In this episode, featured not-expert is Suchit Sikaria. Suchit is the founder of Crucible Institute, a business school that is seeking to completely revamp higher business education in India - by optimizing for practical skills needed for digital first businesses (which the world (including india of course) is currently seeing a boom of) instead of outdated theory taught by industry professionals and with a fee structure that's super unique.

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Timestamps:00:00 Intro + Background

02:06 The State of MBA Education in India

03:31 Identifying Core Issues in MBA Programs

07:53 The Disconnect Between Education and Industry Needs

11:10 Curriculum Relevance and Evolution

13:16 The Role of Faculty in MBA Education

16:12 The Admission Process and Its Implications

20:12 Case-Based Learning Is Broken Too

22:07 Teaching Methodologies and Practical Applications

25:29 Industry Collaboration and Student Outcomes

26:41 The Crucible Model: A New Approach to Education

28:59 What Makes Crucible Different

31:36 Optimizing Curriculum for Digital-First Businesses

33:06 Innovative Course Offerings for Job Readiness

34:50 Course Duration

37:26 Solution to “Who Is Going to Teach?”

40:40 Content Is King—even While Designing a B-School

41:29 Learning Design and Course Structure

43:14 Tuition Fee Depends on Your Salary

49:17 Challenges and Pitfalls of the Fee Model

53:35 Core Values and Brand Purpose