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IIM-Ahmedabad gets global advisory panel

Ahmedabad : The Indian Institute of Management-Ahmedabad (IIM-A) will get an International Advisory Council to assist it in forging strategic academic alliances in various parts of the world and provide it a global perspective. This will make IIM-A India's first B-School to have such an advisory body, an IIM-A statement said Tuesday said. The institute has already tied up with a US-based firm and a Singapore university to develop courses for business executives in the Middle East and Southeast Asia. Meanwhile, the institute is also setting up a new centre for infrastructure policy and regulation. Citing substantial work in the direction, the

IIM-A to start Infrastructure Centre

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IIM-B centre to focus on homemakers, entrepreneurs

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Performance related pay: Panel puts IIM-A on job

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Chennai Business School formally inaugurated

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