Stanford GSB and IIM (B) student exchange programme

As a second phase of the inaugural Stanford Graduate School of Management (GSB) and Indian Institute of Management (IIM-Bangalore) Link (SAIL) exchange program, 16 students of IIM visited Stanford last week on a seven-day trip. Mukesh Ambani, a GSB Alumni sponsored the visit of the IIM Students.

On the academic front, the students attended classes, talks by industry leaders and presented a joint research project on subjects spanning energy, wind power, day care, health care, and health insurance, Biocon and others on India and the global economy.

Socially, the students mingled with their counterparts at Stanford and others to learn about the culture and its people, a vital experience for students ready to enter a globalized work place. V Srinivasan, Professor of Management at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, who helped design the program for Stanford students, said; I understand firsthand how the two cultures have vastly different styles of communicating, which unless addressed can lead to serious misunderstandings in the business world.

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