McDonald's partners with Symbiosis Institute; To provide 2 year Executive PG Diploma for McDonald's employees

McDonald's, India's leading food service retailer has tied up with Symbiosis International University ' SCCE as part of their continuous effort to promote education among its employees and provide them with "skills for life'. The post graduate programme has been exclusively designed for McDonald's employees with an extensive syllabus on efficient business management.

McDonald's is not just a burger company-serving people; we are a people company serving burgers. We recognize our real strength is our people who are the foundation of our business." said Ray Kroc, Founder (McDonalds Corporation). "People' are thus one of McDonald's most important assets and knowledge and education hence plays an integral role in the development & growth of the employees. McDonald's believes in giving its employees "skills for life' so that they can achieve success in every aspect of their lives. To further the promise, McDonald's has tied up with the prestigious Symbiosis International University's Corporate Education wing for an Executive Post-Graduate Diploma in Business Management, exclusively for McDonald's employees.

Symbiosis will be providing our employees a 2 years' Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management to an Exclusive batch of McDonalds Employees. Full syllabus will be covered in the classes which happen at Symbiosis's Centre for Corporate Education state of art facility in Pune. The employees have to attend classes for 8-10 days per quarter. The students will be given projects to do and also exposure to case studies of various businesses which would help them to develop themselves as skilled business managers. The first batch McDonald's employee of this exclusive programme has been formed after a rigorous entrance test and a second batch is soon to follow!

Commenting on the occasion, Seema Arora Nambiar, Director, People Resources, McDonald's India said "Education and training are given high importance at McDonald's as we realize the significance of the two in achieving success in life. McDonald's has undertaken various initiatives to help provide its employees the means and support to pursue higher studies and gain skills for life that will help them achieve success in every aspect . This tie up with the esteemed Symbiosis International University is yet another way to for us to support the dreams and ambitions of our employees and help them to come true"

Speaking very proudly about this tie-up, Prof.Seema.Singh, Head, Symbiosis Centre for Corporate Education said "This particular tie-up is very close to my heart as this is a sector with which Symbiosis has not done any Corporate Education programs in the past. This program has been designed after a lot of discussions with the team at McDonalds about the actual requirement and the program has been customized for McDonalds. At the culmination of two long years of hard work in the class and on the job, we would want to see the change in these individuals with the help of this higher education initiative at McDonald's. We, at Symbiosis have a lot of Corporate tie-ups and design these programs factoring in participant time availability and busy schedules and at the same time not compromise on the quality education that we impart at Symbiosis".