By Our Reporter
Shillong: IIM Shillong is will lead the way for India in the Rio Earth Summit together with adopting the 50+20 report on Management Education in the World, to be held in the Brazilian capital of Rio de Janerio from June 15, .
The 50+20 is a collaborative project between three organizations: the World Business School Council of Sustainable Business (WBSCSB), the Globally Responsible Leadership Initiative (GRLI) and the Principles of Responsible Management Education (U.N. backed PRME).
IIM Shillong is a founding member of this group which grew out of series of informal meetings held between individuals and groups that included Paul Srivastava from Concordia University in Canada, Katrin Muff from Business School Lausanne in Switzerland, Ashoke K. Dutta from IIM Shillong, Thomas Dyllick from University in St. Gallen-Switzerland, Mark Drewell GRLI from Belgium and Sanjay Sharma from John Molson School of Business and others.
IIM Shillong which will be represented by Prof. Sanjeeb Kakoty, has been selected to be part of a select group that has prepared the report to be adopted at Rio.
The World Business School Council of Sustainable Business (WBSCSB) was inaugurated in New York in April 2011.
According to a release, IIM Shillong is the only educational institution which is an official invitee to the UN Earth Summit and Prof Sanjeeb Kakoty is the lone academican from India who is selected to the group that has drafted the report on Management Education.
Prior to his departure for Rio, Prof Kakoty stated, “Apart from reviewing the state of management education in the world, our job is to offer solutions and explore new roads that would ensure sustainability. I intend to incorporate nuggets of wisdom drawn from ancient Indian civilization and the traditional value system of the people of the region.”
Prof Dutta while speaking on the subject was equally elated, stating “We are indeed privileged to be part of the move towards radical transformation of Management Education being launched at RIO+20.”
“This is a mandate which IIM Shillong has stood for, and being steadily recognised for its thrust in educating and developing globally responsible leaders, enabling business organizations to serve the common good, and engaging in the transformation of business and the economy. We believe we can bring in the much desired change in mindset”, he added.