French B-school Grenoble Ecole de Management strikes alliance with XLRI

This partnership will involve student and faculty exchanges and a joint development of Executive Education.
According to the information shared by Grenoble Ecole de Management with MBAUniverse.com, students from the institute will have the opportunity to study for six months at the XLRI while their Indian counterparts will come experience student life in Grenoble in the heart of the French Alps.

Mark Thomas, Director for International Affairs at Grenoble Ecole de Management, said: It is part of our mission to expand the school across borders and we aim to work with Indian organisations as we do with our other international partners to develop several of our key objectives including training managers through Executive Education programs and working with local industries.

He added, Indian academic institutions are continuing to greatly open up internationally, and we are keen to grasp these opportunities and establish yet more worthy partnerships.

Grenoble Ecole de Management was established in 1984. It is one of the few business schools worldwide to have triple accreditation from EQUIS, AACSB and AMBA. Grenoble Ecole de Management is organized into three schools: Grenoble Graduate School of Business (GGSB), the international school which delivers all international programs in English; Ecole Suprieur de Commerce (ESC Grenoble) The French Grande Ecole school of management and Ecole de Management des Systmes dinformation (EMSI) a Information Systems Management school.

The institute is based in Grenoble which is described as the Alpine Silicon Valley of Europe. Grenoble is a center of high-tech activity. The region is home to a network of technology organizations, including major research centres and IT companies.