IIPM - International alliances unravel

In one of the best pieces of investigative blogging in Indian blogosphere, Thalassa Mikra finds out that the IIPM's alliance of Antwerp, Belgium based institutes have the same web designer and the same dean. And this is the mail she received from a Belgium Government Organization that determines the validity of degrees in Belgium

The "International Management Institute" in Antwerp and Brussels is a very very very very very very private institution.
In earlier days this institution was called the "European University", which was a diploma mill.

The qualifications awarded by this kind of institution are NOT at all recognised by any Flemish or Belgian education authority.
Holders of such qualifications may NOT claim any academic (further studies) or civil right (access to regulated professions).

So any lingering doubts about the validity of degrees completely vanishes. As some one pointed out in her comments, she should probably be awarded the Pulitzer price for investigative blogging. She systematically questions and destroys many of IIPMs international claims. And of course IIPM didn't account for Venkat in Belgium. He checks out the IMI campus which is on the shores of a beautiful lake, with lush lawns and a scenic view and surprisingly doesn't find it. He has got pictures on his blog

And did you notice the inclusion of faculty members details in IIPMs faculty page. Many of their faculty have done their MBA from where else but IIPM. And all of them are professors. I liked the fact that Melissa Pinto is the Professor for Information Systems in Mumbai and her qualification is BBA, IIPM. And all their professors are good at multitasking. For Example Prof. Debojit Chaudhury is the faculty for Economics as well as Information Systems in Chennai Center. So sad that I couldn't attend IIPM.

Update: Chennai based evening news paper News Today catches on to the story.