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For the first batch of PGP students at IWSB, a rural project was part of the course curriculum and proved to be a revelation of sorts, a voyage of discovery and a firsthand insight into the problems and/or socio-politico-economic disparities still existing in 21st century India. The students were sent in groups of two to work in collaboration with NGO’s working towards addressing various problems in rural India. NGO’s with whom students worked included Pradan, Tarun Bharat Sangh, Janhit Foundation, Seeds India, Seva Mandir to name a few. The students had to work in places spanning the length and breadth of India from Udaipur to Mirzapur to Bhopal to Bihar to Hooghly to Balasore. |  |  | The project was of two weeks in duration, at the end of which each group had to submit a report to IWSB and give a presentation concerning the learnings that the students had internalized during the course of their stay. All in all it was a variation from the conventional teaching methods involving lectures, submitting assignments, term papers and all that jazz. IWSB is perhaps one of the few B-Schools that deliberately look to sensitize its PGP students to the problems faced by the people who actually make up a huge part of the total population of the country. We, at IWSB, believe Management as a discipline has undergone significant changes in recent times and is no longer just about management principles and theories, it is about understanding the environment in which one exists. The incorporation of rural project in the curriculum is an extension of the above paradigm shift that has affected B-Schools around the world, and we consciously attempt to go ahead of the curve. |
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