Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Aryans becomes 1st in region and 22nd in Country to get US’s AACSB Membership


Chandigarh 11th Feb, 2010

chandigarh based Aryans Business School (ABS) has become 1st in region and 22nd in country to join elite membership of US based world's top accreditation body, ‘Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business’ (AACSB). The membership certificate was granted by Dr. Eileen Peacock, Vice President and chief officer, Asia to Dr. Anshu Kataria, Chairman, Aryans Business School (ABS) in Singapore at Asian headquarters of AACSB, today.

Expressing pleasure on getting first international membership, Dr. Anshu Kataria said that with the membership of AACSB, Aryans would get a platform to exhibit its talent and leadership in the world. On the one hand existing students would get benefit in placements on the other hand it would give us a platform to tap international market.Targeting Asian and African countries for our MBA and BBA Programmes would be now much easier after AACSB membership, told Kataria to this correspondent while speaking over phone from Singapore

It is to be mentioned that world famous Harvard, Wharton, Kellogg London Business School etc are accredited member of this organization. In India, Around 20 Business Schools including S P Jain, XLRI, IIM Calcutta, ISB etc are having the privilege of being a part of this prestigious international body of the world.

It is worth mentioning that Aryans Group started its operations in 2007 under the leadership of young and dynamic entrepreneur Dr. Anshu Kataria. Today Aryans Campus is the largest stand alone MBA campus in Punjab. The group has already tied up with London School of Management Education (LSME); Fontys University, Netherlands; Outline Systems, USA etc. The group is running five management institutes on Chandigarh Patiala highway, near Chandigarh. Aryans Business School (ABS) got berth in CAT-2009(India’s biggest MBA entrance exam) about six months back as Non IIM member.

Prof. D. C. Kataria (Vice Chairman), Dr. Parveen Kataria (Director General), Dr.K.K.Mangla, Dr.D.P.Singh, Dr.Manjit Kalra, Dr.A.S.Balgir, while expressing their happiness on Aryans getting this international membership said that these memberships offer our students better access to international study and research, and increase the mix of international students and faculty members at the school.
India is becoming hot choice for education for the students around the globe. With tough visa norms and high cost of living, the number of students going to US, Europe, Australia would come down and India would be a preferred destination for education


AACSB brings business school leaders together to learn from one another through a wide array of conferences and seminar programs. Designed specifically to support faculty, administrators and corporate leaders from across the world, AACSB’s professional development programs provide a broad, over-arching view of the global trends and mission-driven issues that affect the quality of management education.

Dr.D.P.Singh, Director
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