Bridging the Gap between B-Schools and Industry

-B.V.Raghunandan, SVS College, Bantwal

Sahyadri College of Engineering & Management, Adyar

September 15, 2011

Business Schools

• Preparing the Students for Business and Industry• Exposure through Modules, Group Discussion, Guest Lectures,

Case Studies, Project Reports and Industrial Visits• Conceptualizing the Industrial Practices• MOU with Industrial Units

Industry

• First Generation• Family-Owned• Professionally

Managed• School Drop-Outs• Technocrats• Govt.Owned

The Gap

• Ad-Hoc Management• Dislocation of Work• Behaviour Mismatch• Lack of Transparency• Mistrust towards

Schools• Paucity of Time• Mismatch of Timing• Disconnected Programmes

Industry Institution Interaction

• Confined to Oral Encouragement• Avoided in any concrete form in reality• Wherever practiced, it is only at an insignificant level• Used for a specific agenda of the industry• The Indifference is inexcusable as the industry is the biggest

beneficiary of education without paying any cost

B-School Advantage

• Similar Age Group and Similar Objectives

• More mature Student Community

• Techno-savvy• Can Easily Form a Team• Obtaining talent from

Different Regions• Students From Different

Functional Areas• The Class can be a

Network

Crucial Decision

To be an Employee or To be an Entrepreneur

Why to Become an Entrepreneur

• Remaining in your own locality• Availability of multiple sources of finance• Training from Guidance from MSME• Booming Economy• Better Business Confidence• Encouragement for Graduates entering industry• Easy creation of a Team in the Campus• Encouragement from Government

Campus Agenda of an Entrepreneur

• Observe all your classmates and measure their potential

• Think of a possible Team to try an industrial project

• Project Report should be a proposed enterprise to be tried after the completion of study

• Guidance and help can be obtained from your B-School

Industrial Projects in Mangalore

• Port-Based Projects, shipping, power generation, coal trading, hydro-carbon trading, wind-mill turbines, ship-building, travel and tourism, financing, insurance, gold jewellery, trading in plantation crops, electronics, software, placement agency, clearing and forwarding agency, organic farming, media planning

Preparation

• Idea Generation• Putting together the team• Determining the viability• Informal market survey• Preparing an impressive project report• Exploring the sources of finance• Getting the best form of finance, preferably

in the form of equity participation

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