ABSTRACT

ROLE OF MANAGEMENT SCHOOLS IN TRANSFORMING RURAL INDIA MD.QUADIR MOHIUDDIN

"Growth with Social Justice" has been the basic objective of the Development Planning in India since independence. Since the beginning of planned development, the Government through Five Years Plans made significant strides in developing rural India The paper reviews the state of rural management education in India the paper examines the difficulties in establishing specialized management schools, the design of the curriculum and the management of the expectations of both the students who come in and the recruiters. It then identifies the problems in running rural management education in rural areas. The paper analyses the role and function of Management schools in rural development Management education deals with the management of human, capital and material resources to get maximum output with minimum investment and achieve the goals / objectives set in any organization or enterprise. In 1957, the management course was started by Andhra University, followed by Jammuna Lal Bajaj of management studies Bombay and faculty of management studies New Delhi. IIM Ahemadabad was established in 1961, as an autonomous institution by Govt. of India, Gujrat and Indian industry, in collaboration with Harward University. Since early nineties, the business in India has taken a new dimension. It has necessarily given an impetus to the Indian industries and management institutions in India. With about 1500 management institutes in the country, one lakh students are passing out every year, out of which 4500 are getting prime jobs, besides others. Demand and supply ratio is thus 1:66. In terms of Institutes for higher education, Pune is second in the country with 102 institutes, 4.5 lakh students among 55.32 lakh people living in the city. As of now, there are about 200 management institutes in Andhra Pradesh , including private ones which are conducting MBA and autonomous courses like PGDBA/ PGDBM, MBA E-commerce, Masters program in International Business, Masters Diploma in Communication Management, Post Graduate Diploma in Service Management (PGDSM), Post Graduate Diploma in Manufacturing and Operations Management (PGDMOM), Post Graduate Diploma in 4 Computer Management (PGDCM) and such others. Some of the Institutes are also conducting corresponding courses to award these Degrees and Diplomas. About the Author: Author of this paper is Research Scholar Mr.Md.Quadir Mohiuddin. C.S.S., M.Com, M.B.A..,P.G.D.A.C., D.L.L., (PhD) and working with a capacity of Associate Professor and Addl.H.O.D in MESCO Institute of Management and Computer Sciences, Affiliated to Osmania University & Accrd by NAAC. Hyderabad Andhra Pradesh. He can be reached at qdr_mba@yahoo.co.in and 91 9849864044.