GIM selected for Aspen Institutes Teaching Innovation Programme

Updated on: Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Panaji: Goa Institute of Management has been selected by the prestigious Aspen Institute, New York, as part of its Teaching Innovation Programme -India (TIP - India) an international consortium of key influencers in business education in India. The TIP India convening was held at the Goa Institute of Management a few days ago.

The objectives of the programme were to develop a pilot set of classroom tools that meet the standards of the top business schools in India, actively involve business executives from Human Resources or Leadership Development and share tools with select education institutions throughout India.

India’s vibrant markets and intellectual capacity are paving the way for unprecedented economic opportunity. But this opportunity is fragile. Without a strong pool of managerial talent India will struggle to maintain its growth and to strengthen the social and environmental conditions that are critical to a robust business environment over the long term. Indian businesses report that too many of today’s graduates are not prepared to consider how decisions they make on the job will affect India’s environment or its local communities. TIP-India is designed to tackle this challenge.

TIP-India’s approach is unique. Rather than teach sustainability as a stand alone topic, cutting edge classroom tools are developed - case studies and interactive simulations - that artfully weave these thorny issues into finance, marketing, and operations courses.

In 2007 TIP - India, jointly developed with the Confederation of Indian Industry, kicked off with India’s top business schools and leading businesses including Goldman Sachs, Infosys, Hindustan Unilever, Mahindra, Tata, L&T, Dempo, Zuari Industries, Salgaocars and Sesa Goa. By 2010 TIP - India expects to have delivered their first set of curriculum and will distribute them free of charge to higher educational institutions across India.

If climate change is taught in a course on Corporate Social Responsibility it tends to focus on what a company should voluntarily do for the public good. When integrated into Finance the discussion centers on cap and trade systems and commodities trading - solutions that benefit the public good and fit strategically within the company’s business model. One strives for this type of integration in every TIP-India project.

GIM has constantly aimed to impart not just managerial skills to its students but also inculcate in them a sense of social responsibility. The institute lays emphasis on working towards inclusive growth in the society. Aspen Institute’s TIP - India programme will immensely help GIM take this thought forward.

GIM selected for Aspen Institutes Teaching Innovation Programme

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