The Indian Institute of Management (Indore) will be introducing a certificate programme for MSMEs and family-run businesses from the month of August or September. A bill has also been drafted by the government in connection with the IIMs to give degrees to their students which will be discussed in Parliament in its upcoming session.

Speaking on the sidelines of inauguration function of the 2016-18 batch of IIM Indore, Mumbai campus, IIM (Indore) Director Rishikesha T Krishnan said, ”We are starting a certificate programme at our Indore campus from August or September for local MSMEs and family-run businesses.”

He further added, “We have received a good number of inquiries from various business houses locally for the forthcoming certificate programme which will be held on the weekends. In fact, the very demand for starting such programme had come to us by the local industries themselves.”

The institute will also be starting an incubator in its Indore campus within next few months, with a focus on entrepreneurs. Talking about the incubator in the Indore campus of IIM, he said, “We are likely to start incubator by September as we are trying to focus on entrepreneurship. As per the plan, the option will be given to those students who have entered second year of the regular course at the institute and are willing to do entrepreneurship.”

He also welcomed the government’s move, and said, “Currently we provide Diplomas only to our students and hence our students face difficulties when they go abroad in search of job or even pursuing higher studies. So, once passed, the Bill will provide solution to all those problems.”

Source: India Today

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