IIM-Ahmedabad may offer Regular MBA prog. in Bhutan

In a bid to take management education to neighbouring countries, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A) is considering a proposal to start offering regular MBA programme in Bhutan.

"There is a proposal from Bhutan to start a regular MBA programme there. We are looking at that but we don't know how sustainable it would be," IIM-A Director Samir Barua told PTI today.

"Their (Bhutan's) contention is that if we start the programme there, it may attract students from other countries as well like Pakistan, Thailand and Bangladesh," he said.

The tiny Himalayan nation is creating an infrastructure that shall house a whole lot of facilities, from where academic programmes can be started, Barua said.

"They are saying we need not get associated with the university there, but we can continue to be whatever we are in India and offer similar programmes in Bhutan."

"If all works out well, then it shall be an outreach programme from our side. It will not be an MBA at IIM- Ahmedabad, but it shall be an MBA offered by IIM-A in Bhutan," Barua said.

The country's premier business school is scheduled to start a second two-week programme in general management education in Bhutan from January. "We are going to do a second programme in the month of January, which shall be a two-week executive education programme.

With a view to take management education to SAARC countries IIM-A had organised the first of its kind two week general management programme in Bhutan.

Source: PTI