Crafting Lifelong Learners with Innovative Teaching

In every academic cycle for a student, placement is a decisive factor as it hallmarks their corporate journey. It’s every student’s dream to begin their career in a top MNC to set their aspirations in motion. Students at FIIB are supported in achieving this dream by our teachers, placement committee, and our teaching methods.

Through our pedagogy and curriculum, FIIB ensures students are well-equipped for reasoning and aptitude. These are the essential areas that every student must be armed with in order to land their dream job. As part of our curriculum, students are challenged to deal with a variety of situations they will encounter during their time at their respective companies, as well as during the interview process. We prepare our students for their dreams’ challenges by constantly engaging teachers with new problems. 

And it’s not just the curriculum that our teachers set. There are numerous conferences and events taking place at the FIIB campus that add value both in terms of learning and fun for students and faculty alike. These activities aim to develop students’ professional and personal qualities simultaneously. Business and management-related challenges, hackathons, seminars, conclaves, and conferences are among the events that instill professional skills and etiquettes in them, while cultural, social, entertainment and festive events help them establish a sense of belonging and social solidarity among themselves. Here’s a glimpse into how our faculty members implement the #neverstoplearning philosophy in their teaching methods and what IMPACT this has on our students.

Dr. Sakshi Khanna

As their educator and mentor, Dr. Sakshi strives to give every student a stimulating educational environment where they can grow emotionally, mentally, and physically. Her teaching methodology engages students and activates their learning through a variety of initiatives such as collaborative projects, themes, and individual work. She has always preferred a student-centric approach. Her sessions are tailored as per students’ learning ability so that they can effectively achieve the objectives set for the course. Students need guidance to reach their maximum potential and attain their goals. To foster such an environment, Dr. Sakshi provides students with knowledge of the subject supported by guidance and counseling at the right time. A passionate teacher who wants the best for her students, she invests her energy into giving them comprehensive career and course advice. This empowers them to understand the opportunities available to them on completion of the PGDM Program and make informed choices.

Impact on students

As part of her teaching practice, she has adopted the philosophy of “Guided Practice” – the I do, We do, You do the method, that was pioneered by Barbara Rogoff, an American academic who is a UCSC Distinguished Professor of Psychology at the University of California. She uses the innovative concept of dialogue teaching, which was developed as an educational approach to train students in cognitive strategies that improve their chances of landing good jobs. The enhanced student performance in academic evaluations and successful corporate placements are the rewards for her teaching initiatives.

Dr. Bhajneet Kaur

Dr. Bhajneet teaches PGDM students a Business Problem-Solving course in which they analyze start-ups and small enterprises and identify their problems. According to her, it is essential that they understand the challenges these organizations face and then provide solutions and convert them into cases. Using various examples and cases, Dr. Bhajneet brainstorms ideas, and gives the students case-based quiz assessments in the context of “Experiential Learning” & “Innovative Teaching Methods”. According to her, the case-based approach can help students relate theory and concepts to real-life situations.

Impact on students

Through root cause analysis, students can identify business problems. As they move through the different phases of problem identification to the solution, they often face multiple challenges in identifying and defining the issues. Still, with proper guidance from Dr. Bhajneet, they are able to overcome them. 

Prof Shuchi Dikshit

Prof Shuchi has the vision to instill in her students a passion for becoming collaborators in the exploration of theory, research, and practice in their chosen fields. She works with the intention of bringing accuracy in conferring information, defining requirements, and asserting academic objectives. She aspires to make them witness and experience new thoughts and learnings, to inculcate ardor to think and perceive at a higher level.

Prof Shuchi has integrated three key elements in her teaching delivery mechanism which include: 

• active and collaborative learning
• practice and feedback
• experiential learning experiences

The workshop mode supports the learning outcomes that are targeted to be achieved and is backed by assignments of self-reflection. Experiential activities and games are used as a tool to make the theoretical aspect of the courses come to life and impact the learning of the student. Additionally, case analysis, role plays, scenario discussions, management games, and exercises help in maximizing learning.

Impact on students

It is of paramount importance that students are aware of academic objectives for their learning. Students are expected to make impactful learning journeys and understand what they can achieve through education. The focus remains to nurture students and inspire them to contribute to society for a sustainable future. Strength in domain knowledge, application of theories to solve real-world problems, and the zeal to keep learning is the expected outcome.

In a nutshell, the FIIB’s didactics, curriculum, rigorous experiential training, career-empowering community, and our esteemed faculty offer a comprehensive individual-centered, career-oriented education that impacts our students in such a way that they acquire the skills, attitude, problem-solving abilities, and management skills they will need to succeed in the society and a global workplace.

Curious about who teaches at FIIB? Visit https://www.fiib.edu.in/faculty