The purpose of this paper is to explore perspectives of academicians in leadership positions in Indian business schools on the sustainability of management education institutions in India.,Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 20 respondents including directors, deans and vice-chancellors of private and public sector institutions offering management programmes across India. The interviews were audio recorded and transcribed verbatim for analysis.,All the respondents strongly supported the need for building sustainable management education institutions. Different factors affecting sustainability of institutions that emerged from the interviews included focus on local context and inter-disciplinarity, visionary leadership and culture, country specific curriculum and pedagogy, sustained industry-academia collaboration, faculty orientation, training, retention and growth. On the basis of the factors identified, a directional proposition with the perspective of blue ocean strategy is proposed.,There is a vast scope for exploring issues, challenges and strategies for building sustainable management education institutions. Literature in this field in the Indian context is very limited. This paper is one of the few attempts to study perspectives and experiences of leaders in Indian business schools on the sustainability of their institutions.

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印度管理教育机构的可持续性

本文旨在探讨在印度商学院担任领导职务的院士对印度管理教育机构的可持续性的看法。半结构化访谈对包括私人和公共部门的董事，院长和副校长在内的20名受访者进行了访谈在印度提供管理计划的行业机构。访谈被录音并逐字记录下来进行分析。所有受访者都强烈支持建立可持续管理教育机构的需求。访谈中得出的影响机构可持续性的不同因素包括：侧重于本地情况和跨学科，有远见的领导和文化，针对特定国家的课程和教学法，持续的产学合作，师资培训，培训，保留和成长。在确定因素的基础上，提出了以蓝海战略为视角的定向命题。探索建立可持续管理教育机构的问题，挑战和策略的广阔空间。在印度语境下，该领域的文学非常有限。本文是研究印度商学院领导人关于其机构可持续性的观点和经验的少数尝试之一。