The enthralling journey from corporates to entrepreneurship to Chairperson, PGDM Online at BIMTECH: Prof. SS Dubey

• ByStartupStory     |    September 2, 2022

“The hidden challenge faced by the industry is the lack of proper guidance and mentorship. This can only be overcome if the students are aware of whom to take guidance from and consider as their mentor. ” – Prof. SS Dubey said in an exclusive interview with Startup Story.

The commencement of a great journey 

Prof. SS Dubey is a practicing academic with 35 years of industry experience in IT services, including leadership  positions at IBM and Tata Group. His journey has been very exciting, with challenging ups and downs.

 He completed his B Tech from NIT Jamshedpur  and moved on to complete his PG Diploma in Steel Plant Operations, SNTI, from Tata Steel. Later he completed PGDM in Systems and Finance from XLRI Jamshedpur in 1986. His last position was as IBM’s Asia Pacific Services Delivery head(1995–2016), supervising IT for 17 IBM countries spread across five time zones. 

Prof Dubey remained academically inclined during his entire corporate tenure. As a visiting professor at top business schools such as XLRI Jamshedpur,  IIM Lucknow, IIM Indore, SP Jain Global Management School in Singapore and Dubai, FMS Delhi University, IMT Ghaziabad,  and IMI Delhi, among others. He is currently Chairperson of BIMTECH Online centre COOLS and Professor and Head of the IT Department since July 2016.

He has managed several large  IT Transformation Consulting and Delivery project with a budget in excess of 200+ million USD . he has led team of 3500+ people spread across several geographies. An exceptional team builder, mentor to startups and young talent, who is a sight after speaker in conferences and seminars.  He has been a member of the Management & Entrepreneurship and Professional Skills Council-MEPSC (Govt. of India) since 2012.

Academic achievements and reputed works published

He has published 12 academic books and taught over 15,000 students. He received the Best Management Book award from the Indian Society of Training and Development in 2009. He has authored several research papers. Some of the recent books written by Prof. SS Dubey are:-

Management Information System 6th edition 2021 Mcgrawhill | Management and IT consulting 2021 | Management by metaphors | IT Strategy and Management 4/e by PHI Learning 2018, Technology and Innovation Management 2nd edition by PHI Learning 2019, and many more.

His view on the Ed-tech industry

The edtech industry has enabled the ecosystem of education to grow rapidly across universities, schools, and autonomous institutions, during pandemic years 2020-21, Edtech industry stepped up its efforts to spread access of learning to a very large section of underserved learners  Its growth has proven that technology is becoming an important part of education delivery.  India’s population is in the age bracket of 15-24 years is about 500 million people. Edtech industry with University partnership had reached  out to a large section of society for quality education using online means.  Earlier quality education was available only in the face-to-face model . Online education with Edtech companies support  can now be extended to much larger population.

The education market was estimated to be worth 117 billion 2 years ago and it is likely to reach 225 billion by the financial year 2025. We have a large number of school-going children, about 250 million. The number of colleges is around 40,000+ and universities is about 900+. Indian ed-tech market is  second only to the US market, and is growing rapidly. The pandemic years led the proliferation of the edtech industry, as there was no other way but to adopt online means.

The two areas that are the driving factors of the edtech industry post-pandemic are:

• Skill development
• Employability education leading to award of a degree.

Both these skills are intertwined and co-dependent. Skill development leads to a greater employability rate, and employability also leads to the development of a valuable skillset.  Universities and leading autonomous institution will do great service to the learners if they embrace cutting edge technology developed by Edtech industry . This is a win – win situation and a need of the hour for India which aims to increase its GER (Gross Enrollment Ration) currently 27% to 50% by the year 2030, as enunciated in National Education Policy 2020.

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