IIM-L plans to offer certificate programmes

The Indian Institute of Management Lucknow (IIM-L) is planning to introduce 'Certificate Programmes' for students while imparting 'online' courses. This is in response to the Central government's decision allowing all educational institutions to offer their popular courses through the distance and mixed -education mode.

"IIM-L will not offer its premier Post Graduate Programmes online. We may have a Certificate Course to allow students to be a part of IIM-L," Sushil Kumar, Head, Agriculture Management Centre (AMC) and Professor-in-charge (corporate communication) told Business Standard.

The certificate courses will be offered from the Noida Campus of IIM-L and will primarily be of short duration. "We propose to finalise the structure of the course by the end of this year, so that it may start from the next academic session in April," Kumar added.

For the record, the three regulatory bodies, the University Grant Commission (UGC), All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) and Distance Education Council (DEC), have jointly decided to allow all educational institutions to offer distance education courses subject to approval by a joint committee formed by them.

IIM-L has also launched its new course, 'International Programme in Management for Executives' (IPMX) for working managers this month. The one-year programme will be offered from the institute's capsule campus at Noida and will encompass 4-5 weeks of international module at the Faculty of Management at McGill University Campus, Canada.