On 19th March 2010 Globsyn Business School hosted the Eastern Regional Round Table of Association of Indian Management School (AIMS) for Deans and Directors. The event saw the Deans and Directors of India’s top business schools and officials of AIMS coming down to Globsyn campus and discuss & share their viewpoint on the topic ‘Critical Issues of e-Governance in Education with Special Emphasis on Management Education’. The eminent panel of speakers had Prof. Shefali Gautam (President, AIMS and Director, Shiva Institute of Management Studies), Dr. Rammohan Rao (Dean Emeritus, ISB-Hyderabad), Prof. Shekhar Chaudhuri (IIM, Calcutta), Dr. Uday Salunkhe (Group Director, Welingkar Institute of Management Development and Research), Prof. S.C. Saha (School of Management Science, BESU), Dr. Shantanu Sinha (Principal, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan), Dr. R. Nandagopal (Director, PSG Institute of Management), Prof. Pratip Kar (Director, Globsyn Business School), Prof. R.C. Bhattacharya (Vice Chairman, Globsyn Business School) among others.
In her inaugural speech Prof. Shefali Gautam pointed out the positive aspects of e-Governance with the increase in transparency however she also expressed her concern regarding privacy and data security for implementation of e-Governance. Dr. Rao said before implementing e-Governance the institutes should have concrete plan to make it a successful implementation. Prof. Chaudhuri shared his experience of e-Governance implementation in IIM Calcutta which took close to 3 years to complete and currently students’ feedback, grades etc. are shared online. Dr. Salunkhe pointed out that since most of the institutions face problems like institutional autonomy and accountability, slow responses to market changes, lower quality standard, market mismatch, etc. so he felt e-Governance could be a very important solution to these problems. According to Prof. Kar e-Governance could be a strong tool to empower an individual. With his strong background in the Indian stock market Prof. Kar mentioned how the use of Information Technology has helped the stock market to reach the doorstep of common people in India. Prof. R. C. Bhattacharya shared how Globsyn Business School is using technology to make it more efficient.
