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INTERNATIONAL ACCREDITATION CONFERENCE 2010
NEW DELHI

November 8th and 9th 2010
India Habitat Center - Lodhi Road, New Delhi

THEME: "Cutting Edge Quality with Global Accreditation"

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The two-day meet, the third annual event being organized by the Standards for Educational Advancement & Accreditation (SEAA) Trust, New Delhi, the first Indian global higher education quality advocacy organization follows an unique model of bringing together highly rated top notch accrediting bodies from around the world. This year six accrediting bodies including AACSB International, ACBSP, IACBE, Association of MBAs (AMBA), British Accreditation Council & South Asian Quality Systems (SAQS) attended the conference. A comprehensive Hand Book on International Accreditation was released by the Director of IIM Indore, Dr N Ravichandran. The conference had the respective accreditation process  presentations from all the six participants followed by experience sharing presentations by schools from India that have already received the international accreditation certifications.

Around 80 delegates from over 50 B-schools attended the conference which was inaugurated by Dr Pritam Singh, former director of IIM L and MDI Gurgaon and also member on the advisory board of of the International accrediting body, AMBA of UK. The panel discussion in the theme "Cutting edge quality with accreditation followed suit" with the leadership from all the six participating international accreditation agencies being present along with Dr B S Sahay, Director of IIM Raipur. The panel was moderated by Dr Bijoy Sahoo, Dean Business School of NCCU Durham USA. The panelists emphasized that accreditation is not a stamp of approval but one which continuously raises the bar on quality. Faculty commitment and buy in is an important element in the accreditation implementation and maintenance phase.

An open house series of experience sharing presentations by the institutions that have taken up international accreditation concluded the conference. The participants unanimously felt that there is an urgent need fo taking international accreditation to face growing pressure for quality within the country and also the onslaught of competition expected from the top quality international business schools likely to enter the country soon. International accrediting efforts has been picking up in India with over 60 schools having taken up international accreditation process and six having already obtained their certification. This number would cross 100 before the end of the current academic year.

SEAA had committed to bring to India the benchmarks of quality from around the world to the Indian B-schools on their quest becoming world-class campuses. It is a matter of pride for us that when SEAA began its advocacy work two years earlier, there were hardly three or four international accreditations being pursued by top Indian schools.

Now there are over 60 such accreditations are being pursued around the country and four new accreditations have been granted to the Indian schools in the current year alone. The B-schools were IIM A (EQUIS-EFMD), IIM B (EQUIS-EFMD), S P Jain (Association of MBAs) PSG Institute of Management , Coimbatore(ACBSP). These schools join with two other schools MDI Gurgaon (Association of MBAs ) and Alliance Business Academy, Bangalore (IACBE) as internationally accredited schools.

We strongly believe that international accreditation is the way to go to define quality in the emerging scenario of intense international competition thanks to the urgent reforms being carried out in the Higher Education sector leading to new opportunities for the Indian B-schools.
The conference theme: "Cutting edge quality through accreditation,” has been chosen to focus attention on how the B-schools around the world have acquired top of the line competitive quality through the accreditation process. A number international and Indian schools whose experiences the conference will focus on would demonstrate the hardcore advantages the accreditation process bestows on the B-schools. The format of the conference allows the participants to continuously interact and learn from the accreditation agency presentations and case examples of schools that have obtained their accreditation or are in the process of doing so.

This is a rare opportunity for the participants to learn, interact and clarify their doubts on international accreditation from all the accreditation agency leadership who would be present. There would be separate presentations from each of the accrediting agency and the sessions would also have case presentations from accredited B-schools or those who are undergoing the process from these respective accrediting bodies.

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