Significant Emerging Trends in Management Education- First India School of Business Governing Board

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An MBA student today has a very different experience compared to those who graduated a decade back or even a few years back. “The MBA curriculum has become more practical and has greater industry linkages & share of teaching from practicing managers today than in our times”, says Mr. A R Kohli, who completed his education from the prestigious IIM Calcutta as its first batch student. Agrees Mr. J K Sharma industrialist and CEO of Eez group of companies and a graduate of IIM Calcutta’s second batch, “There is now a greater focus on preparing managers for international careers including student -exchange programs with universities abroad and inputs on cross cultural management”. Even graduates from later years from leading business schools feel the difference. According to Kamlesh Vyas, an alumnus of XLRI, “We are seeing emergence of sectoral MBA programmes in retail, telecom, BPO and hospitality sectors. There is also a trend towards executives using an MBA course as a mid-career boost and a move towards dual specialisation so that if the students later discover a change of fit with one course or the vagaries of business make one area less wanted, the student has an alternative”.
The trends are universal. “There is a greater focus with constant revision in curriculum to remain contemporary and industry aligned”, says Professor. Anu Wadhwa from Swiss Federal Institute, Lausane. “There is greater use of teaching methods like case studies and role plays”, says professor Atmanand.
These thoughts were recently presented by the international educationists and board members of First India School of business, Mr. AR Kohi, former governor Mizoram, Mr. JK Sharma, Mr. Kamlesh Vyas, Dr. Anu Wadhwa and professor Atmanand at the inauguration of the Gurgaon institute. Mr. Kohli, chairman of the board also inaugurated its website www.fisb.in.
First India School of Business, Gurgaon offers full time and part time BBA and MBA programs in partnership with Annamalai University, the largest university in the world and the business school is the only partner of the prestigious university for management programmes in North India.