The rare collaboration
among the International B-accreditation agencies
to appear together at the International Accreditation
Conference of 2009 will make a major impact in the
growth of quality business schools in the country,
SEAA is confident.
"We are absolutely serious and excited about
the Indian MBA schools getting accredited globally
", Eileen Peacock Vice President
of AACSB International, the highly acclaimed global
accrediting agency.
"There is a lot happening here at Indian B-schools
and I find a stronger momentum now than ever in
our long engagement with the Indian b-school community",
Jim Herbolick, Deputy Director
General of European Federation for Management Development
which runs EQUIS accreditation. Jim is a familiar
face in India from his numerous visits to promote
global quality in MBA eduation in India.
"It is exciting to be back again to address
the Indian B-schools. There is everything going
here for going global", Mark Stoddard
who heads the accreditation programme facilitation
at Association of MBAs UK.
"Our first Asian accreditation could easily
come from India", comments Douglas
Viehland, Executive Director of ACBSP USA
one of the fastest growing global accrediting bodies.
The conference brought
together around 60 leading Indian B-schools who
are keen take up international accreditation.
"We were the first to get IACBE of US accreditation
in India and we have already taken accreditation
", says B V Krishnamurthy
Director of Alliance Business Academy Bangalore
who also represents IACBE, the youngest and one
of the most active American global accrediting
agencies, in India.
"The B-schools of the south Asian region
are becoming stronger and innovative. There is
a lot happening in this region", says C
Ramakrishna Executive Director of the
home grown regional accrediting agency.
"International
accreditation is the sure fire means of being
recognised globally leading to stronger networking
and collobarations with peer B-schools",
explains A. Thothathri Raman,
founder and head of SEAA.
"There is a strong peer association among
accredited business schools. There is a lot of
sharing and joint initiatives here", comments
Dr B. Rammohan Rao, Dean Emeritus
of Indian School of Business (ISB) Hyderabad,
a top rated global B-school. Dr Rao led the panel
discussion on theconference theme.
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