Premier B-school reiterates commitment to provide access to quality education for all; gears up to deliver
MOOCs as IIMBx
Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB) is India's first B-school to join edX as a new Contributing Member. As IIMBx, India's leading B-school will leverage new technologies and deliver education via MOOCs (massive open online courses) to a larger population of learners from around the world within a year from now.
"We are gearing up to create the capability to teach differently and edX is a great platform to extend IIM Bangalore's educational impact across the globe," said IIMB Director Dr. Sushil Vachani.
"We are honored to welcome IIM Bangalore to edX," said Anant Agarwal, CEO, edX. "A leading B-school in India, IIMB will deliver high-quality courses and new perspectives to the edX learning community and reach learners around the world."
EdX, a Cambridge, Massachusetts-based non-profit enterprise created by founding partners Harvard University and MIT, offers interactive online classes from the world's best universities. It was created for students and institutions that seek to transform themselves through cutting-edge technologies, innovative pedagogy, and rigorous courses.
"This is a tremendous opportunity for IIMB. In addition to delivering top-quality management education on campus to small classes of students chosen through our highly competitive admissions process, as we have done since the Institute's inception, we will use technology to provide selected management courses to a much larger population in India and the world over," said Sushil Vachani.
Dr. Sushil Vachani, who took over as Director of IIM Bangalore on July 1, 2014 reiterated that IIMB will embrace and leverage technology to create social impact. "At IIMB," he added, "we recognize that the way in which education will be delivered will be radically different in future thanks to technology. People who could not afford a world-class education will now have access to it."
Premier B-school reiterates commitment to provide access to quality education for all; gears up to deliver
MOOCs as IIMBx
Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB) is India's first B-school to join edX as a new Contributing Member. As IIMBx, India's leading B-school will leverage new technologies and deliver education via MOOCs (massive open online courses) to a larger population of learners from around the world within a year from now.
"We are gearing up to create the capability to teach differently and edX is a great platform to extend IIM Bangalore's educational impact across the globe," said IIMB Director Dr. Sushil Vachani.
"We are honored to welcome IIM Bangalore to edX," said Anant Agarwal, CEO, edX. "A leading B-school in India, IIMB will deliver high-quality courses and new perspectives to the edX learning community and reach learners around the world."
EdX, a Cambridge, Massachusetts-based non-profit enterprise created by founding partners Harvard University and MIT, offers interactive online classes from the world's best universities. It was created for students and institutions that seek to transform themselves through cutting-edge technologies, innovative pedagogy, and rigorous courses.
"This is a tremendous opportunity for IIMB. In addition to delivering top-quality management education on campus to small classes of students chosen through our highly competitive admissions process, as we have done since the Institute's inception, we will use technology to provide selected management courses to a much larger population in India and the world over," said Sushil Vachani.
Dr. Sushil Vachani, who took over as Director of IIM Bangalore on July 1, 2014 reiterated that IIMB will embrace and leverage technology to create social impact. "At IIMB," he added, "we recognize that the way in which education will be delivered will be radically different in future thanks to technology. People who could not afford a world-class education will now have access to it."