The Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad , and LinkedIn, a professional network today announced their partnership to launch two official networking groups for the institute's alumni.
These groups on LinkedIn will allow the IIM-A alumni, to connect with their contemporaries, faculty members and even current students for opportunities like networking, mentoring and recruitment.
The two groups are the "Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad" group (meant for PGP, PGPX, PGP-ABM, PGP-PMP and FPM alumni) and the "Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad Executive Education Alumni group (meant for all eligible alumni of the Management Development Programme (MDP), Faculty Development Programme (FDP), Armed Forces Programme (AFP), 3-Tier Programme (3-TP) and Management Education Programme (MEP)). They will serve as networking platforms for alumni of both the full-time and executive education programmes.
The groups will be certified by LinkedIn with an official badge to convey the authenticity of the forums and encourage participation by alumni. The access to these groups will be moderated by IIM-A's Alumni office, thereby ensuring all group members are verified alumni of IIM-A. Moreover, the IIM-A groups will facilitate members, who are mid- and senior-level executives from leading corporations and businesses, to strengthen their network and leverage it to their professional advantage. IIM-A also plans to provide recruiters access to the full-time alumni group for lateral hiring opportunities.
"At LinkedIn, we are focused on helping professionals achieve their career goals and become more productive and successful. In order to maximize their career, alumni of high-quality institutions like IIM-A actively strive to network with each other. We are delighted that IIM-A has chosen LinkedIn as their primary platform to manage their alumni relations. Leveraging our networking technology and products, they should now have the most dynamic alumni solution in the market," said Hari V Krishnan country manager LinkedIn India.
