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8/8/2019 b School Trends

1/22

B SCHOOL TRENDS


2/22

IIM-K CHANGES

CURR ICULU M, TRENDSETTERThe IIM-Koz hikod e is in the pr oc ess of revamping the cu rriculu m fo r its tw o year flagship p o st gra du ate pr o gramme.The pr oc ess whi ch began a whi le ba c k will take ab ou t 6 m o nths , it is taking tips f r o mStan fo r d, Harvar d an d MIT fo r the revamp.

The cu rriculu m wi ll includ e s u ggesti o nsf r o m g loba l f a cul ty members of the likes of Stan fo r d, Harvar d an d MIT.


3/22

Tod ays classr oo ms are m o re like m o vie theatrewhere the per fo rmer has t o c reate co nne c tio nwith the a ud ien c e.In 90 min u tes sessi o n ,the tea c hers have t o capt u re the st ud ents imaginati o n instea d of ju stde livering.

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esign acu

rriculu

m thatwould no t o n ly be fu tu reisti c bu t a ls o insti ll va lues in st ud ents.


4/22

Hallmark of the cu rriculu m wi ll beperspe c tive b u ild ing. St ud ents wi ll be

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ially sensitive an

d envir o nmenta lly co mitte d .


5/22

OTHER IIMs ALSO JO IN IN

IIM Ca lcu tta has u se d f ee d ba ck f r o m itsst ud ents as we ll as f r o m the co mpanies t o

plan new

courses.In IIM Indo re f r o m this a ca d emi c year

o nwar d s , a ll the co mp uls o ry cou rses inPGP wi ll be a part of the f irst year sy llab u s , whi le the se co nd year wi ll bemo re e lementa l.


6/22

IIM Luc kno w o n its part , is in the pr oc ess of u pd ating its sy llab u s whi ch w ould re fle c t the newbu siness rea lity an d would be m o re iss u eo riente d .IIM Banga lore , too, is reviewing its cu rriculu m. Itwants its cou rses he lp management gra du atesta c kle fu tu re b u siness agen d a.IIM Aham d aba d, has intr oduc e d the s lo t systemto ens u res greater flexibi lity.


7/22

AS I AN SCHOOL BEEFS UPIND

I AN BUREAUCRACYSingap o res d iplomat t u rne d writer Kish o re

Mahb u bani is kn o wn fo r his pr o voc ative i deas o nthe p o wer shi f t f r o m the West t o the East.Ju st o ver f ive years sin c e being set u p the LeeKu an Yew s c hool of pu b lic pol ic y (LKYSPP) hasbe co me a u niq u e meeting an d training gr ou nd f r o m China , Ind ia , the wh ole of East , S ou th eastasia an d even cou ntyies of Centra l Asia.


8/22

LKYSPP is fund e d bo th by the privatese c to r , includ ing m ul tinati o na l f irms an d the G o vt of Singap o re.As an Asian riva l to Hawar d s KSG , LKYSPP is the o n ly Asian s chool to bea d mitte d in to the G loba l P u b lic P ol ic y

netwo

rk (GPPN)-set

up by S

IPA

of Colu mbia University , LSE an d S c ien c e P o

in paris


9/22

LKYSPP has a d iverse range of st ud ents -till d ate386 have enr olle d fo rm 49 cou ntries , the intakef r o m Ind ia is the 3 r d largest , co mprising 15% of the st ud ent b od y.Ar ou nd 55% of the Ind ian st ud ent are re c ipientof the s c hool co mpetitive s c holarships whi c hinclud es a waiver of tu tio n f ee , f ree h ou sing aswe ll as m o nth ly stipen d .


10/22

Stud ent have the o ptio n of do ing a dou b led egree with GPPN partner s c hool s a longwith the University of To kyo an d Geneva many of whic h are fully pai d . Ind ianst ud ent has a ls o go ne o n ex c hanges withGe o rget o wn University as we ll asTsingh u a University


11/22

The s c hool has f ive resear c h c entre'swo rking in the areas of co mpetitiveness , g loba l go vernan c e , info rmati o n an d inn o vati o n , water an d Singap o res o wnpu b lic pol ic ies.


12/22

V IRTUAL W INDOW TO B -

SCHOOL LIFEFr o m b logging t o mic r o b logging sites like

Twitter ,s oc ia l me d ia has be co me anintegra l part of B-S c hool .IIM-koz hikod e be lieves that Twitter do esno t rep la c e b logs. Mic r o- b logging is a ll ab ou t sharing q u ic k an d sh o rt messageswhich may lea d intereste d a ud ien c es t o d etai le d b logs.


13/22

They a ls o be lieve in keeping pa ce with thea ud ien c e - if aspiring st ud ents , bu sy exe cu tivesan d a lumni want sh o rt u pd ates o n the a c tivitiesof the instit u te , then they m u st a dd ress thatnee d .The instit u te shares st ud ent a c tivities , p la c ements , a c a d emi c events , co nf eren ces , seminars , f a cul ty a c hievements , resear c hrep o rts - ju st ab ou t everything that w ould interestits stakeh old ers.


14/22

IIM-Luc kn o w shares d etai l ab ou t the visit byeminent lea d ers f r o m the in du stry an d maj o r events happening o n camp u s.Twitter being a mir o- b logging website he lpspe o p le ou tsid e the IIM-L follo w the latesthappening o n the camp u s.Management Deve lopment Instit u te ( MDI)Gu rga o n ,too, has taken o n Twitter. The Instit u te

has tw o Twitter a ccou nts -o ne fo r rep o rtingfo rma l events an d me d ia links fo r the cu rrentst ud ents an d o ther B -S chool s an d an o ther t o intera c t with a lumni an d stakeh old ers


15/22

The B -s chool is a ls o present o n Fa ceb oo kan d p lans t o link it t o the Twitter a ccou ntas we ll as a Y ou Tu be c hanne l.Twitter a ls o do es the p u rpo se of br o a dc asting s oc ia l messages ,like s o an d s o do nates b lood fo r the 100 th time.Cu rrent ly the IIM- A Twitter a ccou nt havemo re than 2 ,500 follo wers.


16/22

IIMs M AY EXPEAND BUT AT A

COSTThe Ministry of Hu man Res ou r ceDeve lopment ( MHRD) wants the IIMs t o a dd c apa c ity.To war d the of 11 th Five Year P lan , theMHRD has entai le d, am o ng o ther things ,the setting u p of 8 Ind ian Instit u te of Te c hn olo gy ( IITs) an d 7 IIMs.


17/22

At present , the seven IIMs have ar ou nd 400 fulltime f a cul ty members an d nee d an o ther 60.With fou r new IIMs t o co me u p in the f irstphase (2010 -2011) ,an o ther 250 f a cul tymember w ould be req u ire d .


18/22

IIM-L Dire c to r Devi Singh says Th ou ghinc rease d st ud ents strength w ould meanthat m o re st ud ent w ould get a cc ess t o good qu a lity e duc ati o n , two years do wnthe line at the time of the p la c ements , the

jo b market wi ll be u nd er press u re an d

hen c e j o b pr of ile an d sa lary could c hange.


19/22

Fou r new IIMs were t o be set u p inTituc hirappa lli (Tami l Na du ), Ran chi(Jharkan d ), Raip u r (Chattisgarh) an d Ro htak (Haryana) in 2009 -10. Theremaining three are t o be set u p in Jamm u & Kashmir , Uttrakhan d an d Rajhasthan in

2010 -11.


20/22

Ment o ring the y ou nger IIMs is an o ther grey area. IIM Tric hy is ment o re d by IIM-Bang lo re , whi le Raip u r by IIM-Indo re , Ran chi by IIM-Ca lcu tta , Ro htak is gettings u pp o rt f r o m IIM-Luc kn o w. IIM- A iss u pp o se d to ment o r IIM-rajasthan.(whi c h

is seate d to start next year)


21/22

The task c an be taxing with n o reg ular d ire c to r o r tea c her o n b o ar d . F o r e.g: pr of ess o r f r o m IIM-L have been visiting R o hatak on a lternated ays ,rep o rte dly spen d ing nights in the f a cul tyhou se in Maharshi Dayanan d University ,Ro htak.The sta ff f r o m L uc kn o w trave ls t o by air f r o mLuc kn o w to De lhi an d by r o a d f r o m De lhi to Ro htak.S o there is a co st inv olve d too .


22/22

Alloc ati o n of fund s is an o ther iss u etr ou b ling IIMs. Uni o n Finan c e Minister Pranab Mu kherjee a lloc ate d Rs 400 c r inthe 2010 -11 B ud get t o set u p new IITs 33% higher than Rs 300 c r in 2009 -10.The m o ney set asi d e fo r new IIMs hasbeen raise d f r o m Rs 3 c r in 2009 -10 t o Rs25 c r in 2010 -11.Unplanne d expansi o n w ould co st d ear ly.

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