The landscape of quality management education in India has long been concentrated within its metropolitan hubs, forcing aspiring students from smaller towns to relocate far from home. This geographical disparity in access to high-quality B-schools presents a significant challenge.

However, the All India Management Association (AIMA) – the apex body of management profession in India – suggests a paradigm shift, leveraging policy changes and technology to democratise access. Prof Rohit Singh, director, Centre for Management Education, AIMA, shared with FE a strategy that focuses on enhancing the quality of existing infrastructure rather than relying solely on new standalone institutions.

“There are already over a thousand private universities and hundreds of state-funded universities,

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