Courses that the IIM-A students will study in one week include ‘Introduction to Business Negotiations’ with Prof Elke Weber, a ‘Marketing Module’ with Prof Gita Johar and ‘Credit Risk & Fixed Income Markets’ with Prof Suresh Sundaresan. Over the course of the week, the students will also have the opportunity to interface with other faculty members, staff from Columbia’s Chazen Institute of International Business, Chazen Society Fellows, the student-led South Asian Business Association and EMBA students.

The coursework will be complemented by industry visits to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and Booz Allen Hamilton, a global strategy and technology consulting firm.

The students are currently participating in the ‘international immersion’ segment of their program. Following their week in New York City, they will work on consulting assignments around the country before returning to India in December.

Columbia Business School and IIM-had A announced their partnership in January 2007. The program was designed to allow for the exchange of students, faculty and ideas between the two institutions.