We follow corporate culture in the way our classroom behaves and performs, says Prof. Nair, BSE Institute Ltd

Professor Rakesh Nair of BSE Institute Limited discusses the ideal balance between classroom and outside-the-classroom learning experiences for students in an interview with Shiksha.com. This aids the institute in developing content as well as teaching pedagogy and technique that are in line with industry expectations and requirements.

Prof Nair has worked as a Finance and Economics instructor at prestigious institutions like as NMIMS, PGCL, MK Sanghvi, NL Dalmia, T.A. Pai Management Institute, and Symbiosis Institute of Business Management. Prof. Rakesh Nair has taught financial markets to top brokerage firms such as Edelweiss Securities and Asit C Mehta.

Read the complete interview below.

Q: What are the salient features of the teaching methodology adopted by your college? How does this differ from others?

A: The institute provides a perfect balance between classroom and outside-the-classroom learning experience. Our pool of academicians has over 20 years of experience working in the banking and financial services domain. This helps us to develop our content and teaching pedagogy and methodology matching the industry expectations and standards.

Q: How are you preparing your students to be Industry ready?

A: All our students have to go through the mandatory internship experience. What makes it unique is that all students get an in-house internship guide (faculties) to help them adapt to new work cultures and expectations from job profiles. As our trainers are industry experienced themselves, they are able to hand-hold and guide the students. Students are required to send weekly reports of all tasks performed to their guides and also mid and post-internship presentations of their learnings from the job assigned.

Q: What are the qualities you are looking for in student applicants? What qualities do they need to do well in your course?

A: We are not a typical college. We follow corporate culture in the way our classroom behaves and performs. Hence, we expect the same level of diligence and commitment to all tasks given. Students are expected to develop not only their academic prowess but also interpersonal skills. They are required to participate in all corporate events and equally contribute in organising and executing them. We give more importance to their internal assessments and also to how participative they are on the campus in both academic and non-academic activities.

Q: How do you ensure that your course curriculum is up to date and meets industry requirements?

A: We have an excellent content development team that periodically reviews and update content to be in sync with the latest business trends and outlook. Our faculties, being market practitioners themselves, are able to ensure the content remains up to date and top class.