The Hindu : Reorient courses, management colleges told

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Friday, Jul 11, 2003

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Reorient courses, management colleges told

By Our Special Correspondent

The Vice-Chancellor of VTU, K.Balaveera Reddy (second from left), sharing a lighter moment with the founder of the Art of Living Foundation, Ravishankar Guruji (centre) at a seminar on `Leveraging turbulent times for competitive advantage', in Bangalore on Thursday. Sudhir G.Angur, President, Alliance Business Academy (left), the Vice-Chancellor of Bangalore University, M.S.Thimmappa (second from right), and the President of BMA, C.L.Gurudatt, are seen. — Photo: K.Gopinathan

BANGALORE JULY 10. The Vice-Chancellor of Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU), K. Balaveera Reddy, has asked business management colleges to reorient the courses to prepare students to face the emerging global challenges in the field.

Speaking at a two-day national seminar on `Leveraging turbulent times for competitive advantage' here on Thursday, Dr. Reddy said that around 4,600 students secured admissions every year in 79 management colleges in the State. Though the demand for management courses had increased over the years, the colleges had not correspondingly improved the quality of education.

The major objective of many colleges was to secure jobs for students after the completion of the course through the campus placement service. Less attention was being given to producing good entrepreneurs. Most colleges also taught outdated courses, he said.

The strength of engineering, medical, and management colleges had increased mainly in Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, and Maharashtra during the past decade. Today, there were 930 management institutions in the country, and about 63,000 students sought admissions to management courses, he said and asked managements to resolve the problems the colleges were facing such as shortage of teachers and lack of equipment.

Stating that a large number of colleges were in Bangalore, he said that the City was rated among the top 10 hi-tech cities and was ranked seventh among the best intellectual cities of the world.

The Founder of Art of Living Foundation, Sri Ravishankar, said the people should be ready to face turbulent times. Short-term gains would increase misery and would not allow the mind to rest. "During turbulent times the mind should not become turbulent," Ravishankar Guruji said.

Self-confidence, clarity, sharpness, and presence of mind were pre-requisites for managing turbulent times. However, what was lacking in the country today was self-confidence to face global challenges, he said.

The willingness to learn simple things would bring in creativity. He called upon the management students to innovate. "Mixture of old and new will boost the confidence of an individual," he said.

M.S. Thimmappa, Vice-Chancellor of Bangalore University, Sudhir C.Angur, President, Alliance Business Academy, and C.L. Gurudatt, President, Bangalore Management Association, spoke.

The Alliance Business Academy and Bangalore Management Association organised the seminar.

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