Chandigarh MoU expands Harvard’s Business School collaborations globally
Chandigarh University has become the first Indian university to start a Harvard University https://www.harvard.edu/ collaborative business management program by signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Cambridge-based university to provide aspiring business students international exposure and perspective.
Chandigarh University Chancellor, Satnam Singh Sandhu, signed the MoU with Kristen Maynard, Managing Director of Business Operations and Strategic Alliances, Harvard Business School (HBS) Online at Harvard University in the presence of Chandigarh University https://www.cuchd.in/ Pro Chancellor Prof Himani Sood and others to foster academic collaboration between the two top universities for online Master of Business Administration (MBA) program (see picture).
Under the collaboration, Chandigarh University students will be taught by the faculty of Harvard University’s Business School for a semester under this online MBA programme.
Harvard University faculty will also provide their course material and other educational materials during the semester to the Chandigarh University students.
Chandigarh University’s business management students https://www.education.gov.in/ are set to benefit from the MoU as they will be graded with Harvard University students and get placements at top global firms as a result of this collaboration.
Chandigarh University students will also get global exposure with Harvard University’s real business case studies which will help them understand the intricacies of international business management.
This collaborative program will provide Chandigarh University students same learning experience as Harvard University campus students.
The MoU between the two universities will provide opportunity to provide high quality business education together, says Patrick Mullane, Executive Director Harvard Business School (HBS) Online https://www.uschamber.com/ .
“The MoU between Harvard Business School (HBS) Online and Chandigarh University is to fulfil the goal of expanding our network of Business School collaborations globally through online education, enabling the dissemination of best practices in business management,” said Patrick Mullane, Executive Director Harvard Business School (HBS) Online and Executive Education.
“It is an opportunity for the two institutions to together provide high quality business education, which helps develop great leaders in the world. And if there is shortage of anything in the world today, it is the great leaders.
“It offers a valuable opportunity to acquire skills such as case learning and storytelling, empowering them to effectively lead their businesses, organizations, profits, and institutions in India and other parts of the world,” he said.
Chandigarh University students will benefit from the global perspective of business topics, and will be helped to the same standards as Harvard University students across the world, says Managing Director of Business Operations and Strategic Alliances, HBS Online, Kristen Maynard
“The global perspective is something that Chandigarh University students will very much enjoy and benefit from it,” she said of the advantage of online MBA program.
“MoU with Harvard University shows Chandigarh University’s commitment for world-class educational experience to students,” Chandigarh University Chancellor Satnam Singh Sandhu said on 4 May 2024. Fiinews.com
