Dr Sanchita Som is the Principal-UG Affiliated Course & Coordinator - Global Outreach at the Eastern Institute for Integrated Learning in Management Kolkata. She has more than 17 years of academic experience and a decade of research experience. She has completed her post-graduation (M.Sc), M.Phil and also possesses a Ph.D. Her areas of interest are Resource and Environmental Economics, Operation Research, Mathematical Economics, Econometrics, and Statistics.

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

“Opportunity to nurture the lives of future professionals and simultaneously learn from younger generation”

I have been associated with this field for the last 18 years. I have found that this is the liveliest sector where I could make a perfect blend of passion and profession. Additionally, I enjoy the opportunity of reverse learning from the young minds.

How do you tend to establish healthy relations with the students and fellow faculty?

“I listen to their problems, and also maintain a friendly relationship”

I consider my workplace as my second home. Hence, building healthy relationship with the students and the fellow faculty makes my job enjoyable. To craft a good relationship with the students, I always encourage them to explore new things. When students will feel supported, they will get the confidence to share their innovative thoughts. Finally it will provide them with the momentum for 360-degree development. Maintaining good relationship with your fellow mates is also essential. I believe if you have respect for one other, then automatically a healthy relationship will be sustained.

How do you help your students to thrive in the current competitive academic scenario?

“As teachers, our role is to ignite the love of learning into the minds of learners”

The first and foremost thing is to develop an interest in learning. Nowadays people are realising the importance of professional education and preferring the same instead of the conventional one. To meet this need we keep on revamping our curriculum as per industry demand. To make our students ready for the industry we organize training sessions, guest lectures, and seminars/conferences with industry experts. Moreover, to strengthen the industry-academia linkage, we form knowledge partnerships with different organizations.

What are the challenges that you faced while uplifting the quality of education in your department?

“Building a curriculum that aligns with every student capacity is a challenging factor”

The learning aptitude of the students is heterogeneous; the level of comprehension is not identical for all. Our motto is Inclusive Learning. Hence, developing variations in the delivery system is sometimes extremely challenging.

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How does the curriculum of EIILM-Kolkata ensure the best practice of industry?

“Students at EIILM-Kolkata get an opportunity to learn directly from industry professionals”

 Our entire course curriculum is designed as per industry and global paradigms. We organise numerous industry visits and study tour abroad to groom the students with live training experiences. We invite visiting faculty members with extensive industry knowledge and expertise to guide our students. As a part of the Industry-Academia Interface, EIILM-Kolkata introduced a new platform named ‘Swadhyah Samkalpa’ (Promise to self-study), for engagement between Students, and Leaders primarily from the Industry at large.

What do you see as EIILM- Kolkata’s greatest strengths?

“Higher placement rate and an industry aligning curriculum”

 EIILM-Kolkata is ‘The Leader of leaders in Management education’. Our futuristic curriculum is meticulously designed for success, and it has the right mix of knowledge, flexibility and dynamism. This is developed, based on the feedback of experts from industry and International Institutes. As a result, our students have been selected by numerous reputed companies worldwide.

What are some of the biggest challenges for higher education?

“Mushrooming of numerous educational institutes affecting overall quality of education”

 In these days, the number of institutions and number of enrolments under higher education is observing remarkable intensification. However, if we check the same concerning access to quality education it is lagging. For our college, due to time constraints in each semester/course sometimes it becomes very difficult to balance the diverse needs of the students, the University, and the industry.

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What would you like people to know about your Institute they may not know?

“For every course, we offer value added programmes apart from the curriculum designed by the University”

EIILM-Kolkata has 26 years of legacy in the field of management education. All our courses are designed according to industry need and for the comprehensive development of each student. We aim to bring out and illuminate dormant potentials and talents. Our ‘Unique Offering Proposition (UOP)’ is upskilling the managerial expertise and corporate decision making aptitude. Thinking in this line this year we have launched a new concept-learning programme named “Swadhyah Samkalpa (Promise to Self Study)”.