Mr. Debanjan Roy is the Head of the MBA department at Gurukul Group of Institutions, Indore. He is a seasoned professional in the higher education sector with 10 years of experience. Holding an MBA from DAVV Indore, his areas of expertise encompass E-Business, Digital Marketing, and Web Technology. In his current role, he plays a pivotal role in coordinating the Placement and Exam Departments at Gurukul Group of Institutions in Indore. His dedication and expertise are instrumental in providing students with valuable opportunities and a seamless examination process, ensuring their success in the field of higher education. He is also associated with Liberal College as the Registrar for the past two years; he has made significant contributions to the institution's growth and development.

Gurukul Group of Institutions, Indore

Being the MBA,HOD of the Gurukul Group Of Institutions, Indore, what is your philosophy of leadership? How would you describe your leadership style?

My educational philosophy of leadership, in a nutshell, would indeed begin and end with developing a positive culture.

  • My principal leadership focuses on real needs, offering practical, hands-on strategies for improvement in a constantly evolving educational environment.
  • I think my strengths as a leader are effective delegation and communication.
  • I would describe my leadership style as direct and leading by example. I enjoy delegating tasks and taking the lead on projects.
  • I consider myself a transformational leader because I encourage my team to set goals that directly align with the company’s goals.
  • I always try to delegate tasks to whoever is best equipped to perform well in the task, and I try to communicate clearly about what needs to be done and why.
  • I use questioning to allow others to think critically and purposefully.
  • I believe it is important to build relationships and trust through clear communication.

The education systems in India and other foreign countries are structured very differently. In your experience, what can an inbound student gain from studying here in your institute?

Our institute encourages students to learn from their mistakes and view them as an opportunity to improve.

  • I believe that helping students build their self-awareness is a must.
  • I also teach them about the importance of well-being and propose positive practices, including how to manage emotions, how to engage in the workplace, how to have positive relations with others, and most critically, how to find meaning in life.
  • Students studying in our institute gain a better sense of what their life's purpose is.
  • They are also encouraged to identify their strengths and characteristics and how they can best use them.
  • Students are equipped with the tools and theories necessary to deal with and overcome the challenges of everyday life.
  • Our institute encourages students to step out of their comfort zones and explore both their academic and personal lives

How does the curriculum GURUKUL GROUP OF INSTITUTIONS, INDORE ensure the best practice of industry?

Our institute ensures the best practices of the industry by appreciating the work done by the teaching staff, non-teaching staff, and students of the institute and motivating them.

  • We believe that a motivated workforce (staff and students) can be a significant factor in the institute’s success.
  • We follow an outcome-based education approach by developing course plans with clear objectives and outcomes.
  • The qualities that we value in our students include communication skills, a continuous desire to learn, and a passion for whatever they do.
  • We define best education practices as a wide range of individual activities, policies, and programmatic approaches aimed at achieving positive changes in student attitudes and academic behaviors.
  • Our institute provides group discussion prompts, thoughtful questions, and reflective responses to learners, promoting active learning.
  • The college continues to follow an outcome-based education approach by developing course plans with well-defined objectives and outcomes.

Any insights into how your institute could be more welcoming to students of different races or economic backgrounds?

We define best education practices as the wide range of individual activities, policies and programmatic approaches to achieve positive changes in student attitudes or academic behaviors.

  • Our institute provides group discussion provocations thoughtful questions, reflective responses to learners and active learning.
  • Our institute has well-equipped computer labs.
  • Special hall for indoor games.
  • The college is under surveillance of CCTV.

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What do you think your roles and responsibilities to the institute and the students are?

Our institute provides a creative learning environment while displaying values of teamwork and unity are some of the values required to meet the academic expectations of students.

  • Student responsibility occurs when students take an active part I their learning they are accountable for their academic success.
  • We guide our students to behave respectfully and obediently with their teachers and other members.
  • Our responsibilities are to be respectful; students contribute to a healthy learning environment and lesson distractions in disciplinary actions.
  • Our roles and responsibilities include cleanliness with their books, classroom, school, home etc. they must be true, obedient and loving towards their parents and elders.

What do you think should be the institute’s top priority over the next 10 years?

Over the next 10 years, we will improve our academic performance and student success by attaining each of the following strategic priorities.

  • Embracing technologies and modes of delivery that can be successfully utilized by students.
  • We support a rich and diverse classroom and university culture that fuels a position for lifetime learning.
  • We will continue to offer high-quality staff from a wider geographical area with reasonable compensation to retain them.
  • We attract qualified faculty and staff from a wider geographical area with reasonable compensation to retain them.
  • We will create a positive, educating, comfortable environment for students, staff and faculty is a priority of our institute.

What would you like people to know about your institute they may not know? Ans: Our institute provides special scholarship for students.

  • We also provide grooming classes to students.
  • Students are provided with personality development classes.
  • Students are deputed to participate in co-curricular and extracurricular activities.
  • Well Equipped classrooms and labs.
  • The college is under CCTV surveillance.
  • Well trained staff.

What do you see GURUKUL GROUP OF INSTITUTIONS, INDORE’s greater strengths?

Our GURUKUL GROUP OF INSTITUTIONS, INDORE strengths involve skills, qualities and personal characteristics.

  • Enthusiasm
  • Creativity
  • Humor
  • Honest
  • Leadership
  • Kindness
  • Listening
  • Well-qualified faculty
  • Active and very creative faculty
  • Good interaction and interrelationship
  • Always better result
  • Positive interaction with students that makes them approach faculty members for academic and non-academic solutions.

What are some of the biggest challenges you see, both for higher education in general and for GURUKUL GROUP OF INSTITUTIONS, INDORE especially?

Issues with higher education are:

  • Teaching quality- the first issue that higher education faces is decreasing teaching quality
  • Privatization
  • Financing- the quality of higher education has to be improved
  • Political factor

Any suggestions you would like to give to the current youth and the aspiring students?

Ways that can motivate the youth to dream big and reach their goals are:

  • Responsible parenting
  • I always try to motivate and help youth to set goals.
  • Instilling self-determination and self-belief.
  • Focus largely so that the youth can choose and seek their interest.