Singapore Management University (SMU) and the Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow (IIM Lucknow), have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to enter into a long-term partnership in global business education. The MoU was signed by SMU’s Provost and Deputy President, Professor Rajendra Srivastava, and Director of IIM Lucknow, Professor Devi Singh, during the former’s visit to Lucknow, India, on 29 July 2013.

SMU and IIM Lucknow will collaborate closely in research, executive education programmes, and faculty and student exchange programmes. The new partners will also explore the design, development and delivery of joint programmes leading to certifications from both SMU and IIM Lucknow. At the same time, the two institutions will jointly explore the possibility of designing executive education programmes in specific areas of interest to companies with businesses in both Singapore and Uttar Pradesh.

On the collaboration, Professor Srivastava said, “This is the seventh partnership SMU has sealed with an Indian institution since May 2012 as part of our India Initiatives, reflecting the University’s serious and intense efforts to forge strong linkages with key Indian partners. In addition to exploring joint research and exchanges, this collaboration will enable us develop executive development programmes with IIM Lucknow’s campus in Noida.”

Professor Singh said, “Globalisation has created opportunities in various domains of learning. Research cannot be confined to geographies. In order to innovate new measures of teaching and learning, we are delighted to join hands with SMU, one of Asia’s leading institutions, to share our expertise and learn together.”

[Photo: SMU’s Provost and Deputy President, Professor Rajendra Srivastava (4th from left), and IIM Lucknow’s Director, Professor Devi Singh (4th from right), with faculty members from SMU and IIM Lucknow at the MoU signing ceremony in Lucknow, India]

Incepted in 1984, IIM Lucknow has grown to become a fully integrated global management school that offers a range of postgraduate and doctoral level programmes. The Institute also undertakes research and provide consultancy services to various kinds of organisations across different sectors of India’s economy to help enhance their management practices. IIM Lucknow is located in Lucknow, the capital city of the state of Uttar Pradesh in India. Lucknow ranked sixth among all the cities in India for fastest job-creation and is rapidly emerging as a manufacturing, commercial and retailing hub. It is also the second largest metro of North and Central India after Delhi and the 11^th largest city of India.

[Featured Photo: Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow - Noida campus.  Photo courtesy of IIM-Lucknow.]