IMT Ghaziabad Ties Up With SSB‚ Indonesia To Offer Students International Internship Programme

Online, August 28, 2012 (Newswire.com) - The Institute of Management Technology‚ Ghaziabad (IMT Ghaziabad) has initiated an international internship programme by tying up with Indonesia's leading business school‚ the Sampoerna School of Business (SSB). The objective of the international internship programme is to offer students global exposure‚ a better profile and research-based opportunities. The international internship programme offers students research-based projects‚ the learning of concepts in a practical manner and has been designed to offer students an opportunity to visit other countries and work in their relevant areas.

SSB is one of the verticals of Putera Sampoerna Foundation‚ Indonesia‚ which is dedicated to the development of high caliber future leaders in ASEAN. SSB takes a practice-oriented approach to business education and offers excellence and innovation through rigorous academic research‚ teaching and consulting. For this internship programme‚ students are chosen after a strict evaluation process‚ and they get an opportunity to work on their project for durations of 9-1' weeks. The projects are available in various specialisations like marketing‚ finance and human resource. A monthly stipend is also paid to students during the internship programme.

Dr. Jayathi Ranjan‚ Chairperson of the International Relations Committee at IMT Ghaziabad‚ said‚ "Management students are supposed to have global exposure to understand the business environment properly and excel in their work. For the whole duration of the internship‚ students live in another country and work their way. This not only makes them learn different social and work cultures‚ but also respect cross-cultural variety. This internship programme with SSB is a step in this direction."

IMT Ghaziabad has active tie-ups with over 70 international institutes including the International Business School of Service Management (ISS)‚ Hamburg‚ Germany to offer a certification programme in Service Management‚ with Grenoble Ecole de Management (GEM)‚ France for the Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) qualification and with the Copenhagen Business School (CBS)‚ Denmark‚ a traineeship B-School and one of the largest management institutes in Europe. Speaking about the tie-ups‚ Dr. Banerjee‚ Director‚ IMT Ghaziabad said‚ "We are glad that we are entering into partnershipswith foreign B-Schools as this would enhance the ability of our students to get global experience and become internationally competitive."

The IMT - SSB Collaboration is the second of this type of collaboration. IMT Ghaziabad‚ through CRICKET (Centre for Rural Innovation‚ Capacity Building‚ Knowledge Management‚ Entrepreneurship and Technology)‚ had earlier entered into a strategic partnership with CRTI (Centre for Research in Technology and Innovation) of Kellogg School of Management (North Western University) in 2011. The aim of the partnership was to share best practices‚ conduct joint programmes in technology‚ innovation and research and conduct joint student assignments in USA and India. IMT Ghaziabad also facilitates student exchange programmes with various international partners like University of Florida‚ George Mason University‚ Chonnam University‚ Negocia.