IIM Bangalore is hosting the Deans and Directors of top 28 global management schools, that are part of the Global Network for Advanced Management (GNAM), from November 15 to 17, 2015.
Dr Sushil Vachani, Director, IIM Bangalore, said: “We are excited to host the Deans meeting of the Global Network for Advanced Management in India. The affiliation with GNAM is central to our strategy to provide IIM Bangalore’s students with a rich global perspective and enable our faculty to collaborate on research and teaching programmes with peers at leading management schools across the globe.”
Global reach
Over the last year, IIM Bangalore deepened its engagement with important international networks, including GNAM. IIMB Dean of Programmes Sourav Mukherji recently taught a course from Bangalore, that was beamed to students around the world in a truly global classroom, as part of the GNAM. “This was a unique experience — teaching students from multiple countries across different time zones. There was a young mother from Guatemala who was looking after her child while attending the class, and there was another from China, who was logged in to my class through his mobile phone, while sitting in a high-speed train,” said Dr Mukherji.
What it is
IIMB students participate in Global Network Weeks, which give them the opportunity to pursue intensive study at another network school, in a focused mini-course that leverages perspectives, programmes, and faculty expertise of that school. Alongside their counterparts from elsewhere in the network, IIMB students attend classes, tour local businesses, and meet experts focused on current business problems.
GNAM is a network of top management schools from all over the world, convened by Yale School of Management. The aim of the network is to understand what the present-day increased connectivity between different countries of the world means for businesses and organisations across sectors, and to develop global leaders for coming decades. It connects each member school with diverse regions, countries, cultural backgrounds, political systems, and economies in different phases of development, extending the reach of each member school. The network facilitates interaction but leaves the development of an agenda to the participating schools.
The University of California Berkeley’s Haas School of Business has recently become the 28th member of GNAM. Berkeley-Haas is the second top US-based business school to join the global network and brings unique depth in innovation, entrepreneurship, and technology as well as a close connection with Silicon Valley. Since its launch in 2012, the global network has added seven member schools. As the newest member school, Berkeley-Haas will gain full access to GNAM’s innovative pedagogical initiatives that connect students and faculty with peers across a range of global economies, including both developed nations and developing economies, such as Indonesia, Turkey, and Chile.
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