Episode 61
How To Start A Business School (& Attempt To Fix Everything Broken With Getting An MBA in India) - w/ Suchit
In this episode, featured not-expert is Suchit Sikaria. Suchit is the founder of Crucible Institute, a business school that is seeking to completely revamp higher business education in India - by optimizing for practical skills needed for digital first businesses (which the world (including india of course) is currently seeing a boom of) instead of outdated theory taught by industry professionals and with a fee structure that's super unique.
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- Start A Business School (& Attempt To Fix Everything Broken With Getting An MBA in India) - w/ Suchit
- Identifying Core Issues in MBA Programs
- ready set do podcast and in this episode featured not expert is Such Sikaria. Such is an IM Ahmedabad alum and the...
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I mean as you said I studied from Anamabad I have 18 years of work behind me. Uh the last corporate edition that I did was as chief business officer of cosmetics. The fee structure I thought
cosmetics. The fee structure I thought that was really innovative. Do you want to share a little bit about how you've thought about the fee plan? We India's first and only business school that the
first and only business school that the fee that the students pay is directly linked to the salary that they get through us. I'm Naman Pandi. This is the ready set do podcast and in this episode
ready set do podcast and in this episode featured not expert is Such Sikaria. Such is an IM Ahmedabad alum and the founder of Crucible Institute, a business school which is seeking to
business school which is seeking to completely revamp business education in India by optimizing for practical skills needed for digital first businesses which the whole world including India of
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In this episode, featured not-expert is Suchit Sikaria. Suchit is the founder of Crucible Institute, a business school that is seeking to completely revamp higher business education in India - by optimizing for practical skills needed for digital first businesses (which the world (including india of course) is currently seeing a boom of) instead of outdated theory taught by industry professionals and with a fee structure that's super unique.
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Timestamps:00:00 Intro + Background
02:06 The State of MBA Education in India
03:31 Identifying Core Issues in MBA Programs
07:53 The Disconnect Between Education and Industry Needs
11:10 Curriculum Relevance and Evolution
13:16 The Role of Faculty in MBA Education
16:12 The Admission Process and Its Implications
20:12 Case-Based Learning Is Broken Too
22:07 Teaching Methodologies and Practical Applications
25:29 Industry Collaboration and Student Outcomes
26:41 The Crucible Model: A New Approach to Education
28:59 What Makes Crucible Different
31:36 Optimizing Curriculum for Digital-First Businesses
33:06 Innovative Course Offerings for Job Readiness
34:50 Course Duration
37:26 Solution to “Who Is Going to Teach?”
40:40 Content Is King—even While Designing a B-School
41:29 Learning Design and Course Structure
43:14 Tuition Fee Depends on Your Salary
49:17 Challenges and Pitfalls of the Fee Model
53:35 Core Values and Brand Purpose