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As of faculty is concerned, there must be a right mix of them coming from academics, industry and professional institutions. An institution can have some permanent faculty who are widely experienced, highly qualified, delivery focussed, research oriented and who will not shy away from institutional responsibilities. These positions may be at senior levels. Some of the teachers may come from foreign universities on visiting assignment or on a tenure to infuse the flavour of global practices in teaching pedagogy as well as approach to academics in general. Some should be drawn from India’s top notch business schools. This gives an opportunity for the students to benchmark their expectations. Faculty drawn from industry are the seasoned people who have a deep flavour for teaching and they love interacting with students. They come from IT, Manufacturing, Services and other sectors. These people bring with them a culture that is typical of industry and conspicuous by its absence in educational industry - being meticulous and delivery driven. Faculty from professional organizations such as, CAMC with whom we have a strategic partnership, is the hall mark of SMOT. This is done in an organized way in SMOT. We are going all out to draw a huge number of professionals from such organizations to teach in SMOT. There are number of capable people around, leading an unassuming life, yet knowledgeable. They are not associated with any organization nor are they on any full time job. There are quiet a few courses that coulf be taught using these “free-lancers”.

In spite of education being a huge activity in the country, it largely remains a loosely-managed enterprise. Professionalism and corporate culture are some of the characteristics that are conspicuously missing in education sector. The result of this is lack of focus, mediocrity, widening gap between industry and academia and absence of competitiveness. This is what we see as education today in
India.This has resulted in creating an institution primarily for the industry, and with its own style and structure – thus SMOT is born.