Wednesday, December 9, 2009

IGNOU-IMM provide fillip to Management Education

New Delhi: Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) is organizing Education Summit-II on “Marketing of India’s Higher Education Worldwide: Revisited” in collaboration with Institute of Marketing and Management (IMM).

Minister of State for External Affairs, Dr. Shashi Tharoor will be the Chief Guest. The other special invitees at the Summit include Dr. Narendra Jadhav, Member (Education), Planning Commission and Prof. P. J. Kurien, Hon'ble Member of Parliament - Rajya Sabha & National President, IMM.

The Summit is being organised on Saturday, December 12, 2009 at IMM Convention Centre, Marketing Tower , Qutab Institutional Area.

The objective of the Summit is to focus on opportunities available in the sector of Higher Education in India especially in the fields of Engineering & Technology; IT & Management; Tourism & Hospitality and Agriculture and how these opportunities can be harnessed by students of South Asia, Central Asia, Middle-East, Africa and Central America to their benefit, at an affordable cost in comparison to the rest of the world.

It would also highlight how IGNOU is spreading education through distance mode, not only in India, but also to the world outside as per convenience of the students, irrespective of boundaries, social, political and economic.

The Summit will be chaired by Professor V.N. Rajasekharan Pillai, Vice Chancellor, IGNOU. Dr. Jagjit Singh, Executive President, IMM will be the Convenor of the Summit.

The Co-Coordinators for the programme are Dr. Latha Pillai, Pro-Vice Chancellor, IGNOU and Dr. Pramod Kumar, Director, IMM.

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