Insead has no India campus plans for now: Dean Veloso
business school Insead has no plans to open a campus in India, its dean, Francisco Veloso, told ET in a recent interaction.
However, the institute is committed to developing and strengthening industry-academia research in future with top Indian multinationals and large startups, as well as expand and enhance educational collaborations here, said Veloso, a professor of strategy who took over as the dean of the institute in September.
Last year, the University Grants Commission notified guidelines for foreign universities to set up campuses in India.
«India is a very important and fast-growing country for the world and has an increasing significance internationally. We at Insead have many ties with India… We have many alumni in India and have important partnerships in the country,» said Veloso. But he added that «we do not plan to set up a campus (in India) at this stage».
«We engage around the world. We opened an Asia campus in Singapore and therefore we are not at the moment considering having a presence in India in the Asian context,» he said. «But we have many of these collaborations with corporates and startups in India and a variety of other research and educational collaborations which we will continue to develop in future.»
The dean said about 10% of the faculty at Insead is from India and that it is one of the most represented nationalities in the faculty. Also, Indian students form the most represented nationality at institute with representation of about 12-15%.
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