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Merger of Minds With Dr. Uday Salunkhe And Dr. Sanjay Deshmukh

Government, University of Mumbai, Industry, Higher Education

Institutions come together to create a common platform for

capacity building and developing skills of B-school faculty

It was truly a meeting of minds that had brought together more

than 40 Institutional Heads, Corporates and HR Faculty of B schools

in and around Mumbai, at WeSchool campus on 23rd July 2015.

The purpose of this collaborative platform was to craft a structured

immersion experience for Faculty in Industry. Dr Sanjay Deshmukh,

the newly appointed Vice Chancellor, Mumbai University,

inaugurated the program , titled Merger of Minds , in the

presence of Dr V. V . Khole, Vice Chancellor, Amity University and

Former VC Mumbai University , Dr D. Y. Patil, Director ,Bharati

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Vidyapeeths Institute of Management &Research and Chairman

,Forum of Business Schools , Judajit Das, Chief HR officer,ICICI

Prudential and President , NHRDN (Mumbai chapter) , several

eminent educationists and HR practioners . Welingkar Institute of

Management hosted this initiative as a Forum of Business Schools

initiative.

In line with the vision of our Honble Prime Minister Shri Narendra

Modi and Government of Maharashtra, the above collaborative

effort will be directed towards Faculty sharpening and

contemporarising their mind-sets, attitudes, knowledge and skills.

They would have to move away from being the lead provider of

knowledge and skills to more of a facilitative approach focused on

student-centric learning requirements. The immersion experience -

initially planned for the Faculty from HR includes a variety of

pedagogy, executed under the tutelage of an industry Mentor, and

would be extended to faculties across specialization and streams at

a later stage. WeSchool Mumbai is collaborating on this

program to be mentored by senior HR professionals from NHRDN,

while Prof Vijayan Pankajakshan, Dean-HR at WeSchool is

actively leading this initiative from the institute.

While congratulating Dr Sanjay Deshmukh on his appointment as

the Vice Chancellor, University of Mumbai, Prof Dr Uday Salunkhe,

Group Director, WeSchool, outlined the challenges faced by

educational sector and emphasised that collaboration was the key

to creating a better a future for thousands of students. The rate of

knowledge obsolescence and the dynamic environment changes

makes collaborative models a necessity. Educational institutes have

the responsibility remain aligned and contemporary with the

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stakeholders, which influence what is to be taught and how the

same would be reflected in the behaviour and actions of our

graduating students. This is the era of Mergers of Minds as unless

we come together to co-create the future for all stakeholders,

things will be difficult. Today, while there is too much emphasis on

academically qualified faculty, what educational institutes also

need are the professionally qualified faculty. We must start a

process of reverse mentoring by bringing corporate heads to our

classrooms and send faculty to experience and learn from the best

practices in the corporate arena. Let us adapt the SOS approach:

that begins with transforming self, organization and society. Let us

collaborate to co- create a better future for all our students

While addressing the audience, Dr Sanjay Deshmukh, Vice

Chancellor, University of Mumbai, outlined his vision for the

growth and development of education, with a special focus on

reaching the unreached. Merging of minds will be possible when

government, academia and Industry join hands at all levels to

develop a symbiotic relationship that creates room for innovation

and sustainable development for all ,and especially for those who

dont have many opportunities.

Contributing to efficient workflow, setting up of interface

infrastructure, student engagement& enrichment, strengthening

R&D efforts are the key areas for collaboration, where we will have

to step beyond boundaries of traditional thinking, adopt principles

of design thinking and empathy for people who are marginalized as

an integral part of the education we provide to our students. He

emphasised as he unfolded his plan of action.

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As we progress we must also ensure we have bio-balance

combined with economic stability, the world must become a bio-

village. He added.

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