February 11 - Ahmedabad, India - India seems to have stumbled on a new mantra to increase their international relations - Training diplomacy. And the dream of travel east of the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIM-A), the quasi-ambassador of India in the field of education to more than a dozen countries in Asia, Africa , Asia and Western Europe.

The Union Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Institute has a list of countries where the IIM-A for the implementation of plans roadshows for its Post-Graduate new program in the areas of management for executives PGPX, which starts in June next year.

At an early meeting of IIM-A officials and foreign ministers Shyam Sharan in New Delhi last month, it would have, according to reports in Fanshop donations to these countries and candidates to the rope for the program “, an effort to help India to strengthen diplomatic relations with these countries. ”

The year of a program aimed at executives selected by the GMAT and personal interviews, a dose of 50 to 70 students, including 25 percent of foreign participants are expected during the first year. The process to achieve in March, when the authorisation procedure for the course begins.

The list includes some of the neighbouring countries of India - Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka - and in Indonesia, Malaysia and France and a number of countries in West Asia and Africa.

“There is throughout the world focuses on vocational training Post-Graduate character, and the MEA, seeks to strengthen strategic alliances with these countries indicate that they thought IIM-A as a trademark. The program could be a starting point to begin the long term - in the field of education alliances. to the Institute, it is a big step towards our plans to go international, “says an IIM-A Don.

“The Institute is currently in advanced discussions with MSAs,” says an IIM-A source.