Anna University and BIM sign MoU to offer a Ph.D. program in Public Policy and Management.
Tiruchirappalli, March 05, 2024: Anna University and BIM Trichy signed an MoU to establish an academic and research partnership between Anna University, Chennai (AU), and Bharathidasan Institute of Management, Tiruchirappalli (BIM). The key objectives of this MoU are as follows:
- Ph.D. Program in Public Policy and Management offered by BIM and AU, affiliated with Anna University, specifically for the Fellows of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister’s Fellowship Program as per Anna University norms.
- Faculty from Anna University will be the Ph.D. Supervisors and faculty from BIM will be the Ph.D. Co-Advisor.
- The curriculum will be jointly developed by Anna University and BIM
- Exchange of Faculty and Students in the areas of Public Policy and Management
- Joint Research Project works in the areas of Public Policy and Management
- Dual Degree Programs with tier-1 global institutes
While exchanging the MoU, Prof R Velraj, Vice Chancellor, AU, commented, ‘The new business order is witnessing growing convergence of management and technology. This MoU seeks to take advantage of this convergence, and the two great institutes are coming together to leverage their respective knowledge and skills in Public Policy and Management. We are committed to jointly creating a pathway for the Tamil Nadu CM’s Fellowship Participants by crafting a unique Ph.D. program for the Fellows which in turn will significantly contribute towards the development of the state in all sectors.
Expressing happiness, Dr. Asit K Barma, the Director of Bharathidasan Institute of Management, remarked, ‘We are committed to making the Tamil Nadu CM’s Fellowship Program the best of its kind with all the global best practices and making it a template for others to follow in the Public Policy domain. We are grateful to the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu and the Government for their trust and support in BIM, the only non-IIM institute in the country to conduct the Fellowship program with the second largest state economy in the country. Already ranked very high on sustainable development indexes, Tamil Nadu provides an outstanding narrative for research in public policy and management space. The MoU between Anna University and BIM makes the perfect script to seize the growing public policy and management research opportunity and significantly contribute to policy-making and capacity building.’
Dr. C Umarani, Director, Centre for Research, Anna University, remarked, ‘This MoU is special since this has huge potential to generate impactful research output, and who can do this better than the Fellows who have honed their knowledge and skills across various departments and programs of Tamil Nadu Government over the past two years during their CM’s Fellowship Program.’
About Bharathidasan Institute of Management (BIM Trichy):
Established in 1984, Bharathidasan Institute of Management, Tiruchirappalli, an ISO 21001:2018 certified institution, is an autonomous school of excellence of Bharathidasan University, governed by an independent society. BIM offers a two-year residential MBA program approved by AICTE and affiliated with Bharathidasan University, specializing in Marketing Management, Finance and Economics, Operations and Supply Chain Management, Human Resources Management, and Digital Business & Analytics. It also conducts TN CM’s Two-Year Fellowship Program, besides Management Development /Faculty Development Programs. More than 4500 BIM Alumni spread around the globe are significantly contributing to industry, academics, and society today. Former Union Finance and Industry Minister Bharat Ratna, Late Shri C Subramaniam, was instrumental in setting up this B School. He was motivated by starting a School of Excellence in Management that would be organically linked with an industrial complex. He believed that just as a medical school needed to be attached to a hospital to be effective as a teaching institution, a Management School likewise had to be linked with industry. Accordingly, the institute was set up in collaboration with BHEL within its sprawling Tiruchirappalli campus. In addition to its graduate program, BIM has a strong focus on research and has established multiple centers of excellence, including the Operations Excellence Centre, Financial Trading and Analytics Centre (FINTRAC) with Bloomberg terminals, Real-Time Contextual Marketing Labs, and Centre for Sustainable Development to advance contemporary management practices (www.bim.edu).
About Anna University
https://www.annauniv.edu/Anna%20University%20Profile.pdf
For more information, please contact:
- Dr. C Umarani, Director, Centre for Research, Anna University
Ph: 044-22357365
Email: dirresearch@annauniv.edu
- Prof Mahalingam D, Faculty In Charge, TN CM’s Fellowship Program
Bharathidasan Institute of Management
Mob: +91 9566624076
Email: mahalingamd@bim.edu
- Dr. Mafruza Sultana, Assistant Professor and Faculty In Charge, PRCOM
Bharathidasan Institute of Management
Mob: +91 8248462052
Email: mafruza@bim.edu