September 6, 2019 11:06

ISB, Moscow School of Management Skolkovo sign deal on special programmes

The B-schools will develop business education modules for executive training, pursue joint research

Indian School of Business (ISB) and Moscow School of Management Skolkovo have entered into an agreement to develop educational modules for executive training as also other special programmes in business education. The pact, signed at the Eastern Economic Forum meet in Vladivostok by Rajendra Srivastava, Dean, ISB, and Andrey Sharonov, President, Moscow School of Management Skolkovo.

In the course content, there will be a particular focus on leading companies and corporate institutions in India, Russia, and other countries.

The institutes intend to exchange faculty to conduct joint academic and analytical research and to develop connections between the alumni communities of the two schools, representing business sectors and corporate circles in India and Russia.

Srivastava said: “We are building another bridge between two countries that will help Russian and Indian businessmen and policy-makers to better understand each other and learn how to work together in Russia, India, and across the globe.”

Sharonov said: “We can offer our Russian corporate and government clients, as well as foreign students, the opportunity to better understand India as a market, and as partner and to look at this country as an example of aspirations and changes.”