MBA Faculty Members attend ‘Indian B-Schools Leadership Conclave 2021’

Dr. Vishal Samartha, Director-MBA and Prof. Sushma V, Dept. of Business Administration, attended the ‘Indian B-Schools Leadership Conclave 2021’ which was held during April 27 to 28th’2021. The two-day virtual Conclave on the theme - ‘Indian B- Schools: Navigating a sustainable future by merging local & global best practices’ was jointly organized by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), USA and Education Promotion Society for India (EPSI). More than 20 thought leaders, deans, directors and policymakers in management education deliberated various issues faced by the educators in B-Schools in India and the world.
Inaugurating the event, The Vice President, M. Venkaiah Naidu referred to the India Skills Report 2020, which pegs the employability of MBA graduates at 54 per cent in the country. Urging the B-Schools to think of ways of bridging this gap between enrollment and employability, Mr. Naidu called for increased interaction between academia and Industry so that students get exposure to real life situations and hands-on learning.
Dr. G. Viswanathan, President, EPSI; Dr. Anil D Sahasrabudhe, Chairman, AICTE; Dr. Geoff Perry, Chief Officer Asia Pacific, AACSB; Dr. H Chaturvedi, Director, Birla Institute of Management Technology; Dr. Prashant Bhalla, Sr. Vice President of Manav Rachna International University; Vice-chancellors, Deans, Principals, Professors and students from various Institutions were among those who attended the virtual event. Galaxy of speakers touched upon several topics.
Key Takeaways of the Conclave:
• Business cases are strong pedagogical vehicles for building the confidence and critical thinking. Students need to boldly take a position and convincingly express their ideas.
• With the global pandemic still, educators need to acquire new skills to succeed in an online learning environment. Educators should continuously design, plan and adjust courses for online delivery.
• While the past year has been a time of great challenge for business schools, it has also been a time of great innovation.
• B-schools have to prepare students for unknown jobs in unknown companies. Future belongs to blended learning. The pedagogy for a fresher and a work experienced should be different. To make our student industry ready there is a cost. The pedagogy should be learner-centric, keeping the learner in focus.
• Employability and lifelong learning are the new norms.
• Skillsets are continuously changing. We live in a FLUID world where F stands for Future, L for Leadership, U for Uncertainty, I for Intellectual capital and D for Data and Digital strategies.
• B-Schools should focus on 3 I’s – Emotional Intelligence, Social Intelligence and Cognitive Intelligence while preparing students for their career
• Organizations cannot be a learning ground and they expect Industry/Future readiness in MBA Graduates
• Project Management, Learn on the Go, Work on Tight Deadlines, Volunteer to participate, Have a USP, Innovative Thinking, See through the Data, Entrepreneurial Mind-set, how sensitive are you to the Eco System – These are the competencies, the organizations expect from the MBA Graduates
• Pursue Short Term Courses on Future Skills – AI, Data Analytics, Robotics, Cyber Security and so on
• Assign Industry Mentors to students
• Faculty to pursue projects in Companies – Join hands to solve issues in organizations
The programme concluded with a message – “Changes in industries are happening at a faster pace and B-Schools should gear up with speed”.

AICTE-ISTE National Refresher Programme Phase-3 organized by Dept. of Mechanical Engineering

Day Five (27th Apr’2021):
First and Third session was engaged by Dr. S. N. Bhat, Associate Director, Faculty Development and Welfare, MIT, Manipal. In the first session, he stressed on Designing Assessments for measurement of student learning and explained about the different types of assessments, methods and tools for assessments and how to design assessments according to the pedagogies. In the third session, his talk mainly focused on Construction of MCQs for effective assessment and how multiple-choice questions can be effectively designed for accurate assessment of the knowledge and skills in the students. He also explained the Do's and Don’ts by holding an interactive quiz with the participants.
Second session was engaged by Dr. Flosy D’souza, Associate Professor, St. Ann's PG Studies & Research in Education, Mangaluru. She holds PhD degree in Education from Karnataka University. Her talk mainly focused on Active Learning Strategies. During her presentation, she emphasized on the Paradigm shift in teaching and learning process, Learning objectivities, activities and Assessment, Blooms Taxonomy and Revised Taxonomy, Common methods/Strategies in learning process.

Day Six (28th Apr’2021):
On the Concluding Day, the First session was engaged by Dr. Shilpa Suri, Consulting Psychologist, Director-Planet Psychology and S.N.M IAS Academy. She discussed on developing a growth mind-set, how it is different from a fixed mind-set, how faculty and students can develop a growth mind-set and how collaborative learning can help in building the growth mind-set. She provided several research evidences on the advantages of growth mind-set.
Valedictory Ceremony:
The All-India Level AICTE-ISTE Refresher Program- Phase-III came to an end with a Valedictory Programme. The Chief Guest of the programme was Dr. Y Vijaya Kumar, Principal, GMIT, Davangere. Dr. Rajesha S, Principal welcomed the gathering, and congratulated the Dept. of Mechanical Engineering for the successful completion of the Phase-I, Phase-II and Phase-III. Dr. Ravichandra K R, Dean-Industry Connect & HoD of Mechanical Engineering Department, presented the glimpse of all the sessions held in the Phase-III. Dr. Y Vijaya Kumar, in his address, discussed how the industry has evolved from industry 2.0 to industry 4.0 and linked it to parallel education evolution and student evolution. He emphasized that the chosen theme of the workshop was the need of the hour for education 4.0 and appreciated the institute for hosting this FDP. Dr. Manjappa S, Director, Research and Consultancy, delivered the presidential address and appreciated teams effort in taking the proposal of funding to the closure by successfully executing the programme. Dr. Rathishchandra Gatti, Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering conveyed the Vote of Thanks.

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