Mumbai, April 15, 2016:
The Indian School of Business (ISB), with campuses at Mohali and
Hyderabad, today entered a Memorandum of Understanding with the
Singapore Management University (SMU) to collaborate, share best
practices and leverage each other’s expertise. The partnership will
allow both the institutions to contribute to industry and academic
developments in India, Singapore and the Asia Pacific region.
The MoU was signed by Professor Rajendra Srivastava, Dean and Novartis Professor of Marketing Strategy and Innovation, ISB and Professor Arnoud De Meyer, President, SMU, in the presence of Gerard George,
Dean and Professor of Innovation & Entrepreneurship, Lee Kong Chian
School of Business, SMU, Professor Sanjay Kallapur, Chair, Faculty Performance Management, ISB, as well as faculty and senior management staff of ISB.
Announcing
the tie-up, Professor Rajendra Srivastava, Dean ISB, said, “ISB has
embarked on an ambitious agenda to become the leading B School in Asia
in the next few years - a school that balances the best of Asian
insights that are valued all over the world, with Western thought. ISB’s
academic partnerships have played an important role in its evolution
and growth over the years. In keeping with this, we see an enormous
potential in associating with SMU and working towards a stronger,
mutually beneficial, institutional connection to develop expertise and
insights on Asian and emerging markets that will be of immense value to
the world at large.”
Elaborating on the partnership, Professor Arnoud De Meyer,
President, SMU said, “Both ISB and SMU share similar achievements, such
as growing to become established world-class educational institutions
in 15 years, and being among the youngest to be accredited by AACSB. We
are pleased to work with a like-minded partner that is focused on
innovation and entrepreneurship in business education, to exchange and
deepen our expertise in teaching, research and student programmes.”
The
collaboration is for an initial period of five years between the ISB
and SMU commencing April 15, 2016. Through the agreement, ISB and SMU
will collaborate to develop new thinking and practices in the areas of
Innovation and Entrepreneurship, and design new joint programmes.
On
the research front, the two institutions will consider opportunities
for faculty, post-doctoral and doctoral students to organise and attend
research workshops and seminars on topics of joint interest, and provide
research assistance on projects in research centres at both
institutions. Both parties will explore conducting faculty and students
exchange programmes and international research conferences and seminars.
ISB
and SMU will also explore the possibility of joint executive education
programmes that will be co-designed and developed in specific areas of
interest to both the institutions and companies co-located in Singapore
and India.
Significantly,
apart from student exchange programmes, the agreement also envisages
usage of either parties’ facilities like libraries for exchange
students, participation in student competitions and involvement of
students in co-curricular activities at each other’s partner
institutions.
About ISB
The
Indian School of Business (ISB) is a global Business school offering
world-class management education across its two campuses – Hyderabad and
Mohali. The School has grown at a rapid pace over the fifteen years
since its inception and already has several notable accomplishments to
its credit – it is the youngest school ever to consistently rank among
the top Global MBA programmes, the first institution in South Asia to
receive the prestigious AACSB accreditation, one of the largest
providers of Executive Education in Asia, and the most research
productive Indian management institution. A vibrant pool of
research-oriented resident faculty, strong academic associations with
leading global B-schools and the backing of an influential Board, have
helped the ISB fast emerge as a premier global Business school in the
emerging markets. For more details visit www.isb.edu
About SMU
A
premier university in Asia, the Singapore Management University (SMU)
is internationally recognised for its world-class research and
distinguished teaching. Established in 2000, SMU’s mission is to
generate leading-edge research with global impact and produce
broad-based, creative and entrepreneurial leaders for the
knowledge-based economy. SMU education is known for its highly
interactive, collaborative and project-based approach to learning, and
for its technologically enabled pedagogy of seminar-style teaching in
small-sized classes.
Home
to around 9,300 undergraduate, postgraduate, executive and
professional, full- and part-time students, SMU is comprised of six
schools: School of Accountancy, Lee Kong Chian School of Business,
School of Economics, School of Information Systems, School of Law, and
School of Social Sciences. SMU offers a wide range of bachelors',
masters' and PhD degree programmes in the disciplinary areas associated
with the six schools, as well as in interdisciplinary combinations of
these areas.
SMU
has an emphasis on generating rigorous, high-impact, and relevant
multi-disciplinary research that addresses Asian issues of global
relevance. SMU faculty members collaborate with leading international
researchers and universities from USA, Europe, China and India, as well
as with partners in the business community and public sector, through
its research institutes, centres and labs. SMU’s city campus is a
state-of-the art facility located in the heart of downtown Singapore,
fostering strategic linkages with business, government and the wider
community. www.smu.edu.sg
For further information, please contact:
C. Chitti Pantulu | Meghana Bangalore
Indian School of Business | Adfactors PR, Mumbai
+91 40 2318 7439 | +91 9819120245
Indian School of Business | Adfactors PR, Mumbai
+91 40 2318 7439 | +91 9819120245
Warm Regards,
Ambika TM
Senior Account Executive, Financial Services
Senior Account Executive, Financial Services
M: +91 99206 76627
T: +91 22 67574444 Ext : 292
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