The Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore (IIM-B), has called off its plan to start full-time operations in Singapore. Instead, it is exploring tie-ups with institutes in Singapore to offer Executive MBA (EMBA) programmes. | |
| "We are not setting up any campus in Singapore. We are in talks with a couple of Singapore-based universities and institutes for offering Executive MBA programmes. The programmes will be delivered partly through the distance learning mode," said Prakash G Apte, Director, IIM-Bangalore. |
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| Though the institute's Memorandum of Association (MoA) does not permit it to start operations abroad, it was said to have started the process of changing the MoA. |
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| "Our MoA does not allow us to open a campus abroad," said Apte. |
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| Besides, at no stage did we plan to set up a campus or any physical structure in Singapore. We were going to rent a place and offer courses from there," said Apte. |
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| "Also, according to the Singapore laws, an educational institution has to be registered as a trust in the country before it can start operations," said Apte. |
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| The institute was said to have has got the HRD Ministry's nod for its plan and was expected to launch its management programmes in Singapore in November 2006. |
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