Dr. Parviz Ghandforoush, Professor, Dept of Business Information Technology, Managing Director of the Master of Information Technology program, and Director of the Northern Virginia Center M.B.A. Program teaches the students of PGDSM MIT, SPJIMR a course on Web Applications and Electronic Commerce. Dr. Parviz has over 25 years of research, teaching, administrative, and professional experience in information technology and management science and is the co-author of the textbook "Management Science for Decision Makers".He was here at our SPJIMR campus for the contact classes of the program from 16th to 20th April 2007. To read more about his publications and research interests click here.
In his interview to our student reporter, Dr. Parviz talks about his views on the importance of the convergence of Managerial and technical know-how and how beneficial is the dual degree program, PGDSM MIT, to the students and the organizations. He points out that more and more organizations are looking for people who have the blend of managerial and technical knowledge.
He says that the students of PGDSM MIT offered by SPJIMR, in collaboration with Virginia Tech, develop the ability to think about the next innovation and technology in the industry and contribute as proactive managers to the organization through the courses designed by SPJIMR and VT. Been in this program since inception, Dr. Parviz says that the program as of today has evolved from what it was three years ago. The evolution is because of the transformation of demand and change in students’ outlook according to Dr.Parviz. He adds saying that the students of MIT-India program are prepared to a much greater extent for the course.
Dr. Parviz says the students of this course get an opportunity to learn from professors who have done high level research and have published renowned papers. The key advantage of this course, he quotes that, is SPJIMR and VT being the leaders in their respective fields offer the students first hand knowledge of both the worlds. He also talks about the Personal IDentifier (PID) provided to the students of Virginia Tech being valid for life time and how the students can avail the facilities using their PIDs.
Dr.Parviz finds the Indian students better off and greatly prepared for the course and pats SPJIMR for its screening process. To read more on what Dr. Parviz spoke to the student reporter please download the file from the following link.
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