Monday, October 15, 2012

Ankur Bansal, (Vice Chairman, NDIM) Points out some key Loopholes in Imparting Management Education in India and offers Solutions

Speaking about the initiatives taken by him, apart from setting up a new campus since he took charge, he says, “We increased the annual intake of students in the institute. Then, I started speaking to a lot of international professors, as well as expanded our corporateindustry interface. We are also looking at international collaborations for student and faculty exchanges.”

Having completed his MBA from the USA, Mr. Bansal finds some stark differences in the way a management degree is perceived and pursued in India. He points out, “Students entering the top 50 colleges in the US are of the average age of 27+ years. These students would have ideally had some work-ex and the classrooms there are more discussion-based, where the teacher acts as a facilitator. In India, the average age is 21-22 years, comprising students who come in right after an under graduate degree. This makes the classroom more lecture-based. Also, the quantity and quality of research done by the faculty matters a lot in the USA, rather than the number of teaching hours that the teacher has, which is a priority here in India.”

Again, according to him, the expectations of students in India from an MBA degree is more to do with a plum-salaried job. What the students fail to understand is that, entering a management school is just an entry point, but what really matters is what you do and how much effort you put in those two years of education.

Said that, what makes NDIM stand out from the clutter? And he quickly points out that, “Unfortunately, there is a big gap, between what people promise and what they deliver. For the last 15 years or so, we have been trying to keep up to that promise. Also, our objective is not to make some quick money and exit, which a lot have been resorting to in the last 4-5 years. My grandfather started the institute with a vision of giving back to society and even today, that commitment remains intact.” Adding further, he concludes by maintaining that, the institute’s aim is not to have 5000 MBAs each year, but as a policy, keep a limited intake and deliver quality education to the chosen few. Read More...

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