Online MBA advice

Guru Nanak Dev University Online MBA

Accredeted by - UGC/DEB, Course are valid Globally

Mode of Course - Online

Fee around - 4500$

Link to the program: Online MBA Degree Program

 

...Umm - I must have missed a Groupon. I looked at the link and it said very plainly that the fee for Canadians was $12, 635.

 

While trying to get to the bottom of where the 4500 number came from, I stumbled on this that I thought was interesting:

https://online.gndu.ac.in/pdf/admLife_may.pdf

Some diploma programs restricted to women (or as they say, girls) only.

 

Yes - as you probably realize from the name, this school has a strong religious bent (Sikh) and i think it's likely a custom that certain occupations are reserved for women. I don't know if the professions are reserved for men. I hope not! My first cardiologist was Sikh - but she studied medicine here. She was a wonderful person, and her skills got me through a bad time.

The "girls only" courses here seem to be mostly beauty and fashion-related.

I wonder what they'd say if I (79, male) told them I'm just finishing up a career-school diploma in Fashion Merchandising and Design? I bet THAT'd tickle them! I wish I'd done this 60 years ago.

 

In Dustin's lingo - I'm 86% done and have a 4.0 GPA

 

I'm guessing it's a conversion of the rate for Indian students, by some ...um, enthusiastic supporter of the school. This online program is likely one of the many that Indian universities have launched - primarily for domestic students - in view of COVID-related restricted numbers for on-campus study. Of course I'm not sure, but it looks to me like - one rate for domestic students, another for foreign. Certainly not uncommon. Logical and pragmatic, in fact.

But it DOES remove the bargain factor. You can get a North American MBA, RA and AACSB for less than this one.

 

No. I looked it up. The Sikh view is that women and men are equal. The Sikh religion arose at a time of great inequality and customs, taboos etc. that were exceedingly injurious and demeaning to women and girls. Among themselves, Sikhs put a stop to a great deal of it, at the urging of their religious leaders. The first Sikh Guru - Guru Nanak, for whom this University is named, had a lot to say on the issue of equality.

Women can be educated as they desire and enter the professions etc. But guys in beauty or fashion school - that gets the side-eye, by tradition, not religion. Of course, a new generation has a lot to say about things like that. And they're being heard.

Sikh Gurus are an interesting study. There were nine, who were appointed for life. When the ninth Guru died, the tenth was appointed - not a man, but a book. A sacred volume of scripture - the Guru Granth Sahib. It seems to be working well... maybe some Western countries should try electing a book as their leader!

 

AND - they can conduct religious services. Too bad I'm an atheist - I'm beginning to LIKE this!

From Guru Wiki:

Women can participate in all religious, cultural, social, and secular activities including lead religious congregations, take part in the Akhand Path (the continuous recitation of the Holy Scriptures), perform Kirtan (congregational singing of hymns), and work as a Granthis.

 

IIRC, Sikh temples are technically open to everyone, regardless of religion. (Unlike some religions where you must be a convert to fully access their temples/churches.) I think they also do community work, including communal meals that function as a soup kitchen for the poor and disadvantaged.

 

Yes, the largest communal meal in the world is served by Guru Ramdas Langar run by the Golden Temple in India. Pretty cool! https://www.trtworld.com/magazine/in-pictures-world-s-largest-community-kitchen-serves-food-no-matter-what-44944

 

A granthi(s) is a person responsible for reading the Sikh holy book, the Guru Granth Sahib, in the proper intoned manner during public worship in the gurdwara or temple (Contemporary Religions: A World Guide 1992, 493).

I didn't know - so I looked it up.