The Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Raipur has now become member of the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), an international body. AACSB international body advances quality management education worldwide through accreditation, leadership and value-added services. As an AACSB member, all faculty, staff and administrators at IIM Raipur will have access to AACSB member benefits.
Prof BS Sahay, Director, IIM Raipur on the occasion stated that growth and development of IIM Raipur is attributed to transform the Institute to a world-class business school. He said that international research collaborations enable researchers to participate in networks of cutting-edge and innovative activities. The economic, social and environmental well-being of a nation depends on having a world-class research which is not only globally engaged and but also makes efforts to address global challenges.
According to officials with eight already existing international collaborations, the IIM Raipur, has recently signed its ninth Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the University of New Castle (Australia) seeking student and faculty exchange programme, collaborative research projects and organisation of joint academic and scientific activities. The co-operation programme aims to foster advancement in teaching, research, cultural understanding, as well as international reputations of both institutions through exchange of postgraduate students, faculty members, and academic information and materials.
Under this agreement both institutions will explore possibilities of collaboration in conducting programs in business management topics with a view towards promoting the image of both schools as disseminators of state-of-the-art knowledge in this field.