IIT Kharagpur is all set to establish India’s first of its kind Academy of Leadership envisioning the advancement of education. According to a release, the academy intends to develop innovative programmes combining the core curricula in science and engineering disciplines with philosophy, reasoning and liberal arts.
“It is indeed an opportune time to expand the scope of the value proposition of the academic excellence at IIT Kharagpur by developing the next phase education process. This is to be based not only on scientific and technical training, but the teachings of ancient philosophies, reasoning, intuitive thinking, systems engineering and the past successes and failures of humanity,” remarked Prof. P P Chakrabarti, Director, IIT Kharagpur. He is optimistic that this initiative will place students of IIT Kharagpur on the fast track to be creative problem solvers and inspiring leaders, both in their professional careers and in their communities.
The Partha S. Ghosh Academy of Leadership, will be seed funded for USD 1 million by distinguished alumnus, a renowned management consultant/strategist and philanthropist Partha S. Ghosh, who is often addressed as a “creative problem solver” and a “visionary leader” by government and industry leaders across multiple nations in the Asia Pacific, Europe and the Americas, the release said.
“I firmly believe that in the next 25 years the world economy will undergo profound changes which civilization has never experienced before”, opined Ghosh, currently Professor of Practice at Tufts University, former partner at McKinsey & Company and founder/ Managing Director of Strategy/Policy advisory firm Partha S. Ghosh & Associates.
The initiative has been facilitated by Ron Gupta, President, IIT Kharagpur Foundation USA who along with Prof. Subrata Chattopadhyay, Dean, Alumni Affairs, IIT Kharagpur, led the talks with Partha S Ghosh during a visit by IIT KGP delegates to USA in September this year.