FMS Delhi to Host Pakistan B-school Students' Delegation

FMS Delhi to Host Pakistan B-school Students' Delegation

Faculty of Management Studies, Delhi, the pioneer in management education in India, has taken its quest for excellence and innovation across national boundaries by forging a relationship with the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS), Pakistan.

The FMS Delegation to LUMS returned back to India with a wealth of insights and experiences in December 2006. The aim of the visit was to give the students a holistic experience, rather than a purely academic one; the students, therefore, returned with a better understanding of the life of a management student in Pakistan, as well as of the rich culture of Lahore.

The New Year brings with it an opportunity to make the bond established between the students of the two premier B-schools even stronger! FMS is playing host to the LUMS Delegation which has reached Delhi. This is the first ever visit by Pakistani B-school students to India, and signifies how higher education is becoming the new face of diplomacy.

Dr. Syed Zahoor Hassan, Dean, LUMS, had visited FMS last year. One point of difference that he had noted between management education in India and Pakistan was that while the Indian system was more geared towards corporate placements, in Pakistan, there was a strong emphasis on Family Business Management. The LUMS Delegation will now provide a student perspective on the similarities as well as differences in education as well as other aspects of life in India and Pakistan.

As part of their stay in India, the students will attend lectures on strategy, marketing et al in FMS to learn more about the life of a B-school student in India. Interactions with the Dean as well as other faculty members are also on the cards. The Delegation will visit Red Fort, Jama Masjid, India Gate, Qutub Minar as well as other places of historic importance in Delhi, apart from visiting Agra. To get a better understanding of contemporary India as well as its youth, the Delegation will also visit multiplexes, malls and so on.

Students at FMS have welcomed this opportunity wherein they get a chance to return the hospitality and warmth that they received during their stay in Lahore.

FMS invites all interested to FMS campus to interact with the Delegation. Interviews, Q&A sessions, television coverage, participation in television talk shows, etc., are tentatively scheduled for 10th and 11th January.

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Contributed by -
Media Relations,
Faculty of Management Studies, Delhi.

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