SMU and the Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow (IIM-L) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to enter into a long-term partnership in global business education. Both IIM-L and SMU will closely collaborate in research, executive education programmes and faculty and student exchange programmes. Another important feature of this collaboration would be to explore designing, developing and delivering of joint programmes leading to certifications from both SMU and IIM-L. SMU and IIM-L will also jointly explore the possibility of designing executive education programmes in specific areas of interest to companies, co-located in Singapore and Lucknow/Uttar Pradesh.