SHILLONG: IIM-Shillong and the National University of Juridical Science West Bengal (WBNUJS) has formally sealed an agreement on Monday to start a Post-Graduate Executive Diploma in Business Management and Law (PGexDBL) in the presence of chief minister Mukul Sangma, and Rathindra Nath Datta, chairman, board of governors RGIIMS.
Both the institutes were represented by AK Dutta, founding director of IIM Shillong and M P Singh, vice-chancellor of WBNUJS respectively.
"The philosophy of the program deals with preparing participants to earn a professional qualification in Business Management and Law by virtue of gaining in depth understanding of various concepts in the area. The program would also aim at helping participants understand the latest developments and best practices," read an official release issued by the only B-School in the northeast.
The two institutions will be jointly responsible for publication and protection of the intellectual property of collaboration.
Speaking to newspersons, Sangma exhorted academic institutions to "reinvent learning by adopting an innovative approach" and congratulated the two institutions on the collaborative pact.
While combined Business Management and Law studies have proved to be a great success in countries like Germany, there is yet to be such kind of unique initiative in India.
"This course will come handy for judicial officers and managers. We can only hope that there are a good number of takers of this opportunity," said IIM director Dutta after signing the MoU.
The program, which is scheduled to commence later this year, would be a 15-month duration course.
Sangma also took time off to meet students of IIM Shillong and jointly released HR Club's magazine -Together at the Institute Campus.
