Twelve students of MYRA School of Business – Adarsh Bavikatte, Anila Kumari, Anish Anil, Brindha R, D. Phani Ruthwick, Kachana Sai Deepak
Reddy, Karan Bhasin, K Vivek, Sunkara SriGowthami, Durga Pavan, Sai Pratik
Vemuri and Namburu Dileep Bhargav – completed a two-week intense Global Immersion Program at the Bothell
School of Business, University of Washington, Greater Seattle area, USA, May-June
2015.
The 2-week
Global Immersion Program at Bothell entailed a set of academic workshops taught
by UWB faculty and local business leaders; two workshops on Search Engine Marketing & Game Theory; and Industry Visits. MYRA
students got an opportunity to explore
business practices adopted in aerospace, technology and supply chain management
in companies such as Nintendo, Boeing, Microsoft, Amazon, T-Mobile, Winshuttle
and others in the Pacific Northwest areas. These were followed by interactive
sessions with company leadership members and a discussion on “Futures and Options“. They had an opportunity to participate
and interact at the TiE (The Indus Entrepreneurs), Seattle event “Big Data:
Trends, Challenges, and Opportunities” held at Microsoft, Redmond, Washington
on June 2, 2015. Hands-on pragmatic learning experiences were the key takeaways
of the program, said Prof. Shalini Urs, Chairperson, MYRA.
The participants
received a Course certificate signed by Dr. Sandeep Krishnamurthy, Dean,
Bothell School of Business, University of Washington, Seattle, who spearheaded this
program. He is also a visiting faculty
member of MYRA and teaches Digital Interactive Marketing and related topics at
MYRA.
MYRA School of
Business, known for being ‘Global in its
vision and Indian in its mission‘, has partnered with Bothell School of
Business, University of Washington to encourage students to experience an
understanding of international business dynamics coupled with a vibrant
cultural exchange.