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Last Updated on January 25, 2014 by MBAUniverse.com News Desk

MBA education policy discussed at AIMS round table, Jaipur on January 20

AIMS organized a Round Table of Deans and Directors of B-Schools on Draft UGC Regulations for Professional and Higher Educational Institutions on January 20, at JK Lakshmipat University, Jaipur.

MBA education policy discussed at AIMS round table, Jaipur on January 20

In the backdrop of the controversy related to the UGC draft Guidelines vis a vis technical institutes, Associationof Indian Management Schools(AIMS)organized a Round Table of Deans and Directors of B-Schools onDraft UGC Regulations for Professional and Higher Educational Institutionson Monday,January 20, 2014at JK Lakshmipat University, Jaipur.

The Round Table was attended by 37 deans & directors of various B-Schools including their nominees and some faculty members. Dr Upinder Dhar, Regional Vice President (North) and Vice Chancellor JK Lakshmipat University, Jaipur delivered the welcome address in which he raised concerns on the Notification from UGC and the Supreme Courts judgments in the said context.

In an order passed dated January 16, 2014, The Supreme Court of India had asked the AICTE to continue as a regulatory body for the PGDM institutions.

In the latest development bringing relief to 280 odd PGDM Institutes, All India Council for Technical education (AICTE) had announcedon January 24 regarding opening the window for approval of all matters related to existing PGDM institutions including theincrease in intake, and extension of approval.

Dr Apoorva Palkar President, AIMS apprised the audience about the aftermath of the Supreme Court judgment of April 2013. She briefed the audience about the case filed by AIMS and others challenging AICTEs involvement in taking decisions related to fee, curriculum and other governance issues for PGDM programme. She also updated the audience about the current status of PGDM programme wherein the programme will continue to run under the purview of AICTE for the academic year 2014-15. She also touched upon the issue of equivalence of PGDM programme to MBA by AIU.

Dr DY Patil, the immediate former president of AIMS briefly emphasized the need for a third party regulator which is free from political interferences.

Dr H Chaturvedi, Alternate President EPSI and Director BIMTECH, Greater Noida was critical in his introductory remarks about the failure of UGC to provide complete information and sufficient timeframe for seeking comments and suggestions from the various stakeholders. He added that most of the points in the draft regulations have been taken verbatim from the AICTEs Handbook of Approval Processes for 2012-13. Dr Chaturvedi also pointed at the other issues in management education, such as over-supply, lack of quality and low employability of management graduates. Though he said that a legal entity for regulating is essential for developing trust among the aspiring candidates, he advocated that the institutes should be granted full autonomy in the matters related to fee, curricula and examinations among others. He emphasized that viewpoints of representative bodies of recruiters like FICCI, ASSOCHAM, CII and NASSCOM also needs to be taken into consideration while charting out a plan for MBA education for next 10 years.

Dr Ashok Bapna, Advisor IILM and Member State Planning Board, Govt of Rajasthan, highlighted the need for sensitizing and creating pressure on the government through coordinated efforts. He insisted that the concern for quality should be louder instead of pondering over the issue of regulator.

Dr Prabhat Pankaj, Director, JIM, Jaipur suggested to have a multipronged strategy for achieving transformational effect of management education. He advocated the need for accreditation.

Mr Amit Agnihotri, Chairman, MBAUniverse.com shared the data related to number and types of management institutes in India. He further added that the long term perspective on management education is missing altogether. He also said that positive lobbying is needed for improving the regulatory framework. Mr Agnihotri advocated for innovation in curricula and admissions.

The round table was followed by an open discussion round in which various speakers expressed their ideas.

Dr Rakesh Khurana, former pro VC of IGNOU and Chairman Network India stated that the management educators and administrators themselves are responsible for making the resolution process mediated by courts of law. He emphasized upon the need of having self-regulatory institutions.

Dr Swapan Kumar Majumdar, Director, Institute of Management, JK Lakshmipat University, Jaipur suggested to undertake a root cause analysis of the issue. He added that the third party regulator should be free from all political and economic interests.

Prof Rajesh Kothari, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur indicated that we do not need regulators and the institutes should be allowed to be market driven. He added that institutes offering management programmes should have a societal orientation along with local adaptation.

Prof Prabir Pal, former President of AIMS shared the statistics about management and engineering institutes running in the country. He further added that most of the institutes welcomed the step of disassociation of MBA programme from AICTE.

Dr Upinder Dhar, Vice-Chancellor, JK Lakshmipat University, Jaipurproposed that there should be an apex body for regulating management education in the country. The body may be called All India Council for Management Education (AICME). Dr Dhars proposal was backed by Prof. HK Maram, Regional Vice President of AIMS (South) who suggested that such a body can be formed on the lines of Pharmaceutical Council of India (PCI) and Bar Council of India (BCI).

Prof. Rakesh Khurana suggested that the time has come to regard management as a profession with its own code of conduct. He further added that having such an apex body for regulating management education will require a lot of political capital and the same should be a statutory council.

Prof Ajit Singh, regional vice president (West) highlighted the need for consolidation of efforts from different regions to create a visible impact.

Prof S Sarkar, member of the executive board of AIMS emphasized that equivalence of PGDM with MBA programme should be done at a higher level instead of individual institutes approaching AIU for the same.

MBAUniverse.com readers will remember that on December 5, 2013 the UGC had stirred the hornets nest by announcing new draft guidelines to regulate thousands of technical colleges including engineering and management schools in the country. As per the guidelines,Independent B-Schools which follow their own curriculum and set their own course fees, were also required to obey the guidelines and seek affiliation to universities that function under the UGC and adopt their syllabus.

MBAUniverse.com will keep you updated on this important development. Stay tuned.

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