The manager's role won't disappear; it will evolve

WHEN I JOINED IIM Bangalore in 1980, management education in India was still fairly new. Resources were limited compared to what's available now, but our desire to learn was limitless.

- RAMANUJAM SRIDHAR

We learned the most outside of class, staying up late debating case studies, talking to classmates who came from different intellectual and social backgrounds, and learning to think critically and debate eloquently. Those encounters changed the way I saw the world and my work. Today's students have access to the latest technology, topnotch infrastructure and opportunities to travel the world. But, the core of management education—learning how to think, analyse, and make decisions—hasn't changed.