Great Lakes
Institute of Management, announcedan unique opportunity for Great Lakes
students to earn an MBA from Bordeaux University in addition to the Program
Certificate/Diploma they receive from Great Lakes. On satisfactory completion
of this program participants will receive an IAE University of Bordeaux School
of Management MBA degree. The students enrolled in the course shall be
registered with Bordeaux University and treated at par with students enrolled
in the EU education system.
One of the
salient aspects about the programs is that the courses shall be conducted
together with students from Northern Illinois University, Chicago. Therefore
students from Great Lakes will have interaction, exposure and networking
opportunity with students from both Bordeaux and NIU at the same time. The
program will have an intake of 15- 20 Great Lakes students. The 150 hours
programs shall cover instructor led teaching, industry visits and
extra-curricular activities. The courses shall be delivered in the area of
§ Economics & European Business Environment
§ Accounting and Finance
§ Business Policy & Law
This
program aims to augment the learning of students by giving them an
intercultural context that strengthens their European Economic Knowledge and
International competencies in the business field.
The program
will be of 6 weeks duration, during May and June, every year, beginning 2014
and the students from Great Lakes who successfully complete the requirements
will be awarded an IAE MBA degree (the new English-language M2 MBA). All
the courses at IAE Bordeaux- University Montesquieu for the enrolled students
will be taught in English.
This
Program was announced in Chennai on December 30, 2013 jointly by
Prof. Bala V Balachandran, Founder and Dean , Great Lakes Institute of
Management and Dr. Serge Evraert , Dean IAE, Bordeaux, France in the presence
of an August gathering of eminent Academicians, Industrialists &
CEO's.
Speaking on
this occasion, Prof. Bala said that this program is an unique initiative in
that the students will get an additional International Degree in a concentrated
and compressed 6 week period which very few B Schools in India offer and
will put Great Lakes Institute of Management on the global B School map besides
providing a International exposure to its graduates that will
be a significant value add and a differentiator. Partnering with a prestigious university like IAE Bordeaux is our another step to groom business ready managers not only to the
emerging economies but also the emerged economies. He also pointed out that
this program will augment the learning experience of students by giving them an
intercultural context that strengthens their European Economic Knowledge and
International competencies in the business field. Prof. Bala added that this
program reflects actualization of Great lakes philosophy of Global Mindset
Indian Roots.
Dean Serge
said that India is considered as one of the most happening global destinations
and this initiative will provide an opportunity to
the faculty and staff at IAE to understand India better and over a
period of time extend the activities to other initiatives
in executive education, teaching and research. He thanked Indian
counterparts for the warm welcome and hospitality extended.
For media information,
please contact :
Krishna Moorthy – 9442191717
Avian Media, Chennai
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