EPSI Led Delegation of PGDM Institutes, meets AICTE Chairman

Delegation of leading PGDM institutions met the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) Chairman, Dr. Anil Sahasrabudhe under the auspices of the Education Promotion Society For India (EPSI). The purpose of this delegation was appraising the AICTE about apprehensions and concerns of PGDM institutions arising due to a recent verdict of the Supreme Court, which says that MBA education is not part of technical education.

The Education Promotion Society for India (EPSI) delegation was equivocal in submitting to Dr. Sahasrabudhe that there is a lot of confusion in bschools about implications of this verdict. They said that some unscrupulous elements are using social media for spreading the canard that now, management education will be out of the regulatory regime. Directors, deans, and chairmen of PGDM requested the AICTE to take suitable legal actions to clear this confusion and to get restored the fifty years old regulatory supervision and control of the AICTE on management education.

The delegation has also given some suggestions to improve the effectiveness of the recently issued Guidelines on Corporate Governance, which were accepted by the Chairman, AICTE.

Dr. H Chaturvedi, Alt. President, Education Promotion Society for India (EPSI) said that the delegation reiterated the EPSI's stand in 2013-14 Supreme Court hearing that PGDM institutions in no case would like to be regulated other than the AICTE. “We also stated that the future healthy growth of management education would not be possible without the current state of autonomy enjoyed by PGDM institutions. We also requested Dr. Sahasrbudhe to expedite the notification about graded autonomy for PGDM institutions. An early announcement will cheer up the efforts of these Bschools for further improvement in the quality.” Dr. Sahasrabuddhe further said that it would be announced soon.

However, the delegation was led by Dr. H. Chaturvedi, Alt. President, EPSI, Dr Himadri Das, Director, IMI, New Delhi, Dr Asish K. Bhattacharyya, Director, IMT, Ghaziabad, Dr Atish Chattopadhyay, Director, IFIM, Bengaluru, Shri Srivats Jaipuria, President, Jaipuria Group of Bschools, Shri V M Bansal, Chairman, NDIM, New Delhi, Prof Vinod Madhavan, Dean, TAPMI, Manipal, Dr Sanjiv Marwaha, Director, JK Business School, Sohna, Faridabad, Dr Ruppal Walia Sharma ,Head, Delhi centre of SPJIMR, Mumbai and Shri Anoop Sarin, GM, IMT, Ghaziabad. and Shri P.Palnivel, Executive Secretary, EPSI felicitated the meeting.