Europe’s premier B-school SDA Bocconi School of Management, situated in Milan, Italy, announced on September 16, 2014, the appointment of Dr Himanshu Rai as the Dean of its India campus, SDA Bocconi Asia Center, in Powai.
Praising the leadership and academic capabilities of Dr Rai, Mr Stefano Caselli, Vice Rector, International Affairs, Bocconi University said, “Dr Himanshu Rai is one of India’s foremost experts on human resources and organisational development, among his many accomplishments.We are certain that Dr Rai will take SDA Bocconi Asia Center to new and great heights in management education and research internationally.”
SDA Bocconi Asia Center is the only off-shore campus of SDA Bocconi School of Management, which is ranked third among the best B-schools outside of the US, according to the eighth edition of Forbes bi-yearly ranking of international B-schools. The Economist has placed SDA Bocconi’s full-time MBA 4th in terms of Return on Investment. Top firms in the country and abroad were present at the placement drive held at SDA Bocconi Asia Center last year.
While several major US universities are close to hitting Indian shores, SDA Bocconi Asia Center, set up in 2012, has commenced its third PGP batch this year, and is doing the innovative task of bringing European expertise and insight along with globally acclaimed faculty and talent to cater to the Indian quest for internationally successful knowledge programmes. The course includes an exchange semester in Milan.
Dr. Rai is a Fellow from IIM-Ahmedabad, and had a teaching stint at XLRI Jamshedpur before joining IIM-Lucknow as faculty, HR and Organisational Behavior, where he also floated pathbreaking courses such as Justice, Ethics, and Morality (JEM), Framing Identities and Roles through Exploration (FIRE), and Leadership Through Literature (LTL). A seminal contributor on negotiation and conflict resolution, Dr. Rai will drive the strategic development and management of the academic and executive programmes of SDA Bocconi Asia Center.
Speaking on the occasion Dr Himanshu Rai, Dean, SDA Bocconi Asia Center said, “My endeavour will be to create a new precedent in management education by marrying Bocconi’s global pedigree and experience with India’s rich cultural ethos and opportunity.” He adds that SDA Bocconi Asia Center will also help enhance Indian industry’s expertise by floating executive programmes in niche areas such as luxury fashion, family businesses, foods and beverages, internet, social, and mobile marketing, etc specially aimed at executives.
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