Reliance plans retail university by 2008-09
Reliance Retail mulls retail university by '08-09 and is in discussions with learning partners across India.
By PTI |
NEW DELHI: Mukesh Ambani-promoted Reliance Retail on Tuesday said it is planning to start a retail university by 2008-09 and is in discussions with learning partners across the country.
"Once big retail format stores like RelianceMart kick off in large numbers, which we expect to happen by 2008-09, the retail university will also start," Reliance Retail Lifestlyle (RRL) President and Chief Executive Officer Bijou Kurien said on the sidelines of CII Marketing Summit here.
He said the company was in the process of developing tie-ups with various partners for developing retail curriculum that suit the requirements of the industry.
Kurien said the courses would focus mainly on requirement of the front-end operations although lessons on back-end processes would also be imparted.
When asked about the number of the study centres under the university, he said those would be at many locations and depend on the presence of the large retail stores.
Earlier this May, rival Bharti Enterprise announced a tie-up with Global Retail School (GRS) to impart training in the retail sector. Reliance and Bharti are also competing with each other in the retail sector and are investing billions of dollars to expand their business.
According to industry estimates, the Indian retail sector would offer around 2.5 lakh jobs in the next two years with 75 per cent of them being customer facing.
The Bharti-GRS joint venture plans to set up 60 centres across the country, including smaller towns and cities this year. Bharti is a technical partner in the joint venture, which would provide content and curriculum support for the courses and hire the skilled personnel.
"Once big retail format stores like RelianceMart kick off in large numbers, which we expect to happen by 2008-09, the retail university will also start," Reliance Retail Lifestlyle (RRL) President and Chief Executive Officer Bijou Kurien said on the sidelines of CII Marketing Summit here.
He said the company was in the process of developing tie-ups with various partners for developing retail curriculum that suit the requirements of the industry.
Kurien said the courses would focus mainly on requirement of the front-end operations although lessons on back-end processes would also be imparted.
When asked about the number of the study centres under the university, he said those would be at many locations and depend on the presence of the large retail stores.
Earlier this May, rival Bharti Enterprise announced a tie-up with Global Retail School (GRS) to impart training in the retail sector. Reliance and Bharti are also competing with each other in the retail sector and are investing billions of dollars to expand their business.
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According to industry estimates, the Indian retail sector would offer around 2.5 lakh jobs in the next two years with 75 per cent of them being customer facing.
The Bharti-GRS joint venture plans to set up 60 centres across the country, including smaller towns and cities this year. Bharti is a technical partner in the joint venture, which would provide content and curriculum support for the courses and hire the skilled personnel.
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