ADMISSIONS OPEN FOR ITM GROUP’S ONLINE UNIVERSITY
* The Online University was launched on 21 July and will begin classes in the month of September. Their flagship MBA programme is on the offering at the online university.
* The Online MBA University will allow students a multichannel experience with access to e-books, video streaming, online collaborative tools and unprecedented access to other facilities.
* The MBA programme includes a rigorous curriculum that has been designed by ITM’s highly experienced faculty.
* The programme is different from that of other distance learning programmes as it involves a live virtual classroom experience.
* The programme covers a wide range of business concepts and involves a large number of courses.
* Mr. Nitin Putcha, Executive Vice President of ITM says, “The appetite for e-learning is growing on a global scale. By 2015, Asia will account for the second highest expenditures after North America. The e-learning market in India is expected to grow at 20% with increased internet penetration; hence we at ITM are looking forward to building an e-learning platform that can be considered a benchmark of academic quality, and learning experience in India”.
RUTGERS BUSINESS SCHOOL FORGES COLLABORATION WITH MUMBAI’S H.R. COLLEGE
* Rutgers Business School will now deliver an E-MBA programme in collaboration with Mumbai’s H.R. College.
* The programme is set to begin in October this year and is to have 18 modules in total, out of which two modules shall be taught in the business school’s campus in New Jersey.
* The E-MBA aims on focusing on subjects like international trade, business strategy, international business, aggregate economic analysis, law and legal reasoning, business statistics, analytical techniques for decision making and brand management.
* The MBA programme will be able to accommodate 40 executives, and admissions will be done on basis of personal interviews.
* Students who wish to participate have to submit two letters of recommendation, a personal statement and a letter of financial responsibility.
* The tuition fee of the programme is US$25,000.
* Farrokh Langdana, global director of the EMBA programme, says, “With 50% of India’s population under the age of 30, there are tremendous opportunities for niche education and skills training for young graduates. There is currently a huge demand for high-potential executives, trained to operate in different cultures, ready innovate and operate in various sectors from finance and marketing to economics and business analytics. Thus, we decided to bring the programme to India.”
FOUR INDIAN INSTITUTES TO GET NATIONAL TAG
* National Institute of Design (NID), Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC), Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute (SRFTI) and Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) have finally been awarded the status of ‘Institute of national importance’.
* This new acknowledgement by the Government of India will give these institutes the power to award degrees, forge better and more international collaborations, seek funding for research and improve infrastructure.
* These institutes are world renowned but were only given the power to award diplomas to students, this deterred a lot of students from applying to these institutes, but now with degrees being awarded and a national status, many more students shall apply.
* Also, students’ and parents’ outlook towards media and arts will dramatically improve with the mere mention of degrees being awarded.
GAUHATI UNIVERSITY SCRAPS AGE LIMIT FOR LAW COURSES
* Following the footsteps of Allahabad University, Gauhati University too has scrapped the age limit for their threeyear and five-year courses.
* The decision was taken following a directive of the Bar Council of India.
* Students with a bachelor’s degree may apply for the three-year course while students who have passed class 12 may apply for the five-year course.
* This move will benefit all those who had surpassed their age of applying for the course and couldn’t pursue law.
NOW AN E-MBA PROGRAMME BY WUSTL AND IIT BOMBAY
* An MBA programme is being offered by the Washington University in St. Louis and the Indian Institute of Technology for international executives.
* Olin Business School, a part of WUSTL, is renowned for its MBA programme and is collaborating with tech giant IIT Bombay in an attempt give executives the best of both worlds.
* The classes shall be taught by Olin Business School and IIT Bombay’s Shailesh J Mehta School of Management. The programme is aimed at providing executives with tools to put into practice management laws and concepts.
* Spread over a duration of 18 months, with four sessions every month and a two-week special session at the Washington University, this programme will welcome its first batch of students early next year.
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