The B-school curriculum in India needs to be redesigned, and “we must infuse innovation and creativity into it”, said eminent business leaders and B-school professors from across the country on Saturday at a national level workshop here.
The workshop, titled Rethinking Management Education with Innovation and Creativity , was organised by IIM-Ahmedabad Alumni Association's (IIM-AAA) Chennai Chapter and Anna University with IIM-Ahmedabad and IIM-Calcutta as knowledge partners.
Based on the bestselling book ‘Rethinking the MBA; Management Education at a Crossroad' by renowned Harvard Professor Srikant Datar (who was present at the event), the workshop saw some of the country's top academic personalities such as Professor Samir Barua, Director, IIM-A, Prof Shekhar Chaudhuri, Director, IIM-C, Mr Mannar Jawahar, Vice-Chancellor, Anna University, besides other business executives. In his inaugural speech, Mr Mannar Jawahar said the time is ripe for changing the curriculum for management education in India. And the perspective should include not only that of creativity and innovation from a student's perspective but that of the various educational institutions as well.
Mr Muralidharan, President, IIM-AAA Chennai Chapter, said the global recession with the exception of a few emerging economies and the growing uncertainties across the business spectrum calls for newer skill sets. “The whole thinking and pedagogy need to be redesigned,” he said.