Press Release
Greycells Education and Canadian University Dubai enter into strategic partnership to promote events and media training courses in the UAE, and to collaborate for an entry strategy into the Indian Market.
Mumbai, December 28, 2011:
EMDI (Overseas) FZ LLC; a wholly owned subsidiary of Greycells Education Limited has entered into an association with Dubai Education LLC, which presently operates the Canadian University Dubai (CUD). The association will offer and conduct EMDI courses (professional training and short term non-accredited courses) to the 2000 + students enrolled at CUD. The parties will also jointly initiate the possibility of launching an Associate Degree programme in Event Management (2 years programme) to be offered at the CUD campus in Dubai. CUD is one the UAE's leading Universities, having over 2000 students enrolled in its campus, which is spread across 14000 sq mtrs and located in the heart of Dubai Business District off Sheikh Zayed Road.
CUD students will have the exclusive benefit of being offered EMDI certificate courses, being taught in EMDI's unique format of industry professionals as lecturers, coupled with live industry internships. Certificates issued to students on completion of the courses will be co-certified by EMDI & CUD.
Besides the Dubai training collaboration, CUD also looks towards appointing Greycells as its representative in India to disseminate course information to the Indian student audience to join and register with CUD for its degree offerings in Dubai.
The association also proposes to explore the possibility of Dubai Education / CUD and Greycells launching an International University campus or similar setup in India, subject to prevalent regulations in India; and working on academic collaborations/content transfer/twinning arrangements, etc between Indian Universities and International Universities/CUD in Dubai.
Speaking on the occassion, Mr. Nowshir Engineer, Managing Director - Greycells Education Limited quoted "It gives me and my team great pleasure to associate with the Canadian University Dubai. I am very happy to see the university's commitment in adding value to their students careers, and a certificate qualification from EMDI will definitly add that strategic edge in their learning process.
Dr. Karim Chelli, President and Vice Chancellor of the Canadian University Dubai, said - I am delighted to establish the first seed to this partnership, which will bring a different kind of short term training for our students, employees and community at large. This partnership also adds a new dimension to our continuous endeavour of internationalization of our University."
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