How can we re-invigorating the 300+ PGDM programs in India? Much like the US MBA education scenario, how can MBA Programs in 600+ Private Universities excel? Where lies the future growth of Indian MBA education? To find solution to these challenges, MBAUniverse.com held its Round-Table series in Chennai on February 27. The program was attended by 100+ Directors & Deans from 50 leading B-schools and Universities in South India.
Speaking on the occasion, Dr SS Mantha, Chairman, All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), said, “Yes, there is turbulence in our management education, but the only solution is to innovate and offer quality management education to our students. Quality is key to surviving the chaos.”
Addressing the meet, Mr Narayanan Ramaswamy, national leader for education sector at KPMG India, said, “Management education is perhaps the only vertical in Indian Higher Education that offers great scope for innovations. After all, industry really doesn’t care for government accreditations. They have their own benchmarks and expectations. So management schools have ample of opportunities to innovate.”
Offering the global perspective, Mr David Wan, President & CEO of Harvard Business Publishing, said, "MBA education is going through changes across the globe, with newer programs like specialized MBAs and specialized Masters in Science hurting enrollments in the traditional MBA in several schools. Technologies like MOOCs and its variants are creating opportunities for some schools, while potentially disrupting the traditional space. Harvard Business School continues to innovate to increase field based learning experiences in the core MBA program, and also to extend its impact in the online world through the HBx range of offerings in future. In this competitive and fast changing space, it s important that each B-school finds their niche and excels in it."”
Drawing on his experiences at IIM Ranchi, Dr MJ Xavier, Executive Director, VIT University, said, “At IIM Ranchi, we took a new path by innovating and creating next-practices. Today, we need to leverage education technology to innovate and reach out to the underserved markets in MBA education, rather than create commodity MBAs.”
Leading management educationists including Dr H Chaturvedi, Alt President, EPSI and Director, BIMTECH; Dr RC Natarajan, Director, TAPMI; Dr. S Ramachandran, Vice Chancellor, Hindustan University; Prof. S Sriram, ED, Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai; Dr. M J Xavier, Executive Director, VIT University, Chennai; Dr. Emmanuel Arockiam S. J., Deputy Director, LIBA; Dr. A. Eugin P.
Fernando, Principal, Apollo Institute of Hospital Management, Chennai; Dr. R Narasimhan, Dean, Woxsen School of Business, Hyderabad; Prof. Ramesh Prabha, Chairman, Galaxy Institute of Management,Chennai; Dr. Jayshree Suresh, Dean, School of Management, SRM University; Dr. Gopal Iyengar, Director, Kirloskar Institute of Advance Management Studies; Prof. G. Balasubramanian, Dean, IFMR Chennai ; Prof. Rakhee Sabu, Chief Executive Officer, IIKM Business School; Prof. R. Srinivasan, Director, SSN School of Management; Prof. S. Zarar, ICBM; Dr. Mukul P. Gupta, Director, MDI – Gurgaon spoke on burning issues of Indian Management education like:
- Transforming Chennai as Hub of Management Education
- Reinvigorating PGDM: The way forward
- Nurturing MBA Programs in Private & Public Universities
The program was attended by Directors & Deans from leading B-schools in South India including IFMR, Chennai; LIBA, Chennai; Alliance University, Bangalore; IFIM Business School, Bangalore; VIT University Chennai; SRM University, Chennai; VELS University, Chennai; Hindustan University, Chennai; Meenakshi Sunderarajan School of Management; SSN School of Management, Chennai; Thiagarajar School of Management, Madurai; IIKM, Chennai; and Dayananda Sagar Business Academy, Bangalore.
The Hindu, VIT Business School, TAPMI, Woxsen School of Business, Emerald Insight and Harvard Business Publishing were the partners of MBAUniverse.com Round Table Chennai.
Being held in all major centers of management education in India, MBAUniverse.com Roundtable Conference has been attracting top notch speakers. Past speakers include Ms Vinita Bali, former MD, Britannia Industries; Mr Subrato Bagchi, Co-founder, MindTree; Mr D Shivakumar, Chairman, PEPSI; Mr Ravi Venkatesan, Director on the Boards of Infosys and AB Volvo; Dr. Sylvia Ann Hewlett, Ranked #11 on the Thinker’s 50 World’s Top Business Thinkers; Mr Manish Sabharwal, Chairman, Team Lease Services and Mr Abhijit Bhaduri, CLO, WIPRO Group.
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