IIM Kozhikode to open classroom centers in J&K


Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode (IIM-K), in yet another first, will offer its Executive Post Graduate Programme in Jammu and Kashmir.
IIM-K has opened two classrooms centres for their Executive Post Graduate Programmes (EPGP); one in Jammu and the second in Kashmir, to offer premium executive management education to the working executives of the northern state.
The project would provide an opportunity to enhance managerial and leadership skills for locals who are forced to move to metropolitan cities to pursue higher education, a statement from the institute said.
Executive serving in the Indian Army will also benefit as they will now have access to formal learning of management functions which they can apply in their professional life.
"IIM-K stands by its commitment to the nation for embracing the marginalised sections of India's youth in its quest for excellence. Our foot prints in Jammu and Kashmir will pave the way for opening the doors of management education to those who need itthe most," Professor Debashis Chatterjee, director, IIM-Kozhikode said.
The EPGP IIM-K caters to working professionals and is offered through in-campus classes and Interactive Learning Platform classes conducted during evenings and weekend. IIMK offers this program with technology partner Hughes Education.
According to the Chairman of Executive Post Graduate Programs, Professor Atanu Adhikari, the initiative is centered on its socially participative academic philosophy.