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BPE 8000J Indian business school |
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BPE 8000J Indian business school |
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Hyderabad and Delhi, India
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BPE 8000J is a 1.5 credit course that will be offered between January 1 - January 13, 2006. Second Year students will be given credit hours for this course in the spring of their Second Year and the grade will count as usual for ASC purposes. The 1.5 credit hours will count toward the 30 credit hours needed in the Second Year. All graded materials for the course should be completed before the end of the last day of the program, January 13, 2006. For Second Year Students:
Program Costs for the GBE will be $800. This does not include air travel.
The fee does include hotel accommodations and bus transportation for
program activities. All students must make their own air travel arrangements
to India and within India. Information on
air fares and reservations are provided in the Financial Aid section below. In order to participate in the India GBE student must complete and return two forms in addition to paying the Program Costs: a University of Virginia Travel Waiver Form and an Insurance Verification Form. The deadline for completing these forms is 5:00PM, Friday, November 18, 2005. You can pick up copies of these forms from Annelise Tew in Room 136 of the Faculty Office Building or you can download them here - Waiver Form and Insurance Verification Form. United States citizens:
Non-United States citizens:
You must make your own airline reservations. Estimated cost for air fare based on this year's Financial Aid Office budget is, $1600. Obviously, the earlier you make your plans the less expensive the air fare is likely to be. You will be told specifically when and where to arrive when you meet with your faculty leader. Here are some websites that offer online travel reservation services: http://www.11thhourvacations.com
http://www.travelocity.com Last year, in Hyderabad students stayed at the Green Park Hotel. We are currently deciding on accommodations for this year. Regardless, students will share double occupancy rooms. For a sense of the accommodations, more information on the Green Park is at the website: http://www.indiaprofile.com/hyderabad-hotels/hotel-green-park.html. In Delhi students stayed at Claridges. Here again, students will share double/triple occupancy rooms. For more information on the Clardiges vist the website: http://www.travelmasti.com/claridges_delhi.htm .
Indian School of Business,
the business school that will host the India GBE, is among the
most highly ranked. Faculty teach by case method. Here is the website for
the Indian Business School:
If you are registered to participate in a GBE
at
the close of the add/drop deadline of Friday, December 7, 2005, you will be eligible for a student budget increase of a fixed amount
according to the approximate travel, living, and program fees costs of
this GBE. With this increase in your budget you may borrow up to the
budget increase as a GATE Loan. You
may request the loan after the close of the add/drop period on Wednesday,
December 7, 2005. The
budget for the 2006 India GBE is: Airfare* $1600 Program, Food, etc. $800 Total $2400 *from WAS Airport Airline price estimates based on air fare search at: http://edit.yahoo.com/config/ytravel?resform=YahooFlightsR using the flexible dates section and specifying early January.
In order to give you more information on India, here are some country
links:
Registration:
4:30PM,
Monday,
December 5, 2005
Insurance and Waiver Forms: 5:00PM, Friday, November
18, 2005
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A. Jon Megibow |
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L. Jay Bourgeois III
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Revised:
March 08, 2006
