The School will take in 120 students for the term beginning June 2009, and 60 each in October ’09, and January a10. The students will be required to select two countries of choice, as
part of their curriculum to not only become familiar with the business
customs and practices specific to these countries, but also understand
how business is done in those countries. The two year full time academic program comprising 720 hours of class room work with 36 courses will cost Rs. 9.6 lacs.

The school is founded by a team of professors and spear-headed by Dean Sankaran, Professor of International Business, formerly with Rutgers University, the State University of New Jersey and Emory University. The Board of Governors include Prof PV Indiresan, Former Director, IIT Madras, Fr PD Thomas, Former Director, XLRI, Dr RK Raghavan, Former Director, CBI, and Dr V Kumar, Professor of Marketing, Georgia State University.

The academic advisory board is led by Dr Jagdish N. Sheth, Professor of Marketing, Emory University and includes Dr Avijit Ghosh, Vice President, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Dr Usha Nair-Reichert, Professor of Economics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Dr Ram S Sriram, Professor of Accounting, Georgia State University, Dr Thomas Allen, Professor Emeritus, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dr Patricia G. Greene, Professor of Entrepreneurship, Babson College, and Dr Rajan Chandran, Vice Dean, Fox School of Business, Temple University. The Business Advisory Group is chaired by Dr V Krishnamurthy, Chairman, National Manufacturing Competitiveness Council.

The Assistant Dean, Ms. Sundari, said, aWe are seeking to admit
students whose aspirations are high and whose achievements demonstrate
such aspirations. We are looking for candidates who are in the top ten
percentile based on the CAT/XAT exams or the GMAT. However, our
admission is based on a complete profile of the applicant. While
academic brilliance is important, we believe that active participation
in performing arts or sports or demonstrated leadership in activities,
adds to a complete profilea.