What according to you is the answer to the alleged managerial talent gap in the industry today? Do you think MBA curriculum needs to be deregulated?
The need for industry-academia tie-ups is becoming more pertinent. Industry pursues competitive excellence, academia brings in thought leadership and the two together can foster best practices and environment that will make us ready for the business challenges of tomorrow. The two must come seamlessly together.
Academic curriculum does not necessarily prepare individuals adequately for workplace requirements such as behavioral, communication and performance management. Industry and academia tie-ups give them the necessary exposure to hone their skills. In the given scenario, how can companies and educational institutes interact to make individuals more industry-ready? There is a need to think innovatively about how corporate and industry can interact more. The ever increasing demand for skilled professionals and domain specialisation has led to innovation within the academic space.
What is your view about the current requirements of the industry and the preparedness of our MBA grads towards these requirements?
Focusing on the needs of corporate, there are 2 broad sets of skills one are the core skills, which are needed for key functions and then there are the sector specific skills. What is really required in management curriculum is the focus on developing these sector specific skills. Additionally, there is a big need to take advantage of today’s technology and educational institutions need to remain abreast with technology as much as the corporate.”
Most management institutes today focus only on theoretical learning with outdated content irrelevant in today’s competitive world, which results in an ‘education‐employment mismatch’.
44% of the recruiters find it difficult to get the right talent in the 4‐8 years of experience bracket. On the other hand there are millions of working adults who are unable to fulfill their need for career enhancement and higher income due a mismatch in the skills and competencies that they have and what industry needs. 40% try and upgrade their qualifications while making a career shift.
What are the qualities you look for in a candidate you would finally offer an admit in your program?
Though there are many skills required for management education aspirants but majorly we look for following set of skills
• Positive attitude and good aptitude
• Creativity and innovation
• Good interpersonal skills
• Ambition in life
• Disciplined
• A good team player
Apart from above skills we inculcate various other skills during 2yr hard core process of making them a good management professionals like soft skills development, Good communication, overall personality development ,event management skills etc.
Do you feel that “future managers” need placement support, or do you think it is a necessary launch pad everyone needs?
Yes, it is quite important for everyone to have a launch pad so that they can have a guided approach to meet their ambition in life “When students graduate from American institutions they feel a need to ‘give‐back’. This is the kind of culture we need to develop in India, where the students feel
that theschool made a difference to them. The most important aspect of an MBA education is the sharing of knowledge between teachers and students. It is equally important for teachers to learn from their students as we, in the education profession, are in the business of lifelong learning.
What are your most significant achievements as a part of this Institution?
Though there are many achievements, few of them mentioned below
• Achieving 100% placement within short span of three months
• Introduction of continuous rigorous placement readiness program
• Strengthen the industry academia collaboration by involving industry leaders & experts into modifying the syllabus as per latest requirements
• Introduction of international study tour for global exposure of students
• Encouraging the faculty for research and consultancy