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Editor’s Quill Enhancing Management Education in the Classroom

Focal Point Strategies to Create a Supportive Learning Environment

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CREATING THE BUSINESS LEADERS OF TOMORROW

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he Indian business landscape is gradually evolving with the incorporation of advanced technology and innovative business manoeuvres. Many new players are transforming the market scenario with efficiency. Key players in the industry are taking businesses to newer levels with their dedicated endeavours and pioneering methods.

India is making its mark in the global arena with its growing influence in different businesses. Leading names in the industry are achieving newer feats with their constant efforts.

However, to sustain businesses and to ensure constant and prolonged growth and returns, every company requires leaders who can steer them towards the heights of success and dominance. Accordingly, they need management graduates and MBAs to steer any business through tough tides and to take them to the landmark of prominence.

These management graduates are the future business leaders who will shape the destiny of the Indian business sector and ensure better outcomes.

However, it is not easy to mould competent business leaders. Individuals have to go through in-depth, hands-on training to help them tackle the severe challenges of the changing business world. This is where the most decorated management institutes step in. They are equipped with the best infrastructural and educational facilities. This assists them to provide students with lasting and hands-on educational experiences. Additionally, they provide students with in-depth knowledge of the current business world, its characteristics, and future trends.

syllabus for every degree and batch so that no student remains deprived of quality management education. This would, in turn, help the students to build a bright career path in the arena of management.

These top institutes are driven by the zeal to nurture and produce seasoned management graduates. Such graduates possess the grit, abilities, and knowledge to take on indomitable odds and come up with efficient solutions to any kind of business problem.

The core objective of these management institutes is to train dedicated business leaders who are focused on attaining excellence in business endeavours. Hence, in this issue of The Knowledge Review, we take you on a journey to explore the most renowned institutes of management studies in India, who are changing the name of the game with their concerted efforts. So, what are we waiting for?

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These institutes always stay updated about the latest developments in the business arena. They keep track of all the technological innovations and incorporate the same in classroom instructions and practical sessions. These institutes employ a research-oriented educational process, which allows the students to gain in-depth knowledge about business and management.

The key players in management education offer internships, research, and collaboration, which help students evolve into refined business professionals. They structure a dynamic

Driven by the zeal of delivering quality education, these institutes provide every student with the opportunity of national and international internships. This eventually builds the skills of the students and prepares them for actual corporate workplaces.

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Food For Thought The Rise of Online Learning and the stigma of learning limitation with it

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I Business Institute

ibusinessinstitute.org

I Business Institute is a well-reputed management institute strategically located in the knowledge hub of NCR thereby opening up a plethora of opportunities for the budding managers

IIEBM, Indus Business School

iiebm.com

IIEBM aims to facilitate and nurture students to learn and apply management theories

Shri Vaishnav Vidyapeeth Vishwavidyalaya

svvv.edu.in

SVVV aims to be a leader in shaping better future for mankind through quality education, training, and research

Suryadatta Institute of Management

suryadatta.org

Suryadatta Institute of Management aims to be a World Class Centre of Excellence in innovative learning

Unique Institute of Management

uimpune.org

The institute aims to build global leaders and to contribute for the betterment of the youth

Vignana Jyothi Institute of Management

vjim.edu.in

VJIM aims to be a leading b-school through transforming students into management professionals

Vishwa Vishwani Institute of Systems and Management

vishwavishwani.ac.in

The institute aims to inspire the aspiring youth to become global managers

Vivekanand Education Society

vesit.ves.ac.in

It aims to create a vibrant knowledge-oriented environment with innovative teaching practices and to inculcate tradition of socially conscious application of technology

V M Patel Institute of Management Ganpat University

vmpim.ac.in

The university aims to impart knowledge and professional competence

welingkar.org

The institute emphasizes on nurturing thought leaders and practitioners through inventive education

Name of the Institution

Welingkar Institute of Management Development and Research

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The courses focus on contemporary education using state-of-the-art tech, well-equipped classrooms, management labs, high-quality research, well-stocked library, besides offering consultancy services and expert-training, catering to the ever-changing demands of the industry

SURYADATTA

Institutes of Management (SIMMC / SIBMT / SIMMC PGDM)

Shaping Managers for the Global Market Place since 1999

Most Prominent Institutes of Management Studies in India, 2021

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he evolution of management thought is a process that started since the early days of humans. It began since the period we saw the need to live in groups and build civilisations. Since civilisation began, management has been practiced in one way or the other. Later in the industrial revolution, which brought drastic change and suddenly, the need to develop a more holistic and formal management theory became a necessity.

Suryadatta Group of Institutes (SGI) established under the aegis of Suryadatta Education Foundation, India in the year 1999, with the objective of developing self-motivated business managers and entrepreneurs, to be successful in the challenging and vibrant global economy. It has risen to the ranks of becoming a world class institute with a professional and holistic approach with accreditations and recognition received from national and international bodies.

A brief examination of the modern history will reveal that companies have been putting different management theories into practice. Not only have these helped to increase productivity but they have also improved the quality of services. In the 80s, there was an increase in growth and competitive level in the global economy, as a result of convergence of economies, which shifted focus from traditional management theories as organisations became non-restive as they tried to proffer solution to newer management issues.

Vision To be a world class centre of excellence in preparing complete industry ready professionals, combining the best of Indian sensibilities with a western outlook and to be rated as a premier educational institute that offers contemporary education using state-of-the art technological advancements, spreading high-quality research, and providing expert training and services catering to the ever-changing needs of the industry.

Fast forward to today, a career in management is increasingly becoming popular. Big companies are continually looking for management school graduates and postgraduates. Hence it is common for many students to face a dilemma while choosing the right program and the right college, as pursuing a course in management requires a huge amount of time, money and energy, and your whole career depends on it. But if you happen to enrol in the Suryadatta Institutes of Management (SIMMC / SIBMT / SIMMC PGDM), you can rest assured of receiving a world-class education of management theories and practices at one of the top management colleges in the country.

Mission To facilitate the development of innovative, ethical, futuristic leaders, managers and entrepreneurs, rooted in Indian values and capable of harnessing change in a globalised, digital and competitive environment.

Core Values SGI strives to develop and sustain the following values to provide the context for all their programmes and initiatives and deliver on the vision and mission statements: Ÿ Trust, integrity, and accountability Ÿ Passion and purpose Ÿ Promoting excellence Ÿ Freedom of inquiry and expression Ÿ Creativity and innovation Ÿ Openness and collaboration

Distinctive and impactful practices Inspiring, agile and highperformance culture Ÿ Diversity with synergy Ÿ Empathy Ÿ Continuous improvement Ÿ Ÿ

The Stalwart Founder

Professor Dr. Sanjay B. Chordiya the Founder, President and Chairman of Suryadatta Education Foundation - is a senior management professional, a passionate educationist and a philanthropist.

Along with a degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Government College of Engineering, Pune, Dr. Chordiya also completed his Masters in Marketing Management, Materials Management, Industrial Management, Operations Management, Human Resources Management and a Doctorate in Environmental Science.

Prof. Chordiya was felicitated with Swami Vivekanand National Award 2020, for exemplary contribution in Education Field and is awarded in the category of ‘Best Educationists’.

Prof. Dr. Sanjay Chordiya Founder, President and Chairman

Suryadatta Institute of Management and Mass Communication (SIMMC) AICTE CII Survey of Industry Linked Technical Institutes 2019 ranked SIMMC in platinum category for six consecutive years, solidifying its position as one the best and top MBA college in Pune for academic excellence.

SIMMC Pune offers the AICTEapproved 2-year full-time PGDM programme and Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU)-approved 2-year

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The Suryadatta Institutes of Management offer robust curriculum in-line with New Education Policy (NEP) and global standards, with high emphasis on start-up, innovation and entrepreneurship

full-time MBA with various major and minor specialisations. The institute offers innovative learning combined with the best of Indian sensibilities and a western outlook. It's courses which focus on contemporary education using state-of-the-art tech, well-equipped classrooms, management labs, highquality research, well-stocked library, besides offering consultancy services and expert-training, catering to the ever-changing demands of the industry.

SIMMC has also signed an international MoU (memorandum of understanding) with Lincoln University, Malaysia for exchange of MBA studies as well.

Suryadatta Institute of Business Management and Technology (SIBMT) SIBMT ranked in amongst the 'Top 50 B-Schools in India' by Times B-Schools February 2020. The institute is affiliated to SPPU, approved by AICTE and recognised by the Ministry of HRD, Govt. Of India. Its most popular course is the MBA, but there are as many as 25 value-added certifications including 'IIM Bx', 'Bada Business', 'TCSion' and more.

The objectives set in the institutional strategic plan lay the foundation for the quality management systems that provide the structures and define the procedures and responsibilities of wellfunctioning quality management system.

SIMMC PGDM SIMMC PGDM offers AICTE approved two-years full time post graduate management program (PGDM). Graduates from any discipline from recognised universities can apply, with the bonus of final year

students also being allowed to apply here.

Students of Suryadatta Institutes of Management can choose any one of the following specialisations: Ÿ Functional Specialisations: o Financial Management o Marketing Management o Human Resource Management o Logistics and Supply Chain Management o International Business Ÿ New Age Specialisations

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SGI's mission is to facilitate the development of innovative, ethical, futuristic leaders, managers and entrepreneurs, rooted in Indian values and capable of harnessing change in a globalised, digital and competitive environment Research and Business Analytics o Digital Marketing o Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Deep Learning Ÿ Entrepreneur and Start-up oriented o Family Managed Business Ÿ Sectoral Electives (optional) o Agri Business Management o Banking, Insurance, and Financial Services o Media and Entertainment o Pharmaceuticals Management o

The Suryadatta Advantage The Suryadatta institutes of management offer robust curriculum in-line with New Education Policy (NEP) and global standards, with high emphasis on start-up, innovation and

entrepreneurship. The institutes have partnerships with academic partners of global and national repute. They sport an eminent corporate advisory board with wide representation across all emerging sectors. The faculty bring together a collective experience of 500+ years in academics, research, entrepreneurship and MNC (multinational corporation) exposure.

To facilitate learning beyond classrooms, the institutes have functional forums, special interest clubs and cells, as well as round-theyear industry connect initiatives. The

strong digital infrastructure enables blended learning with LMS (learning management systems) and ERP (enterprise resource planning) and inline with the current needs. Some of the other crucial attributes that make Suryadatta stand out above the competition are: Ÿ Over 50 value-added multidisciplinary certifications from national and international institutions. Ÿ Holistic development initiatives for mind, body and soul. Ÿ Employability enhancement programme from day 1 assuring professional development for sustainable growth. Ÿ International immersion programme with integrated virtual global projects in 7 countries. Ÿ Knowledge enrichment initiatives to meet cutting edge industry 4.0. Ÿ Weekly training programmes to prepare the students for the multiple career pathways – higher education and lifelong learning, corporate careers, intrapreneur, research and consulting, CSG and NGO services.

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Multiple placement opportunities to the students and lifetime support to the alumni.

Additionally, the institutes introduce distinguished personalities as role models to students so that they can take inspiration from them and become leaders in their respective fields.

The Edu-Socio Connect Initiative Suryadatta Group's Edu-Socio Connect Initiative offers various voluntary skill-based modules, awareness programmes and free of cost education to the needy, deserving, economically deprived strata of the society, farmers, members of the armed forces, public servants, loyal employees of the organisation and to under-privileged children through its various institutes.

Green and Digital Campus Suryadatta takes pride in welcoming you to a spacious, clean and lush campus full of tranquillity and oozing with inspiration for a healthy and learning atmosphere. The institutes have taken all precautionary measures stipulated by WHO and the Ministry of Health to tackle the adversities presented by the pandemic.

SGI is a member of UN global concept for sustainable development. The campus lays emphasis on green and digital infrastructure comprising of solar power installations, reducing the carbon footprint, e-waste disposal, adequate green cover, rain water harvesting, and ample open spaces to contribute effectively to national priority missions such as 'Digital India' and 'Swaccha Bharat' etc.

Other Awards and Recognitions Suryadatta Institutes have been honored with many national and international awards and has received top rankings consecutively for last 20 years. Ÿ AICTE CII survey has ranked SIMMC in 'Platinum' category for six consecutive years. th Ÿ Times B School Institute Survey 2021 (published on 26 February, 2021) has ranked Suryadatta Institutes of Management among the top 50 business schools. Ÿ The Group is conferred with 'World's Greatest Brand 2017-18 during Indo-UAE Business & Social forum 2018, held in Dubai. Ÿ SGI pioneered two world records endorsed by Limca Book of Records “Unfold Hidden Potential through Blindfold” and “24hrs Silent Wreadathon”. Ÿ Two of their feats have been recorded in Golden book of world records “Lining the Map of India with 1100 Tulsi saplings” and “Kavyathon 2019”. Ÿ Suryadatta Institute of Management and Mass Communication (SIMMC) is accredited by NAAC.

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Enhancing

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Editor’s Quill

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anagement is like the air around us. No entity, human or otherwise can do without it. In its absence, all that is left of life is but a few gasps of air. And then it’s all over.

If you think enterprises take a different route, you could be in for a shock. In the absence of proper management, the best of enterprise is worth only a few breaths. It could be a few more than humans and indicates the relative importance that’s quite simple but can still take away the life-force of an enterprise.

Unlike breathing which we learn even before birth as part of our being a living entity that needs to breathe in order to survive and function, and strangely in liquids (remember the foetus is always covered or floating in liquids!), management in most cases is learnt rather seamlessly mostly from our predecessors and the environment around us. In time, predecessors give way to teachers and the

environment comes within the folds of an educational institution of higher learnings.

The first question this topic demands is: why is management education important in the first place?

Looking around you would realize, it’s for the following reasons that management education becomes a basic necessity: - Every aspect of life demands some elements of management. You can’t escape it.

Enterprise or otherwise, management as a subject is almost like a life skill that if learnt at the right time, can save life in multiple ways. Be it a home, an office, a business big or small, all these require managerial skills and talent to an extent.

- Leading from the front isn’t an option but a requirement for everyone.

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Besides the fact that management is ubiquitous, in most cases, it has to be engaged with while being on the frontfoot (taking a term from cricket!). That said, there are those who play defensive either out of nature or choice. That said, there are times when coming to the fore is the only option, and those with the right training at the right time stand a higher chance to succeed.

- Management being a holistic science, it helps learn the same for the sale of the overall health of organizations.

Management may come to us as a survival tool due to a degree of animal instincts in us. But for the overall development of the organization, it makes sense to learn it in a more organized manner at the hands of specialists and teachers who know exactly what they speak about, and where best to use it.

We now come to the main part of this article. How do you enhance management education in the classroom?

Experience like always, has shown us the way!

1. Get hold of industry experts: Be it HR, Finance, Logistics or Production, what books teach you may not be the exact same that one encounters in the real world. That being so, management education in the classroom scenario does get a shot in the arm if and when an industry veteran is brought and placed to teach and hone the finer points of a subject. This is especially true in industries where the human element is strong including human resources, training, logistics and supply chain.

2. Go for simulation-based education within the confines of a classroom Let’s take the case of the supply chain to explain this point.

Like the best of chains, a well-endowed and provided-for logistics & supply chain is bound to have its share of weak and very weak links. One of the best ways to enhance managerial education in a classroom set-up without stepping out would be to simulate a series of likely scenarios that may take place with one’s existing resources and conditions. Keeping it as close to reality as possible, managerial participants can go on to decipher and record solutions, ways and means to address the problem including in some cases taking an altogether different approach. For example, take the case of equipment that may have to be sent deep inland through high mountains. Roads being treacherous in mountains, simulation-based management education can stress on the use of air, including helicopters and these days, even airships in certain cases, or barges upstream on rivers. Trying to learn everything onsite could

be a tough task from the word go. A full simulation with the use of videos and online means could be a better option.

3. Tackle real-life situations within the confines of a classroom Simulation exercises have an element of over-kill given that they are invariably undertaken for projects with immense significance, some of which could either be completely new or things that doesn’t come about often. For mundane exercises like how to get more leads, more onboarding, better customer-service and retention etc, managerial education in a classroom with live cases could be best for enhanced managerial education. These could include assistance in tele-calling, convincing, upselling and crossselling of products and services, and can have all the advantages of live, on-the-job training.

4. Take up flipped and double-flipped classrooms One of the best means of teaching these days is the openbook flipped and double-flipped classroom. In the former, a question is put forth to the student/ participant who is expected to do all the possible study, both within the class and at home and come back with comprehensive answers that look at the problem from all angles. A further addition to this already-unique system of managerial education is the double-flip where the teacher is taken to be a complete novice with the student doing the entire exercise of understanding the topic and coming ready for a detailed presentation to the teacher and others who could ask questions, present arguments or even outright reject the idea as being unfeasible.

5. Industry and field trips + lengthy videos of how industries do what they do!

Education in certain cases is best at site i.e., completely outside the purview of the classroom. Engineering of large objects like boilers and other fabrications is one such example. To enhance one’s knowledge, managerial or otherwise, an institution can either make plans for students to visit the right places or create elaborate videos taking into account every important aspect of working of the industry and the activity. The latter could be quite a task and may call for dedicated resources including money but stands to give students the right education once accomplished the right way besides being a lifelong asset for the creators.

These are but some of the innovative means to impart management-related education in the classroom. Time, needs and circumstances are sure to add and change this list.

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I Business Institute

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Delivering Educational Excellence and Grooming Future Leaders for India

ver the last few decades, the development of professional competencies has come into sharp focus in higher education. As emphasized by industry experts, the level of academic proficiency does not always correspond to capabilities for operational tasks in industry. But the tasks are well achieved by the professional competencies developed and the industry exposure received as part of the course curriculum.

The students should be able to plan activities, set goals, make decisions, but this is impossible without inculcating the concept of selforganization and independent learning.

Creative and independent learning, which involves implementation of a skill-based approach and components such as individualized approach, subject interaction, and activity-based approach are one of the many solutions. In addition, creative abilities and competencies of the graduates are in demand for today’s international economy, which will be transformed on the basis of innovation in the knowledge-based economy.

In light of these demands, an institute which has carved a niche for itself in the academic circuit of Greater Noida, focuses on facilitating its students challenging educational tasks corresponding to developing the student’s level of competence, knowledge, abilities, and mould their inclinations. This institute uses modern educational technologies that employ critical thinking and behavioural

development of students. This is the one and only I Business Institute.

associated with IBI providing advisory, training, and faculty support.

I Business Institute (hereafter referred to as IBI), is a well-reputed management institute strategically located in the knowledge hub of NCR, thereby opening a plethora of opportunities for the budding managers. It offers a two-year, fulltime PGDM program approved by AICTE, Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India.

Fostering diversity has always been the mainstay of the institute as it believes in creating culturally responsive citizens and broad approach towards teaching and learning. Not only does it inculcate multicultural awareness within learners, but it also encourages acceptance and helps prepare students to thrive in an exponentially diverse world.

The meteoric growth of IBI is reflected in the core belief that learning is most fruitful when the knowledge and expertise of individuals from various disciplines and diverse backgrounds are shared. A number of expert professionals from various industries, academia, and policymakers are

Vision IBI envisions to be a premier globally recognized management institute that is dedicated to educational excellence and grooming future leaders for India and the rest of the world. The institute aims toward a method of training that encapsulates both theoretical

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knowledge and practical excellence in the perfect balance.

Mission IBI is committed to bringing out the best in every student to enable them to face the challenges posed by their professional careers and get them ready for the rough road of life.

Preparing the New Generations I Business Institute follows a rigorous and submissive teaching pedagogy and curriculum. IBI understands the changing paradigm shift in education and learning. It trains the students by conducting numerous grooming and learning exercises like certification classes, personality development and grooming classes.

An adventure trip is organized every year for team building activity and an international trip is organized to facilitate international exposure to the students followed by placement preparatory session.

The Quintessential Learning Environment I Business Institute offers a unique PGDM program trending and evergrowing areas like Human Resources, IT, Finance, Operations, Business Analytics, Marketing, International Business. The teaching pedagogy is optimised to be engaging and interesting for the students and faculty.

Professors focus on case studies, roleplays, certificate-based learnings, etc.

This all contributes to make I Business Institute unique from other B-schools.

IBI is the best place to learn and study.

The uniqueness lies in the teaching pedagogy, eminent faculties from renowned institutions, the course structure is designed in parallel lines to the corporates.

Sujeet Roy Managing Director

The Visionary Educationist The driving strength behind the institute’s constant progress is Mr. Sujeet Roy – the Managing Director of IBI. He has been influential in the growth and development of the institute as he widely contributed to enriching a leading management institute of northern India.

He is a visionary educationist and a renowned academic advisor. He has always focused on the ‘all-inclusive development’ of the students as well as faculty. He is a recipient of quite a lot of excellence awards like ‘National Education Excellence Award’, ‘Best Educator in India’ to name a few. The strength of the institute lies in the fact that he emphasizes various concrete supports like student’s level of skill, knowledge, abilities, and inclination.

IBI envisions to be a premier globally recognized management institute that is dedicated to educational excellence and grooming future leaders for India and the rest of the world

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Laurels and Accolades IBI is accredited member of Association of University of Asia & Pacific (AUAP), promoting a culture of quality, innovation, and research in the higher education system. IBI is certified as a Global Partner of IFRA, Canada, being the only Institute in India.

I Business Institute follows a rigorous and submissive teaching pedagogy and

The institute is rising with a rapid pace of growth and achievement and has been awarded many prestigious awards in the recent past like: Ÿ

curriculum. IBI understands the

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changing paradigm shift in education and learning

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‘Best Private Institute with Industry Interface and Scale of Operations’

by Global Leadership Award 2020; ‘Best private institute of India’ for excellence in education and entrepreneurship by Global Leadership Award 2020; ‘Best Management College’ in U.P for industry interface 2020 by CEGR; ‘Best Institute in Industry Linkages’

by Education Excellence 2019; ‘Best Institute with Industry Interface and Scale of Operations’

by Integrated Achievers; to name a few.

The EdTech Adaption “I Business Institute adapted and combated with technology so well, we have organized 30 plus webinars by leading corporates and hosts ‘corporate connect week’ on the virtual platforms to engage students towards learning,” remarked Mr Sujit Roy. “We purely understand the value of the importance of student growth and development in their career. New technology has been embedded in the system; the recordings of the sessions are also shared with the students,” he added.

Aspiring to great heights I Business Institute is envisioned to grow and excel in future years as well.

Institute will be engaging in more corporate tie-ups, academic associations, student exchange programs, with reputed institutes like IIT, IIM’s, etc. The institute will also be engaged in International Faculty Exchange Programme and will be achieving greater heights in future.

Rise

The

of

OnlineLearning

and the stigma of learning limitation with it Ms R. Meenakshi

Director, Curriculum, Research and Development, Vels Group of Schools; Director, V-Skill Centre for Professional Development

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Food For Thought

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he present Covid -19 pandemic, has a very severe impact on long-term social and economic consequences. Looking into some of the statistical data-driven surveys, it is seen that the world’s poorest countries have opted to close schools, both with reference to normal children and more so to disadvantaged children.

It is always seen that when there is an utmost necessity to create new alternative methods to tackle any challenges, we as human beings have tremendous ability to adapt and invent. The prolonged closure of schools due to the Covid19 has resulted in making life manageable with trial and error in “Embracing the Technology” to its best. All the stakeholders, who could afford this kind of online learning environment with sound financial facilities to invest in gadgets and tools are still managing well with technology support and understanding the SAMR model to the best of one’s abilities.

Now, this pandemic prevailing for more than one and a half years has taught many of us to get used to the demands of staying connected virtually. In a country like India, there are several issues to be addressed:

2. Free With access to reference to providing ‘inclusive online gadgets education’ and tools 1.

4. Need for

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Trained teachers

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Adoption of villages and schools revamping the curriculum and for better implementation assessment pattern of online learning across grades modes 7.

Enough Equality, fund reserve and proper accessories to equity and just strengthen and sustain education the online learning environment 6.

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One nation, One platform, One education - to all Indians

For a country like ours, especially with a huge population, it becomes essential to see both the pros and cons of the rise in the online education system. Very clearly the rural-urban divide is very long and broad in our country. “This brings in a stigma attached to the online learning that many children go without education and resort to daily wages, to help acquire the requirements for a minimal livelihood.”

However, the huge impact created by many socio-economic factors can also be positively looked at.

There are potential opportunities to utilize this crisis, to ‘Create Opportunities for Virtual Integration and Development’ (COVID).

Let us look at some of the basic areas where there can be potential improvement: I. Improving Curricula And the four trends identified are 1. Competency-based logic 2. Socio-constructivist perspective 3. Increased focus on learners 4. More emphasis on authentic learning situations There is always a greater possibility for a significant disconnection between the above-prescribed curricula and classroom reality (Ref: The Council of Ministers of Education, in Canada) II. How to prioritize and create learning opportunities for authentic learning This pandemic has made us all reflect on one question and that is “How to decide on the necessity, importance, and usefulness of choosing a certain curriculum content?” A major factor to be considered under authentic learning even before choosing the content of a curriculum, it becomes imperative to preserve students’ readiness level to learn even in a remote manner.

To develop, maintain and celebrate the bonding of students with teachers and schools during this mode of online learning pattern becomes very challenging and takes the utmost priority even more than the transfer of knowledge. It becomes the responsibility of all the stakeholders to understand the importance of preserving students’ motivation, engagement and interest while staying connected to school, especially when the schools are closed for more than one year.

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Then comes choosing varied, flexible, and authentic learning activities, an activity which is comfortable doing even in an online environment. Teachers need to become “Agile Thinkers”, to use available minimum tools and apps and make themselves efficient online teachers. Teachers can refer to the UN’s 2030 agenda-Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to create authentic and contextualized learning situations. UNESCO Chair in Curriculum Development suggests many ways as means to achieve this.

By placing students at the centre of their learning, there is a need to draw on various internal and external resources, that would result in contextualizing the students’ return to school and the connection can be drawn faster when they return to school after a long gap.

III. Maximizing the use of learning outside the classroom It has been and is being witnessed by all of us that this Covid-19 crisis, has shown us great pathways to stay virtually connected and still take care of one’s well-being and continue learning through distance education. Even while preparing to get back to hybrid learning, blended learning, flipped learning, etc., it is going to pose a big challenge to follow the standard. Operational procedures like reduced class size, spacing out desk spaces between students preferring to take outdoor class, etc. Outside the classroom initiatives, outdoor learning and in-classroom learning experience have to be complementary and supplementary.

IV. Self-paced and independent learning The facilities with many learning platforms, apps, and tools, interspersed with a clear implementation of the SAMR model, has provided plenty of opportunities for self-paced, individualized learning – this is a great boon to address differentiation too. With the available tools, skills, and attitude the learning can be as fun-filled as possible without compromising on the final outcomes and standards to be achieved.

Students learn: Ÿ To organize their work better Ÿ Take more initiative Ÿ Think more critically Ÿ Become more involved, and Ÿ Responsible

Teachers can try out learner-centred teaching models with ways and means to suit the individual learner needs, their ability to seek information and analyse and solve problems in practical and innovative ways.

V. This leads to equipping teachers with digital skills How to enhance the Digital Literacy skills among teachers?

There are many online courses Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) on distance and online education. This is made available by many universities and even in India, teaching platforms like Swayam and Diksha provide such opportunities to adapt and enhance digital literary skills.

Many students also cannot handle technologies alone.

(Especially the children from Pre-primary and Primary levels). For example, the Universitie’ de Quebec ‘a Montreal (UQAM) developed several training modules on its Carrefour technopědagogique platform to help teachers adapt to the lockdown.

How do we remove the stigma attached to such a phenomenal growth of online teaching patterns? This pandemic has taught all the stakeholders in the field of education to take challenges and convert them into educational opportunities, for learning progression. There is also a constant doubt prevailing over a healthy teacherstudent relationship. If one has to remove the entire stigma attached to the increased online learning scenario, one needs to ensure that we embrace such a traumatizing situation with a deeper understanding of the abovementioned opportunities to provide better supportive roles as teachers, parents and organizations.

It is the question of adjustment and adaptation, fulfilling roles and responsibilities as an educator to become better facilitators to prove that there is always a beautiful butterfly fluttering after a hard transformation.

Let us jointly create opportunities for virtual integration and development and try to minimize the rural-urban divide by all means to achieve some of the SDGs of UNESCO.

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Shri Vaishnav Vidyapeeth Vishwavidyalaya T he Innovative Educational Hub for the next Generation of Managers

An institute that dares to rise to the challenge and facilitate rigorous academic and experiential training with the help of its exceptionally cultivated faculty is the Indore-based Shri Vaishnav School of Management, of the esteemed Shri Vaishnav Vidyapeeth Vishwavidyalaya.

future managers to meet the challenges of the corporate world. Shri Vaishnav School of Management is committed to quality education as first priority, thus ensuring the academic rigor.

MBA is considered to be a very rigorous program and B-schools have to ensure that the students are capable to handle the difficulty of the program.

Shri Vaishnav School of management considers candidate's academic background during admission.

Admission in each of the MBA programs is given on the basis of CAT/MAT/XAT/ CMAT/ATMA/ SVET score or any other equivalent entrance test. SVSM also offers scholarship schemes for meritorious students at the time of admission.

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Shri Vaishnav School of Management is committed to quality education as first priority, thus ensuring the academic rigor

Shri Vaishnav Vidyapeeth Vishwavidyalaya (SVVV), Indore aims to encourage academic excellence through interdisciplinary applied research and to expand realms of knowledge through innovation.

Under the umbrella of Shri Vaishnav Vidyapeeth Vishwavidyalaya, Shri Vaishnav School of Management (SVSM) was established in 2016 with a view to promote excellence in management education and to prepare

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anagement studies have moved beyond the typical managerial roles and prepare students to deal with new complexities arising in the global business environment. Every industry, obviously, has its specific knowledge requirement. However, the qualities that tend to make an individual a good manager tend to be fairly similar across industries. This presents a unique challenge to management school of present times, to distil the knowledge and skillsets of what would make a good manager across the vast sets of industries and disciplines into a simplified curriculum and academia.

Most Prominent Institutes of Management Studies in India, 2021 Vision To create an educational environment that engages deep intellectual, moral and spiritual stimulation, thereby nurturing leadership.

Mission To pioneer a ‘mentoring’-based education system with a culture of its own, rolled in Indian ethos and in tune with contemporary times. To impart learning through understanding, knowledge enrichment, skill development and positive attitude formation. To encourage innovative thinking with self-discipline and social responsibility.

Core Values Endurance, Excellence, Fairness, Honesty and Transparency The Academic Vision Shri Vaishnav School of Management follows the teaching pedagogy which enhances the holistic development of their students. It includes case studies, major research projects at undergraduate and postgraduate level, internship, workshops, industrial visits, live projects and conferences etc.

Gandhi National Council of Rural Education, Department of Higher Education, and Ministry of Human Resource Development. The purpose of this MoU is sharing a common desire to explore, extend and strengthen the mutual relationship with all these institutions for rural development.

Along with academic endeavour, SVSM also puts high emphasis institute-industry interface and facilitates guest lecturers as a regular feature. The holistic development of students is the foremost priority of Shri Vaishnav School of Management.

Keeping this in mind SVSM has signed MoU with Hanyang university, South Korea and St. Cloud State University, Minnesota, USA for establishing alliances related to exchange of faculty and students.

The Multitude of Academic Offerings Shri Vaishnav School of Management offers variety of industry ready management programs such as MBA (Dual Degree program). Research is one of the top-most priorities, because it is believed that generation of knowledge enriches us with freshness and empowers each individual to overcome obsolescence. Hence, SVSM provides MBA + Ph.D. program. In this program teaching assistance amounting to Rs. 25,000 and Rs. 27,000 per month is offered to the Ph.D. Scholars admitted in 4-year full

For the ‘rural management’ course, SVSM signed a MoU with Mahatma

time program during first two years and later two years respectively, subject to MHRD/ UGC/AICTE Guidelines.

SVSM also offers innovative programmes such as: MBA (Business Analytics) that provides an opportunity to explore promising growth for career development in today’s techno savvy world. Ÿ MBA (Family Business and Entrepreneurship) provides opportunity to the students to learn essential business and management skills to improve and diversify their family business. Ÿ MBA (Engineering Management) offers an opportunity to blend technical expertise with essential business and management skills to fulfil industry's need for businesssavvy engineering managers. Ÿ MBA (Media Management) gives Ÿ

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an opportunity to enhance skills and gain expertise in several areas of media creation and production. Ÿ MBA (Advertising and public relation) helps the students to learn and innovate the new technologies in the field of advertising and public relations in response to the changing habits of consumers and to engage with an increasingly technologically savvy audience. Ÿ Agriculture has long been seen as a sector with tremendous potential in India. In the last few years, the sector has seen an unprecedented gain with several government and private sector initiatives. MBA (Agribusiness Management) provides an opportunity to learn the new ways of doing and promoting the agriculture in India. Ÿ MBA (Tourism) offers diverse job opportunities to facilitate increasing number of tourists. India is a wellknown tourist destination due to its vivid cultural heritage and pilgrimage sites. Ÿ MBA (International Business) offers a learning opportunity to view the international business world in more comprehensive way.

Mentorship and expertise in the field of Management education of Dr. Upinder Dhar has contributed to a large extent in enhancement and outreach of SVSM. Most Noteworthy achievements of Dr Dhar are: 2015 - Conferred ‘Best Paper Award’ by the Indian Society for Training and Development during its National Convention at Gurgaon for the paper published in IJTD, Volume XXXXV (3), JulySeptember, 2015. Ÿ 2016 - Conferred ‘03 Best Paper Ÿ

Awards’ in Human Resource Management and Marketing Areas during international conference on ‘Make in India Initiative: Role and Challenges for SMEs in the Global Perspective’ organized by Poornima School of Management and Poornima University, Jaipur in collaboration with Hanyang University, South Korea and JK Lakshmipat University, Jaipur from February 19-20, 2016. Ÿ 2017 - Conferred ‘Shri Nanaji Deshmukh Life Time Achievement Award’ during the 11th National Conference of Praachi PCR Association at Shri Vaishnav

Dr. Upinder Dhar Vice Chancellor

Apart from the Post Graduate programs, SVSM also offers BBA (Bachelor of Business Administration) programs, that grooms the young students for the managerial roles.

The Astute Leader The personality behind the success of the institute is Dr. Upinder Dhar, Vice Chancellor, Shri Vaishnav Vidyapeeth Vishwavidyalay, and a mentor of Shri Vaishnav School of Management. He is well-renowned as one of the most eminent personalities in the Indian management education space. Vision,

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Vidyapeeth Vishwavidyalaya, Indore from December 21-23, 2017. Ÿ 2017 - Conferred 9th Annie Besant Award for Excellence in Education by the Annie Besant Group, Indore on October 16, 2017. Ÿ 2018 - Conferred ‘AIMS Ravi J Matthai National Fellow Award’ during the 30th AIMS Annual Management Education Convention held at Infosys Convention Center, Bengaluru from August 30 to September 01, 2018. Ÿ 2020 - Conferred ‘Teacher Excellence Award’ in recognition of continuing dedication and excellence towards teaching by the Rotary Club of Indore Central on September 06, 2020.

The Uniqueness of the SVSM Experience Shri Vaishnav School of Management follows the teaching pedagogy which enhances the holistic development of the students. It includes case study, ‘Major Research Project’ at undergraduate and postgraduate levels, internships, workshops, industrial visits, live projects and conferences etc.

Being promoted by 134-years old trust, sensitivity towards social causes is ensured through social engagement of students in curricula design and program delivery. Interdisciplinary, activity-driven learning environment for holistic development of students can be considered as the USP of SVSM. In light of the push towards EdTech implementation in universities worldwide, ERP has been implemented to facilitate all facets of academic and

Along with academic endeavour, SVSM also puts high emphasis institute-industry interface and facilitates guest lecturers as a regular feature. The holistic development of students is the foremost priority of Shri Vaishnav School of Management

administrative delivery. Classes are regularly conducted on online platforms such as MS-Team, Google Class, Zoom etc. Procter-based online examinations are conducted as per scheduled on academic calendar.

Degrees are awarded on time to passing out batches Aspiring to a bright future Future is full of prospects for Shri Vaishnav School of Management, such as fulfilling the dreams of management students and aspirant managers. The institute is going forward to increase the number of programs in collaboration with industries to provide industry-ready management professionals. At the same time, application oriented advanced research in management discipline will be facilitated by faculty of doctoral studies and research.

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learning environment is a strange place. Unlike other places including a family, peer groups and employments where the norm includes two-way communication with either or both parties having the responsibility of taking steps for a positive outcome, here despite the process having equal contribution from both sides i.e., the student and the teacher, when it comes to creating the right learning environment, the needle points firmly at the teacher. And that’s because the student for the length of the time he or she is in the environment remains a recipient, and to an extent a mute spectator who is only to imbibe and learn.

Strategies to Create a Supportive Learning Environment thus remains the exclusive preserve of the teacher and the institution, and the mark of a good teacher and learning environment can be judged by the way they go about setting the structures that go toward forming a supporting learning environment. Some of the established strategies that promote the right learning environment include:

1. Communicate warmth and a sense of purpose A learning environment should have a sense of happiness, humour, honesty and most of all, humility to learn. With any of these missing, the learning environment becomes a drag which starts to grate the patience of both the learner and the teacher. While it may take time to come successfully on top with experience, there are a few things in people’s born and learnt qualities that help make the environment warm and purposeful. Of these, the following remain pertinent: - Patience. Students, irrespective of age come with baggage that may be inimical to learning. With patience, the teacher and the environment can get students to keep their baggage aside and open up to newer possibilities and work towards making those a reality.

- Making objectives clear. Grey areas remain inimical to the growth of a learning irrespective of environments and institutions. One of the best ways to engender the

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right environment is by making objectives clear at the earliest. That said, it should be done in ways that don’t overwhelm or scare the learners into submission or leaving.

- Building the confidence in learners that resources exist to create the right environment. Key result areas and defining goals can overwhelm a new learner. It’s then entirely up to an efficient and concerned teacher to create confidence in learners that they shall never be left along and that their abilities shall never be found wanting. On the contrary, the learning environment should make efforts to take everyone along.

2. Include contemporary topics to gain and retain interest Unless the subject itself is history or learnings that necessitates looking back in time, there shouldn’t be a reason for the learning environment to teach dated things.

These are times when things and more so technologies go extinct in the blink of an eye, and one is forced to stay abreast with the latest so as to stay relevant. It’s for this reason that a supportive learning environment should aim at teaching the latest and what’s likely to come up in the near future. Remaining contemporary is thus an important requirement to retain a supportive learning environment. In fact, it could be too much of a coincidence when one sees that the leading economies of the world invest their time and efforts in teaching the latest there while leaving just the needed amounts of efforts on what’s gone in the past.

Dwelling too much in the past is a sure way of creating a disgruntled, disparate environment that leads its learners nowhere meaningful.

3. Be realistic about the end-result Don’t grow apple trees if you desire mangoes. It could be a sheer waste of time, money, patience and most of all, an institution’s goodwill. Not all learning environments are designed to produce the same kind of output. That said, with a certain clarity of purpose, and understanding of ground realities, one can produce better than expected results. This in fact has been a worldwide phenomenon, especially when one sees poorer nations. They may not have produced world-class brains. But in some cases, they have produced adequate numbers of those who know how to use their brains with a view to bring change that could be slow but steady.

4. Use important means including flipped classrooms A teacher should ideally be there to guide and not goad. If

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adhered to in the right spirits, this could open ways to a new form of teaching called “flipped classrooms” where the whole idea of educating is flipped. The teacher becomes the student and the students use all possible resources, including open books, libraries, real-life experiences and the likes to come up with answers that the teachers may put forth. Collaboration, doing projects, moving out, meeting people, all these engender teaching in ways that remain with students for the longest of time. A life-changing experience, it may not be possible for every subject.

Nevertheless, the learning environment ought to incorporate the same to the extent possible for the long-term good of students and learners.

5. Take charge of laggards A learning environment is as successful as its most laggard of learners. And when the laggards make up the most, the environment doesn’t have an option but to slow down and cater to the slowest. While this may seem slowing down the whole order, in the larger scheme of things, it teaches the brightest learner an important lesson. That you don’t move ahead if you have among you those who either pull you back or don’t let you move ahead. If learning isn’t a race, teaching and helping laggards could possibly be the best teacher for the brightest of students. The ancient way of education worldwide saw to it that everyone moved at the same pace, which sometimes was the pace of the slowest.

6. Remember, your best efforts will still be offset by laggards and failures. Don’t take it to heart. Use it to do better.

And when one is done with formulating strategies for the creation of a supportive learning environment, it is time to understand that in every learning order anywhere in the world, there shall be those who can be counted as the blacksheep and who despite the best efforts of the environment and the teachers are destined to go out of the system as failures. That is nature and one has to live with it without getting disturbed in any way!

Learning is a never-ending activity. The most learned also get to learn something new every day. It’s for this reason that strategies to create a supportive learning environment can never be a static activity with little change. On the other hand, to cater to the widest audience of learners, it ought to remain dynamic that changes and adjusts with times and circumstances.

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