Rural immersion program in India: integrating management education with community

Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to review Indian management-school programs that integrate social and environmental concerns in the curriculum.

Approach

The paper analyses the data provided in the form of reports submitted by students after the rural immersion program and draws inferences from the written material.

Findings

This paper illustrates the usefulness of the rural immersion program in sensitizing students about the social divide that exists in India; thus, it helps inculcate an inclusive mind-set.

Practical implications

This paper emphasizes the usefulness of creating a management curriculum that integrates societal issues in the learning process.

Originality/value

The paper discusses how a top Indian business school is attempting to develop socially-responsible managers.

Citation

Malhotra, S. and Pingali, V. (2020), "Rural immersion program in India: integrating management education with community", Development and Learning in Organizations, Vol. 34 No. 2, pp. 13-15. https://doi.org/10.1108/DLO-08-2019-0200