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In the last decade India has witnessed the fastest growth in the number of business schools offering graduate and post graduate programmes. This has led to intense competition among B-schools for survival, sustenance, creating a niche and realigning their value offerings. Hence, there is a growing realization among B- schools in India to re-invent themselves through various innovations, including, getting themselves accredited through national and international accreditors.
National accreditation from a national accrediting body will strengthen a B- school and help conform to a regulatory requirement within the country. An international accreditation will help a B- school to strengthen, re-focus and fine tune its processes to international standards to deliver quality education and at the same time be ahead in the competitive sphere.
In this context, Dayananda Sagar Business Academy (DSBA) organized a one-day workshop on Accreditation-A Competitive Tool on 16th December 2015 between 9:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. at its campus.
The workshop saw participation of representatives from B-schools Top Management and B-school Faculty encompassing wide range of academic institutions in Bangalore.
After the registration, Prof. Crissy Mathew welcomed the participants. The Dean Dr. Veena K.N. welcomed the Resource Persons -Dr. V.J. Byra Reddy and Dr. Shakuntala Katre. Prof. Surekha V. Nayak invited the guests to light the lamp. Prof Crissy introduced the guests to the audience.Dr. V.J.Byra Reddy, a professor in the College of Management and Economic Studies at UPES, Dehradun is also an Associate Vice President –Academics & Accreditation. Dr. Shakuntala Katre is serving on the Governing Council/Management Committee of many prestigious Institutions of Higher Learning. Earlier, she served NAAC, Bangalore as a Senior Academic Consultant and was instrumental in the design, development and the Methodology of Assessment and Accreditation.
On this memorable occasion Dr. Byra Reddy and Dr Shakuntala graciously released the first volume of ‘Journal of Research in Management’.
After the inauguration, Dr Byra Reddy conducted the first session. He spoke about Accreditation-Quality, Ranking/Rating vs. Accreditation and National and International Agencies. He answered all the queries raised during his educational lecture itself. The second session was handled by Dr. Shakuntala Katre. She spoke on NAAC-Why and How, the thrust areas, evolution and the present focus. This was followed by a Q & A Session. The workshop broke off for the catered lunch.
After lunch, Dr Byra Reddy took over and presented details on Programmatic accrediting agencies –National and International, their philosophy and focus .Prof. Surekha V Nayak proposed a vote of thanks and the Dean Dr Veena presented a token of appreciation and expressed her gratitude to Dr Shakuntala.
After the coffee break, in the last session, Dr Reddy spoke in depth about IACBE.Dr Reddy very deftly cleared the doubts that the participants had. The Valedictory Address was given by Prof Meera Seshanna. Soon after, the delegates were requested to give their valuable feedback. Dr Reddy handed the participation certificates to the delegates.Dr Veena presented a token of appreciation to Dr Byra Reddy for his insightful address.
The key takeaways of the workshop were:
Awareness about the National and International Accreditation,
Ability to critically analyse the benefits of Accreditation from different accrediting boards
Comparing accreditation benefits of various International Accreditations.
