MISB Bocconi, world’s only offshore presence of Università Bocconi, started the first edition of International Executive Masters in Business (IEMB), designed to provide an opportunity to Indian executives to be trained by the Bocconi faculty.
The alternate weekend programme run in Mumbai offers an immersion of two weeks in the Italian business environment, optional electives to peer with international managers studying in Bocconi and professional networking with the 90,000 plus alumni of the institution.
The programme offers two specialisations: one in Design Management in partnership with Future Group, and a second one in General Management. The batch has an average experience of 11 years, with more than 50 per cent of the participants having a post-graduate degree.
While inducting the new class, Prof Dr Himanshu Rai, Dean of MISB Bocconi, said, “The ability to learn is something unique to human beings and continuous learning is fundamental for today’s managers, to sustain the individual professional development, contribute to the advancement of business organisations and communities. IEMB offers a new formula to Indian executive to become future leaders.”
Speaking to the fist batch of Bocconi IEMB, Madhav Kalyan, CEO of JP Morgan Chase Bank, India, said, “Indian companies face two relevant challenges, which will create destabilisation as well as opportunities — the huge economic development of Asia and digitalisation. To face them, Indian managers need to come back to school. International executive programs represent a great opportunity to re-learn, reflect, and re-strategise.”
Prof Dr Veronica Vecchi, Director of Executive Education of MISB Bocconi, spoke to the class and said, “We’ve designed the IEMB to offer Indian managers the same value that is offered in SDA Bocconi, Milan: same vision, same faculty, same programme, same Master’s certificate, same opportunities; but just at the doorstep of participants’ companies and families”.
Bidisha Banerjee, one of the IEMB participants, said: “The class is fascinating because it focuses on application; the teaching methodology is completely experiential and it encourages participation. It’s a great start.”