The students at Indian Institute of Management Rohtak (IIM-R) on Monday got an opportunity to interact with Bollywood director Mansoor Khan, who gave the future managers, a different perspective on the much sought after ‘economic growth’.
Kalpesh Kotkar, member of Public Relation Cell of the IIMR, informed such lectures were a part of the curriculum at IIM-R, as the institute did not follow the conventional teaching pedagogy but believed in an overall growth of a student by giving them a lot of exposure to innovative ideas that were coming up in the fast changing business world.
The theme of the session was ‘The Third Curve’ and speaking on it, Khan enriched the students with his novel ideas on the energy consumption pattern of the growth oriented economies across the world and the lesser seen sinister side of exponential growth figures.
“We need to realise that the energy resources on our planet are limited. Our development is largely dependent on the availability of fossil fuel and the prospects of progress are growing murkier by the day, as we are injudiciously exploiting our oil reserves. The concept of making money from money is not going to last long if we do not have resources to back it up,” said the director.
Mansoor Khan, son of film maker Nasir Hussain, made his directorial debut with Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak (1988) which launched the career of many, now big names in Bollywood, including Juhi Chawla and his cousin Aamir Khan.
He also directed cult movies like Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikander and Bollywood and has ever since, dedicated his life working for the betterment of the society at large. His book titled The Third Curve: The End of growth as we know it was launched on 11th October 2013, by Aamir Khan.