Tuck to train Citi executives

On May 21, at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth, leading strategy Professor Vijay "VG" Govindarajan will launch a virtual learning series with three groups of high-potential Citibank India managers located in Chennai, Delhi, and Mumbai.

The session will mark the start of a new global distance learning initiative being launched by the Ivy League business school to its executive education clients.

The session will focus on the research behind VG's popular Ten Rules for Strategic Innovators and will be followed by similar sessions in July and August, with Tuck strategy professors Richard D'Aveni, author of Hypercompetition, and Sydney Finkelstein, author of Why Smart Executives Fail and the brand-new Breakout Strategy.

"We're excited to bring the engaged, interactive teaching that Tuck is known for to executives half-way around the world by leveraging the power of technology," said Anant Sundaram, faculty director of Tuck executive education at Dartmouth, who worked with a team at Tuck and Citibank India to construct the course.

"This series with Citibank India will be a model for us as we begin to work with other companies in India and around the world to provide a stimulating and convenient on-site learning environment that represents the best in business education," he said.

Several executives from Citibank India will participate in the series, focusing on the topic of Strategy

Transformation. Each monthly session will last approximately 90 minutes and allow the Indian executives to interact with the Tuck faculty. including question and answer sessions and group discussions.