· Tell us something about yourself and your institute?
I am the one who is always energetic and enthusiastic. I have been in teaching profession for the past ten years. I have been associated with Muslim Arts College in Kanyakumari District. I am on the end of Doctoral degree completion in service quality of hospitals, I have presented and published many articles. I have authored a book on personality development. My institute is Muslim arts college. It is offering in numerable courses. It is affiliated to Manonmaniam Sundaranar University.
· When did you join teaching profession? Why did you choose to be a professor?· What about teaching at b-schools inspires you the most?
Ten years back I have joined this lovely profession. This is the only profession where we can be a learner till we come out of this field. So we can be a student always who is wandering to search for new things always. As per me no profession gives this unique opportunity.
Teaching at B- schools is highly an interesting one. Because rather than sticking on a mechanistic mode of presentation , reality oriented presentations like case studies, role plays makes the job highly interesting one to perform with out boredom. It helps the students to develop the analytical and decision making power because they are learning the course through practical mode of presentations and plays rather than sticking on hearing the monotonous form of lecture mode of presentation.
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Which subjects do you teach? Which ones do you like the most?
As of now I have been teaching marketing, strategic management, Human resource and its specializations. But the interesting one for me is stress management. It is just not a subject; it’s an eye opener.
· What is your teaching philosophy?
Be a student; learn a lot, under stand the psyche of students, present the subject in a way they can understand. Be a friend of student community. Both can reap benefits.
· Do you believe teaching should be more application based than theory? If yes, then how do you support it?
Theory is the base but application based presentations only makes one to under stand what it is really. Is it possible to teach science with out showing its experiments? In the same way this is applicable to all subjects.
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Who in your life has influenced you the most?
My Lovely father who is a dedicated teacher is the one who influenced, influencing and will impress me. It is a blessing.
· What suggestions would you like to make in the course of MBA?
Include many projects. Have associations with leading companies. Make the students to serve in companies at least bi annually during course time. Have thought provoking discussions and brain storming sessions. Make your students to participate in this kind of storming session in companies. Rocking innovative ideas may come form them.
· As a faculty, what kind of projects do you expect students to work upon?
Go to the market and identify the un fulfilled gaps of consumers. Do them as projects. Present them in papers. Let the concerns see this and identify what they have to do to conquer this market. Why the students have to stick on to the same repeated mode of projects?
· How are current technological advancements changing your teaching style?
Now we can explain all with the help technological gadgets. This enables the students to know more. They are interested and they can participate in class room discussions with more interest rather than just sitting and watching the presentations like a doll.
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How are social networks influencing your discipline?
Social networks provides help in huge ways. Thought provoking ideas I am getting from these sites form persons from all walks of life. Blogs from many persons help a lot.
· How does the economy story of India change your discipline?
LPG created a niche in the marketing discipline. A least cared discipline now changed in to a fully cared discipline.
· What changes do you see on the horizon in your area of discipline?
Now marketing specialisation is not just a mono one. It is a hetero one with in numerable sub disciplines in almost all forms from CRM to Supply chain management.
· One touching incident that happened with you in your teaching career?
90 percent of our students are coming from remote areas. Now most of them have been placed in creamy layer jobs in reputed concerns. They whole heartedly conveyed their wishes while they were placed in such levels. As per me this is the only profession which helps to mould the life of many in to lime light.
· There is a shortage of eminent professors at b-schools. With more and more institutes offering the MBA course, do you think MBA will become just another degree?
Yes I am afraid of that. Many join premier concerns after comlpleting their course. Many consider teaching as their least choice. it is becoming like that. Selection process in many institutes are not on the basis of group discussion or aptitude ability test. Like doing a course in arts college MBA is getting in to now. There should be some stringent guidelines in selection process.
Do you think the course curriculum is at par with industry expectations?
No it is not. In many institutes theoretical importance only have been given. This course does not completely demands book knowledge this expects practical application knowledge. So course curriculum has to be changed on this mode and that has to include many practical oriented applications like having mock companies inside the campus and it has to function as real companies so that students can get real exposure.
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If you hadn’t been a professor, what would you be? What are your professional/career goals?
I am a positive minded one and I want to start a motivational training institute and my thirst in life is to start a B- school. The thing I want to achieve now is to be the best motivational speaker like Shiv Kera and Robin Sharma.
· What message would you like to give to students across the globe?
Nothing is impossible in the world. See the word impossible; what it says; it says that I am possible know. Do your work with full dedication, joy and interest. Love all. No one is inferior to other. So be kind and learn from all. Then you are the supreme star in this world.
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