The students from the SDM Institute will be undergoing courses during their first semester in Shanghai University. According to Ramesh Venkateswaran, Director, SDM-IMD these short-term study tours between the universities to understand each other’s country, business practices and cultures giving students an edge when it comes to international opportunities.
The duration of each program will be 7 to 10 days and will include sessions by faculties and visits to various organizations in the country. The program also extends to other initiatives like faculty exchange programs, joint research, collaborative academic activities and joint MBA programmes between the two institutes in future.
“This is the beginning of an international focus of SDM-IMD, Mysore, and it is expected that in the years to come, more such arrangements would be worked out,” elaborated the Director.