Hyderabad, February , 2003: The Indo-American Group of Educational Institutions known for prestigious educational Institutions it has been running for the past ten years now sets up School of Business Management and offers MBA program with a difference. Headquartered at the port city of Visakhapatnam, it offers two years courses in the normal MBA and an enlarged Global MBA program.

Disclosing this to media men in a press meet recently Mr. V. Pujari, Chairman of the group informed the objective of the twin MBA program, affiliated to the American University of Hawaii is to offer the students global perspective and groom them to suite to the requirements of global careers.

According to Mr. Pujari, the Multinational Companies who hire Indian Managers expect them to produce results from the day one. It is also established time and again that the best companies are on the lookout for professionals who bring with them a true global perspective coupled with native intelligence. Hence, it is important that the orientation of management education must be towards this direction to produce world class managers.

To address this need, Indo American School of Business (IASB) has come out with a different approach to Business School education in India which is aptly called as "Global MBA". Starting from August 15 this year, both the MBA programs are of six trimesters with the first three allocated for theory and remaining trimesters for intensive internship. Breaking conventions the classes will be held at multi-locations, unconventional places such as stock exchanges, Chamber of Commerce Conventional Halls, Hotels, Resorts, Business & Trade Fairs Centres and other exotic locations to offer students an opportunity to learn by experiencing various aspects of business management.

The program is designed to offer maximum on hands-on-learning by way of internship in companies of repute and through industrial tour. The theoretical inputs will be provided through case studies, lectures, seminars and symposia. Various skills of management students will be constantly honed by way of games, stimulations, role plays and presentations. Going a step further, the program also covers physical, mental and personality development of the student. Thus offers etiquette, grooming, cross culture, meditation, stress management classes and physical fitness programs. In nut shell the focus is for the overall development of the students. The total faculty will be drawn from the industry and are well experienced with lot of practical knowledge. IASB is of the opinion that the management education cannot be imparted through one way communication in the class room by pure academicians. Hence, the faculty are drawn from the best of both academic and industry circles.

The admission to the courses is through a national admission test consisting of English, Test of Reasoning, Numerical Ability, General Awareness and Business Aptitude for the course. The fee for Normal MBA is Rs one lakh and Rs 2.25 lakh for Global MBA. The fee includes breakfast and dinner in five star and deluxe hotels for 89 days for Regular MBA and 196 days for Global MBA. It also includes Accident Insurance and Mediclaim.

This kind of program may be new to India. But, it is time tested and proven to be successful throughout the globe. Bringing global knowledge and experience Mr. Pujari wanted to offer the best of Indian and International. He was earlier in US came back to India renouncing a high profile executive career with multinational organizations. Starting as a management trainee, he went on to become one among the first 24 professionals to be certified by the National Restaurant Association, USA. He is one of the youngest professionals to be certified by the American Culinary Federation as a "Certified Executive Chef".

His vision is to provide a world class education at par with the best of International standards. Driven by a dream and vision, Mr. Pujari and his able team started host of educational institutions offering school, college, research institute, hotel management education and culinary arts etc. and now Management Programs. He proved critics wrong that Visakhapatnam is a wrong choice for various professional study programs. With a track record of over a decade, Indo American Group of Educational Institutions are a name to reckon not only in Visakhapatnam but all over the country.