The Frankfurt Book Fair, the largest book fair in the world, along with its India office (German Book Office, New Delhi) and the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIMA) signed an MoU this week to jointly launch a publisher’s training programme.
With the Frankfurt Book Fair bringing in the industry experience and the IIMA with its reputation of being the best B-School in India, the course aims to establish a comprehensive and much needed training for professionals in the industry as well as other professionals from affiliated industry who might want to know more or enter this segment which seems to be growing at a positive rate of about 30 per cent.
The first phase of the plan is to hold a week long course for mid-career senior managers to be held in early 2011. The course will be held at the IIMA premises in Ahmedabad and will be conducted by national and international industry experts and IIMA faculty.
(Via GBO Press Release)