The Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Shillong and The ALBA Graduate Business School, Athens have entered into an agreement to work together on teacher and student exchange programmes, joint research initiatives and other academic and scientific endeavours.
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the two institutes was signed yesterday between IIM Director Prof DP Goyal and Prof. Kostas Axarloglou, Dean, ALBA Graduate Business School.
Alba is accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education (NECHE). The commission is authorized by the U.S. Department of Education (USDE) and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA). ALBA Graduate Business School, Greece has been accredited by AMBA and EFMD-EPAS.
In a press statement today, IIM Director said “Through this partnership, IIM Shillong hopes to use the sustainable expertise of institution like ALBA Business School to represent a reciprocal relationship between the two institutions and support academic, training, and R&D activities in specific domains that will speed both countries’ progress toward achieving their SDGs.”
He said that despite the fact that the goals have advanced quickly over time, some areas still need to develop workable managerial and technological solutions. “We look forward to developing the most reliable policies and strategies to successfully achieve the goals in the dynamic environment,” Goyal added.
