Australias Chifley Business School invites Indian executives for its distance MBA

Chiefly Business School finds the Indian economy and market very attractive, and increasing its focus on India market.

Mr John Vines Former Chief Executive, Association of Professional Engineers, Scientists and Managers Australia (APESMA) visited Delhi to deliver seminar on international education trends and interact with prospective MBA applicants. MBAUniverse.com spoke to Mr Vines to know more about the Chifley Business School and its India plans.

Explaining the reason behind focus on India, Mr Vines said, Chifley has been delivering Australian distance education to individual professionals within India for more than a decade, so were well established. But for Australians, India is now the hottest business location and we are convinced that we can contribute to Indias business growth by assisting not only with postgraduate education for individuals, but also through assisting corporations create management teams to manage change and growth.

Chifleys distance learning MBA postgraduate program called APESMA MBA is offered at three levels: graduate certificate, graduate diploma and MBA with the option of a Technology Management stream.
While sharing the highlights of APESMA MBA of Chifley Business School, Mr Vines said, The APESMA MBA is specially targeted for engineers and technological professionals. At Chifley, through this unique programme we develop the commercial business and managerial skills in them and create opportunities and make their sustainable career internationally.

The programme curriculum includes the various areas like Financial Management, Management Perspectives, Economic Decision Making, Business Law, Strategic Management, Marketing, Contemporary People Management and e-Business Strategy, Mr Vines added.

When asked how many students enrolled every year with Chifley, Mr Vines replied, We enrolled about 10,000 students every year across the world where we have about 1,000 students come from India.

One of Australias largest independent provider of business and management education, for over 16 years, APESMA Management Education, now Chifley has been delivering quality education for professionals -- from postgraduate programs to 2-day professional development programs and nationally accredited certificate and diploma programs. Its partners include Charles Sturt University, School of Enterprise of The University of Melbourne; Planning Institute of Australia, Australian Computer Society, Franklin Covey and others. APESMA MBA was first established in February 1992.