'CRUCIBLE 2006' Brings Together Most Eminent Thought Leaders & Policy Makers at IIM Kozhikode

'CRUCIBLE 2006' Brings Together Most Eminent Thought Leaders & Policy Makers at IIM Kozhikode
Post-event Press-release

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In the second phase, this universalization of education would be extended to the secondary stage, and later to vocational education, which would take a major investment. He said that higher education is based on a troika of 3 concepts: Expansion - More enrolment, Inclusion - of all segments of society, and Excellence - in the skill sets being imparted to our youth.

Mr Shah said that the Moily Committee, of which he is a member, is actively working on this.

At the next levels, we need to focus on intellectual property and R&D, since Manufacturing and Operations can be outsourced, but the levers are controlled by those who have intellectual superiority. Finally, he said, we must move towards strategic superiority, by creating workforces so skilled and specialized, that no other country can do the kind of work Indians can do.

Dr. Krishna Kumar, the Director of IIM Kozhikode, spoke about the phenomenal growth of IIM Kozhikode over the first decade of its establishment. He discussed how politicians, administrators, industrialists, and educationists have to partner to achieve economic growth and ensure its equitable distribution. IIM-K's strengths in the fields of Faculty Development Programmes (FDP), Research initiatives, and Management Development Programmes (MDP) were also highlighted. Special focus was given to Executive Education Programmes through the Interactive Distance Learning (IDL) mode, by having Hughes Communication as a technology partner.

He detailed the networks with foreign Institutions for research and perspective building, and the focus on collaboration with management institutions in India for undertaking joint programmes. He also talked about the stellar record of IIM-K in strengthening industry-institute interaction through conferences and seminars across all functional areas of business.

Mr. K. Ananth Krishnan, CTO & VP of TCS, talked about the prospects and challenges in the IT sector. Mr. B. D. Khurana, Group President of Reliance Infocomm, spoke about India's digital future. Mr. P. S. Banarjee, Executive Director, PwC, gave a speech on enhancing the competitiveness of Indian manufacturing. Prof. P. Nandakumar, Economics Area Chair at IIM-K, talked about Indian infrastructure and economic variables. Mr. Partho Banerjee, President & CEO, Hughes Communications India, discussed the march towards e-economy.

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Contributed by -
Malavika Narayan,
Media Cell,
IIM Kozhikode.

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