Experts from across the world visit the campus to interact with students. More than 375 Corporate Heads have already imparted their valuable experiences and learnings with the Gracians, serving as a rich source of education to them. Facilities like Billiards, Tennis and Yoga are offered to give students a holistic balance of physical and psychological skills which will help nurture them into well groomed individuals fit to take on the modern challenges of the corporate world. To gain a global perspective and to imbibe the global business cultures which are essential skills for interacting in a multi-cultural, multi-linguistic environment. The Gracians who have undergone the MBA program in previous batches visited countries like China, Singapore, Paris and Germany. Holy Grace is the only institution in the entire country which offers this unique feature without any extra cost. Compulsory training in horse riding, paragliding and rappelling are given to the students. Out bound training is done under the safe and secure guidance of experienced Airforce officers. Holy Grace is the only institution in South India which offers such programs. Conducted to encourage the spirit of innovation and competition amongst students. The Fest will feature many interesting programs, competitions and games to equip students with necessary organizing and life skills. The faculty profile of the Holy Grace MBA Program features four former Vice Chancellors at the helm and a sixteen strong teaching staff hailing from internationally renowned foreign Business Schools and institutions like IIMs, IIT and XLRI. Some of the faculty also boasts long and distinguished careers in organizations of international repute bringing with them a unique combination of academic excellence and real-life industry knowledge. The Masters in Business Administration Program features a unique Academia-Industry interaction where students are ensured of imbibing valuable industry insights from experienced professionals, top management executives and entrepreneurs through monthly sessions and workshops in the campus. The aim of the industry interaction program is to equip students with the vital skills necessary to face real challenges in the ever changing business landscape. Students are required to undergo project training regularly throughout the academic period in reputed institutions to make sure that they possess industryready skills. There are separate residencies for men and women with single, double and triple sharing facilities. The rooms are bath and balcony attached and features best-in-class comforts. Recreational and health facilities like Billiards, Tennis, Gym and a swimming pool are also available to the students. Being located in a calm and serene environment, the campus offers residents the perfect environment for learning, introspection, positive discussions and camaraderie. The intense daily routine of the students are eased by frequent professional entertainment and Kerala Tour arranged at the cost of the academy. Well known corporates look up to Gracians every year to reinforce their talent pool. In fact the institute boasts of an unbeatable placement record which includes that of having the highest pay package offered to any student in India based on an annual one-crore pay pack (2007). Today Gracians are well placed in such reputed organizations like RBS, Deloitte, Aegon Religare, Aptara, IBS, Leaap International, Sain Gobain, Ernst & Young, The Country Club, Big Bazar, Thomas Cook, ITC, Berger Paints, Asian Paints, Future Group, Apollo Tyres, Toyota, Southern Investments, Wipro, Samsung, HCL, MGM Hyundai, Pepsico, HR Johnson (India), Techlink (UAE), Geojit Finance (Gulf Operations), Frontier Airlines, HSBC, Standard Chartered, Cipla, Career Aviation, Bajaj Alliance, Aviva, Reliance, ICICI, India Infoline, Decathlon, and Tata Group. Regular sessions are held for GD and Current Affairs as part of the Placement Preparatory Initiative, and the seamless placement drive that follows ensures that the students are placed in the best possible slots in line with their dreams and aspirations. Holy Grace MBA is a fully residential 1000 hours per Semester program, unlike programs offered by other institutes which hardly exceed four hundred hours a Semester. We set apart 400 hours a Semester for University Syllabus and 600 hours for supercompetency modules, and this is another specialty that only Holy Grace offers. These modules provide intensive training in soft skills, management games, field based projects, business terminology, usage of business English including drafting business letters and corporate communication, Corporate History, Press Briefing, Journal Review, Group Discussion or other additional components as demanded by industry requirements from time to time. The extra time required is generated by a special 7 am to 8 pm daily work schedule which in turn tempers the takers for the challenging and strenuous work culture of the MNCs. A 45 hour weekly academic exercise coupled with the week-end Managerial Role-play now in practice in the campus trains the students to fit in their postprogramme MNC work culture without a glitch, with a mandatory annual schedule of a Global Business Conclave and three National Colloquia, the academic exposure the institution offers is unbeatable. A virtual library with most advanced IT Bay keeps them updated and profoundly informed of the happenings of the business world in addition to contributing to their computer wizardry. To top it all, the J-Gate and Proquest databases to which the Academy is a regular subscriber, offer full text referencing of about 8000 world-class academic journals.