i am in agreement with ur assertion but tell me how many of managers of today would like to interact with the students who are the managers of tomorrow. according to them teaching in management institutes is not as lucrative and challenging a proposition as working in the corporate world. moreover with the industry working 24x7 where is the time for these managers to coach the management students of various b schools. the only solution i can see in this conundrum is for industries to sponsor some institutes and encourage their staff to teach the students of that b school. in whis way they will be doing a social service to the society by bringing forth effective managers and also giving condidence to their staff an opportunity to go back to their books albeit for a consideration. i feel this should be resorted to and moreover staff of industries who teach at b schools should be given special incentives by the industry.