SOM to formalize strategic partnership with an Indian business school
AIT's School of Management (SOM) will formalize a strategic partnership with the XLRI Jamshedpur School of Business & Human Resources, India. The collaboration program between XLRI and SOM will include a student exchange program beginning in 2008 based on the principle of reciprocity. Both institutions will also explore possibilities of collaboration in conducting middle and senior management development programs in business management topics of relevance to the Asia-Pacific region, as well as conduct joint masters and doctoral programs in the field of management, at the Singapore campus of XLRI. XLRI is consistently ranked in the top 4 as one of the best in full-time MBA, executive education and executive MBA programs in India and is internationally recognized as one of the best in management education, and for excellent management education relevant to the needs of India and the rest of the world.
XLRI was founded in 1949 and is among the pioneering institutions in India to actively pursue industrial partnerships geared towards the development of much needed manpower for the progress and growth of an independent India.