SOM orients 2nd Batch of DBA students

The second batch of 15 students of SOM’s professional doctorate program attended the orientation after their enrolment in January 2007 semester.

Organized by the School of Management, the event was participated by Prof. Said Irandoust, AIT President; Dr. Ajva Taulananda, vice-chairman, CP Group, Thailand, who is a board member of SOM and was the chief guest of the event. Also joining the event were Mr. John William Hancock, honorary chairman and senior advisor, Baker & McKenzie Co., Ltd., Thailand, member of the SOM board, Mr. S. Srinivasan, president, Thai Carbon Black Plc. Ltd., member of the AIT Extension board, Prof. I. M. Pandey, dean SOM, Dr. Jonathan Shaw, director, AIT Extension, and SOM faculty and staff. Some of the 12 students of DBA first intake in August 2006 also participated.

According to AIT President Irandoust, the doctoral in business administration is in line with AIT’s strategic development plan. The DBA program aims to train senior management professionals to develop and hone management theories to enhance their leadership and strategic skills, make contributions to management practice and create additional value for their organizations.

“There is a great potential to improve praxis in different ways through the strategy of cooperation and I wish to commend Dean Pandey and faculty and staff from SOM on pursuing this innovative concept. It has been successfully launched in Sri Lanka and Thailand, and we are exploring the possibility of embarking on a similar program in Vietnam,” Prof. Irandoust said.