Professor Pranab to debut at IIM
Will become the second ex-president after APJ Abdul Kalam to teach at the business school in Ahmedabad
Students at the Indian Institute of Management-Ahmedabad (IIM-A) will have a new professor from this month — former President Pranab Mukherjee. Mukherjee will take classes at the institute from September 18, becoming the second former president to teach at IIM-A after APJ Abdul Kalam.
While Kalam's lectures revolved around innovation, Mukherjee will be focusing on public policy and parliamentary practices.
Mukherjee will take 12 of the total 22 sessions of the course ‘ Public Policy for Inclusive Development of India’ that will be taught as part of the new JSW School of Public Policy at the IIM-A campus.
Earlier a part of the flagship post graduate programme in management (PGP), the course is now being offered as an elective for PGP, PGP Food and Agri-Business Management (FABM) and Post Graduate Program in Management for Executives (PGPX) students.
According to IIM-A, the course looks to delve into the interplay between the desired end of inclusive development and the system of parliamentary democracy in India. Mukherjee’s lectures, hence, will revolve around the broad themes of Constitutional Provisions for Socioeconomic Inclusivity: Theory and Parliamentary Practice, Policy and Institutional Intervention for Financial Inclusion: A Legacy to be Built Upon, and Articulating Policy and Institutional Agenda for Future Transformation of India.
Known for his penchant for teaching, the former president is expected to reflect on the theory and practice of public policy for the inclusive
development of India as part of the course pedagogy. “Listening to Shri Pranab Mukherjee, our students should develop a better understanding of the politics of inclusive development," said Vijaya Sherry Chand, Chairperson at JSW School of Public Policy, who along with another senior faculty member, Anil Gupta, will be teaching other sessions of the elective.
While most of the lectures will be closed door, the institute plans to open up one or two sessions for public in November this year.