About Retail Management:

The Bachelor of Vocation (B.Voc.) in Retail Management is the undergraduate course of Savitribai Phule Pune University, Ganeshkind, Pune 411 007. It is the multilevel exit course leading to Diploma, Advance Diploma and Degree in Retail Management after the successful completion of one, two and three years respectively. This undergraduate credit system based curriculum, would develop a strong fundamentals and specialization in the discipline of Retail Management. The students pursuing different qualifications in Retail Management need to develop in depth understanding various aspects of the subject. The principles and fundamental concepts in Retail Management will be studied in details. The students will have deeper understanding of service sector rules and regulation through the subjects like Heritage and Tourism, Organization Behavior, Cultural and Health Psychology etc. The course proposes to skill based education due to which the student’s ability of problem solving will be enhanced. The students can develop their own business in Retail Management service sector.

Objectives:

• To provide skills relating to a ‘Retail Management’ profession and appropriate content of General Education.
• To ensure that the students will get adequate knowledge and skills at each exit point of the programme.
• To provide flexibility to the students by means of pre-determined entry and multiple exit points as per the National Skills Qualification Framework (NSQF) guidelines.
• To enhance employability of the graduates and meet industry requirements and are also expected to be equipped to become part of global workforce.
• To provide vertical mobility to students coming out of 10+2 with vocational subjects.

Salient Features:

• B.Voc. in ‘Retail Management’ has been designed as per the guidelines and objective of UGC, New Delhi, NSDC, New Delhi and NSQF to cater skill force to the travel and tourism industry.
• B.Voc. course is multiple exist program, which leads Diploma after completion of first year, Advance Diploma after completion of two years and Degree in B.Voc after successful completion of three years.
• B.Voc. three years degree course in ‘Retail Management’ is of 180 credits, where one credit theory course is of one clock hour per week running for 15 weeks and one credit for practical course will consist of 10 of laboratory exercise including the revision and setting up the practical. Thus, each credit is equivalent to 15 hours.
• In one credit, 10 lectures are assigned for actual teaching in the classroom and 5 lectures are for seminars, discussions, home assignments and library work.
• Every student shall complete 180 credits in a minimum of six semesters. All semesters will have 30 credits each.
• The student will be declared as failed if s/he does not pass in all credits within a total period of five years. After that such students will have to seek fresh admission as per admission rules prevailing at that time.
• In every year, the academic calendar showing dates for commencement and end of each semester, internal assessment examinations and term end examination will be prepared and duly notified before starting of each semester.
• Student has to complete internship every year to complete the Diploma / Advance Diploma / Degree Course.