Over 300 students, alumni and special guests attended the event organized by GSCM. The program included an official part and an evening reception. The guests were welcomed by the Rector of the RANEPA Vladimir Mau and the Dean of GSCM Sergey Kalendzhyan. Vladimir Mau congratulated GSCM on this important event and wished further success and new achievements in the international development. Among the speakers there was Vice-Rector of the RANEPA, Director of the Institute of Business Studies (IBS), President of the Russian Association of Business Education (RABE) Sergey Myasoedov, General Director of RABE Natalia Evtikhieva, Chief expert of AMBA accreditation in Russia Elena Zoubkova.
All speakers noted the difficulty of obtaining AMBA accreditation which assures the compliance of programmes with high international quality standards. According to Elena Zoubkova, “Accreditation is not the goal but the result of excellent and worthy job of the business school. GSCM is the only business school in Russia which has AMBA accredited DBA programme”.
During the evening reception there was a special awarding ceremony for students, alumni and faculty to mark their contribution in obtaining international accreditation. All the participants received special gifts from GSCM.