Infosys partners with IIMB

The Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore (IIMB), and Infosys Technologies Limited (Infosys) have partnered to offer IIMB's postgraduate programme in software enterprise management (PGSM) in Chennai from the academic year 2005-06.

According to a press release, the programme is open to software professionals from all companies in Chennai and will be hosted at the Infosys campus in Mahindra City. Selection for the first batch of about 45 students will be on the basis of their CAT or GMAT scores, and a special PGSM admission test will also be conducted in Chennai on March 20, 2005.

"IIMB has been offering the PGSM at its Bangalore campus since 1998. The aim of the course is to transform professionals with strong technical knowledge to business leaders with equally strong management knowledge and a global perspective," Abhay Ojha, IIMB, said in a press release.

"The programme aims at creating a strong foundation for the rapidly growing IT Industry by providing most current executive management education to middle and senior professionals of the information technology industry. Partnerships such as this will play a vital role in increasing the depth of knowledge and business perspective that today's IT professionals must possess, " said Kris Gopalakrishnan, COO and deputy managing director of Infosys.

The classes in Chennai will be conducted in synchronous mode using two-way video and audio along with auxiliary technologies supporting rich interaction between the faculty members and students in Chennai and Bangalore. Faculty will also travel to Chennai to conduct live classes and facilitate out-of-class interactions.