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As far as higher education is concernced, the educational scenario has changed dramatically in India in the last decade. In the debate of an MBA in India versus abroad, as a student currently pursuing my MBA in India, I believe that an Indian MBA scores over an international MBA on several counts. The main advantage is the cost. An MBA from any good B-school in the US or UK costs anywhere between Rs 25 to 50 lakhs, whereas Indian MBA schools charge ten per cent of the same amount. Secondly, when living abroad, you spend far more than you would in

CSU Stanislaus to start executive MBA program at Tracy California State University, Stanislaus says it will offer an executive Master of Business Administration degree program in Tracy starting in August. The 15-month, 36-unit program will offer an aggregate of courses. Classes will be held on Saturdays in the downtown Tracy Fire Administration Building training facility. CSU Stanislaus President Hamid Shirvani says surveys done by the university have indicated there is a high demand for such a program in San Joaquin County. More : centralvalleybusinesstimes.com

Harvard Business School (HBS) in conjunction with the Harvard Business School India Research Center (IRC) today announced plans to offer its first executive education program in India in February 2008. The first-of-its-kind, Building a Global Enterprise in India will be taught by HBS senior faculty in Hyderabad and is specially designed for senior executives from India and around the region. The program is based on 10 years of extensive, on-the-ground HBS research in India. It uses cases tailored to the specific needs of companies operating in India and incorporates examples from companies in the region that have addressed similar challenges facing

The first-of-its-kind, Building a Global Enterprise in India will be taught by HBS senior faculty in Hyderabad and is specially designed for senior executives from India The program is based on 10 years of extensive, on-the-ground HBS research in India. It uses cases tailored to the specific needs of companies operating in India and incorporates examples from companies in the region that have addressed similar challenges facing Indian companies today. This program was designed to address emerging challenges in the Indian business landscape as companies seek to manage and sustain growth in India, said Professor David Yoffie, Senior Associate Dean and Chair

The Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow, (IIM-L) will launch its one year full time residential executive program, the International Program in Management for Executives (IPMX), at its upcoming Noida campus in the NCR region. According to IIM-L, the program is expected to commence from April 14, 2008. IIM-L’s IPMX is designed for executives to prepare them for “leadership roles.” The program aims to broaden the core managerial competencies and to enhance the professional growth of students. According to IIM-L, “The program will develop business education that is grounded in the Indian and international business environment. It will accelerate understanding of business

The first class of the Fayetteville's campus Executive Master of Business Administration program visited Arkansas this week for orientation. But most of the projects and work will be done in Shanghai, China. The 13 students of the first class are all in upper-level management at U.S. companies in China. Those companies, which include Wal-Mart, Dillard's, Kimberly-Clark and Proctor & Gamble, all nominated students for the executive MBA program. UA professor Matt Waller said the executive MBA program isn't all about China. It's about multinational companies doing retail and consumer goods business on a global scale. More : 4029tv.com

The first graduating class of the Executive MBA program at the Kenneth Levene Graduate School of Business at the University of Regina gives full marks to the program. Many say the intensive, 18-month program is more work than they expected, but also more rewarding and relevant than they thought it would be. Its more than what I expected, said Graham Harvey, who operates several businesses in the Assiniboia and Moose Jaw area and is a self-described student of business. More : canada.com

Indians’ fetish for education, poor educational infrastructure and ambitious parents is giving rise to a booming coaching industry in the country. The coaching industry, estimated at Rs 5,000 crore, is growing annually at 20%. From board exams to school tuitions, IITs, medical, IIMs and now GRE, there is demand at all education and income levels. There are at least eight big players in the organised sector like Career Launcher, IMS, TIME, Brilliant Tutorials, FIITJEE, Pie Education, Raus’s IAS, who comprise 20% of the market. This is in contrast to just two to three organised players five years back. The

A Palestinian high tech executive has been denied permission to enter Israel to attend an executive MBA program run by Northwestern University, an Israeli advocacy group said Monday. Saed Hasan, 32, a manager at Global Software in Ramallah, was accepted to the Kellogg-Recanati International Executive MBA program, run jointly by Northwestern University and Tel Aviv University. But the military has refused a request by Tel Aviv University to give Hasan a permit, saying that Palestinian students may not enter Israel. Israel has previously cited security concerns as the reason for the restrictions. Israeli officials were not immediately available for comment on the

The Financial Times chose the Washington University-Fudan University international executive MBA program as the seventh best such program in the world, according to the 2007 rankings released Tuesday by the business newspaper. The joint educational venture between the Olin Business School at Washington University in St. Louis and the School of Management at Fudan University in Shanghai, China, was founded in 2002. The study also recognized the program as the No. 1 program in mainland China for the second consecutive year. The Financial Times rankings are based on surveys of program alumni conducted three years after graduation, including questions on

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