NEW DELHI, Dec 1: India Education Services, an equal joint venture between HT Media and US-based Apollo Global Inc, that runs Bridge School of Management, plans to open 50 centres across India in the next ten years to train working professionals.
The company that currently has a centre at Gurgaon, will open a second one at Noida shortly. It is targeting to provide executive education programmes to mid-level working professionals with 3-8 years of work experience.
It is aiming for a total of about one lakh students to be trained in the next decade.
“There is a lack of supply for the right talent for the right job in India today. What we are aiming is to address the ’employability’ gap to help India’s rapidly growing industry,” India Education Services CEO Rajesh Puri told PTI.
He said by leveraging on knowledge, experience, expertise and technology from Apollo Global, Bridge will provide an innovative learning environment and industry focused management programmes for working adults to boost their career.
“Currently, we have a total of 125 students, all coming from various industry segments, in batch of 20 each. Our aim is that in 10 years time, we should be able to train about a lakh students,” he said.
When asked about the campus expansion, Puri said: “Our first centre is at Gurgaon and the second is coming up in Noida very soon. The overall vision is to have about 50 centres across India in the next 10 years.”
He, however, declined to comment on investments for expansion that the company has envisaged.
Puri also said as the school moves forward, it may also take students from outside and not necessarily from industry alone as it is done at present.
Bridge School of Management is offering post graduate programmes in management with specialisations in HR, finance, marketing and operations and technology functions. Each programme is of 11-month duration costing about Rs 2.5 lakh. (PTI)
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