While IIMA has gone on to get international parnerships with more than 50 institutions, how many Indian institutions has it really benefitted. Has it shared its domain of knowledge, expertise in teaching-research processes with A and B grade B-schools and hand held them ! or has it continued to grow globally without contibuting to the growth of lesser fortunate Indian B-Schools who coul have benefited greatly with an association with IIMA. It seems IIMA stll continues to be elitist and instead of atleast hand-holding a few B_Schools in India, prefers to build its own image. It is good to grow but also to help others less priviledged institutions to grow too... Probably the time to introspect on this is now !!
RE:Elitist ...... to an extent
by LaX Ray on Oct 15, 2007 03:48 PM Permalink
Every institute should come up on their own. You cannot expect all institute to be like IIM-A in India just like all B-Schools cannot be Kellogs or Stanford. Who says that everything needs to be shared. Try to appreciate the fact that IIM-A has made its mark across the world.
RE:Elitist ...... to an extent
by Ritu Goswami on Oct 15, 2007 04:26 PM Permalink
You are 100% right, No American Management School teaches you about society. Learning to be selfish (Sorry.... Being RUTHLESS and GOAL ORIENTED) is the first dictum of Management...Outcome is WORLDCOM...AurtherAnderson and ....nice petrol MNC of US! Management does not teach you to become nice citizen or GOOD HUMAN...(These two things are poles apart). Therefore the behaviour of IIM-A should not be surprising, because an institute trying to emaluate US their idols (US B-Schools) teaches to be selfish. Hats-off mate....I am sure you are CEO material.
RE:Elitist ...... to an extent
by sarita arora on Oct 15, 2007 03:54 PM Permalink
well..it'd be wrong to say that IIMA has not contributed in grooming Indian B-schools or other institutions... for instance, it has helped various instt. like NIAM, IRMA and GB Pant univ. to set up their management courses...apart from that various packages like management development programs (offered for executives from India Inc.) and teacher's development program (where hundreds of teachers from other B-schools participate) DO HELP the cause of corporate world as well as so called "less priviledges instt." apart from that, various profs. of iima have also been contributing to the Indian policy making...be it agriculture or railways, IIMA has been contributing on all fronts...so it'd be wrong to gauge the contribution of this school only in terms of foreign tie-ups or salary hikes...
