CEOs, managers to mentor MBA students at NIIT

Posted Fri, 02 Mar 2012 09:07:31 -0000

NIIT University, the not-for-profit institution of IT education provider NIIT Ltd, will offer a distinctive MBA programme from August 2010 under which industry stalwarts will mentor students. For this purpose, the university has roped in industrialists like Manoj Kohli of Airtel, Raghupati Singhania of JK Industries, and Bhaskar Pramanik of Oracle India to mentor students.

Speaking to media about this new innovative MBA programme, Rajendra S Pawar, chairman, NIIT Ltd and founder, NIIT University, said, "The mentorship programme is an unique feature. As per the programme, a group of two-three students would be assigned a mentor. The students can interact with their mentor during the course of their programme. Besides, this NIIT University (NU) has also roped in mid-level managers to coach the students. To make this programme industry-linked, we will also have mid-level managers from the industry whom the students can contact anytime for any kind of help."

The course will be two-year, fully residential and industry-related programme that will be offered at the University's campus at Neemrana in the NCR.

The MBA program consists of 36 courses delivered over six terms, and requires a specialisation in one the six areas offered-Strategy & Leadership, Marketing, Finance, Operations Management, Human Resources and Information Systems.

Besides, the NU-MBA also offers students a structured exposure to an emerging economy like China or an African country as a part of its 4-week Immersion Programme.
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