GLIM joins hands with Yale University to set up a research centre

By Our Economy Bureau | 06 Jan 2005

Chennai: The city-based Great Lakes Institute of Management (GLIM) and Yale University, USA, will jointly set up a management research centre in India.

Commenting on the joint initiative by Yale and GLIM in the field of management research in India Dr.Bala V Balachandran founder and honorary dean, Glim said, "Such interaction with an Ivy League institute like Yale will go a long way in cementing a mutually synergetic bond between US academia and Indian industry. With supply chains as well as customer networks gaining global dimensions, Indian industries that are in the process of internationalizing their products / services will stand to benefit by such an association."

According to him the Yale-GLIM Centre for Management Research will undertake management related research activities and consultancy projects, which contribute to the development of basic and advanced applied knowledge in the field of management. The programme will involve faculty exchanges, joint research, concurrent case studies and publications, which will create an academic symbiosis between the two management institutions.