The twinning concept envisages a tie-up between Directorate of Distance Education, Pondicherry University and Loyola College, Chennai. The Management Programmes already offered by Pondicherry University through Distance Mode is also offered at Loyola College, Chennai. The marked difference between the conventional Distance Education Programmes and this innovative Twinning Programme is that instead of the usual ten day Personal Contact Programmes the students would undergo a rigorous extended classroom session extending upto a maximum of 120 days.