Re: [MTC Global] Addressing the poverty issue through management education

In regards to Prof. Bholanath's suggestion and the ensuing discussion, the work of Dr. CK Prahalad in regards to the bottom of the pyramid is an excellent argument on why addressing issues like poverty can not only help redress a social problem but also is a business necessity. A course centered around that book may be of great value in my opinion and is being extensively used in the west.

With regards, 

Govind Hariharan

On Jul 31, 2013, at 22:32, drjaganmohanreddy <drjaganmohanreddy@gmail.com> wrote:

It's said that a business is not expected to prosper in a society that doesn't. Hence poverty reduction or eradication must be on the top of management. 

And for this to happen what is required is not mere CSR but individual social responsibility. Look at the case of BabarAli the youngest headmaster (from Murshidabad in West bengal) who started sharing (teaching to be precise) his knowledge with his poor friends who couldn't make it to the school. 

Similarly Sharatbabu of IIM (A) chose to provide gainful employment by becoming an entrepreneur rather than seeking jobs. So let's encourage our students to become entrepreneurs and most importantly social entrepreneurs. Because today  the emphasis is on people, profit and planet. 

Apart from encouraging and facilitating social entrepreneurship (where in our Senior MTCIANS can chipin by mentoring etc as is being done already in some places) let's inculcate and imbibe the qualities of caring, , concern for the fellow human beings while controlling their ego/greed etc.

As Father of Nation rightly said there is enough to meet the needs of people but not enough to satisfy the greed. 

Let's hope that better sense will prevail and sharing /caring starts on a massive scale. Lastly let me conclude by saying that if we give a fish he will eat for the day but if teach him to fish he will eat for the life. So let's pull our strengths in facilitating the youngsters to be the social entrepreneurs. 

DrAJagan Mohan Reddy

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From: "Prof. Bholanath Dutta" <bnath.dutta@gmail.com>
Date: 31/07/2013 23:27 (GMT+05:30)
To: join_mtc@googlegroups.com
Subject: [MTC Global] Address the poverty issue through management education

Dear Esteemed MTCians,

Greetings!

As we are aware that there are eight millennium developmental goals and first one is eradicate poverty. Is it possible to address the poverty issue through management education ? Few steps are already taken like various community services works, collaboration with NGOs etc. But not many. Is it possible to include the same in the curriculum ?

 

Request reflection on the subject. It would really helpful to the members.

 

Educate, Empower, Elevate

Prof. Bholanath Dutta

 

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