Premier business school of India forays into UAE

DUBAI: The Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Lucknow, one of the premier business schools of India, has made an international foray by launching a management programme for working professionals in the UAE.

With the aim of providing quality executive education for the working professionals in the region, the IIM–Lucknow will be offering the General Management Programme for Executives (GMPe), in association with Anisuma Training Institute, Dubai. The flagship executive programme, specially designed and developed to cater for the needs of the UAE workforce, will be delivered by IIM–Lucknow.

The certificate programme is open to all nationalities who have minimum eight years of professional experience and have earned at least a Bachelor’s degree. The first batch of the programme, comprising 32 participants, started in Dubai on Wednesday.

Commenting on the programme, Prof. Rajeev Kumra, Programme Director, IIM–Lucknow said that the 22-day long intensive programme will spread over nine months, and will be conducted on weekends with 17 days in Dubai and five days in IIM Lucknow campus.

The programme will be concluded in November at the IIM–Lucknow campus. The participants will have a Valedictory Ceremony and receive a certification as well as Alumnus status from the prestigious institute.

“The programme has been meticulously designed to inculcate strong conceptual frameworks in Business and Management Skills, allowing working executives to return to the classroom for a weekend every month and acquire knowledge and specialised skills. The programme has been designed to adapt to the business practices in the region.”

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