Accenture, ISB launch academy

Hyderabad: IT consulting major Accenture and the Indian School of Business (ISB) have launched the Accenture Management Development Academy in India, an online, classroom and on-the-job training programme.

This is designed to develop and nurture leaders from Accenture’s mid-level management in India. The Centre for Executive Education and the Centre for IT and Networked Economies at ISB have partnered with Accenture to develop the curriculum for the Academy.

The Academy will offer 18 to 24-month programmes for the first three levels of Accenture middle management in India — team lead, associate manager and manager. Employees who complete the programme will be awarded a certificate for excellence in delivery management.

Accenture invested $776 million in training during last fiscal ended August 31, 2007