IIMs, NMIMS, SP Jain among 9 B-schools to tie up with GMAC

IIMs, NMIMS, SP Jain among 9 B-schools to tie up with GMAC

Graduate Management Admission Council, which owns and conducts the prestigious Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) for admissions to 6,500 programmes globally, will promote Indian MBA institutes in 27 countries.

IIMs of Ahmedabad, Bangalore and Indore and business schools closer home such as NMIMS and SP Jain have collaborated with it for the purpose.

"Our surveys show that the political changes globally and talks against globalization which is kind of promoting a nationalist agenda have raised concerns in the minds of aspiring students. We, therefore, wanted to explore alternative destinations for international students, particularly India as it is also one of the emerging economic powers," said Sangeet Chowfla, president and CEO of GMAC.

A recent survey done by the council reveals that a fourth of non-US citizen business school candidates who considered US as a study destination are not planning to apply to any graduate business programmes.

While currently nine institutes have collaborated in the initiative, the council may cover more institutes in near future. "We have carefully selected the countries where we are planning to promote Indian management education based on the demographics and interests of students (see box) . We also have data on students' mobility from time to time," he added.

Study in India, as the campaign is called, is expected to build and strengthen preference for Indian B-schools in relevant international markets. Aspirants from the selected 27 countries will be able log on to the Study in India website— www.mba.com/studyinindia — and get the option to secure admission in any of the nine partner B-schools in India using their GMAT scores. The first level of the study in Indian programme will include promoting the country and dealing with issues of visas, cost of study, and the second level will be B-school-specific with videos portraying life on Indian campuses, food and accommodation. From Mumbai, NMIMS and SP Jain Institute of Management and Research are on the list of Bschools which are collaborating with GMAC.

Source | Times of India | 8 September 2017

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