IIM-B offers online certificate courses on management via EDX

It is the first large Indian management institute to offer massive open online courses across the world; courses also to be offered in Hindi

Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIM-B) is offering online certificate courses on fundamentals of business management, becoming the first large Indian management institution to offer massive open online courses to users across the world. These certificate courses to be delivered through EDX would also be offered in Hindi.

Typically, US universities and MooC firms such as Udacity and Coursera offer such short term courses to students, but IIM-B expects offering the online certification courses would help in reaching out to those who never would have access to education at top management institutions.

"IIM Bangalore is leveraging the massive scale and reach of MOOCs to provide basic business skills to everyone who needs them. To make our country's grand vision of 'Make in India' and 'Digital India' a reality, education is key. Our MOOCs programme, especially the Fundamentals of Business Management, will bring high quality management education and a lifelong learning opportunity for many who would otherwise have been unable to access a top management school,"

IIMB Director Dr. Sushil Vachani said in a statement.

These online courses will be delivered through the edX platform over the next few months and will offer learners the opportunity to study management concepts from highly rated IIM faculty in a completely open, online mode. To increase the reach of these courses IIM-B will also make these courses available in Hindi.

"Our learners have told us that business and management courses are some of the most in-demand subjects they seek to leverage edX MOOCs for increasing the skills and knowledge so central to succeeding in their careers. Created by one of the world's leading business schools, IIM-B's new XSeries Program will provide learners around the world an important credential to improve their job and career prospects," edX CEO and MIT Professor Dr Anant Agarwal said in a statement.