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York University's Schulich School of Business is taking bold initiative to build bridges between emerging business leaders in Canada and India. The Financial Times reports on the launch of a two year-joint MBA program that has students spending the first year attending Mumbai's SP Jain Institute of Management and Research and their second attending Toronto's York University.

"The crowded streets of Mumbai are a long way from the leafy streets of Toronto. But a programme launched early this year by York University's Schulich School of Business in Toronto seeks to bridge the two financial capitals by offering a two-year MBA where students spend their first year in India and their second in Canada."

"To gain a foothold in India, Schulich has partnered with SP Jain Institute of Management and Research to offer the Schulich India MBA at SP Jain's Mumbai campus. With its vast young population, fast-growing economy and need for trained graduates, India is a promising market for higher education."

"While there are plenty of exchange programmes and tie-ups between Indian and international universities and business schools, there are no overseas university campuses in India. And there are just a handful of programmes like Schulich's, which offer a full-time degree from a foreign university by partnering with an Indian institution."

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original source the Financial Times