Following Anand Mahindra, Tata group has donated $50 million to the HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL. This fund is used to fund a new academic and residential building on its campus.  It is to be called TATA hall.  This clearly indicates that Indian companies are announcing their might to the world. Would it be for  TATA  to donate the money to an Indian Institution than a foreign one?  We presume that it is because of the red tapeism in the ministry of human resource development.

Giving back to the Bschool

Anand Mahindra, MD of Mahindra and Mahindra has donated $10 milliion to Harvard. This benovelent gift to the humanities department of Harvard clearly depicts the rise of the new Indian in the global arena. Interestingly Anand Mahindra is one of the few Indians who has “gifted” more than $1 million to an US university, others being Mukesh Ambani, Lord Swaraj Paul…

The MBA oath – is anyone listening?
As a manger my purpose is to serve the grater good by bringing people and resources together to create value that no single individual can create alone. Therefore I will seek a course that enhances  the value my enterprise can create for society over the long term. I recognize my decisions can have far-reaching consequences that affect the well being of individuals inside an outside my enterprise, today and in the future. As I reconcile the interests of different constituencies I will face choices that are not easy for me and others.
Therefore I promise:

• I will act with utmost integrity an pursue my work in an ethical manner.
• I will safeguard the interest of my stakeholders, co workers, customers and the society in which we operate.
• I will perform my duties in good faith, guarding against decisions and behaviours that advance my own narrow ambitions but harm the enterprise and the society it serves.
• I will understand  and uphold, both in letter and in spirit the laws and contracts governing  my own conduct and that of my enterprise.
• I will take responsibility for my actions and will represent the performance and risks of my enterprise accurately and honestly
• I will develop both myself and my coworkers so that the organization grows.
• I will be accountable to my peers and they will be accountable to me for living by this both.