By Prashant K. Nanda, IANS
New Delhi : The Harvard Business School (HBS) is set to enter the fast expanding Indian education scene. The Ivy League university is offering a weeklong certificate programme for executives – but at a stiff fee of Rs.180,000 (nearly USD 4,500).
The residential course will be conducted in the campus of the India Research Center at Hyderabad Feb 10-15, 2008.
“Senior managers of growing Indian companies, as well as executives of foreign-based firms and private investors with substantial current or contemplated exposure to India, are suitable candidates for the programme,” the business school said on its website.
“With the remarkable growth of India’s economy in recent years, companies around the world are converging on one of the world’s most compelling markets. Meanwhile, Indian firms are becoming globally competitive players,” the school added.
“This programme was designed to address emerging challenges in the Indian business landscape as companies seek to manage and sustain growth in India,” said David Yoffie, chief of Harvard Business School Executive Education programmes.
HBS is a part of the Harvard University and is consistently ranked among the top business schools in the world. It is currently ranked fourth by Business Week magazine.
The institution further said that the “central goal is to identify how a business can achieve and maintain high sustained growth, particularly in an emerging-market setting”.
Elaborating on the course content, it said the course will addresses key trends and demands that face leaders of organisations seeking to improve operations in India today.
“Cases range from globally dominant organisations that have spent decades building brands with worldwide cachet, to companies centred in emerging markets that have successfully captured global market share in recent years,” it added.
The first-of-its-kind ‘Building a Global Enterprise’ programme in India will be taught by HBS senior faculty in Hyderabad and is specially designed for senior executives from India.
Participants will focus on the major challenges of building a global enterprise in India, such as developing leadership talent, employing innovation-based growth models, and identifying strategic advantages to drive growth.