Divya Agarwal (Sr. Account Officer) (437 Points)
03 December 2010
vivek kumar jain
(service/student)
(559 Points)
Replied 03 December 2010
looking for more advise as divya does
Anand
(FINAL CA)
(1116 Points)
Replied 03 December 2010
With UGC moving in slow motion, it is left to the state education departments to fend for themselves. While the case by IIPM against UGC for declaring it as a fake university has been in the courts for almost 2 years, states like Uttarakhand have started moving in to protect the interests of the students of their state.
From March 2009, there has been a agitation going on against IIPM opening a campus in Dehradun. Spearheaded, by the local student activist and practicing advocate Pankaj Chethri, the students have been opposing the opening of IIPM with neither recognition nor approval. On a complaint, the Govt. ordered the Uttarakhand Technical University to conduct an enquiry on the activities of IIPM. The Registrar has recently filed his report to the administration, a copy of which is available with Careers360. When Careers360 met the Registrar, Chandra Singh Metha, who authored the report, he forcefully argued that the state, must act on the report. Reproduced below are excerpts from the report and interview:
 Click on the image to view complete document |
Paragraph 3 of the letter Click on the image to view complete document |
Para 3 of the letter translated in English:
On April 1, 2009, Shri Nitin Ralhan, Dean IIPM, Dehradun had written a letter requesting for time to submit all documents relating to the institution. However, instead of submitting these documents, on the April 6, 2009, the institution(IIPM) released an advertisement in Amar Ujala and Dainik Jagran inviting applications for admissions into the institution(IIPM). In this advertisement, the institute claimed, without any basis those students who do a course at the Institute would be eligible to get a MBA/ BBA degree from IMI, Belgium. The university vide its letter 678/ UTU/ investigation/ 2009 dated April 6, 2009 (annexure 8) has directed the institute (IIPM) that till the government takes a decision on the above matter, the Institute (IIPM) should not initiate any process for admissions or do counseling etc. On the same day, vide letter 678A/UTU/Investigation/2009 (annexure 9) addressed to the additional secretary, Technical Education Division, Government of Uttarakhand, has informed that despite repeated reminders on the above matter, the Institute hasn’t submitted the required documents to the University and the Government should, keeping the situation in mind, take a decision in the matter.
Para 7 of the letter  Click on the image to view complete document |
Para 7 of the letter translated into English:
In the current matter, IIPM is neither AICTE approved to award MBA/ BBA nor has it taken a No Objection certificate from the state government, which IIPM has itself admitted. Currently, IIPM is operating in Uttarakhand without any government approval or University affiliation and awarding MBA degrees that are not valid or recognised. Unlike other educational institutions operating in Uttarakhand, IIPM is unregulated by the University or the state government, because of which students admitted into IIPM would be harmed, for which the state of Uttarakhand may have to take complete responsibility. Consequently, the state may also have to face demonstrations and anger of students.
IIPM cannot in any circumstances award valid MBA/BBA degrees or conduct such courses in the state of Uttarakhand. To allow institutions like IIPM to operate from the state of Uttarakhand would be unfair to all those educational institutions that have been established with due affiliation/recognition of AICTE or a University or the state government.
These higher educational institutions, meeting all government standards, may also protest such unfair treatment by the government. In the past also, the university vide its letter dated 678A/UTU/investigation/2009 dated April 6, 2009 addressed to technical education division of Uttarakhand Government, brought to its notice that the institution (IIPM) is not providing any document related to affiliation, recognition or approvals. Hence, it is requested that the administration take all these factors into consideration and immediately start required legal action against the institution (IIPM) so that such institutions can be curbed from operating out of Uttarakhand.
|
Excerpts from an interview with the Registrar, Uttarakhand Technical University
On UGC’s Fake University Listing…
On Response of IIPM
On case against IIPM
On the next steps |
Also read:
A report which appeared in The Tribune Newspaper
IIPM: Profit instead of ethics
IIPM's offering of MBA/ BBA degrees is illegal and students using the titles can be prosecuted
Feb 05, 2010
IN June 2009, we did an investigative story IIPM - best only in claims?, which discussed among other things, the validity of degrees offered by IMI (a Belgian institute IIPM tied up with, to award MBA/BBA degrees to IIPM students). Students must know that IIPM cannot award recognised BBA./MBA degrees since it is not approved by AICTE/ UGC.
The tie-up with IMI, Belgium was to overcome this handicap. Subsequent to the publication of our story, on June 18, 2009, IIPM brought out advertisements mentioning degrees to be offered by University of Buckingham, UK and not from IMI, Belgium. We cross-checked with the University of Buckingham and published another article in July 2009 issue, which debunked this claim, too.
IIPM's advertisement on Feb 1, 2010 (click on image to view full ad) |
Post the publication of our second article, IIPM removed the name of University of Buckingham from the ad. However, we noticed that the name IMI had cropped up again. Hence, we decided to take up the matter with the Rudy Derdelinckx, Director of NVAO, (the UGC/ AICTE equivalent authority for regulation of Higher Education in Belgium) to check the validity of degrees issued by IMI, Belgium. We were sincerely hoping that the accreditation/approval status of IMI has changed for the benefit of students in India and hence its re-appearence in IIPM's ads. We give below the official communication from Director, NVAO below.
Letter from Director, NVAO (click on image to enlarge) |
The essence of the letter is as follows:
As this is very important information that we received from NVAO, we decided to add this advisory for information to all prospective students of IIPM. Students can also make their own verification in the country where they wish to study/work as the rules regarding validity/prosecution/illegality may vary from country to country, though the rules are largely based on their validity from the country where the qualification originates from.
Note: Readers may look for the response from IIPM, which would be published as soon as it is received.
IIPM - Best only in claims?
April 03, 2009
This started off as a normal investigation, into the malaise affecting the education system and the checks and balances that need to be brought in. After all, we all know that the government cannot be a sole participant in making the youth employable and the country a prosperous one.
Everyone that we spoke to was of the unanimous opinion - while a systemic overhaul is essential to improve the quality of many bad institutions in the country, the least we could do is to protect students and parents from being misguided and misled by willful wrong-doers. There are institutes where students walk in with their eyes open and know what to expect. And there are those where they walk in, blinded - misled, misguided and misinformed, by a campaign where media, regulatory agencies and academia become willing accomplices. While we can't do much about the informed decisions, we have to take up the cause of those who were cheated, an act that robs students of their career and in a way, their life.
As we scanned the ads, spoke to experts, affected parties and counselors, we realised that one name cropped up the most - IIPM. We decided to investigate. We sent mails to all those, that IIPM draws upon to validate its claims in its advertisements, namely - journalists, editors, foreign universities, employers. We spoke to current and former students and their parents. What our investigation unravelled left us cold. Here is an institution that enjoys all the privileges of an academic institution (according to IT authorities, it claimed exemptions citing Section 10(23C) (VI) of the Income Tax act, 1961) with zero responsibility and accountability. Here is an institution that brazenly uses its power and reach to make unsubstantiated claims that play with the lives of students and parents alike. We know we are opening a Pandora's Box, but are prepared for the repercussions, knowing fully well that you, our readers are with us. We were shocked by our findings, and what you are reading is just a part of it. We await your verdict.
BBA/MBA degrees
IIPM CLAIMS to award PG/UG degrees from IMI Belgium. We checked with NVAO, the accreditation organization of Netherlands and Flanders(Belgium) about IMI Belgium. The response from them is given below. This implies that the degree that students earn would be useless for higher education or employment anywhere in the world, where formal degrees are required.
|
-Original Message- From: XXXXXXXXX Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:14 PM To: XXXXXXXX Subject: RE: Kind attn: XXXXXXXX,as per telecon yesterday Dear XXXXXX  To answer your first question, I would refer to our official register of recognised institutions and degrees: https://www.highereducation.be . Please read two items in our section FAQ:- https://www.hogeronderwijsregister.be/faq/117/48 - https://www.hogeronderwijsregister.be/faq/117/49 IMI Belgium is not a recognised higher education institution (neither in the Dutch nor the French speaking part of Belgium). Since it is not recognised it cannot award recognised degrees.In our position it is difficult to answer your second question. For us only registered institutions with accredited programmes are considered credible. Best regards |
Campus placement
BASED ON some of the claims about MNC employers participating in the campus recruitments at IIPM, we checked with a few of them. We are listing a few responses, of employers, who have denied having recruited from the IIPM campus from the class of 2008, though IIPM claims otherwise. There have been a few more, who did not respond and we did not pursue, as we already got a sample of what is in store. Some gave us information but refused to come on record.
STANDARD CHARTERED BANK, says
We have hired 9 students from IIPM this year, though this was not through the campus recruitment process. These are all freshers.
BARCLAYS, DUBAI
I have looked into the below and we at Barclays, UAE Dubai have not done any campus placement with this institute.
DEUTSCHE BANK ( sms response)
Deutsche bank has no association with IIPM in terms of campus placements. We may have one or two employees from IIPM at the junior level but that's about it
Un(en)viable International Placements
ANY B-SCHOOL that claims to have the interest of students at heart should ensure that only companies that would treat students with respect, dignity and care would be allowed in the placement process. We are listing out some of the placements facilitated by IIPM. Look at the offer details and make your own judgement.
|
Saud Bahwan Group Position: Senior sales officer Salary: 275 Omani Rials or Rs.34,000 P.M plus 23 rials as food allowance Job: It is a two year contract and not a job offer Conditions: Passport to be surrendered and Termination at employer's discretion during probation with 48 hours notice. Khimji Ramdas
Position: Section Sales.
Position: Executive Trainee
Frequency Advertising LLC
Ceramin FZC Note: All the jobs excluding Frequency LLC provides single accomodation |
International collaborations
IIPM claims to award a global certification in management for all its students from one of the leading universities of the world. Every advertisement carries the logo of institutions like Darden, Haas, Judge etc as partnering institutions. Some ads even say the certification is from one of these universities. We wrote to each of the institution to check the veracity of IIPM's Claims. Here is what they have to say.
|
McCombs Business School, University of Austin,Texas From: XXXXXXXX To: XXXXXXXX Cc:XXXXXXXX Subject: RE: Query regarding your Institute's association with IIPM,Delhi I'm sorry, but I am unaware of any association between the McCombs School of Business and IIPM. It is possible that they have a connection I am unaware of with a particular professor, but in any case they are not an official partner school.
Best regards, David E. Platt, Ph.D., Director,CIBER, McCombs School of Business Judge B School, University of Cambridge
Hello XXXXXX This is a five day non-degree executive education programme delivered in Cambridge by Judge Business School. IIPM have engaged us to deliver and the first group will commence in July 2009. There are no university qualifications awarded from Cambridge University or Judge Business School. The only certificate is a certificate of attendance which is what we provide to participants on all our programmes. Very best Aislinn Ryan,Communications Manager, Judge Business School
Darden B School, Univesity of Virginia Thanks again for your e-mail. The University of Virginia's Darden School of Business has agreed to provide a series of week-long Executive Education programs (i.e., a contracted teaching arrangement) for IIPM. Darden has no partnership agreement or tie-up with IIPM. Along with Cambridge (Judge) and UC Berkeley (Haas), Darden will host IIPM's Executive Education program participants and deliver to them a high-quality mix of general business class sessions. No course credits at Darden or UVA are associated with this program, as IIPM is not a partner school and their participants are not taking Darden courses.
Best regards, |
|
THE SLOWDOWN may have hit the revenues of the international B-schools! The desperation with which they are getting into arrangements with Indian B-Schools to lend their name as 'participating,' 'partner', 'affiliating' B -School - all to earn a few dollars more, while compromising on their ethics and professionalism left us flummoxed. And when no less than the University of Berkeley tries to wriggle out of a situation through three different mails, each a reaction to a correspondence by us and possibly IIPM as well, we are bewildered. The first said no connection what so ever, second acknowledged a client relationship and the third announced CEE sending faculty to IIPM programme (which programme?). We cannot understand what is the truth and why this progressive grovelling? (Read the mails below and form your own opinion).
Ist Response 27th February 2009
From: Pamela Tom []]]]mailto:ptom @ haas.berkeley.edu]
Pamela Tom
XXXXX, On February 26, you wrote to verify the 'association' between the Indian Institute of Planning and Management (IIPM) and the University of California. While the statement that the two are not 'affiliated' is accurate, at the time, we were unaware of a new client relationship between IIPM and the Haas School's Center for Executive Education. CEE and IIPM have a contract, the first program will begin in June and the agreement permits client institutions to say that they are 'participating' with the Haas School of Business.
From: Pamela Tom []]]]mailto:ptom @ haas.berkeley.edu] In response to your inquiries about the Center for Executive Education's contract with the Indian Institute of Planning and Management (IIPM): During the duration of the agreement, IIPM, the client, may represent itself as a business school 'participating' with the Haas School of Business. Participation means IIPM has contracted with CEE to provide Haas faculty to teach courses in the IIPM program. A five-day program scheduled for January 2009 was cancelled. A five-day program is now scheduled for June 2009.
Pamela Tom
IIPM makes another claim |
When we ended our investigative piece on IIPM last month, we were hoping for a response from IIPM disputing our story. We were prepared, armed with all information(some of which we published) if we were hauled up. The lack of response proves that IIPM has nothing to contest. However, there was a response, through double page ads in media.
One of the many false claims by IIPM, that we exposed in the last issue of Careers360 (www.careers360.com), was about the BBA/MBA degrees on offer. The degrees awarded by IIPM in collaboration with IMI Belgium were in fact unrecognized. Even after the expose IIPM continued to use IMI, Belgium. As recent as 15th June, an ad released in the Times of India mentioned the IMI degrees on offer.
On 18 June, post our exposé, we saw an ad in the Times of India and Hindustan Times, where the BBA/MBA degree was now being offered from Buckingham Business School (University of Buckingham) and no longer from IMI Belgium. Aware of the past history of the claims made by IIPM, we sent a mail to the University of Buckingham to verify this new claim. The response from the University of Buckingham left us despairing (see the mail above). The University of Buckingham's response implies that:
1. The university of Buckingham hasn't consented to the advertisements (and the claims made in it).
2.That no such consent would be forthcoming until their programmes (IIPM's programmes) are formally accredited under the QAA guidelines.
3.That no such arrangement exists as on date.
The QAA in UK is similar to National Board of Accreditation (NBA) in India. IIPM's programmes are not accredited by NBA. We wonder, how IIPM would submit its programmes to QAA when they have refused to do the same with NBA.
So as we file this story, the students are not guaranteed of a University of Buckingham degree. We have called up the Vice- Chancellor's office of University of Buckingham on 23rd June and written to him on the 24th of June(After the response from their PR department's denial of relationship as on date on the 21st of June) but haven't recieved any response from his office.
However, we are at a loss to deal with the brazenness of these claims each bigger than the other. Is there a way to discourage such institutes from making these false claims in the name of great education? Would Mr.Kapil Sibal, the current HRD minister and one of the best lawyers of India, take an active interest to bring in some transparency to prevent any institutes' taking students for a ride? Can the regulators, government and judiciary impose certain accountability for such claims on all institutes? Or would this be another investigation that bites the dust for want of follow up and regulatory action? We have done our job. It is over to you Mr.Sibal.
Divya Agarwal
(Sr. Account Officer)
(437 Points)
Replied 04 December 2010
@ ANAND....
I REALY THANKFUL TO U FOR GIVING REAL PICTURE MESSAGE OF IIPM IS REALLY HELPFUL FOR JUDGEMENT TO EVERY ONE...
THANKS AGAIN....
Devkumar
(Counselor)
(106 Points)
Replied 10 December 2010
The One Year Executive MBA Programme is specially designed to equip executives with the skills and knowledge they need to get ahead in their careers andThe transition from being a Professional to a Manager, in today's knowledge economy, needs a sound grounding in the core disciplines of Management, as well as skills in Leadership and Strategy
This program will equip you with skills needed to be an effective manager, leader and strategist,the skills you need to enhance business competitiveness and interact effectively with the executive management as a strategic business partner. online MBA in India
varun prabhu
(Student)
(102 Points)
Replied 11 January 2011
nice information...but to the author of this topic...i think any degree/diploma(if offered)/certificate offered by any of the IIM has immense value....
however you could chek out the following institutes as well:
1) Indian School of Business Hyderabad
2) Management Development Institute, Gurgaon
3) Faculty of Management Studies, Delhi
4) Symbiosis, Pune
5) SP Jain, Mumbai
6) Jamnalal Bajaj, Mumbai
7) Narsee Monjee, Mumbai
and any institute that comes within the top 10 bracket
Asha S
(Director - www.cpachamps.com)
(193 Points)
Replied 18 January 2011
ISB Hyderabad and Great Lake Institute of Management are the best.
bschool.fostiima@gmail.com
(bschool.fostiima@gmail.com)
(27 Points)
Replied 06 April 2011
1. Top quality management education assured as all faculty members are IIM Ahmedabad alumni.
2. Classes will be held on Saturday & Sundays at the campus located in
a. Modern, purpose built fully air-conditioned building in the very heart of South Delhi
b. Goregaon (East) - near Railway Station
WLCI College
(Executive)
(29 Points)
Replied 19 March 2012
WLCI Executive courses are designed to develop specific abilities and process based skills required in various professions that meet the needs of employers. The part time courses offered are in a range of professions - Marketing, Finance, HR and also in the creative fields of Fashion, Media and Design. These part time programmes ensure that the industry professionals upgrade their knowledge and professional skills and be relevant in today's dynamic and competitive business environment.
Some of the unique highlights of Executive Courses are:
Who can apply:
Any professional desirous of upgrading his or her qualification and skills and aspires to develop professional abilities in specialized areas of Business (Marketing/Finance/HR) and Creative (Fashion/Media/Advertising & Graphic Design)
Edstar
(Digital Marketer)
(35 Points)
Replied 26 March 2012
I know one college WLCI, which is engaged in offering Executive MBA for the working professional. The eligibility criteria for E-MBA is those who have 2+ years of working experience. For more information, you can check with https://wlci.in.
Those, who are interested in studying abroad can check with https://edstar.wlci.in
vaidya
(asst. manager)
(43 Points)
Replied 20 April 2012
Hi,
I have dione one year executive MBA from <a target='_blank' rel='nofollow' href="www.wlcibusiness.in">WLCI College, India</a> and its worth it.
Enquire about this I am sure it would be of great help.
vaidya
(asst. manager)
(43 Points)
Replied 08 May 2012
Thanks for giving such a wide information.But one year MBA executive program is also done by WLCI College. Check this websi its worth it : www.wlcibusiness.in
manoj
(vp)
(22 Points)
Replied 05 August 2012
Can any body suggest about Executive MBA program for Sr executives in mumbai.. Any comment on EMBA from Institute of Tecknology & management.. How this is benificial for Sr CA in their professional life and is realy any value addition from the progrsm.. Sny one who has done the program and got benofited please share their exp..
DarshanaLande
(service)
(22 Points)
Replied 31 August 2019
People who have gained 5-6 years work experience in a niche industry should consider pursuing one-year executive MBA from reputed institutes like the ITM University. The college has an updated curriculum that is relevant to the present industry. The college also organises many activities to provide exposure to candidates.
Akash Kumar
(Others)
(22 Points)
Replied 03 October 2019
Dubai is the best city located in UAE to complete HR courses. Because here, you will learn different HR management techniques that will help you take up senior management roles in this field. For more info, visit: https://talentedge.com/university-of-dubai/hr-courses/
GST Live Certification Course (39th Batch) - April 2024 (Weekend Batch) (With Certificate)
"Live class on Python for Financial Analysis: Unlocking Efficiency in Accounting and Finance"
Al Sharawi Group
First Person
First Person
CAclubindia
