11. Recall to TAPMI, Manipal for a Second Stint
11.1 Whatever said and done, the quality and standards of private higher education and life in Manipal is par excellence. In particular, TAPMI had the highly competitive admission process, fair selection mechanism, fee structure, curriculum design, pedagogy, evaluation and grading, general discipline of students in class room attendance, submissions, participation, assignments, rigorous screening, mentoring, students committees and overall learning, participative management by faculty members, faculty selection / promotion / compensation, faculty advisory system, placements, alumni relations, top management governance mechanism, social endeavour engagement by students, and many other aspects of campus life are almost as good as any other IIM in India. Having spent over seven years and played key role in many initiatives, I was looking for delivering same standards in any other Business School of competitive level. To me, it all begins with highly structured and fair selection of students in the admissions (Input).
11.2 In August 2008, Director of TAPMI vacated his position after having attained superannuation age of 65 years as per AICTE norms. By then, possibly he set up a record in India to have served by any Director (17 years) of a Management Institute. He brought many dynamic changes by almost imposing IIM standard, with a triple 100% conditions in Classroom Attendance, Campus Living in Hostels and Placements for students. He was also instrumental in construction of a 42-acre campus with modern facilities and hostels, in Badagubettu, 5 kms away from main town of Manipal. This campus was informally launched in January 2009 when Dr AS Vasudeva Rao was officiating as Director cum Dean-Administration. Dr Simon George was Dean-Academics. The top management of Manipal, asked the duo to bring back the old glory to TAPMI, if necessary, by recalling the faculty like me who worked hard and contributed for the growth of the Institute.
11.3 Dr Rao and Dr Simon visited Bangalore and held discussions with me in December 2008 when I showed my inclination to rejoin TAPMI, Manipal by next Academic year. In mid-January 2009, I was invited by the Students Committee of Atharva to visit the new Campus and be a Moderator for Polemic event on Banking Sector Reforms. The Panelists at the event were GM-Corporation Bank, VP-Axis Bank and CGM-RBI, Mumbai. It was a marathon evening discussion on the contemporary topic of Banking Reforms and Crisis in the industry, which went on for over two hours, beyond Schedule. TAPMI Atharva Polemic 2009 - YouTube BrandScan @TAPMI Manipal
11.4 In April-May 2009, I completed all required formalities for my appointment as a Professor in TAPMI, Manipal as a second stint. I quit Alliance Business School, Anekal, Bangalore in May 2009 and went back to Manipal in June, leaving behind my family in Bangalore to enable them to continue to pursue their respective employment. Ganga was with St Mira's High School and Sravanthi joined Ramco. I started living in my own flat at Premier Park, Manipal for over a year. In July we got a new Director in Dr Saji Gopinath from IIM Kozhikode on deputation for two years. With change of leadership style, our branding and ranking work took new heights. I shifted my residence to Faculty Apartments in the TAPMI Campus but living alone. TAPMI started organising Leadership Lecture Series as part of our Silver Jubilee Celebrations. AICTE was approached for our offering new programs with increased number of students intake. AACSB accreditation work was escalated. I was elevated / designated as Dean (Planning & Development) in October 2010.
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