With Management education today undergoing rapid transformation, there is a definitive need to embed industry relevance to academic curriculum and thereby keep the curricula updated so that students become industry ready upon completing their graduation\/post-graduation programmes. In this regard, one definite enabler of industry readiness is Experiential Learning. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now, CMR University<\/a> which is known to be a driver of change and initiative has made Experiential Learning as a cornerstone of management education. Keeping Experiential Learning at the fore, the university has established six Centres of Excellence<\/a> (CoE) in the areas of Marketing, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, HR, Business Analytics, Logistics and Finance<\/strong>. Speciality of these centres of excellence is that students within each of the centres will be mentored by industry experts, along with CMR University\u2019s faculty<\/a> mentors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Establishment of these centres of excellence are also part of CMR University\u2019s multidimensional focus of embedding industry relevance to academic curriculum across the domain of Commerce<\/a> and Management education<\/a>. These centres of excellence incorporate and integrate the best of commerce & management concepts, knowledge, and insights with real-world scenarios, case studies, and contemporary practices in the industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Industry experts who will be mentoring these centres of excellence, include the likes of Mr Chandramouli – CEO at Feedback Insights, Dr Praveen Soni – Noted Author and Innovation Evangelist, Mr Praveen Kamath – CHRO of Apisero Inc., and former General Manager of Wipro, and Dr Mathiarajan – Vice President at the Business Analytics Society of India, Operations Research Institute of India and Chief Research Scientist at Department of Management Studies, IISC Bangalore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n With Experiential Learning clearly known to result in future-readiness amongst students, these centres of excellence at CMR University<\/a> are a step in the right direction towards moulding the next generation of thought leaders moving towards innovation and entrepreneurship<\/strong> and can contribute to the society – Indian and global. <\/p>\n\n\n\n