Richard Ivey partners with MDI on case-based learning in India

One of Canada’s leading business schools, the Richard Ivey School of Business has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Management Development Institute (MDI), Gurgaon, for development and global distribution of India-focused business case studies.

Case-based learning is fast being adopted by business schools across the world. Carol Stephenson, Dean, Richard Ivey School of Business explains, “Case based learning is a highly effective and relevant teaching methodology to make management education more attuned to real world business challenges, particularly in fast-growth and emerging economies such as India.”

Richard Ivey has also set up a Centre for Case Development in collaboration with the Indian School of Business in Hyderabad. The Centre enhances case writing capabilities among Indian academia, and also distributes these cases worldwide.

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Globally, Ivey is known for its case-based approach to learning and is ranked the #1 producer of Asian-based cases worldwide and the #2 producer of cases overall.

I spoke to Ariff Kachra, Strategy Professor & Director India Development, Richard Ivey School of Business two years ago when he was putting together Ivey’s India strategy and he said, at that time: “We are very excited about working in India – both on case development (Ivey has several initiatives including partnerships with Indian School of Business and the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore) and executive education.”

Ivey is also working on executive development programmes for Indian companies.

Kachra revealed that the business school has met with more than two dozen companies in India across a variety of industries including software, telecom, manufacturing and in the financial sector. “We have tried very hard to reach a cross-section of companies – some are based only in India, some are Indian companies with branches around the world and some are foreign multi-nationals.”