The Hindu Business Line : NIIT forays into management courses

NIIT IMPERIA: (From left) The Director, Indian Institute of Management- Ahmedabad, Mr Bakul Dholakia; the NIIT Chairman , Mr Rajendra.S.Pawar; and the Director, IIM-Calcutta, Mr Shekhar Chaudhari, at the launch of NIIT Imperia, in the Capital on Tuesday - Kamal Narang

New Delhi , Sept. 12

You don't have to take a break from your job to acquire management degree from the Indian Institutes of Managements (IIMs). Three IIMs — Ahmedabad, Kolkata and Indore will now make their executive development programmes available at six remote learning centres in the country on the technology provided by NIIT.

The classes would be run after-working hours and on weekends enabling the students to continue with their jobs and pursue education simultaneously.

Interactive Sessions

Under the system, the faculty would operate from an in-house studio located within the campuses of the IIMs and the students would undergo interactive sessions through two-way live video and audio and other related software to replicate face-to-face teaching.

NIIT, under project `Imperia', will foray into management education, and set up centres in Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Bangalore and Hyderabad.

"We could have trained only 60-70 students in a physical class. But under this system, using the same faculty resources, we can train three times the number of students," said Prof Bakul Dholakia, Director, IIM-Ahmedabad.

Initially, two programmes from each of the participating IIMs would be offered.

These include three General Management programmes for professionals with a minimum experience of three years, six years or 10 years, from IIM Indore, Ahmedabad and Calcutta, respectively. A programme on Strategic Business Communication from IIM Ahmedabad, a course in Applied Finance from IIM Calcutta and a programme on Sales and Marketing Management from IIM Indore will be offered.

"We plan to have 75 remote classrooms in the next five years with an investment of Rs 20 crore," said Mr Rajendra S Pawar, Chairman, NIIT Ltd. The duration of these courses range from four months to one year and the fees from Rs 54,000 to Rs 1,94,000.

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