Do you know what is MANDI??

How is the courses thought in an MBA institute?? What is it that is done that differentiates the Good B-Schools from the Excellent?

Is it just the teaching methodology adopted in the classrooms that make a difference or is there any other method of learning? Are there no practical learning methods which can drive concepts better than mundane theory and 'Global Gyan' given in the classrooms.....

These and many more are common questions in everyone's mind, be it an aspiring MBA student or just a layman knowing what is "MBA" all about....I thought atleast with NITIE as an example let me provide some info about practical learning methods.... The challenge for management education currently is to bring students closer to real world situations. This has been met with some success in NITIE where a unique learning method has been implemented for the first year management students. "MANDI" is a teaching method where ‘Learning becomes Self Discovered’.


Students with MANDI toys ready to sell!

“When you find a bunch of young enthusiastic students on the roads of Mumbai selling innovative gadgets and toys, don’t mistake them for a group of innovative salesmen, or just creative geeks. They are some of the best minds in the country, students of NITIE, carrying out some project work that is part of the curriculum”. This was what a leading business magazine had to say about Mandi.

Mandi is an exercise where students engage in selling some toy products in the market whereby they learn the art of management. Each and every student is expected to participate in Mandi to understand and discover management wisdom. Students’ performance in the field is taken as one of the criterion for arriving at the academic excellence of a student.

One interesting thing is, last year 70,000 Rs was collected through selling the toys on a single day in MANDI, and what more all proceedings went to an NGO(Navnirmiti), to educate less fortunate children.....

Well, i think I have bored most people with seemingly "academic" looking articles.....the next article is gonna be one on a lighter topic and not sooo boringly long!!

So, till next time ciao, Harsha...