Students from the US have,in recent years,increasingly shown preference for IIM-A as a study destination,while IIM-A students have traditionally preferred b-schools in Europe for further studies. This was revealed by Ishita Solanki,who is the Manager of Global Partnerships at IIM-A. She said the trend has been evident in the two years of her heading the department. Only last week,the IIM-A signed a partnership with the University of Virginias Darden School of Business,and first priority has been given to student exchanges. As per it,both institutes will be using case study methods of teaching. A faculty fellowship programme is also in the pipeline. The exchange programme would begin immediately,Solanki said,adding that students from Darden will be attending class at IIM-A this September. The premier b-school of the country also has a tie-up with the Ohio State University. Around the same time,partnerships were also forged with the University of Melbourne and a university from Ethiopia. At present,IIM-A has roughly 50 working partnerships with different b-schools across the world.
