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IIM Indore Now in CFA Institute University Affiliation Programme




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CFAI (2)Indian Institute of Management Indore (IIM Indore) has become the latest IIM to be welcomed into the CFA Institute University Affiliation Programme.

The Post Graduate Programme in Management (PGP) offered by IIM Indore has been acknowledged as incorporating academic courses (at least 70 percent) as per the CFA Programme Candidate Body of Knowledge and placing emphasis on the CFA Institute Code of Ethics and Standards of Practice within the programme.

Three dignitaries from CFA Institute namely, Ms. Lisa Plaxco, Head, CFA Programme at CFA Institute; Mr. Vidhu Shekhar, Country Head, India, CFA Institute and Ms. Arati Porwal, Director, Social Relations, India, CFA Institute, visited IIM Indore on July 20, 2017 as a part of CFA Institute University Affiliation Programme.

CFA Institute is the global association of investment professionals that sets the standard for professional excellence and administers the industry gold standard CFA charter. The organisation is a champion for ethical behaviour in investment markets and a respected source of knowledge in the global financial community. The CFA Programme sets a standard for developing the skills, standards, competence, and integrity of financial analysts, portfolio managers, investment advisers, and other investment professionals worldwide. It is widely considered the investment profession’s most rigorous credentialing programme.

Entry into the CFA Institute University Affiliation Programme signals potential students, employers and all stakeholders, that the IIM Indore PGP curriculum is in sync with professional practice globally.

This affiliation entitles IIM Indore to award scholarships to a fixed number of PGPM students to take up the CFA Programme.

‘We are delighted to partner with the CFA Institute, a world leader in investment education and professional certification. This partnership will provide distinctive and new learning opportunities to our students’, said Professor Rishikesha T. Krishnan, Director, IIM Indore.CFAI (1) CFAI (3) CFAI (4) CFAI (5)

‘We are happy to welcome IIM Indore into the University Affiliation Programme and thank IIM Indore for their commendable efforts. By becoming a part of this programme, they have exhibited commitment to building a talent pool of competent young professionals for the investment industry’ added Vidhu Shekhar, Country Head – India, at CFA Institute.

About IIM Indore

IIM Indore was established by the Government of India as the sixth Indian Institute of Management in 1996. IIM Indore’s mission is to be a contextually-relevant business school with world-class academic standards that develops socially-conscious managers, leaders and entrepreneurs. Situated atop a scenic hillock, the 193 acre campus of IIM Indore provides an ideal backdrop for contemplative learning. IIM Indore has the latest in teaching aids, rich learning resources, a strong IT backbone, state-of-the-art sports complex and hostels as well as contemporary infrastructure. IIM Indore is among the few B-Schools accredited by AMBA in India, and the 4th IIM in the country receiving this prestigious accreditation. four of its full-time programmes – Two Year Post Graduate Programme in Management (both at Indore and Mumbai), One Year Full Time Executive Post Graduate Programme in Management (EPGP) and Five Year Integrated Programme in Management (IPM, 4th and 5th Year). IIM Indore’s EPGP is accredited under the MBA category, and IIM Indore’s PGP (Indore and Mumbai) and IPM (4th and 5th year) under the MBM category of AMBA accreditation.

About CFA Institute

CFA Institute is the global association of investment professionals that sets the standard for professional excellence and credentials. The organisation is a champion for ethical behavior in investment markets and a respected source of knowledge in the global financial community. The end goal: to create an environment where investors’ interests come first, markets function at their best, and economies grow. CFA Institute currently has 132,992 members in 145 countries, 126,750 charterholders in 144 countries and 147 societies in 73 countries/regions. For more information, visit www.cfainstitute.org.

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