| |9 MAY 2024HIGHERReviewTo raise the growth wave, educational institutions must ensure that they are suitably placed with internal expertise in such topics and have industry partnerships to foster a contemporary, challenging, and engaging curriculumMBA students much more in the near future. It is no more a phenomenon; it is now a constant force demanding outward-looking managerial capability. In this regard, the home campus internationalization and internationalization module for the MBA program is crucial. International immersion modules help to understand the global business environment, international best practices, cross-cultural sensitivity, and a globally competent workforce.Live industry projects during an MBA program are a must, as they provide real-time professional management experiences and make learners corporate-ready. How are b-schools empowering students by providing maximum opportunities to solve real business problems in a live corporate environment?Industry projects are a very relevant source for connection with practice. However, introducing such a course at an appropriate level in the MBA curriculum is crucial. The projects should be introduced in such a way that it will help to apply the classroom learning appropriately. Moreover, there should be a mandatory component to give feedback to the industry from the project output.There are around 5000 MBA colleges in India. In your opinion, what are the things a student should consider before choosing an MBA college?The essential aspects are an institute's performance alignment with its declared mission, international rankings, infrastructure, faculty strength, international exchange opportunity, alumni career progress in past years, placements, and how rigorous the candidate selection process, or what the candidate rejection rate is - for a robust selection process ensures quality.Today, global companies look at applicants who have shown their commitment to sustainable development goals through being part of socially impactful projects, as they can be budding sustainable development practitioners. How are management institutes working on initiating sustainable development practices both in curriculum and managing the institutes' ecosystem?Sustainability practices should not be mere institutional activities. It is more appropriate to make the institute and programme mission-driven. The overall learning objectives of the sustainability courses should be aligned with program learning goals, and these sustainability-related programme learning goals should be aligned with long-term institute goals. This process will enhance student learning and augment the institute's external stakeholder engagement.What are the key driving forces and common factors for the success of a B-school? It is simple ­ to remain "contextually relevant". The B-school relevance will be judged from its focus on institutional mission and vision, quality faculty strength, home campus internationalization, student selection, and their career progression, research output, contribution and connection with the world of practice, infrastructure, alumni network, and overall institute reputation.
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