IIM-B S'pore campus may start in 4 mths

The Indian Institute of Management - Bangalore's (IIM-B) Memorandum of Association (MoA) "" which has been undergoing modifications to allow the institute to set up a campus in Singapore "" is likely to be finalised soon, and the campus could start in four months time.

At the end of April this year, Prakash G Apte, director of IIM-B, had told Business Standard that while the institute was working on changing its MoA it has called off its plan to start full-time operations in Singapore. Instead, it is exploring tie-ups with institutes in Singapore to offer Executive MBA (EMBA) programmes.

However, officials from Global Indian Foundation (GIF), a Singapore-based non-profit foundation, which invited IIM-B to set up a centre at their campus on Mei Chin Road in Singapore, said the institute was also working on a part-time MBA programme along with executive management and management development programmes.

The intake for the part-time MBA programme is around 50 and that for the executive education would be around 20.

The finalisation of the MoA would see IIM-B finally start operations at its centre in Singapore which has been in a limbo since November last year.