The Association of Indian Management Schools (AIMS) will train 1000 management faculty members in the country for upgrading their skills, AIMS President Prof Mohd Masood Ahamed said today. Addressing a press conference here, Prof Ahmed said most of the Management teachers were consciously aware that they are expected to prepare the new management students as global managers with the required vision not only to face the challenges in their job, but also to crate new products and services before reaching out to new markets for meeting the growing global needs.
The highly complex and fast-paced scenario was challenging to the Management faculty as they should first understand the wide spectrum of the business world and upgrade their soft skills, teaching skills and methods. He said to improve the quality of Management Education in India, AIMS has decided to conduct a series of one-day faculty development programe ‘Management Teacher 2015: New Age Teacher’ to facilitate management faculty meet the challenges.
The first one-day faculty training programme with 40 members began today and with the support of well known management experts like Prof Y K Bhushan, Mr Sharu S Rangnekar, Prof M R Rao, it will continue for three days to train upto 120 members in Andhra Pradesh.
AIMS would organise such programmes at Bangalore, Mumbai, Chennai Kolkata and other centers to develop the faculty skills, Prof Ahmed also Principal of Deccan Managment School said. UNI