Babson College Helps Establish Center for Entrepreneurship Excellence at Pakistan's Institute of Business Administration

WELLESLEY, Mass., Sept. 3 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Babson College will support the Institute of Business Administration (IBA) in Karachi, Pakistan in the development of its Center for Entrepreneurship Excellence.

IBA's Center will mentor new businesses and help develop Pakistani entrepreneurial ventures while linking students with funding sources in the private sector.

As part of a consulting relationship, Babson College will provide technical services to develop and manage the school, as well as establish the Center for Entrepreneurship Excellence. Babson will assist in the design of IBA's entrepreneurship curriculum and the development of its faculty. Babson also will advise on the development of support services and infrastructure for the Center, and advise IBA on the management of it ongoing operations.

IBA will be an inaugural member of Babson's Global Consortium for Entrepreneurship Educators (GCEE). GCEE is a select network of global partners--institutions of higher education from around the world--that share Babson's vision of educational, economic, and societal change driven by the power of entrepreneurial thought and action. The group will jointly develop state of the art curricula, perform research on entrepreneurship development, initiate collaborative projects with international partners, and create a platform for the global exchange and integration of best practices in entrepreneurship education. Its mission is to create a platform that leads both the teaching and practice of entrepreneurship.

About IBA

IBA is a top-ranked business school in Pakistan and the first business school in South Asia set up on the US MBA model with the help of Wharton School and USC. The school has a distinguished list of alumni who are senior leaders in industry, government, and academia in Pakistan and abroad. The Institute continues to set high standards for educational excellence. IBA has chosen to collaborate with Babson College because of Babson's world-renowned excellence in entrepreneurship education.

About Babson

Babson College in Wellesley, Mass., is recognized internationally as a leader in entrepreneurial management education. Babson grants BS degrees through its innovative undergraduate program, and grants MBA and custom MS and MBA degrees through the F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business at Babson College. Babson Executive Education offers executive development programs to experienced managers worldwide. For information, visit www.babson.edu.

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