IIM-Trichy to open Chennai campus
CHENNAI: The Indian Institute of Management-Trichy has announced the
setting up of a satellite centre in Ekkattuthangal in Chennai, and
launched a three-year postgraduate executive programme aimed at working
professionals. The move comes close on the heels of IIM-Kozhikode
starting a campus in Kochi, also with working executives in mind.
"With most of the industry players in Chennai we had many people, including students, asking us about the possibility of a centre here," IIM-Trichy administration and accounts dean G Sethu told reporters here on Friday.
The institute will also use the Chennai centre to offer short-term executive education programmes. Faculty members said they expected the centre to serve as a convenient platform to conduct placement-related activities for its two-year flagship full-time postgraduate programme in Trichy. Professor Suresh Antony said that senior people in industry had also expressed interest in teaching management students in Chennai.
Talking about the Postgraduate Programme in Business Management (PGPBM) for working executives, associate professor of marketing Suresh Paul Antony said, "There is a large unmet need in Chennai and other parts of the country, for a management programme for working professionals who have family and work commitments. It is very difficult for these people to leave everything and go back to school. This programme has been worked out keeping these aspects in mind."
The admission process for the PGPBM begins this week. While the application and programme brochure can be downloaded from the institute's website www.iimtrichy.ac.in, selections will be made after a preliminary scrutiny, a written test and a personal interview. Applicants with a valid CAT 2011 score will be exempted from taking the written test. The last date for the receipt of applications at IIM-Trichy is July 23. The inaugural batch will have up to 45 students and classes will start on August 29. Classes will be held on weekends and weekday evenings (6.45pm to 9.30pm) so aspirants do not have to quit their jobs. While candidates with three years of work experience will be eligible to apply for the programme, the ideal class profile is those of candidates with five to 10 years of work experience across various sectors. The programme designed over nine terms, will cost 10 lakh. The first five terms will feature compulsory courses and candidates can pursue the electives of their choice of 15 electives in the remaining four terms. An industry internship is also part of the programme.
To clear the doubts of prospective candidates about the programme, five IIM-Trichy faculty will be available at Hotel Lemon Tree on Sunday.
"With most of the industry players in Chennai we had many people, including students, asking us about the possibility of a centre here," IIM-Trichy administration and accounts dean G Sethu told reporters here on Friday.
The institute will also use the Chennai centre to offer short-term executive education programmes. Faculty members said they expected the centre to serve as a convenient platform to conduct placement-related activities for its two-year flagship full-time postgraduate programme in Trichy. Professor Suresh Antony said that senior people in industry had also expressed interest in teaching management students in Chennai.
Talking about the Postgraduate Programme in Business Management (PGPBM) for working executives, associate professor of marketing Suresh Paul Antony said, "There is a large unmet need in Chennai and other parts of the country, for a management programme for working professionals who have family and work commitments. It is very difficult for these people to leave everything and go back to school. This programme has been worked out keeping these aspects in mind."
The admission process for the PGPBM begins this week. While the application and programme brochure can be downloaded from the institute's website www.iimtrichy.ac.in, selections will be made after a preliminary scrutiny, a written test and a personal interview. Applicants with a valid CAT 2011 score will be exempted from taking the written test. The last date for the receipt of applications at IIM-Trichy is July 23. The inaugural batch will have up to 45 students and classes will start on August 29. Classes will be held on weekends and weekday evenings (6.45pm to 9.30pm) so aspirants do not have to quit their jobs. While candidates with three years of work experience will be eligible to apply for the programme, the ideal class profile is those of candidates with five to 10 years of work experience across various sectors. The programme designed over nine terms, will cost 10 lakh. The first five terms will feature compulsory courses and candidates can pursue the electives of their choice of 15 electives in the remaining four terms. An industry internship is also part of the programme.
To clear the doubts of prospective candidates about the programme, five IIM-Trichy faculty will be available at Hotel Lemon Tree on Sunday.
TOI
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