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ICFAI set to join big league
By Our Special Correspondent
HYDERABAD, DEC. 8. After the Indian School of Business (ISB) and Sylvan Universities of the US (proposed at Shamshabad on 250 acres), it is now the turn of our own ICFAI (Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts of India) to think big.
The institute, which is ranked among the top 5 per cent of business schools (about 750) in India and among top 10 business schools set up after 1990, is planning a big ``Integrated campus'' facility over 100 acres on the city outskirts.
Speaking to presspersons here on Saturday, Prof. V. Panduranga Rao, Director of Icfaian Business School, said land was identified on the Gandipet route, and work was likely to commence by April 2002.
To be developed in three phases till 2004 in what is considered as the institute's `` next phase of growth,'' the project is estimated to involve investment to the tune of Rs.80 crores. The institute currently offers various programmes in finance and management, and a unique MCA-MBA joint programme, besides areas like insurance management, marketing and consulting.
It also has global affiliations with Asian Securities Analysts Federation (Australia), Association of Certified International Investment Analysts (UK), Chartered Institute of Marketing (UK), and Transworld University (USA), among others.
The latest offering from ICFAI is its three-year programme on training ``management teachers'' followed by a commitment to teach for 3 years at ICFAI or BITS Pilani. Under a tie-up with BITS, candidates will get a Ph.D from BITS, in addition to the Certificate of Fellowship from ICFAI.
This programme will be offered by the ICFAI College for Management Teachers-the first of its kind in the country that is being set up now. The programme will commence this academic year (January), with selection process through an all India entrance test. No course fee is charged from candidates who will be paid stipend and absorbed after completion of the three-year programme as Assistant Professors, he said.
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