Management and Humanities: The New Mainstream in Undergraduate Studies

An implicit hierarchy has crept into education that places a
premium on STEM subjects as compared to management
or the humanities. Today, there is a powerful case for the
acceptance of humanities and commerce -- in educational
institutions, industry, society and most importantly in
the minds of students -- such that these disciplines are
no less than the sciences. The resurgence of humanities
and business has student well-being at its core, part of a
growing acceptance of different types of intelligence and
diverse competencies. It is gaining impetus as the future
of work calls for a multiplicity of skills and the emergence
of roles that straddle multiple disciplines. An unspoken
caste-ism is now making way for an environment in which
students of the humanities or commerce are first citizens in
education, along with those in the sciences.

• Ms. Hansa Sachdeva (Director, Office of Admissions &
Financial Aid/Head, External Communications, Ahmedabad
University)
• Dr. Parag Patel (Associate Dean, Amrut Mody School of
Management, Ahmedabad University)
• Prof. Jyoti Chandiramani (Director, Symbiosis School of
Economics & Dean, Faculty of Humanities and Social
Sciences - SIU)
• Dr. K. P. Mohanan (Professor (retired), formerly at IISER
Pune, and Co-founder, ThinQ)

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