ISB invites B-schools across the world for Student Exchange Programmes
Signs Agreements with B-Schools in Pakistan & South Africa among others

Hyderabad, July 11, 2005: The Indian School of Business has drastically increased the number of its International Student Exchange Programmes for the current academic year and has invited B-schools from 11 countries to participate in the Exchange. Recently, the ISB signed the MOU with the Lahore University of Management Sciences, Pakistan and the Graduate School of Business, Capetown, South Africa along with various other B-schools. The ISB will continue to develop more partnerships with top B-schools from key regions of the world for Exchange Programmes.

Speaking about the ISB's focus on increasing Student Exchange programmes, Prof. M. Rammohan Rao, Dean, ISB said, "Student Exchange Programmes are crucial to our strategy of global exposure for our students. Foreign students contribute a lot to the class in terms of different perspectives and views. Of course, our students enjoy the opportunity to explore other regions as well."

In addition to the two longstanding exchange partnerships with Kellogg School of Management (USA) and London Business School (UK), the ISB has added exchange agreements with 9 B-schools spread across 6 countries. These include: -

• Lahore University of Management Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan

• Kenan-Flagler Business School, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA

• Graduate School of Business, University of Capetown, South Africa

• HEC School of Management, Paris, France

• The Garvin School of International Management, Thunderbird, USA

• Darden School of Business, University of Virginia, USA

• Leon Recanati Graduate School of Business Administration, University of Tel Aviv, Israel

• Wissenschaftliche Hochschule für Unternehmensführung, Germany

• The Fuqua School of Business, Duke University, USA

Said Dr. Ehsan ul Haque, Dean, Suleman Dawood School of Business, Lahore University of Management Sciences, Pakistan, "As the business climate between the two countries gets better, business enterprises in India and Pakistan will want to engage with each other, understand each other and enter into trade relationships, joint ventures and explore cross-border investment opportunities. The timing of our exchange agreement with ISB is therefore excellent."

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Contributed by -
Ms. Bhuvana Ramalingam,
Director - Communications,
Indian School of Business, Hyderabad.