Fortune Institute of international Business

Dr. Samiksha Ojha is the Director of Fortune Institute of international Business. Having a rich experience in the education field, she embarks on the journey of providing practical solutions to the modern day challenges in education. She is a visionary leader, who believes in exploring various verticals to learn and grow. Read here what she has to say in her interview.

What are the key factors that keep you connected with the education sector?

“Training young and enthusiastic minds keeps me connected to the education sector”

I have been in the education sector for over 16 years. My driving force is to work with young minds. It allows me to learn continuously and shape somebody’s life through education. Thus, it is very satisfying that you can shape somebody’s life through education. I see many students I have taught very early on in my career doing very well in their respective jobs, and seeing them flourish keeps me going and connected with the education sector.

What is your philosophy of leadership? How would you describe your leadership style?

“My leadership style is to lead by example”

I think that leaders should perform themselves, and then everything falls into place. The moment you lead by example, you make a mark for yourself and your team. The people who are in your team starts following you because they look up to you. So, my leadership style or my philosophy of leadership is to lead by example, do all the hard work, and your team will automatically follow your path.

How do you strategize about the key programs and plans for the marketing and administration of your school?

It is essential to bring in industry relevant programs for the students”

The world is evolving at a rapid pace. Everything is changing. I try to assess and look at things from different perspectives. I bring in a different approach and bring an industry interface for students to learn and grow. Thus, I try to look at industry-driven programs, where the industry is wanting people to have undergone particular programs to hire them. Thus, linking education to the industry as I want that whatever I impart to the students make them industry-ready.

How does the curriculum of FIIB ensure the best practice of industry?

“It is essential to follow industry trends to bring in best practices”

We link education to industry. We must incorporate the best practices of what is happening in the industry into our curriculum. One way of doing it is that we have regular program council meetings with industry people, reviewing the program structure, reviewing the course curriculum, what courses to offer hence everything is taken into consideration after consulting with the industry people, so we have people from the industry regularly coming to FIIB to give us their viewpoints and their inputs on what courses to offer, what should go in a particular curriculum so that students are industry-ready when they graduate. The second thing we do is regular guest lectures by people from the industry. People from the industry come and share their experiences, share how a particular problem is handled in the industry and also my experience in the industry comes in very handy because I have spent almost 15-16 years in the industry because of which I bring in lots of best practices from the industry into the curriculum. We have industry visits for the students where students understand various processes the industry follows. We also have industry tie-ups that ensure regular course upgradation concerning the industry.

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What do you think your roles and responsibilities to the Institute and the students are?

“We focus on holistic development of the students”

When I talk about my roles and responsibilities to the institute, I think about where I stand. The student should be having exposure to the latest trends. I want to build strong fundamentals where the students know how to apply the concepts rather than just read from a book and acquire only bookish knowledge. One of my responsibilities is to ensure that we apply concepts happening, live case studies, and have application-based teaching and examinations. Also, To ensure that the overall personality develops and when the student graduates from FIIB, he/she should be industry-ready. We want to produce well-rounded individuals, and that is my responsibility to see that whatever I am giving to the students, they teach it and keep contributing to society.

What do you think should be the Institute’s top priority over the next 10 years?

“Our focus is to create future leaders in the resilient world”

Ten years is a long time. Our immediate priority is to produce leaders in this resilient world. India will be achieving a leading role globally, and we have to be one of the leading economies, and business and industry will play a critical role. So we at FIIB will be shaping our students to play a leading role in this. It is our top priority that we produce leaders. We produce industry-ready individuals because India will have that position where our students must play a leading role in that environment.

What are some of the biggest challenges you see, both for higher education in general and for FIIB specifically?

“There are changes to be brought in the way we groom students for industry”

I think some of the challenges I see for higher education, in general, is preparing students for the industry; this being such a dynamic society and things changing so fast, it’s a challenge its, not something which cannot be overcome, but yes, it’s a challenge to prepare individuals who are industry-ready because there are so many dimensions towards preparing a student who is industry ready so yeah it’s a challenge. Still, it’s not something that cannot be overcome.

Any suggestions you would like to give to the current youth and the aspiring students?

“There are no shortcuts to success”

I always tell my students that you have to work hard. You should be ready to fight your way up. There will be blockages, there will be difficulties, but to need to fight your way. Look at the current pandemic situation, there is a crisis, So the students have to be healthy, they need to be resilient, and there is no shortcut where you think that you will study only 1 hour or not study on Saturdays so I would like to tell them that there is no shortcut, if you want to succeed, you have to work hard. Work hard, study hard, and success will come your way. We are there to support, we are always there, the faculty, but ultimately, you have to work hard and fight your way up.

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