Nagpur Bureau: IIM Nagpur and Indian Navy signed an MoU to explore opportunities to train, up-skill, and re-skill Armed Forces Personnel, Indian Navy personnel in particular, in emerging areas of Business Management, Financial Management, Block Chain, Project Management, Strategic Management, Digital Marketing, Supply chain, Logistic management, and research. VAdm Dinesh K Tripathi, the Chief of Personnel Indian Navy, and Dr. Bhimaraya Metri, Director IIM Nagpur, signed the MoU during a ceremony held in Delhi on October 13.
“IlM Nagpur will jointly collaborate with the Indian Navy to design a bouquet of on-campus/ off-campus programs/workshops in areas of mutual interest involving the faculty; participants of full-time IIM program; research scholars to finding innovative solutions to assist the Indian Navy in realizing its dream of being Aatma Nirbhar,” Dr. Metri informed.
Speaking on the occasion, Vice Admiral Tripathi said, “This will facilitate career enhancement/ progression of Serving Personnel and up-skill retiring officers to meet industry requirements. A Naval Headquarters team will shortly visit llM Nagpur to custom design executive education programs to meet specific requirements of the Navy. This MoU will also facilitate reciprocal visits by Indian Navy and IIM Nagpur personnel to respective organizations.”
“The Indian Navy and Armed Forces are looking forward to seeing the end results that the Joint Collaborative efforts will bring out in the near future and vistas of opportunities that this MoU will open for Armed Forces personnel in general and Indian Navy personnel in particular,” Vice Admiral Tripathi said. With the conclusion of this MoU, the personnel of the Indian Navy will maintain their connect with the zenith end of academia to keep the Indian Navy well aware of the latest happenings in the civil world, he added.
