Indian universities have a long way to go in terms of quality research.

Q. Today when universities are mushrooming, attracting and retaining competent faculty members has become a major challenge. How do you deal with it?

A. We provide total academic and professional freedom. The faculty is free to undertake research and conduct training programmes.

The faculty is encouraged to network with peers nationally and internationally. The university has tie-ups with five leading institutes globally for joint research and academic collaboration. The faculty is also encouraged to attend conferences and is nominated to present papers in India and abroad.

Q. Many students are increasingly heading offshore for higher education. Does this reflect the poor state of our higher education system? What can be done to alter the scenario?

A. The need is to encourage and appreciate good institutions in the country. There needs to be a proper mechanism to support quality upcoming institutions. Another need is to encourage Indian institutions collaborate and to tie up with well-acclaimed foreign institutions.

Q. What are your thoughts on providing global exposure to students?

A. The interaction of students with global academia is already happening. India is fast emerging as a global player on the educational landscape, attracting the attention of best academia across the world. Global academia is visiting India and local students are able to interact with international faculty directly or through video conferencing now.

Q. How does your university frame its curricula? Is there any education policy you follow to meet the challenging global standards of education?

A. We constantly review the curricula of leading institutes in India and abroad and have a finger on the pulse of emerging trends. There is a lot of deliberation on this subject and the contribution of the faculty is vital. Click here to read full interview..

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If one aspires to be a school teacher, one needs to empathise with children and should be willing to work with them.

Q. How can research practices be best aligned with teaching?

A. It depends on the kind of training one gets, the time and circumstances and achievement surveys, that we are undertaking. We have quality monitoring tools for SSA, which keeps a check on the functioning of the teachers. We also have a branch that looks after SSA in NCERT and a group that looks after the academic functioning.

The idea of DIETs or SSA structure in DRC or CRC (which look at the cluster of schools and is the resource centre for those) is good, but in practice it has not worked out well as an academic support. Teachers, when they meet once a month at CRCs, have administrative issues. The setup is very different here and unless we have enough teachers to even make a choice we cannot expect to match international standards.

Effective research work is happening now at the university level, like at NCERT, which is the place for school research and training.

Q. What are the key elements that define performance-management for teachers in India?

A. There is no performance management structure in our country. Though we have quality monitoring tools, we are yet to continuosly update the database. Everything is lined up such as maintaining a database, structuring and working on it. Everyone should use the cloud to help track children and teachers. However it should not be accesible to anyone except for teachers and the concerned persons. Click here to read full interview...

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Managerial attitudes and it's implications

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Goldy Toys (GT) is in the business of producing and selling toys of different categories. The company is owned by Mr. Gaurav Gupta along with his wife Ms. Goldy. Ms. Goldy holds masters in child psychology and Mr. Gupta holds the masters in Commerce. After his masters, he pursued the family business management course from EDI, Ahmedabad. The company was primarily initiated in order to get Ms. Goldy engaged with challenging activities, as Mr Gupta was busy with his textile whole-sale business in Ahmedabad that was running since 15 years.

Mr. Rajul Kumar, manager – marketing was in service with GT since its inception. Rajul remained a good performer and a smart leader, working as a doers’ manager. All the members of marketing team were happy with his interpersonal skills and his pragmatic approach towards the work. And this had also resulted in his better relations with the company owners, Gaurav and Goldy. But this was not the case with Mr. Kaushal, manager of production and Mr. Ravi, manager of finance. Mr. Rajul, Mr. Ravi and Mr. Kaushal are three senior employees of the company, whose total employee strength was 45. Click here to read more..

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Mark Sanborn, bestselling author & an authority on leadership and customer service, tells Sushmita Yadav how one failure in life can be a life-changing experience and put you on the winning track

Q. What has been the most memorable moment of your career? 

A. Receiving the Cavett Award from the National Speakers Association. The award is based on service to NSA and the speaking profession, and not professional achievements and success. So I found that award to be most meaningful. To me, great leadership always benefits the greater good. In business, profit is essential, but it should not be the only goal. Profit should be the means to greater purposes which include not just growth for the organisation but also benefits for employees, customers and the greater community.

Q. You are among the most sought-after speakers on corporate training. What preparations do you do before a lecture? Which has been your most memorable one?

A. All my presentations are memorable to me because an audience has shared with me its most valuable resource: time. I take all my opportunities to speak very seriously. My goal is to combine what I know and have developed (my intellectual property) with the specific needs, objectives, and aspirations of the audience. That means spending time talking to organisation leadership about their objectives for my presentation, research that I conduct using the internet and —most importantly — reflecting on what I can say that will be most helpful in meeting the client’s objectives.

Q. You emphasise on passion in both professional and personal life. How passion is vital to one’s growth and how one can best utilise it?

A. I believe passion is the fuel of greatness, but I also believe that it is not enough to be passionate without a process for achieving your goals and desires. Passion without process is like gasoline without an automobile. You need both to get to reach your destination.

The first step to identifying your passion or passions is to ask the question, “What matters?”. We are most passionate about those things, personally and professionally, that matter most to us. And remember, you can be passionate about four things: what you do, how you do it, why you do it, and whom you do it for. Click here to read more...

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