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In line with the mission of IIM Indore to remain contextually relevant and provide world-class academics to the students, the Institute signed an MoU with the University of Denver (DU), Colorado, USA on October 22, 2020. The MoU signed by Prof. Himanshu Rai, Director, IIM Indore, and Prof. Mary Clark, Provost & Executive Vice-Chancellor, University of Denver; aims to develop academic and educational collaboration and to encourage mutual understanding between the two institutes.
Professor Rai noted that IIM Indore currently has collaborations with 35+ foreign universities and this is yet another effort to offer students with an opportunity to exchange ideas and do research projects at DU. ‘We are planning to offer a programme where IIM Indore students will have an option to pursue an additional year of study at DU to earn a transcripted graduate certificate, along with degree at our Institute as well. We also look forward to providing reciprocal opportunities for faculty to teach and conduct research with international counterparts’, he said. He noted that founded in 1864, DU is the oldest private university in the Rocky Mountain region of the United States and ranks among the top universities in the world.
“We are planning to offer a program where IIM Indore students will have an option to pursue an additional year of study at DU to earn a graduate certificate,” said DU Provost Mary Clark. “This agreement will focus on several key initiatives supported by the Office of Internationalization, with a long-term goal of expanding collaborative initiatives to other academic units. We also look forward to providing reciprocal opportunities for faculty to teach and conduct research with international counterparts.” She added that IIM Indore has a Triple Crown accreditation—AMBA, AACSB, and EQUIS; and is a top-ranking business school in India.
Prof. Vivek Choudhury, Dean of Daniels College of Business at the University of Denver added, “This is a great opportunity for our business students to study abroad in India and for us to recruit students from India to the Daniels College of Business. We look forward to building a long-term partnership with IIM Indore.” Prof. Uttiyo Raychaudhuri, Vice Provost for Internationalization at the University of Denver in his comments said that “through collaboration with IIM, the University will facilitate cross-campus opportunities for international education; student, staff and faculty mobility; research; student support, and international engagement which furthers the vision of our office of building competencies that connect the local to the global, cultivating critical thinking, learning, and intercultural understanding from the multiple perspectives that serious international engagement offers.”
The Institutes will now team up for activities in the academic areas of joint interest; which includes the exchange of academic & administrative staff and students; conducting combined research projects and lectures.
About IIM Indore: Established in 1996, IIM Indore is promoted and nurtured by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India and is an institute of national importance under the Indian Institutes of Management Act 2017. IIM Indore seeks to be a contextually-relevant business school with world-class academic standards that develops socially-conscious managers, leaders and entrepreneurs. The Institute has been ranked 7th among the top management schools by NIRF; top 100 B-Schools in FT Rankings and is placed in the 101+ band in the QS Rankings for Management Schools. The Institute is also among the only 100 B-Schools globally to receive the Triple Crown Accreditation.
About the University of Denver: Founded in 1864, the University of Denver is committed to engaging with students in advancing scholarly inquiry, cultivating critical and creative thought, and generating knowledge. The University strives to educate the 21st-century citizens and leaders needed in its organizations and communities.