“Rethinking Management Education” a seminar conducted by Rai Business School, Chennai, had the doyen of Indian Bureaucracy Mr. TN Seshan, Former Chief Election Commissioner of India, speaking to an enthralled audience at The Residency Towers, Chennai.

Mr. Seshan spellbound the entire audience with his keynote address “Creativity in Management Education.” By creativity Mr. Seshan meant creativity in the economic sphere of human existence, leading to a phase where one thinks and acts beyond definitions and phrases.

Remembering his experience as a former bureaucrat, where he used his management tools extensively, Mr. Seshan said that innovative thinking and creativity is the basic survival alternative left with any manager in today’s global era. Give a standing ovation to management institutes especially to Rai Business School he expressed satisfaction in the dual-specialization programs offered, which equip the manager to think beyond the ordinary. He urged new-age managers to perform out-of-the-box, giving a more than 100% input towards the organization. He urged managers to create certainty in an area of uncertainty, showing management acumen and out-of-the-shell attitude in a manager.

Mr. Vinay Rai, Chairman of Rai Foundation while addressing his topic “Excellent Management Education” showed concern that despite a booming economy that can provide jobs for all; companies are scrambling to find the right employees, implying that something is fundamentally wrong. This is where new innovation and creativity is required and with B-schools such as Rai Business School providing innovative education to new-age managers, this will be the age where Graduates and Business Graduates will have a choice in the market, provided they have the instinct to out-shine the ordinary.

Also adorning the podium were Prof. Dr. C R Muthukrishnan - Former Dy. Director and Director-in-charge IIT Madras, who talked extensively on “Macro perspectives on Management Education.” Prof. Rangarajan - Visiting Faculty RBS Chennai, Former Director ICFAI Business School enlightened the audience and also the speakers with his experience in “Managing B Schools and B School ratings.” Mr. T Jaykumar - Vice President Operations, Lason India Ltd while speaking on “Industry Academic Expectations,” said that the biggest challenge to growth was not infrastructure or poor governance but scarcity of talent, hence we desperately need to fix our education system and B-Schools such as Rai Business School are a sigh of relief to overcome the shortage of skills and talent.