Launched in 2012, the Global Network for Advanced Management includes 33 leading business schools from diverse regions, countries, cultures, and economies in different phases of development. A common motivation of member schools to connect is to position their students, faculty, staff, alumni and other constituencies so that they can deepen their understanding of differences and commonalities in their economies and increase their effectiveness. Member schools recognize that leaders in all sectors will be asked to contribute to the solutions of major problems that are typically complex and global.
Representing a shift beyond traditional partnership models of business school collaboration, the Global Network enables the development of innovative initiatives that leverage the schools’ comparative advantages. Leveraging network efficiencies, utilizing new technologies, building strong institutional and personal relationships, and operating with a minimum of bureaucracy, the Global Network is having a transformational effect on students, member schools, management education, and beyond.
IIMB & GNAM
IIMB is the only Indian management school to be a member of the Global Advanced Network for Management (GNAM) - a network of 33 eminent business schools around the world. IIMB became a member of the Global Network for Advanced Management in 2012. The main objective of the network is to prepare students to be better managers in a global world through access to courses and short programmes and also to drive innovation and create value by connecting leading global business schools, their resources, and their stakeholders.
The GNAM provides students of partner schools access to select courses offered by other partner schools through use of digital technology, just as it offers the opportunity to faculty members to teach an international class comprising students from the member schools.
Each year IIMB hosts 3 Global Network Weeks (GNWs) in March, June and October, comprising students from IIMB and various partner schools. Global Network Weeks give students and faculty the opportunity to pursue intensive study at another network school, in a focused course that leverages the perspectives, programs, and faculty expertise of that school. Alongside their counterparts from elsewhere in the network, students attend classes, tour local businesses, and meet with experts focused on current business problems.
IIMB also participates in Global Network Courses or small network online courses (SNOCs)
Global Network Courses are for-credit courses offered virtually by a member school open to students from throughout the network. The courses connect students from multiple member schools online for lectures and discussions, and collaborative team projects, developing teamwork skills and cross-cultural perspectives.
The courses can be thought of as small network online courses, or SNOCs. In contrast to the massive online open courses (MOOCs) offered by many institutions, in which unscreened participants have varying degrees of interest and capabilities, SNOCs enrol a select group of top-tier MBA students engaged in a common effort to build management skills.
By bringing together MBA candidates from member schools as part of their regular coursework, the courses harness the strengths of the Global Network on a daily basis.
GNAM Activities in 2025-26
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GNAM Activities in 2025-2026 |
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MBA Global Weeks, students sent/received, annually |
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Date |
Students sent |
Students received |
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GNAM-JUN-2025 |
47 |
21 |
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GNAM-OCT-2025 |
77 |
22 |
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GNAM-MAR-2026 |
34 |
24 |
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Grand Total |
158 |
67 |
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Global Network Weeks conducted by Faculty |
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Topic |
Faculty |
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Market Design: Emerging Market Perspectives |
Prof. Sreelata Jonnalagedda |
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Behavioral Economics |
Prof. Ritwik Bannerji |
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Behavioral Economics |
Prof. Ritwik Bannerji |
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Behavioral Economics |
Prof. Ritwik Bannerji |
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Market Design: Emerging Market Perspectives |
Prof. Sreelata Jonnalagedda |
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Participation by IIMB students in GN (SNOC) courses |
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Year |
Spring /First half |
Fall /Second half |
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2025-2026 |
0 |
2 |
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Students received in GN (SNOC) courses |
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Year |
Spring /First half |
Fall /Second half |
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2025-2026 |
6 |
9 |
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GNAM Small Network Open Courses conducted by Faculty |
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SL No |
Dates |
Topic |
Faculty |
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1 |
August 20 – December 4, 2025 |
Behavioral Economics and the Experimental Approach |
Prof. Ritwik Bannerji |
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2 |
January 5 – April 20, 2026 |
Behavioral Economics and the Experimental Approach |
Prof. Ritwik Bannerji |
GN Deans & Directors Meetings