Future Of Business Education And Industrial-academic Linkage

"ChatGPT has introduced us to Education 5.0, the future of business education and industrial-academic linkage," said Dr Jitendra Das, Director, FORE School of Management, acknowledging the session on 'Bridging the Industry-Academia Gap'.

He added, "B-Schools should find their own curriculum and interact with industry to develop job-ready students."

He was speaking at Future of Management Education Conclave 2023, organised by BW Businessworld at New Delhi on Thursday.

Asserting the fact, Nasir Shaikh, CEO, Lexicon Group of Institutes said, "Networking is the important element, it’s the heartbeat of any professional and in today’s digital world, LinkedIn is more likely to enhance students’ networking."

B-Schools today operate like a corporate hub, have tie-ups with the industry and provide learning curriculum that suits industry working standards, he added.

Mentoring the panel discussion, Das raised the faculty-internship segment, answering the same Dr Radha Thevannoor, Director & Registrar, SCMS Group of Educational Institutes said, "Besides syllabus, there is far more B Schools can do and training the teacher with industry aspects will help in delivering practical knowledge among students."

Prof S Sreenivasa Murthy, Director, Institute of Public Enterprise, also accoladed the faculty internship. He stated that it is easier to train a teacher rather than inviting a number of corporate members which is mostly not possible.

"The root cause of the industry and academia gap comes from the educational curriculum’s non-alignment with industrial today’s want," underlined Himadri Das, Director General, IMI, New Delhi.

The session ended with the panellists' valuable insights, with Das stressing the fact that professor’s resistance to corporate-based teaching techniques, caused the actual gap between the industry and academic learning.