The National Education Policy 2020 seeks to transform higher education by focusing on skill-based education to meet needs of the industry and the economy. For skilling of youth at the optimum level, learners are required to think like employers and employers are to think like learners. Towards this, the UGC has taken a new initiative to bring the industry and other professional expertise into the academic institutions through a new category of positions called “Professor of Practice”. International School of Management Excellence and Indian Society For Training And Development have jointly designed a rigorous program to transform the senior industry professional into high performing Professors of Practice.
Knowledge Partner
Indian Society For Training And Development
6 months of modular course in alignment with the guidelines of the Indian National Education Policy (NEP) 2020.
ISME’s Professor of Practice (PoP) Program aims to train and enable distinguished experts from various fields such as engineering, science, technology, entrepreneurship, management, chartered accountancy (CA), commerce, social sciences, media, and public administration to pursue a career and contribute to academia from the Industry which can also serve as a “valuable source of additional income”.
Course Overview (Program Education Objectives)
Dr. Aradhna Yadav
Current: Principal UG(ISME)
Ex. Kirloskar Group, GE India,
Dell International Services
This course is designed to equip experienced industry professionals with academic, pedagogical, and curriculum development skills to become Professors of Practice. The course helps align practical experience with academic frameworks.
The program outlines a structured 100-hour course designed to train industry professionals to become Professor of Practice (PoP) for effective academic teaching, curriculum development, and student engagement. Each module focuses on specific competencies, such as academic pedagogy, curriculum design, communication, classroom management, and using technology in teaching. The course aims to blend industry insights with academic frameworks, preparing PoPs to bridge the gap between industry and academia, with an emphasis on aligning with the Indian National Education Policy (NEP) 2020. The program concludes with a capstone project integrating the learned skills.
Program Outcome
Prof. Indranil Dutta
Current: Associate Professor of Practice (ISME)
Ex. Vice President at Kantar
- To prepare Senior Management Professionals from Industry to Leadership position in Higher Education.
- To prepare Professors of Practice through a rigorous 100 hours diploma course providing a robust learning and training framework.
- To develop essential skills needed to prepare individuals for leadership roles in academic institutions.
- Exposure to managing educational Institutes and accreditation requirements of AICTE, NAAC & NBA.
Program Outline
Duration
100 Hours
Classroom
72 Hours
Assignment
28 Hrs.
Credits
10 Credits
No. of Modules
11
Classes on
Saturday 4:00 PM 5:30 PM
Sunday 11:00 AM 12:30 PM
Eligibility
- Master’s Degree or equivalent professional qualification from a reputed national or international institution.
- Minimum 15 years of managerial or professional experience out of which at least 5 years at senior management position is mandatory.
- Must have significant potential to develop industry government/international connect and ability to leverage the same for the benefit of the Institute.
- They may help bring research and consulting projects, serving as a liaison between the Institute and the industry or government entities to identify research.
- While a Ph.D. is desirable, it is not essential. However, a lack of Ph.D. must be offset by demonstrated domain knowledge, obtained from the field.
- Age above 40 Years
Dr. Purnajit Chatterjee
Current: HEAD, External Relations (ISME)
Ex. Vice President at IBM
Program Modules
Leadership Team
Dr. Nitin Garg
DIRECTOR, ISME
Dr. Nitin Garg holds a Masters of Business Administration from Tepper School of Management, Carnegie Mellon University, USA and Bachelors, Masters in Mechanical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay and PhD from IIM Lucknow. Dr. Nitin has been instrumental in establishing International School of Management Excellence, Bangalore as the founding Director.
Dr. Rony Kurien
DEAN, ISME
Dr. Rony G Kurien holds a B.Sc. (Chem), MBA (Symbiosis), Ph.D. (Anna University) and has over 3 decades of experience in Business Development, and Management of Education and held various leadership positions in Indian & multinational, and in training and consulting organizations across diverse industry sectors. He has held senior leadership positions in various reputed educational institutions and business organizations including Xavier Institute of Management and Entrepreneurship.
Dr. Purnajit Chatterjee
HEAD, EXTERNAL RELATIONS
Dr. Purnajit Chatterjee holds a PGDM from IIM Ahmedabad, M.Sc. (Operations Research) from Delhi University and a D Litt from University of Central America. He has extensive Industry experience since 1988 and retired as a VP for IBM Asia Pacific Region and held other senior leadership roles at Satyam Computers and BPL Telecom. He has academic experience since 2018. Earlier he was the Dean of Atria Center for Management Entrepreneurship.
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