I have launched, with my friend Mr Kaushik Sekhar, the course “History of Business in India” at the University where I teach.
The students took their time in joining up but at the end of the second week we had 26. Encouraged by the response we are going full steam and have,by now, covered ground from pre-historic times to the beginning of the 19th century. Since most students come from families doing business for generations, the course sort of provides them with a mirror to their own roots and identity. We are trying to give them an objective orientation to the ‘Indian’ way/s of business and trying to nudge them to develop the right attitude to the ‘Indian’ way. While integration of Indian Business with the world has to be encouraged, our students, when they make their careers, should not be indifferent to their roots and traditions, nor should they look at the past as cumbersome baggage.
The students took their time in joining up but at the end of the second week we had 26. Encouraged by the response we are going full steam and have,by now, covered ground from pre-historic times to the beginning of the 19th century. Since most students come from families doing business for generations, the course sort of provides them with a mirror to their own roots and identity. We are trying to give them an objective orientation to the ‘Indian’ way/s of business and trying to nudge them to develop the right attitude to the ‘Indian’ way. While integration of Indian Business with the world has to be encouraged, our students, when they make their careers, should not be indifferent to their roots and traditions, nor should they look at the past as cumbersome baggage.
