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MANAGEMENT
EDUCATION IN
INDIA :
AN OVERVIEW
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Education is the most powerful weapon
which you can use to change the world.
(Nelson Mandela)
(Georg Hegel)
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4.1 Introduction
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professional approach; but also introduced new age courses in
accordance with industry demand which have more economic
value in today’s time. Management education is one among those
which got a new dimension with this changing time. Initially
Marketing, Finance and Human Resource Management were
considered as functional area of management, but now
management education covers much more functional are as like
Operations, Information Technology, International Business,
Supply Chain Management, Retail, etc. India has witnessed a
continuing growth in this sphere of education because of the rising
demand of trained management graduates. Management education
has become one of the most sought after education today as a
result of this; private sector has entered in Indian Management
scenario and invested an immense amount for this.
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According to annual report (2009-2010), published by the Ministry
of Human Development, there were 20 Universities and 500
Colleges at the time of independence. As on 31.12.2009, there are
504 Universities and university-level institutions, 243 State
Universities, 53 State private Universities, 40 Central Universities
and 130 Deemed Universities. Table (4.1 & 4.2) shows growth of
AICTE approved technical institutes in last five years in respect to
establishment of institutes. In last 5 years the number of AICTE
approved colleges has increased by almost 70% in total in various
disciplines, whereas number of management institutes has seen
growth of 90% in terms of number of institutes and growth of
123% in terms of intake.
Year Engg. Mgmt. MCA Phar. Arch. HMCT Total Added in Year
Year Engg. Mgmt. MCA Phar. Arch. HMCT Total Added in Year
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4.3 Management Education : Some Systemic
Issues
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Management education has to be research based, and utility
based, the institutes should become self reliant and the
government must relinquish control over the years.
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grants may be provided as Block Grant for a period of five
years.
Most institutes that were set up during the 90s did not follow
conditions prescribed by AICTE in respect of faculty
strength, library, computer facilities and the like.
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the teaching material.
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The admission of students in management schools should be
only through recognized tests organized on an all India basis
and used for short listing candidates for group discussions
and interviews. The number of admission tests could be
progressively reduced, say to two or three tests.
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That there is a severe shortage of faculty in the entire
technical education system is well recognized. In
management education, the problem is more acute.
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References
http://www.gidb.org/cms.aspx?content_id=263
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