ISB inks pact with IBA Karachi

Hyderabad: Indian School of Business has signed an MoU with Institute of Business Administration (IBA), Karachi, to provide executive education in Pakistan.

The agreement was signed by Deepak Chandra, Deputy Dean, ISB and Ishrat Husain, Dean and Director, IBA, Karachi, at the ISB campus.

The collaboration brings together the Centre for Executive Education (CEE) at ISB, one of the largest executive education providers in Asia and IBA, the oldest business school outside North America, to provide courses to senior management executives looking to fast track their careers, Chandra told reporters.

"We are confident that this partnership will help generate tremendous opportunities for cross-collaboration between the two schools and...contribute to the growth of business and industry in Pakistan," Chandra said.

While ISB will focus on the design and delivery of the programmes, IBA will be responsible for their marketing and promotion. The programmes will be conducted by ISB's globally renowned faculty. The first programme is slated...