BEYOND THE CLASSROOM

IIM INDORE HAS JUMPED INTO THE TOP 5 IN THE BEST B-SCHOOLS SURVEY THANKS TO ITS STELLAR PLACEMENT RECORD AND ROOTED APPROACH TO MANAGEMENT

- TEENA JAIN KAUSHAL

WHAT CAN A management institute do about missing children? A lot, it turns out.

The Indian Institute of Management Indore has applied itself to finding solutions to this problem in the city where it resides. Indore, widely celebrated as the cleanest city in India, has a significant number of missing children. In fact, the state of Madhya Pradesh recorded the second highest number of missing children in 2022, according to the National Crime Records Bureau. "Alarmingly, 85% of these missing children are girls," says Himanshu Rai, Director of IIM Indore.

So when local police approached IIM Indore, it decided to collaborate closely with them to address this issue. It conducted a comprehensive study to understand the reasons for the high number of missing children in the city.

What it found out was startling. Contrary to the popular belief that trafficking is the primary cause, the study revealed that most of these children, particularly girls, had run away from home. The reasons ranged from excessive restrictions at home to physical or sexual abuse.