Cii-aicte Technical Meet

CII – AICTE TECHNICAL EDUCATION MEET TECHNICAL SESSION II

ROLES & PROGRAMMES OF INDUSTRY, ACADEMIA AND GOVERNMENT IN ADDRESSING COMPETITIVENESS THROUGH EDUCATION AND TECHNOLOGY

Professor B. Mohanty Xavier Institute of Management Bhubaneswar

WHY COMPETITIVENESS ? • Globalization and opening of International borders • Free access to information making the consumer more aware, thus, lowering the possibility of commercial house to make higher profit using information systematically • Low entry barrier, particularly in service sector and knowledge industry which do not require high investment • Concerns regarding credibility have led to adoption of International standards in almost all spheres • Movement of knowledge people has become relatively easy as this has become a preferred mode of sourcing people

Government

Industry

Competitiveness

Academia

Interplay of Industry, Academia and Government in Bringing about Competitiveness

EXTERNAL LINKAGES INDUSTRY LINKAGES INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATIONS ALUMNI RELATIONS

RESOURCES FACILITIES & INFRASTRUCTURE TECHNOLOGY FACULTY

ACTIVITIES

OUTPUT IN TERMS OF COMPETITIVENESS

REGULAR PROGRAMMES TECHNOLOGY ENABLED PROGS. TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH CONSULTING SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

QUALITY ASSURANCE CURRICULUM

INDUSTRY LINKAGES • Leadership Seminars – INSIGHT, Lalita Gupte – ICICI Bank, Ashok Soota – Mindtree Consulting, etc. • CEO Talks – Theme/Module based • Immersion Courses – Industry expert on a continual focus • Visiting Faculty/Adjunct Faculty with substantial interaction offcampus as well • ASHWAMEDH – Sponsored by Industry for Best B-School Summer Project • Industry-Academia Tie-ups for Case Development – MARICO, etc.

INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATIONS • Student Exchange Programmes & MOUs with nine international business schools across America, Europe, Asia & Africa • Loyola College of Maryland, Baltimore • Graduate School of Business Economics, Warsaw, Poland • REIMS Management School, REIMS Cedex, France • Euromed Marseille Institute of Management, Marseille, France • University of Stellenbosch Business School, Cape Town, South Africa • College of Management, Law & Languages, Lithuania • UFSIA, Antwerp, Belgium • Facultad de Economia- IQS, Barcelona, Spain • HHL- Leipzig Graduate School of Management, Germany

• • Upcoming Faculty Exchange Programmes • Foreign Faculty undertaking specific additional curriculum module teaching • Collaborative Research underway • Two International Conferences in 2007 for greater international exposure for the faculty and students • Increased interaction with international companies for offering global MDPs • Highly rewarding feedback from foreign B-Schools s

ALUMNI RELATIONS • Contribution to teaching as Visiting Faculty •Participation in Immersion Courses • Undertaking orientation/induction programmes for freshly admitted students • Placement of students • Financial support for Institute Development, like for the Auditorium • Informal mentors (on-line) with current students • Developing Curriculum and its upgradation

Every year the Alumni Meets are organised in seven cities in India (Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Hyderabad, Bangalore and Bhubaneswar) and six cities abroad (Singapore, Dubai, London, Baltimore, San Francisco and Chicago) Out of 3019 alumni members, more than 300 have reached CEO and Director level positions in companies. 30-40 alumni members have become entrepreneurs.

FACILITIES AND INFRASTRUCTURE • 24/7 Internet access with 7 MBPS connectivity • Printing/Xeroxing facilities within the Hostel premises • 24/7 Coffee Shop • 24/7 Library Access • Wi-fi & LAN networked campus • Notebooks for each student • Institute Sponsorships for attending global events • Dedicated IT facilities for student activities • Single Rooms for each student

TECHNOLOGY • First B-School of India to offer Video Conferencing based management programme in India – using Reliance platform • PGCBM – A success story • Adaptation to V-SAT technology from Wired Video Conferencing technology for the PGCBM Programme • Established VSAT studio on-campus • Pioneered the On-campus rigorous team dynamics system for the PGCBM students • First B-School to provide computers to each student • Complete campus Wi-fi enabled • More than 600 computers LAN connected across campus • Vibrant Academic Information System (AIS) and Electronic

FACULTY • Professors •Associate Professors • Assistant Professors • Adjunct Professors

REGULAR PROGRAMMES & TECHNOLOGY ENABLED PROGRAMMES • PGDM • PGDM (RM) • PGDM (PT) • FPM • PGCBM • PGPMI

TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT • Trained more than 4500 senior & middle management executives • Incompany & MDP programmes offered • Customised progammes for the corporate and social sector organisations as well • Consistent monitoring of deliverables • State of the art training facilities • Acknowledged as one of the best training providers in the country • High satisfaction levels of trained executives • Feedback & follow up with the trainees in their work place • High degree of proficiency in training and training the trainers • 24/7 MDC facility with star comfort & business conveniences

RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CENTER FOR DEVELOPMENT OF SMALL & MEDIUM ENTERPRISES (Supported by SIDBI)

CENTER FOR DEVELOPMENT, RESEARCH & TRAINING

CENTER FOR CASE RESEARCH

CENTER FOR HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT CENTER FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT CENTER FOR INDUSTRY FACILITATION

SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT • Pioneered Social development process in the State of Orissa • LAMP – For People living with HIV • CENDERET – The rural arm of XIMB • Promotes Socio-Economic Development • Three resource centers across the State • Conceptualised, Implemented & Monitored more than 600 projects since its inception • Acknowledged by the Government of India and Government of Orissa as a quality service provider • Capacity building in the rural and tribal areas • Development of Panchayati Raj & Societal level of life • A major contributor to harnessing opportunities of the poor and

QUALITY ASSURANCE • Consistent student feedback with faculty development focus • Benchmarking of faculty performance vis-à-vis student expectations • Quality policy adherence • Strict evaluation & monitoring through area coordinators, academic council, faculty council, student council & management advisory committee • Best practices followed for retaining top ten ranking in the country • Substantial rewards system for quality development in curriculum, teaching & research

CURRICULUM • 30 % of curriculum upgraded annually • Introduction of new electives • Enhancement of electives into core courses through module enhancement • Introduction of new programmes – linked with industry like ICICI and technology enabled programmes • Constant interaction with CEOs and Industry Leaders for curriculum monitoring and control • High degree of flexibility for adapting newer areas of interest and concern for business and economy

SUGGESTIONS • Consequence of industry/Academia agenda focusing on issues • Academia is to some extent having disjoined research pieces and findings. The industry can help to integrate, refine and put together, test and make it possible in a packaged manner for implementation • Money and resource support is a partial engagement model – Team effort with goal orientation from Industry and Academia is required. • Strong Exchange Programme between Industry and Academia

THANK YOU