PINAKI MAJUMDAR
Jamshedpur, June 22: Tata Steel Foundation (TSF) has rolled out a Rural Immersion Module for students of leading management cradle XLRI at Jamshedpur.
The module would help in channelising the ‘Emotional Intelligence’ in future managers and employees which will ultimately help them in imbibing ‘Transformational Leadership’. The whole process comprises orientation, visits to rural areas, debriefing among the groups and presentation.
Rural Immersion Module will be a unique component of all the full-time, residential programmes (BM, HRM, FPM and Ex-PGDM) of XLRI Jamshedpur.
It has been designed to provide an exposure to students to life in rural or urban areas, including sensitization to, and understanding of the several economic, social, and environmental issues faced by the people, mostly those from the disadvantaged social strata.
The module is further meant to help students ideate how appropriate interventions like modern technology, management concepts and policy instruments can improve the overall well-being of the disadvantaged social strata.
The rural immersion module is also in consonance with XLRI’s vision to nurture responsible global leaders for the greater common good and a sustainable future, and XLRI’s mission to nurture responsive ethical leaders sensitive to the environment and society.
The objectives of the immersion module are mainly to provide students with an opportunity to understand the multi-dimensional inequities that exist in society and relate them to relevant United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and relevant government policies and programmes.
The management students will also have the opportunity to learn various facets of rural economy and social factors including agriculture, animal husbandry, handicrafts, dependence on non-timber forest produce, gender issues, micro-finance, and rural tourism among others.
