| |9 March 2016HIGHERReviewgaining popularity in India to link the education to employment by developing employability. According to All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), a finishing school is a private school for students that emphasizes on training for development of all round personality, skill, knowledge and ability required by the industry. The finishing schools aim to provide both technical and soft skills to students to facilitate their employability and play a part in the supply side issues of the industry. Finishing School programs are designed to develop employability of the fresh students hailing from different disciplines. It is interesting to observe that a good number of finishing schools are emerging in India. The biggest advantage of these finishing schools is that these schools cut down the "deployable time" for an organization.An unprecedented change is occurring in the Indian economy due to globalization and liberalization there is a need for a new breed of business education in our country aimed at developing a new generation of business leaders who can walk into organizations and start contributing from the first day they join. Responding to these needs management institutes in India are increasingly becoming popular as finishing schools to develop employability of young graduates. Major components of Training in Management education are: Leadership development, Job Skills Business Communications, Group Dynamics, Business Ethics, Life Values, Essential Know-How, Business Skills, Managerial Skills, Persuasion, Negotiation Skills, Self Esteem and Attitude. As management institutes train students in developing employability skills many organizations recruit students directly from these institutes for entry level managerial positions, thus making campus recruitment most popular source of recruitment. Due to this trend management institutes are becoming gateways for gainful employment and MBA has become one of the most glamorous Masters Degree program and management graduates are paid more than other graduates.Today around 300 management institutions in India claim that they provide 100 percent placement to students. These Institutions admit students through CAT and during the course of study students will be put through a rat race to get employed. Sad part of the story is that due to this rat race many a times students actually behave like rats. Therefore, management institutes shall inculcate values and ethics among the students during the course of study along with developing employability skills. Dr. Ananthapadhmanabh AcharDr. Achar has 28 years of experience in teaching, training and consultancy in management before joining Sahyadri as the Director of the MBA program; he has worked for the Manipal group of institutions for more than two decades. His areas of specialization in teaching are HRM and Behavioral science.The finishing schools aim to provide both technical and soft skills to students to facilitate their employability and play a part in the supply side issues of the industry
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