American university ties up with Pune's B-school for study programmes in IT and
management
The University of Colorado at Colorado Springs (UCCS),
has tied up with city based Europe Asia Business School (EABS)
and academic service provider Global talent Track (GTT)
for setting up centre for services excellence which will offer study programmes
in IT and management. This centre is envisaged to jointly conduct research as well
as to offer multi-disciplinary academic programs in India. The first of the courses
to be launched in 2011.
College of Engineering and Applied Science at
UCCS and GTT - certificate program in services marketing
that has been developed specially by the College of Business, at UCCS and will be
offered by Europe Asia Business School (EABS), a unit of
GTT. The
EABS has campuses in Pune and Mumbai.
Dr. Pam Shockley Zalabak, chancellor, UCCS said "This
program will help reach out to many more students in this part of the world and
will give us an opportunity to increase the span of our global education. This joint
program with GTT and EABS also gives our students an opportunity to leverage the
India experience and the best of the education available here in India."
Dr Uma Ganesh, founder and CEO of GTT and EABS
said, "This collaboration heralds the future of education where students anywhere
can get a global education experience, bringing together best of both worlds from
the academia and industry of the two nations."
"UCCS has some of the most relevant programs in IT and Management and also an outstanding
program taught through blended learning for health care and nursing and through
our new Global Connect initiative. These are the
first of several planned courses that we look forward to customising and offering,
via the centre, to cater to the huge needs in India and Asia."
Courtesy: Business Standard
