The Central University of Kerala, Kasaragod, came into being in 2009 under the Central Universities Act 2009 (Parliament Act No.25 of 2009). The University is founded on the noble vision of a “caring wisdom” and is guided by the lofty ideals of academic and social commitment, moral steadfastness and intellectual and spiritual enlightenment, as reflected in its vision statement. Located in a region characterized by linguistic and ethnic diversity and cultural richness, the University seeks to harness the local resources- human , intellectual, social, artistic and cultural- while bringing in the best that is globally available, thus maintaining a fruitful, symbiotic relationship with a region that badly needs an educational uplift. The University opened its academic portals in October 2009 with two PG programmes and operated from a rented building at Nayanmarmoola (Vidyanagar). From this humble beginning, CU Kerala has grown into an institution offering twenty one postgraduate and research programmes.

Higher education in India has taken a giant leap due to the rising standards of living, aspirations of the middle class for higher education, and the proven records of how education had touched the lives of families and also the Governments focus and the consequent quantum leap in the level of investment in education. India according to reports has 65% of the population below the age group of 35 and it means, India by all means will be the provider of manpower to the world. The Indian Higher Education system is the largest in the world encompassing 17 million students and approximately 900 Universities and 43,023 colleges. In the last six decades, the number of universities has jumped 23 times, whereas the number of colleges has increased by over 66 times. However, with the population of India expected to grow to over 1.3 billion by 2020, the capacity of the higher education needs to nearly double, to meet the targeted Gross Enrolment Ratio, or GER, of 30% for the higher education segment. This would require an investment of USD 180 billion. Only 18% of the total student population is involved in Commerce and Management education.

A recent study on the public spending on higher education world-wide indicates that countries which have considerably improved the higher education infrastructure have witnessed rapid growth over the years. It also seen that though public funding on education had improved over the years, the higher education scenario in many nations, still remains inadequate compared to the demand. Kasargod district lacks a professional management programme and Central University of Kerala has taken the initiative to offer the programme.

Management is as old as human civilization. It is universal in nature. It is multi-disciplinary and goal oriented. Management education enhances the managerial skills by sharing of ideas, the acceptance of others’ ideas, problem solving skills, experiential learning and decision making .Students coming from different spheres of life, bring with them all the advantages, disadvantages, fairness and prejudice of centuries of cultural heritage. These characteristics manifest themselves sometimes, in totally different approaches towards solving business problems and learning fundamentals of management. Management Education imparts them with conceptual skills, communication skills, human relations skills, problem solving skills, technical skills, administrative and leadership skills.  Management education in India had achieved a lot of significance with the country being exposed to Liberalization, Privatization and Globalization. Over the years, management institutions have burgeoned in the country rapidly. The MNCs and TNCs actively seek management graduates and groom them to become future leaders. Thus, the Management Education is not only a catalyst but also acts as guide to the student in times of his development. It can also nurture the seed of entrepreneurship that can not only establish the faith in the mind of the student to be entrepreneurial in career, but will also make the institution proud of its achievement.

In this backdrop , as a part of responsibility towards society , the Central University of Kerala has identified the need to prepare professionals with Management education to fill the gap between trained manpower demand and shortage in available supply. Authorities of the university decided to offer two-year full-time post graduate programme in Master of Business Administration (MBA) to cater the needs of industry at managerial level.

To be a center of global excellence in the area of Management and bring in innovations in pedagogy, foster entrepreneurship and provide industry institute interface for the budding managers.

To create professionals who are able to take decisions, implement and lead in the realms of business and other institutions across the globe.

• To prepare young and dynamic professionals, entrepreneurs and researchers in marketing, finance, HR, Operations and Systems.
• To contribute in developing socially responsible business models
• Collaborate with corporates of varied industries to get practical exposure so as to manage, lead and succeed in all endeavors.
• To offer world class management programme
• To provide insights into the knowledge, skills and mould the attitude of the students to become professionals in their area of specialization.