Learning is a never ending process

Learning is a continuous process , it is a life long activity. It does not end after earning a degree or some other qualification . Learning does not end after we join a handsomely paying job. It is a never ending process . Some people prefer to learn from their experiences and some others go for formal education.

Education is gradual process of acquiring knowledge, it facilitates learning. If a person wants to continue his education even after joining a job, the doors of education are not closed for him . Lately, distance education and part time programs have gained popularity in India . Generally perception in India was that "once we join job formal education ends " but this perception has considerably changed now. Many people join different part time programs, distance education , and week end programs to increase their knowledge . I would throw some light on various options available in India to pursue MBA and management education while we are working.

We can opt for distance education , which will be complete correspondence type. Relevant materials will be sent through post or as soft copies through our mail, some times even online classes will be available. Many universities in India like IGNOU, Karnataka State Open University , Madurai Kamaraj University , Annamalai University , Bangalore University , Bharatidasan University provide distance education MBA. One can refer to the links below for more information.

http://www.indiastudycenter.com/univ/distance-education.asp

http://www.education.nic.in/dist_inst.asp

We can also opt for MBA programs for working executives from the more popular institutes given below

NMIMS, this is one of good colleges to offer part time MBA. One can find more info on this through this link. NMIMS provides a 3 year part time program.

http://www.nmims.edu/academic-program-detail.php?type=Part-Time%20Programmes&programs=MBA%20(Part%20Time)

ICFAI University , this is a pretty decent one . ICFAI provides 3 year MBA program.I am pursing my MBA from ICFAI itself, one needs to study for some where around 20 hours every week and take exams regularly to complete the MBA in 3 years. The course is quite extensive and covers most of the management topics. The program will definitely help to get good amount of knowledge on various topics of management.More information about this program can be found using the link below

http://www.iutripura.edu.in/

Sikkim Manipal University also offers MBA program for working professionals and so does Symbiosis Center for Distance Learning.The links below will help one to get more information about their programs.

http://www.smude.edu.in/Pages/Welcome.aspx

http://www.scdl.net/

And the more respected ones

Executive PGP is offered by IIM Indore

http://www.iimidr.ac.in/iimi/pages/programmes_main/exepgp.php

IIM Bangalore provides Post graduate program in software enterprise management

http://pgsem.iimb.ernet.in/index.html

IIM - Khozikode has Interactive Distance Learning in its kitty to offer

http://www.iimk.ac.in/idl/idl.php

Great Lakes Institute of Management

http://www.greatlakes.edu.in/

Other than these most of the Big B schools provide many MDP's (Management Development Programs ) which will be of short duration and concentrating on specific subjects such as leadership, change management.

There are also certification programs offered by

Hugesnet , Reliance and NIIT Imperia. These institutes have tied up with premiere institutes to provide various certification programs.

http://www.hnge.in/ (Hugesnet)

http://www.niitimperia.com/