Monday, 8 August 2011

An interesting case study by Isha : Foundation for Liberal and Management Education (FLAME), Pune



The idea of offering a flexible education pattern that encourages inter disciplinary studies was conceived by Mr Parag Shah and Mr Nemish Shah. in 2004. They bought  large chunks of land near Pune (as they were already dealing with real estate markets as a parallel business)
They approached Prof B.V Doshi (he was a family friend) to build the campus for this university. After intensive travelling to Europe and US, visiting campuses, they had a clearer idea of what they wanted. 
Admissions for the first batch happened in 2007.

Their coup was 
Indira J Parikh
Ph. D (Gujarat)
Founder President FLAME  
Prof. Indira Parikh was a faculty at IIM-A for over 30 years and Dean from 2002 to 2005. She has also taught at INSEAD, Fontainebleau (France) and Texas A&M University.

She later brought many faculty members through her contact, like

Prakash M Shingi 
Ph. D (University of Illinois, USA)
Dean, 
FLAME School of Business Dean, FLAME Doctorate in Business Studies 


After completing his Ph. D from University of Illinois, USA, Professor Shingi did teaching and research for 32 years at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. He was also the Dean as well as the Officiating Director of this Institute. 

The program
Flame School of Business
Flame School of Liberal Education
Flame School of Communication
Flame School of Performing Arts

Very impressive faculty list
Fulltime/Visitng/International

Name
Experience
Dr. Gautam Dutta
IIM-Ahmedabad
Prof. Amal Dhru
IIM-Ahmedabad
Dr. Asha Kaul
IIM-Ahmedabad; IIM-Lucknow
Arnab K Laha
IIM-Ahmedabad
Prof. Indira J Parikh
Dean- IIM-Ahmedabad
Prof. Rajendra Patel
IIM-Ahmedabad
Prof. Mukul Vasavada
IIM-Ahmedabad

Name
Organization
Dr. Archana R Dholakia
Sardar Patel Institute of Economic and Social Research, Asian Development Bank, Govt. of Gujarat
Prof. Amal Dhru
Hindustan Lever, Sarabhai Group
Dr. Asha Kaul
UP Tourism Department
Prof. M G Korgaonkar
IIT, Mumbai, NICMAR, Pune; KIAMS, Harihar
Prof. Vinita Dang Mohoni
Quadra Advisory
Prof. Rajendra Patel
Rolls Royce, Peat Marwick Mitchell & Co., World Bank
Prof. Vidyanidhi Vanarase
London International Festival of Theatre, London; Project Phakama, Contacting the World,
Prof. Veena Yadav
Sun Micro Systems, Cognizant, Praj Industries Pune, SHL India, Ingersoll Rand, India, Force Motors Pune, HPFL Mumbai

Experience
Experience
Dr. Gautam Dutta
London School of Economics, University of Illinois, Chinese University, Albert Schweitzer University, Switzerland
Dr. Nirmal Gupta
J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management, John M Olin School of Business, Washington University, California Polytechnic University
Prof. Preeti Mulay
Washington University
Prof. Himanshooo Bhat Navangul
University of Zurich, Switzerland, University of Missouri-Kansas City, North Carolina Wesleyan College and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Prof. M G Korgaonkar
School of Management, Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Hoseo University, Korea.
Prof. Indira J Parikh
INSEAD, France, Texas A&M University
Prof. Thomas Russell
Leavy School of Business, Santa Clara University

Name
Experience
Dr. Archana R Dholakia
M S University, Baroda; Gujarat University, Ahmedabad;
Dr. Nirmal Gupta
S P Jain, Mumbai; Management Development Institute, Gurgaon; R A Podar, Mumbai
Dr. Asha Kaul
IIT, Kanpur, IIT Delhi; Management Development Institute, Gurgaon; Times School of Marketing; Delhi
Prof. M G Korgaonkar
IIT, Mumbai, NICMAR, Pune; KIAMS, Harihar
Prof. Mukul Vasavada
NID, Ahmedabad, MICA, Ahmedabad
Prof. Veena Yadav
Symbiosis, Pune

USP: They got hold of good faculty members (beginning with the top notch and made them deans/directors) and their contacts brought in other faculty members. 
Compulsory residential student programs - encouraging more interactions (they started something called the mentorship programs, like the gurukul system)
Also residential programs brought in more financial returns. 


I know the founder - Mr Parag Shah (a friend's maternal uncle). I can arrange for a meeting with him if you think it is worth a visit. 

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