The seminar was held on the theme of 'Executive Education: Accelerating careers with education'. Mr Arun Maira, Chairman, Boston Consulting Group delivered the keynote speech, addressing working executives from different fields. The seminar was supported by Confederation of Indian Industry (CII).
Prof Nilanjan Sen, Director, Nanyang Executive MBA Program, Singapore; Mr K S Karthik, CEO, 24 X 7 Learning; Mr V K Menon, Indian School of Business, Hyderabad; Dr A K Biswas, IMT Center for Distance Learning; Mr Uday Singh, Executive VP, NIIT Imperia and Mr P M Maheshwari, Director, North & West India, U21 Global shared their views on executive education.
The seminar focused on issues like: Why is there is an urgent need to learn new skills for career acceleration; What is executive education and how can it help in career progression; How do HR heads look at various Executive Education programmes; What are various programme options like full time Executive MBA, eLearning and distance learning Executive programmes.
In his keynote address on the topic of 'Executive Leadership in the new World', Mr Maira said, "If India has to lead the world in the 21st century, it needs leaders. Leadership is about self belief and conviction. Leaders dare to walk alone. Executive education and training helps executives develop into leaders that dare."
Addressing the seminar, Prof Nilanjan Sen said, "There is a need to enhance the executive skill sets through Executive Education for the growth of the corporate sector. Executive Education programmes like we offer at Nanyang Business School are very helpful for working executives." Prof Sen shared highlights of Nanyang Executive Education programmes like EMBA, AMP and Nanyang Fellow Programme.
Talking about the inception of NIIT Imperia, Mr Singh said, "Indian executives need constant training and education. We thought how can education make a difference to a large number of existing workforce and how do we make it possible for a large number to access management education without leaving their job. This thought led us to build NIIT Imperia which offers various programmes in collaboration of leading B-schools like IIMs, IIFT and IMT Ghaziabad."
ISB's Mr Menon emphasized on the massive demand – supply gap between employers and employees in corporate sector. He said, "There is huge demand of talented workforce worldwide. MBA education gives you diverse knowledge on different subjects. ISB graduates, who enter the course after some work experience, are being wooed by corporates from across the world."
KS Kartik, said, "It is very evident that Indian executives can grow a lot faster with right training and education. Indian corporate sector is serious about training their executives too. Our company 24 x 7 learning has establishes a lot of corporate universities in India. We have also launched our own management course for executives in tie-up with IMT's Center for Distance Learning."
On the occasion, MBAUniverse.com also announced that it will be soon launching a dedicated Executive Education channel on MBAUniverse.com. The MBAUniverse.com Executive Education channel will address the growing need for education and training amongst ambitious working executives. The initiative was greeted with enthusiasm and support from speakers and participants.
