The President of India, Pranab Mukherjee, has honoured the contribution of IIM-Bangalore for making management education accessible to all through massive open online courses (MOOCs) during the launch of the Government’s Swayam platform in New Delhi recently.
IIM-Bangalore is also the national co-ordinator for management education on Swayam and has completed five MOOCs on the Swayam platform to date.
The Union HRD Minister, Prakash Javadekar, was present when Pranab Mukherjee presented the award to Prof P D Jose, Chairperson, IIMB Digital Learning, who accepted the award on behalf of IIM-Bangalore.
The award function was part of the National Convention on Digital Initiatives for Higher Education organised by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Government of India, to celebrate teaching and learning.
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