Now, an IIM Lucknow campus in Noida

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Amit Agnihotri
Columnist & Author, MBAUniverse.com
Updated on July 21, 2016
(MBAUniverse.com Bureau)
This is the first time that an IIM will have a presence in the National Capital Region. According to IIM L Director Dr Devi Singh, “The campus will be global in scale and we plan to have around 20 full-time faculty members here. The courses will be conducted with an underlying emphasis on creating global business leaders.”

The Noida campus will focus on updating the skills and knowledge of working professionals. To start with, the center will offer a Working Management Program (WMP) that will commence from July this year, andthe program will be conducted three days in a week. Later, it plans to offer global management programs.

The three-year post-graduate degree in WMP is especially designed to meet the needs of working executives, entrepreneurs and professionals. Itwill inculcate in them the fundamentals and skills required to manage businesses of the future.

The Noida campus is spread over 20 acres and was built at a cost of Rs 60 crore. IIM L will also add 147 seats over the next three years in a move towards implementing OBC reservations. The additional infrastructure will cost around Rs 43 crore.