IIM-A to explore global tie-ups for doctoral programme

Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A), is mulling international collaborations for its Fellow Programme in Management (FPM).

Speaking at the institute’s 45th convocation, Samir Barua, director of IIM-A, said, “The doctoral programme of the institute, the FPM, will set a record this year by graduating the largest batch of students in the history of the programme. The institute has received proposals from foreign academic institutions for cross-border collaboration with their doctoral programmes. This possibility will be explored going forward.”

IIM-A is also planning to take up its executive education programmes outside the country. “The institute offered about 130 management education programmes, training over 3,500 participants from a diverse set of organisations. The institute is attempting to expand its global foot-print through offering executive education programmes outside India,” said Barua.

A total of 424 graduating students from IIM-A’s post graduate and fellow programmes received diploma/title at the convocation.

Meanwhile, the chief guest, C Rangarajan, chairman of the Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council, said, “While food prices will improve after the rabi harvest, the overall inflation will remain high for the next two months. I don't think the growth story will be seriously affected. The economy will pick up and I expect it to grow by 8-8.5 per cent.”