No matter whether they are based in India or anywhere else in the world, the managers of today - and increasingly in the days to come are to manage and perform in an environment that is Global. There are hardly any businesses today whose Value-Creation is without an International component or constituent. Hence to say that managers have to be Global in their perspectives is to state the obvious, especially for the middle and senior management. The program aims to provide a blend of the fundamentals and the cutting-edge learning of as well as contents. It is our objective that this program should enable each of the participants to be Global Business Ready General Managers^TM. For the sponsoring companies, here is an opportunity to transform their managerial talent into a force with 'global' perspective and outlook.

The impact of globalization is all there to see and even firms that are confining themselves to national frontiers are no more immune to it as global players are here competing with them across a cross section of industries. Becoming global is no more a choice but is inevitable. Looking forward to having your nominee on board.

Business Management, by having the best faculty from around the world and India teaching them in the contact sessions and guiding them seamlessly further during the following terms, through the Blackboard Learning Management System, the e-learning platform that connects the participants with the faculty and the institute, to ensure more than adequate and in depth learning takes place. This approach is taken to effectively address the needs of a wide spectrum of participants - while all of them commonly are high potential leadership material having a varied academic back-ground, from Engineering to Commerce to Economics etc., while some already having formal management education as well.

The learning will get further reinforced with a unique year-long Country / Industry Study that each participant will take on, which will culminate in a Report and Presentation at the end of the Program. They will further learn Chinese - Mandarin, and spend one week overseas during their final contact session in a country appropriate to the program. All of which would round them to be Global Business Ready, which is the raison d'etre of this program.

Prof. R. S. Veeravalli