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Good number of Harvard entrepreneurs' programme from India; alumni visit Rashtrapati Bhavan

Updated: Feb 25, 2014 01:53:24pm
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New Delhi, Feb 25 (KNN)  As many as 13 per cent of the alumni of the Harvard Business School's prestigious programme- Owner President Management (OPM) comprise Indians who visited the Rashtrapati Bhavan today for their reunion function. The OPM programme for business owners and entrepreneurs is one of the prestigious programmes at HBS.

The programme seeks to develop greater expertise for corporate growth and leadership.  “I am told that 13 per cent of the alumni comprise Indians….,” President Pranab Mukherjee said welcoming the alumni.

He said the world-renowned universities have also evinced a keen interest in offering learning opportunities for students in India. “India is a prominent research hub for Harvard Business School.  Its India Research Centre, launched in Mumbai in 2006, has till date collaborated with business leaders and educators in India on over 55 research projects. ….Our higher educational infrastructure comprising universities, technical institutes and management schools have expanded.”

In India and much of developing world, the growth challenge is not merely the quantum of growth per se.  An equally important dimension is the degree of inclusivity in growth - the extent of people-participation in the growth process. Employment generation and capacity building are a crucial part of the strategy to usher in inclusive, job-led growth.

“We adopted a National Policy on Skill Development in 2009 with an aim to create 50 crore skilled hands by 2022.  Our higher educational infrastructure comprising universities, technical institutes and management schools have expanded,”  he said. (KNN Bureau)

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