs / project work as in the syllabus, with practical file and viva preparation.

    Summer Internship Project
  4. 4
    Unit tests & mid-termयूनिट टेस्ट और मिड-टर्म

    A test after every unit and a mid-term in the university / board pattern.

  5. 5
    Semester 3 mock testमॉक टेस्ट

    A full mock test of all subjects before the exam, with analysis.

  6. 6
    Semester 3 exam (university / board)सेमेस्टर / वार्षिक परीक्षा

    Previous papers, important questions and full revision.

  7. 7
    Online tests & resultऑनलाइन टेस्ट और रिज़ल्ट

    Take the tests online; your marks and result show in your student login and at the centre.

सिलेबस · पाठ्यक्रम

6 subjects · 30 chapters · 148 topics

Strategic Management5 chapters · 6 Months Subject page →
01Unit 1: Introduction to Strategic Management 5 टॉपिक
  1. Concept of strategy and strategic management
  2. Strategic management process
  3. Vision, mission, goals and objectives
  4. Strategic intent and levels of strategy
  5. Corporate governance and social responsibility in strategy
02Unit 2: Environmental & Internal Analysis 7 टॉपिक
  1. External environment: PESTEL
  2. Industry analysis: Porter's five forces
  3. Strategic groups and competitor analysis
  4. Internal analysis: resource-based view, VRIO
  5. Value chain analysis
  6. Core competence and competitive advantage
  7. SWOT and TOWS matrix
03Unit 3: Corporate Level Strategies 6 टॉपिक
  1. Grand strategies: stability, expansion, retrenchment, combination
  2. Ansoff product-market matrix
  3. Integration and diversification
  4. Mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures and strategic alliances
  5. Turnaround and divestment
  6. Portfolio analysis: BCG matrix, GE nine-cell matrix
04Unit 4: Business & Functional Level Strategies 4 टॉपिक
  1. Porter's generic strategies: cost leadership, differentiation, focus
  2. Competitive strategies in different industry life-cycle stages
  3. Blue ocean strategy
  4. Functional strategies: marketing, finance, HR, operations
05Unit 5: Strategy Implementation & Control 6 टॉपिक
  1. Structure and strategy
  2. McKinsey 7S framework
  3. Leadership, culture and change
  4. Resource allocation
  5. Strategic control and evaluation
  6. Balanced scorecard
Business Taxation5 chapters · 6 Months Subject page →
01Unit 1: Basic Concepts of Income Tax 6 टॉपिक
  1. Income-tax Act and Finance Act; Income-tax Act, 2025 in force from 1 April 2026
  2. Person, assessee, income, previous year / tax year
  3. Residential status of individuals and companies
  4. Scope of total income
  5. Exempt incomes
  6. Old and new tax regimes
02Unit 2: Heads of Income 6 टॉपिक
  1. Income from salaries: allowances and perquisites
  2. Income from house property: annual value, standard deduction
  3. Profits and gains of business or profession
  4. Depreciation (block of assets)
  5. Capital gains: short-term and long-term
  6. Income from other sources
03Unit 3: Total Income & Tax Liability 6 टॉपिक
  1. Clubbing and set-off and carry forward of losses
  2. Deductions under Chapter VI-A (80C, 80D and others)
  3. Computation of total income and tax for individuals
  4. Rebate, surcharge and health and education cess
  5. TDS, TCS and advance tax
  6. Filing of returns
04Unit 4: Corporate Taxation 4 टॉपिक
  1. Tax rates for domestic companies, concessional regimes
  2. Minimum Alternate Tax (MAT)
  3. Tax on dividends in the hands of shareholders
  4. Tax issues in business decisions: make or buy, lease or buy
05Unit 5: Goods and Services Tax (GST) 6 टॉपिक
  1. Concept and need of GST; 101st Constitutional Amendment
  2. CGST, SGST / UTGST and IGST
  3. Supply, time and place of supply
  4. Input tax credit
  5. Registration, composition scheme and returns
  6. GST Council and e-way bill
Investment Analysis & Portfolio Management5 chapters · 6 Months Subject page →
01Unit 1: Investment Environment 5 टॉपिक
  1. Investment, speculation and gambling
  2. Investment avenues: shares, bonds, mutual funds, real estate, gold
  3. Investment process
  4. Primary and secondary markets
  5. Stock exchanges, trading and settlement; role of SEBI
02Unit 2: Risk & Return 4 टॉपिक
  1. Return: holding period and expected return
  2. Types of risk: systematic and unsystematic
  3. Measurement of risk: variance and standard deviation
  4. Beta and its interpretation
03Unit 3: Security Analysis 4 टॉपिक
  1. Fundamental analysis: economy, industry and company (EIC)
  2. Technical analysis: Dow theory, charts, support and resistance
  3. Indicators: moving averages, RSI
  4. Efficient market hypothesis: weak, semi-strong, strong forms
04Unit 4: Valuation of Securities 4 टॉपिक
  1. Bond valuation, current yield and yield to maturity
  2. Bond price and interest rate relationship; duration
  3. Equity valuation: dividend discount model, Gordon growth model
  4. P/E ratio approach
05Unit 5: Portfolio Theory & Evaluation 6 टॉपिक
  1. Markowitz portfolio theory and diversification
  2. Efficient frontier
  3. Capital asset pricing model and security market line
  4. Sharpe single index model and arbitrage pricing theory
  5. Portfolio performance: Sharpe, Treynor and Jensen measures
  6. Portfolio revision
Financial Markets & Institutions5 chapters · 6 Months Subject page →
01Unit 1: Indian Financial System 4 टॉपिक
  1. Meaning, structure and functions of the financial system
  2. Financial markets, institutions, instruments and services
  3. Regulators: RBI, SEBI, IRDAI, PFRDA
  4. Financial sector reforms in India
02Unit 2: Money Market 5 टॉपिक
  1. Meaning and features of the money market
  2. Call and notice money
  3. Treasury bills
  4. Commercial paper and certificates of deposit
  5. Repo, reverse repo and TREPS
03Unit 3: Capital Market 6 टॉपिक
  1. Primary market: IPO, FPO, rights issue, private placement
  2. Book building and ASBA
  3. Secondary market: NSE, BSE and trading
  4. Depositories: NSDL and CDSL
  5. Clearing and settlement (T+1)
  6. SEBI: role and investor protection
04Unit 4: Banks & NBFCs 6 टॉपिक
  1. RBI: functions and monetary tools: CRR, SLR, repo rate
  2. Commercial banks: functions and types
  3. Non-performing assets and recovery: SARFAESI, IBC
  4. Basel norms
  5. NBFCs: types and regulation
  6. Payments banks and small finance banks
05Unit 5: Other Financial Institutions 5 टॉपिक
  1. Mutual funds: types, NAV, SIP
  2. Insurance companies and IRDAI
  3. Pension funds: NPS and PFRDA
  4. Development financial institutions: NABARD, SIDBI, EXIM Bank, NaBFID
  5. Credit rating agencies
Corporate Tax Planning5 chapters · 6 Months Subject page →
01Unit 1: Concepts of Tax Planning 5 टॉपिक
  1. Tax planning, tax avoidance, tax evasion and tax management
  2. Judicial views: McDowell and Vodafone cases
  3. Residential status of companies; place of effective management (POEM)
  4. Tax rates for companies and concessional regimes
  5. Minimum Alternate Tax
02Unit 2: Tax Planning for New Business 4 टॉपिक
  1. Choice of form: sole proprietor, firm, LLP, company
  2. Location: SEZ, backward areas, IFSC
  3. Nature of business and incentives
  4. Start-up incentives
03Unit 3: Tax Planning & Financial Decisions 4 टॉपिक
  1. Capital structure: debt vs equity
  2. Dividend policy and taxation of dividends
  3. Bonus shares and buy-back
  4. Deemed dividend
04Unit 4: Tax Planning & Managerial Decisions 5 टॉपिक
  1. Make or buy
  2. Own or lease
  3. Repair, renew or replace
  4. Shut down or continue
  5. Depreciation planning
05Unit 5: Business Restructuring & Anti-avoidance 5 टॉपिक
  1. Amalgamation: conditions and carry forward of losses
  2. Demerger
  3. Slump sale and conversion of firm into company
  4. General anti-avoidance rule (GAAR)
  5. Transfer pricing and double taxation avoidance agreements
Summer Internship Project5 chapters · 6 Months Subject page →
01Milestone 1: Internship Search & Topic Selection 4 टॉपिक
  1. Preparing the resume and cover letter
  2. Applying to companies, banks, NGOs and start-ups
  3. Choosing a topic with the company guide and faculty guide
  4. Training letter and joining formalities
02Milestone 2: Synopsis 4 टॉपिक
  1. Company profile and problem statement
  2. Objectives of the study
  3. Research methodology: design, sample, tools
  4. Week-wise work plan
03Milestone 3: Training Work & Data Collection 4 टॉपिक
  1. Learning the department's work and keeping a daily diary
  2. Questionnaire / interview data collection
  3. Secondary data from company records and reports
  4. Weekly review with the guide
04Milestone 4: Report Writing 4 टॉपिक
  1. Report format: certificate, declaration, acknowledgement, contents
  2. Chapters: introduction, company profile, literature, methodology, analysis, findings, suggestions, conclusion
  3. Tables, charts and interpretation
  4. References, annexures and plagiarism check
05Milestone 5: Presentation & Viva 4 टॉपिक
  1. Preparing 10-12 slides
  2. Explaining learning from the internship
  3. Answering common viva questions
  4. Final submission and evaluation

About this course

आप यह कर पाएँगे

  • Complete Strategic Management syllabus with regular tests
  • Complete Business Taxation syllabus with regular tests
  • Complete Investment Analysis & Portfolio Management syllabus with regular tests
  • Complete Financial Markets & Institutions syllabus with regular tests
  • Complete Corporate Tax Planning syllabus with regular tests
  • Complete Summer Internship Project syllabus with regular tests

यह किसके लिए है

  • MBA students of Semester 3 (AKTU) - Finance, Human Resource, Marketing specialisations
  • Students preparing for consulting, business development and general management roles

आपको क्या चाहिए

  • Completion of MBA Semester 1 and 2 (management, marketing, finance basics)
  • Habit of reading business news for case examples
Online tests & result Practice and unit tests online; marks and result show in your student login and at the centre. Student login →

सवाल

Which syllabus is followed?

The AKTU (Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University, Lucknow) MBA syllabus of Strategic Management (Semester 3). If your own university's syllabus differs, the centre follows your university syllabus and units.

How are case studies handled?

Every unit has short Indian company cases (Tata, Reliance, Maruti, Infosys and others) solved in the format expected in the AKTU paper.

How will I be tested?

Unit-wise MCQ tests and a final paper at semester level, plus practice on short and long answer questions from previous university papers.

Which tax law is taught after the new Income-tax Act?

Concepts are taught as per the syllabus and the law applicable to your exam year; changes under the Income-tax Act, 2025 are explained alongside the older section numbers.

Are numericals important in this subject?

Yes. Expected return, risk, beta, bond and share valuation, CAPM and performance measures are practised step by step with calculator.

Is this subject useful for banking exams?

Yes. Money market, RBI tools, NPAs and regulators are common topics in bank PO and RBI Grade B exams.

Which law version is followed?

Concepts are taught as per the syllabus and the tax law applicable to your exam year; changes under the Income-tax Act, 2025 are explained alongside the older section numbers.

When is the summer internship done?

Between Semester 2 and Semester 3 (6-8 weeks in summer); the report and viva are evaluated in Semester 3 as per AKTU.

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