In the 1960s the subject of Operations Research (OR) was centre stage at every Indian Institute of Technology – Kharagpur, Mumbai, Madras, Delhi, and Kanpur. Every B Tech student aspired to do his/her thesis in OR. A proficient OR thesis served as a visa to …

Students are the deliverables of educational institutions to their customers, namely, organizations. Organizations expect quality students. If students are not “fit for use” (read: not of the expected quality), organizations have to invest in teaching them additional skills. This induction / orientation programme can stretch …

Elections are a few weeks away. The burning issue is jobs. More specifically, the lack of jobs. I have a solution for creating new jobs. The solution is no rocket science. Sheer common sense. And to attract the elected new government…it involves no capital investment. …

Cost Of Poor Quality On Sunday, 10 March, 2019 the election dates were announced. One month to go. My mind is racing with hope, regardless of which political party gets elected to govern the nation. Hope keeps one alive. And I am hoping this blog …

Much is happening in the business world. According to me, all management education requires a revisit. We need to migrate from incremental thinking to disruptive thinking. Because, only the fittest will survive. With two decades of IMC Ramkrishna Bajaj National Quality Award (IMC RBNQA) behind …