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Leadership beyond boundaries

Bonding with societal issues with the spirit of design thinking and innovation

Executive education enters a new realm as MBA students design prototypes that can be scaled up and taken to the next level not just to start entrepreneurial ventures but to find real-time solutions to societal problems

Global citizenship not just a privilege or an intellectual advantage, but it's an ecological and social necessity, a technological possibility and also an emotional and political possibility in ways that it never was before. And because of a growing awareness of ecological and economic interdependence,  the young managers and entrepreneurs  stepping into the arena  of turbulent global work space  need to learn to look beyond the narrow career goals to  take on the mantle  of responsible  leaders by creating  different  kinds of mechanisms that empower stakeholders in a sustainable manner. The young Indian minds need to  consider how design-thinking can contribute to solving India's societal challenges, and what leadership is required to grow a design-based culture in Indian businesses and society, in short, how design-thinking could bring positive changes  in the  infrastructure and behaviour of India's rapidly urbanising  environment.

The students from WeSchool’s niche programs like Healthcare, Retail ,Business Design and Rural Management grouped with their counterparts from the PGDM & PGDM E–Biz have been undergoing a transformational program in leadership, team building ,value and ethics etc.and  looking at ‘opportunity spaces ‘ that included  burning social issues,  environment protection ,inclusion of stakeholders in developmental process, energy conservation and alternate sources of energy; where they were expected to look deep into the psyche of multiple stakeholders, create stakeholder maps ,understand the patterns that emerged during the process and turn them into solutions for  societal benefits. What emerged out of this creative endeavour were business plans that were also solutions for issues faced by both rural as well as urban population i.e. financial services for the urban underprivileged, de-congestion through improved traffic sense, improving emergency healthcare in cities, enhancing the branding of government services like the MTDC, designing an efficient IT tool for tracking government documents needed by citizens and many others.

‘Leadership beyond boundaries ‘ unfolded into  reality when these solutions were presented to an impressive jury that included : Ashish Somaiyya, CEO-Motilal Oswal Pvt Ltd ,U.R.Bhat ,MD.Dalton capital Advisors(I)Ltd , Anurag Madan,Exec Director-Edelweiss , Sameer Tamhane, Sr.Director(HR),MSD Organon(I) Pvt Ltd , Varky Joseph, Head-Customer experience-Raymond, Leon Verdes, Sr Manager- Finance , Castrol, Rajendra Samant, Area manager-Jain Irrigation, Sanjay Badhe-Consultant –Mktg & Retail strategy and Dakshesh Parekh, Executive Director- Business India.

Lyndon Rego, Director-Innovation Incubator& Global Director -LBB, and Ramsey Ford, Co-founder &Design Director-Design Impact , from Center for Creative Leadership (CCL ) mentored the students along with WeSchool faculty, reviewed the breakthrough projects and briefed the Global Citizen Leaders of the future  in this journey.

Among the 25 projects that were scrutinised by the panel of juries, the 3 top solutions were:

·         VERMISPRAY ,A business plan for converting an agricultural by-product ; an organic liquid fertilizer into an user friendly product for the consumption of the urban spaces like public and terrace gardens, nurseries,  landscape artists ,horticulturists as well as rural farms.

·         SWEET NOTHINGS, A plan for positioning the everyday jaggery into a high-end ready- to- retail product by converting the crude packaging and bulky form into with sophisticated  packaging and branding.  To make it  attractive for the urban consumer for health and taste, to be sold in bars(like chocolate),cubes(like chiklets ) ,syrup  ( for desserts) and also as a healthy substitute for the Hypoglycaemia patients.

·         www.egrameen.com, an IT intervention  to bring a convergence of  news, product information, technological know-how, on-ground workshops, chat rooms to boost rural entrepreneurship

Prof Dr Uday Salunkhe ,Group Director-WeSchool commented  , “India needs young talent who will not only strive for personal success as a corporate leaders  or   entrepreneurs but also on making  the society a better place to live. One of the key initiatives that WeSchool has taken up towards nurturing its students is the AAA approach. AAA stands for Acquisition, Application and Assimilation of knowledge. The approach emphasizes students to learn through application of acquired knowledge and as the next step delve deeper to make meaning of the knowledge acquired & experience by understanding one's roles & responsibilities towards business, relationships & society .Center for Creative Leadership  has joined hands with WeSchool  to mentor our young students into seekers and explorers in search of answers, that will heighten the sense of responsibility and cultural empathy, broaden the world view and assist them to create a new, higher ideal; an identity of self that they can relate to. As the vision of self will undergo a deep change, the young manager will move from responsive to transformative contribution to the society “

This initiative compelled the young   MBAs-to-be to step out of the comfort zones of classroom learning, look closely at the fast- paced realities of the environment and come out with strong solutions that had the potential to be taken to a higher level .This endeavour not only changed their lenses but also tested their ability to accept failure and turn it into opportunities for higher degrees of success.

About WeSchool:

Established in 1977, Prin. L. N. Welingkar Institute of Management Development & Research (We School) features among the premier Business Schools in India. We School has two campuses, one in Mumbai the financial capital of India and another in Bengaluru, the IT capital of India. We School is among the 41 quality Institutes governed and run by charitable Trust S.P. Mandali, Pune, all across the state of Maharashtra.  We School has been ranked 10th among the top private B-Schools, 8th in international linkages by Forbes India in their best Business School survey in July 2011 and ranked 16th in Economic Times - India Inc’s Preferred B Schools survey 2011.

About CCL :

The Center for Creative Leadership (CCL^®) is a top-ranked, global provider of executive education that develops better leaders through its exclusive focus on leadership education and research. Founded in 1970 as a non-profit, CCL helps clients around the world cultivate creative leadership—the capacity to achieve more than imagined by thinking and acting beyond boundaries.

‘Leadership Beyond Boundaries (LBB) ‘ is the Center for Creative Leadership's (CCL) global effort to advance leadership development in the world. Applying decades of knowledge in CCL's research and training practice, LBB's mission is to make accessible, low-cost but equally high quality leadership development at the grassroots. With the help of sponsors and partners in India, LBB has been working to unlock the potential of the country's greatest resource — its people. The following are key areas of work –Educational Institutions, youth organizations, Government and social sector, social entrepreneurs, microfinance organizations and women empowerment groups.

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Are short term specialized courses an answer to India’s MBA woes?

A recent survey by the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) revealed that over 180 management colleges had closed down in 2012, even in major cities such as Mumbai, Lucknow and Bangalore while another 160 struggled for survival. Only 10 per cent of the students graduating from these colleges were found employable. Considering the economic slowdown and a tough job market, MBA aspirants are becoming reluctant to opt for the management degree. Instead short term specialization courses are now becoming the most sought after. Specialization courses are a boon for the younger generation as they are fine tuned to meet the market demand.

Specialized courses help students with better job prospects and enable them escalate the hierarchy ladder in an organization. Not only one gets to learn many new things from these various courses but also increases the experience and skill sets of an individual. These courses add value to the candidate in many ways. They are job oriented and can be easily afforded by students in every strata of the society. In fact many students feel that in spite of paying a significant amount of fee to get their MBA qualification, they are not able to leverage the value of their MBA degree.

 

Our client named Imarticus Learning provides industry specific specialized educational courses within the financial sector. They enable to bridge the gap between academics and the industry.

 

In order to gain a deeper perspective on the same, I would like to connect you with faculty member of Imarticus Learning, Mr. Harish Thakkar, Former Designation: Associate Director, Cap Gemini. He would be available to share their views on the following points:

 

·         What are the criteria based on which recruiters recruit employees today?

·         How is a specialization course different from an MBA

·         The educational and industrial scenario

·         How specialization is the need of the hour

·         How specialization skills and domain knowledge increases employability

 

About Imarticus Learning

Imarticus offers comprehensive industry specific training programs in various sectors such as Financial Services.. Our first program focuses on training and providing career options within the Investment Banking industry, an attractive career choice that is currently inaccessible to many due to lack of awareness and relevant skills. An industry relevant curriculum, distinguished faculty, innovative learning methodology and a strong relationship with the industry are our key strengths.

Imarticus has been formed to bridge the gap between academia and industry by providing the knowledge and skill sets which are essential in today’s competitive working environment. Through our programs, we aim to elevate the skill levels of our aspiring students and job seekers thereby increasing their employability and relevance to the industry at large.

 

Harish Thakkar, Former Designation: Associate Director, Cap Gemini
Harish has played a pivotal role in setting up training academies for investment banking captives like JP Morgan and Nomura. He has managed and led teams in running successful process operations and has substantial experience in developing procedures and service standards for business excellence. He has also worked as a lead-trainer and led the BFSI Content Development of NIS Sparta. Harish holds a degree in law.

 

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SVIMS organizes seminar on Corporate Social Responsibility

SVIMS organizes seminar on Corporate Social Responsibility

Chairman Justice BN Srikrishna urges B-Schools to integrate an understanding of social responsibility along with management education for enabling students to be more socially responsible managers of tomorrow

Mumbai, 11^th March, 2013: In today’s times, when more and more conflicts emerge between a corporate and its publics, the aspect of social responsibility has become much more relevant and business schools, by making Corporate Social Responsibility or CSR as a subject of relevance could actually make a huge difference, was the message that one could take away from the seminar organized by SVIMS (Sir Visvesaraya Institute of Management Studies & Research) on Saturday in Mumbai.

The seminar was inaugurated by Chairman of SVIMS Justice BN Srikrishna, who also happens to be an eminent lawyer and former Supreme Court justice, who chaired the Srikrishna Commission and sixth pay commission and is a champion of many causes on social responsibility.

According to Justice Srikrishna, CSR is simply putting the interests of the public before the corporate interest in all aspects.

According to him today in the corporate world CSR or Corporate Social Responsibility is often equated to charity, a mere act of opening a school or a hospital or donation to religious institutions, and nothing more. CSR is not charity work for others, but to assume responsibility for any undue fall outs while the business enterprise is carrying on its business. It is also to prevent damage to the environment and thereby the damage to the future of the very Society whom the business intends to benefit.  Thus CSR becomes an important element in training the managers for future businesses.

 

The corruption, violence, distrust that takes place in today’s world in general and corporate place in particular is mainly due to a lack of sense of responsibility of an individual to his fellow beings.

For a manager, his alma mater - his B-School, is his real home, where this understanding, to be responsible to his society, has to be deeply enshrined in him.

“I therefore feel that CSR should be a subject of intensive study in B-Schools, and if even 25% of the B-school students practice CSR the way they have experienced at their alma mater, it will make a huge difference to the society and environment,” he said.

SVIMS has pledged that the institute will evolve with CSR as its foundation and an emphasis will be given to make management socially responsible and relevant.

Internationally, several schools have been integrating the culture of social responsibility with management education. INSEAD, the France-based school, has a centre for social innovation and a course for social entrepreneurship. Kellogg, in Chicago, also has a centre for social entrepreneurship.

The other eminent speakers who spoke on the relevance of putting the interest of the public before the corporate interest included Mr Ajit Patnaik - General Manager, Corporate Sustainability, Tata Housing Development company, Mr E. Mohan Reddy, Deputy General Manager (CSR), ONGC, Mr K.T. Ramakrishnan - General Manager India & Sri Lanka,  Worldwide Responsibility Accredited Production (WRAP), Mr. V.G. Morab, Consultant CSR & former CSR Manager, Intertek Global, and Mr. Narayan Bhargava - Chairman NSB group.

 

About SVIMS:

SVIMS or (Sir M Visvesvaraya Institute of Management & Research) is a B-School which has been built with a unique objective of providing quality management education to students. It aims to inculcate the quality of being responsible to one’s society and be self sustainable at the same time through sound business strategies. SVIMS is affiliated to the University of Mumbai.

SVIMS emphasizes on business management training through simulation and practical experience. Thinking mode of learning, hands on learning and high performance leadership, are the other practical learning approaches adopted by the institute.

 

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Aptech, NSDC sign agreement to boost employment

Aptech, NSDC sign agreement to boost employment

 

Aptech SBU to skill over 2.33 million youth in 10 yrs

 

Mumbai/Pune, March 8, 2013: Aptech Ltd and the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) signed an agreement on Friday as part of which the global education & training company would provide job-related training in a range of disciplines to meet the growing demand for skilled manpower in several key areas of the economy.

 

The agreement between the two sides was signed in Pune by Mr Ninad Karpe, CEO & Managing Director, Aptech Ltd, and Mr Dilip Chenoy, CEO & Managing Director, NSDC, on the sidelines of the final selection of the Indian contingent for the WorldSkills Leipzig 2013 competition.

 

As part of the Aptech-NSDC arrangement, Aptech would form a separate SBU within its existing organization structure to train more than 2.33 million people nationwide over 10 years in a wide array of sectors that include Banking, Financial Services and Insurance (BFSI), IT/ITeS, Media & Entertainment, and Organized Retail. NSDC would provide a soft loan of Rs 7.5 crore to Aptech for this skills training initiative. The total project cost has been pegged at Rs 10 crore.

 

Aptech proposes to set up 500 new centers under the proposal and would enter new and rapidly growing segments such as Retail and BFSI in the first 5 years. There is also a plan to provide learning through technology-enabled methods in remote areas of the country.

 

Commenting on the agreement, Mr. Ninad Karpe, CEO & MD, Aptech Ltd said, “The project will address the under-served segment of students through the loans for NSDC Courses and it is envisaged that partnering with NSDC will provide the necessary boost and status to vocational training which is a priority focus area in the country. Besides the regular, we shall deliver training through technology enabled remote classrooms and have plans to recruit master trainers and instructors for the same. We are hopeful that this initiative will drive skills development in the country, rendering best use of talent.”

 

NSDC CEO & MD Dilip Chenoy said: “The NSDC is pleased to partner Aptech to raise the pool of skilled personnel in the country. We are confident that Aptech’s entry in the skills training domain would encourage more marquee names of corporate India to get involved in the skills space so that the country is in a position to leverage its favorable demographic profile to promote a faster and more inclusive growth.”

 

NOTES TO EDITORS

 

ABOUT NATIONAL SKILL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

The National Skill Development Corporation India (NSDC) is a one of its kind, Public Private Partnership in India. It aims to promote skill development by catalyzing creation of large, quality, for-profit vocational institutions. It provides funding to build scalable, for-profit vocational training initiatives. Its mandate is also to enable support systems such as quality assurance, information systems and train the trainer academies either directly or through partnerships. Its objective is to contribute significantly (about 30 per cent) to the overall target of skilling / upskilling 500 million people in India by 2022.

 

ABOUT APTECH

Aptech commenced its education and training business in 1986 and has globally trained over 6.5 million students. Aptech is an ISO 9001:2008 organization and the first IT Training and Education company to get this certification for Education Support Services in 1993. Aptech has presence in more than 40 emerging countries through its two main streams of businesses – Individual training and Enterprise Business. As a leader in career education, it has over 1300+ centres of learning across the world.

 

Under Individual Training, Aptech offers career and professional training through its Aptech Computer Education, Arena Animation & Maya Academy of Advanced Cinematics (both in Animation & Multimedia), Aptech Hardware & Networking Academy, Aptech Aviation & Hospitality Academy and Aptech English Learning Academy brands. Enterprise business includes Content Development (Aptech Learning Services), Training and Assessment Solutions for Corporates & Institutions (Aptech Training Solutions, Aptech Assessment & Testing Solutions).

 

For further information on Aptech Limited, please visit our website at www.aptech-worldwide.com

 

For more information, contact:

	National Skill Development Corporation   Sumali Moitra Principal – PR & Advocacy +91-11-47451600-10 +91-8860084554 sumali.moitra@nsdcindia.org
			Aptech Ltd Shrutidhar Paliwal       VP & Head, Corp Comm & Media Relations +91-22-28272446 +91-9820120477     Shrutidharp@aptech.ac.in

        

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