{"id":8046,"date":"2017-12-11T10:10:15","date_gmt":"2017-12-11T10:10:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/faceinews.com\/?p=8046"},"modified":"2017-12-11T10:10:15","modified_gmt":"2017-12-11T10:10:15","slug":"a-benchmark-for-business-excellence-mdis-wins-enterprise-50-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/?p=8046","title":{"rendered":"A Benchmark for Business Excellence; MDIS wins Enterprise 50 Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em><a href=\"http:\/\/faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/img1.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8047\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8047 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/img1.jpg\" alt=\"img1\" width=\"512\" height=\"354\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/img1.jpg 512w, https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/img1-300x207.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Faceinews-Logo-Copy.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7654\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7654\" src=\"http:\/\/faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Faceinews-Logo-Copy.png\" alt=\"Faceinews Logo - Copy\" width=\"173\" height=\"43\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>The only Private Education Institution to win, MDIS\u00a0 achieves 4<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0place in the\u00a0<\/em><em>Enterprise 50 Awards; up from 19th place in 2015 \u2013<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>India, Chennai\u00a0<span data-term=\"goog_602866799\">12 December 2017<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 The Management Development Institute of Singapore (MDIS), an education destination for hundreds of students from India every year, has added another feather in its cap. The Institute has achieved 4<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0place in the Enterprise 50 (E50) Awards. The award is a testament of the Institute\u2019s continual effort in being productive and staying relevant since being established 61 years ago. As the only Private Education Institution to receive the award, the heritage brand has stood the test of time to achieve numerous development milestones, both locally and globally.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/img2.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8048\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8048 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/img2.jpg\" alt=\"img2\" width=\"270\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/img2.jpg 270w, https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/img2-169x300.jpg 169w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The E50 Awards recognises the fifty most enterprising privately-owned local companies who have contributed to economic development in Singapore and abroad.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe are immensely honoured to receive this industry recognition. It affirms that our business and academic processes, and \u2018edupreneurial\u2019 focus are on the right track. Our journey has not been all smooth sailing; we have been tested but we have risen to the challenge and continue to champion quality and innovation to achieve success,\u201d said Dr R Theyvendran, MDIS Secretary-General.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0MDIS\u2019 pillars of growth has steered the Institute towards sustained progress and success. These include i) Quality academic programmes with vocational emphasis; ii) Extensive global university and industry partnerships; iii) Transnational education with multi-city experiences; and iv) Robust overseas growth and expansion.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe are proud to be the trusted education partner in Singapore and the region, with more than 12,000 students in our campuses in Singapore, Malaysia, India and Uzbekistan. By bringing a focus to skills development, future programmes, and industry partnerships, we are lying the ground for our students to acquire future-ready skills for evolving industry demands.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0MDIS achieved the E50 Awards for the first time in 2015, placing 19<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0overall. Established in 1995, the E50 Awards is jointly organised by The Business Times and KPMG. It is supported by the International Enterprise Singapore; Singapore Business Federation; Singapore Exchange; and SPRING Singapore, and is sponsored by OCBC Bank.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><u>About MDIS<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Founded in 1956, the Management Development Institute of Singapore (MDIS) is Singapore\u2019s oldest not-for-profit professional institute for lifelong learning. MDIS has two main subsidiaries &#8211; Management Development Institute of Singapore Pte Ltd to oversee its Singapore academic operations, and MDIS International Pte Ltd to further its globalisation strategy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0MDIS offers internationally accredited courses from globally recognised universities in France, the United Kingdom and the United States of America. The institute has been EduTrust certified since 2010 and is one of the first Private Education Institutions to be registered under the Enhanced Registration Framework.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0MDIS is one of the leading private education institutes (PEIs) to be ranked Top 2 among PEIs in Singapore, according to the Webometrics ranking of World Universities by Cybermetrics Lab in January 2017 (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.webometrics.info\/en\/Asia\/Singapore%20\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=https:\/\/www.webometrics.info\/en\/Asia\/Singapore%2520&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1513073217954000&amp;usg=AFQjCNF7WMG44FL2iAKM8tWZLnBGUTNlQA\">https:\/\/www.webometrics.info\/en\/Asia\/Singapore%20<\/a>). In 2015, MDIS received the Enterprise 50 Award for its contributions and resilience in spurring Singapore\u2019s economy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0MDIS set up the Management Development and Consultancy in 1995 to address the training needs of the workforce. The Service Quality Centre was acquired in 2014 to diversify the institute\u2019s offerings in training solutions and secure its position as a premium regional provider of training solutions.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0MDIS has three international campuses &#8211; Tashkent in Uzbekistan (2008), Johor in Malaysia (2013) and Chennai in India (2015). MDIS also has representative offices in China, India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, and Thailand, as well as agents throughout Southeast Asia.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0For more information on MDIS, please visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mdis.edu.sg\/\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=http:\/\/www.mdis.edu.sg&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1513073217954000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEgSrIb7uNE18dfv9ssoA3KqVz2TQ\">www.mdis.edu.sg<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The only Private Education Institution to win, MDIS\u00a0 achieves 4th\u00a0place in the\u00a0Enterprise 50 Awards; up from 19th place in 2015 \u2013 India, Chennai\u00a012 December 2017\u00a0\u2013 The Management Development Institute of Singapore (MDIS), an education destination for hundreds of students from India every year, has added another feather in its cap. 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