STUDENT EXCHANGE PROGRAMME AT IIM RAIPUR

With the objective to bring a global perspective to all its programmes and activities in a fast changing global economic environment, IIM Raipur signed 6 MoUs in December 2012 for semester exchange programs with some of the finest MBA colleges in the world. This not only has come as an opportunity for the students to obtain global exposure but has also helped the institute to mark its presence on a global scenario. 

Apart from being the top rankers in FT regional and global rankings, the partner colleges are situated in some of the best education hubs around the world. The colleges include IESEG School of Management Paris, IPADE Business School Mexico, Asian Institute of Technology Thailand, Grenoble Ecole De Management Grenoble, HHL Graduate School of Management Leipzig and ALBA Graduate Business School Athens.

Four students from the Batch 2011-13 were selected for the semester exchange program. Three of them had the opportunity to study at IESEG France and one of them made it to HHL Leipzig, Germany. Their experiences are shared at http://iimraipur.blogspot.in/2013/05/semester-exchange-ieseg-france.html and http://iimraipur.blogspot.in/2013/04/semester-exchange-at-hhl-leipzig.html

IESEG School of Management Paris is one of the top 10 ranked business school in France and ranked 6^th in academic excellence. It also has the highest accreditation from the French Ministry of Education.

IPADE Business School Mexico stands 2^nd in Global MBA rankings and has a strong presence in different national and international rankings. Monterrey. IPADE has been accredited by AASCB. It also holds 95^th rank as per the Financial Times rankings in 2012 in the world.

Asian Institute of Technology Thailand is the Asian pioneer in international management education. Established in 1968, the institute designs its masters and executive programs to develop practicing managers in Asia’s emerging markets.

HHL Graduate School of Management Leipzig is one of the best business schools in Europe and the best in Germany. HHL is internationally recognized by Financial Times, Princeton Review, America Economia, QS, DAAD and more.

ALBA Graduate Business School Athens, one of the premiere management institutes in Greece, possesses considerable experience in European Projects management and implementation, active in the field of innovation with regards to enterprises.

Grenoble Ecole De Management holds the triple crown of business accreditations that distinguish the world's leading business schools. On average, GGSB is ranked 50th best executive education provider in the world by the Financial Times.

With a partner network of some of the best institutes of the world, IIM Raipur provides opportunities galore to its students so that they understand the importance of cross-cultural issues in managing the business and have that extra edge through world class education.

For more details about the partner institutes, please visit:

http://iimraipur.ac.in/ie_partner.htm

IIM Raipur signs MoU with IESEG School of Management, France

Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Raipur, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the IESEG School of Management seeking student and faculty exchange programs, collaborative research projects and organization of joint academic and scientific activities. The MoU was signed by Prof. B S. Sahay, Director, IIM, Raipur and Prof. Jean-Philippe AMMEUX, Director General & Dean, IESEG School of Management, Lille & Paris.

IESEG School of Management is one of the main business schools in France. The school has a total of 3,000 students (of which over 700 are international students – mainly exchange students) scattered on both the Lille and Paris campuses. The business school is a member of the Université Catholique de Lille, the largest private university in France in terms of student population and endowment. 

The co-operation program aims to foster advancement in teaching, research, cultural understanding, as well as international reputations of both institutions through: the exchange of postgraduate students, faculty members, and academic information and materials; the organisation of joint corporate training programs, joint research programs, joint conferences and other academic exchanges that both institutions agree to. 

Each institution will accept Post-Graduate students from the other institution starting from the academic year 2013-14. They have agreed to exchange up to five students for one semester/term of study per academic year. No tuition fee will be charged by the partner or host institution. 

IESEG and IIM Raipur will also exchange faculty members, which will create a strong basis for the development of joint training programs, formulating joint research projects, exchange of teaching materials, and so on. Under this agreement IESEG and IIM Raipur may invite faculty members from the partner School to teach part of a course or a full course. 

Under this agreement both institutions will explore possibilities of collaboration in conducting middle and senior management training programs in business management topics with a view towards promoting the image of both Schools as disseminators of state-of-the-art knowledge in this field. The program will be of two weeks duration. One week of the program will be conducted at IIM Raipur and one week will be conducted by IESEG at their facilities. 

Both institutions shall explore the feasibility of organising joint international and local academic and business conferences to improve visibility and enhance the image of both institutions as quality service providers to business and industry. 

IESEG has been accredited by EQUIS and has collaborations with IIM Bangalore, IIM Calcutta, IIM Indore, and IIM Kozhikode.