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O<\/span>n 5-11 November, the Executive MBA Class of 2018 travelled to India for their final global residency. While in India, they took classes, heard from various company executives and guest speakers, and visited several cultural sites. Some of the companies represented were Eureka Forbes<\/a>, UPS and The Oberoi Group<\/a>, and Darden alumni VN Dalmia<\/a> (MBA \u201884) and Akash Premsen (MBA \u201808) also joined the program to present to the group.<\/p>\n

Simultaneously, the Executive MBA Class of 2019 travelled to South Africa for their first global residency. The group of students, faculty and staff spent time in Cape Town, where they visited iconic Table Mountain, and Johannesburg, where they heard from Group Five<\/a> and the South African Football Association<\/a>. To top off their visit, the group toured \u201cSoccer City<\/a>\u201d (FNB Stadium).<\/p>\n

See below for more pictures of both global residencies!<\/p>\n

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The Executive MBA class of 2018, with Darden faculty and staff, on a walking tour of Mumbai<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Executive MBA students with Sanju Soni Oberoi (far left), senior vice president of Oberoi Hotels & Resorts<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Students of the Executive MBA Class of 2019 on a tour of the port at Cape Town, adjacent to Table Mountain<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The Executive MBA Class of 2019 in FNB Stadium (\u201cSoccer City\u201d) in Johannesburg, South Africa<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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