Indian Institute of Management Calcutta (IIM- C) and (NIIT) have entered into
a strategic alliance to offer executive development program through virtual
classrooms.
The tie-up will enable high-quality management education to be delivered
across the country through specially designed centers of advanced learning. IIM
Calcutta will design these programs and conduct evaluation and certification,
while NIIT will provide the technology for virtual classrooms, implement and
manage the overall student experience.
Programs offerd by IIM
Calcutta
- Program on strategic management for
senior executives: This will enable participants to broaden their
business perspective, develop tools and techniques required for
managing organizations and transform them into strategic leaders in
their organizations. This is broadly divided into two modules - the
introductory module and the advanced module. While the first focuses
on the essentials of functional skills of management, the advanced
module shifts focus to strategic thinking, decision making, leadership
styles and managing business globally.
- Program on applied finance for
executives: The applied finance program aims to provide cutting edge
knowledge in the frontiers of finance. The program is designed to
provide training in technology and nuances in finance that is expected
in the corporate sector, banks and financial institutions.
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Shekhar Chaudhuri, Director, IIM-C and Rajendra S Pawar, Chairman, NIIT,
signed a MoU. Speaking on the occasion, Chaudhuri said, “This will held to
reach out to a larger numbers of aspirants. This initiative is in line with our
vision of taking quality management education to different parts of the country
for the executives working in varied areas in Indian organizations. We hope to
reach a large section of professionals, leveraging our content and NIIT's vast
experience in delivery of technology-enabled education.”
The programs would be equally relevant for professionals working as
broking/security analyst, consultants, and chartered/cost accountants.
Through this alliance between IIM-C and NIIT, working executives will be able
to undertake management education program while being at work.
The learning technology adopted by NIIT provides two-way video and audio
through broadband and uses special software to enable live faculty-student
interaction and other features of classroom teaching. The faculty would teach
from an in-house studio located within IIM-C.