Why is that lots of global management schools have set up off-site campuses in Singapore?
One big reason is that the Singapore government is very supportive of higher education. They want Singapore to be the knowledge hub of Asia. Do you plan to set up an offsite campus in India? No. Our presence is already here through the Indian School of Business in Hyderabad. We are not looking at ‘exporting’ campuses but setting up local partnerships. And we value the India connection immensely. Indian students form the largest constituent of Wharton students. Four Indians are directors on our executive board for Asia: Anil Ambani, Atul Choksey, Adi Godrej and Narayana Murthy. In fact, Murthy is a co-sponsor of the Wharton-Infosys Business Transformation award that will roll out in Spring 2002. How does the ISB fit into your plans? Wharton sees ISB as a very important partner. It helps us gain first hand knowledge about India and is a great supporting node in our network of two campuses in the US, the Singapore Management University and the INSEAD in France (with a campus in Singapore)
