business schools are moving from classroom education to experiential learning the world becomes a lecture theatre and learning comes from tackling real life problems facing global companies and societies around 30 sauder mba students were in bangalore for their global immersion programme learning from peers they got an opportunity to work with global organisations and collaborate with mba peers from iim bangalore for a case competition which focused on malnutrition the case challenge offered students from both institutions an opportunity to work with peers from diverse professional and demographic backgrounds it also facilitated an understanding of how contextual factors shape planning and implementation in driving change in global contexts says professor murali chandrashekaran associate dean professional graduate programmes also many mba programmes offer cultural experience where students visit companies overseas see local sights and sample local food so how is this programme any different according to murali while this kind of experience provides international exposure it isnt sufficient to equip students to fully function in these environments or take away transferable skills in intercultural relations that they can use throughout their careers the sauder programme according to him offers an intense learnbydoing experience that thrusts students into realwork situations that accelerate intercultural understandings and help develop the tools needed for careers in the global job market winwin situation these students who travelled to india worked with aravind eye hospital in madurai akshaya patra foundation an ngo and infosys this kind of intercultural collaboration allows students to offer fresh perspectives and expertise to these local organisations here students not only learn from them but also offer their expertise in a global context explains murali who travelled to india with the group