Yale invites India Inc mentors

MUMBAI: After sourcing case studies on Indian business successes, Yale University is now looking to rope in Indian industry honchos for possible lecturing assignments . A delegation from Yale University is currently in Mumbai to expand the number of Indian experts who could travel to New Haven to spend a semester at the Ivy League institution as well as meet its alumni and potential donors.

Yale University , which has wellknown economist Rakesh Mohan at the Jackson Institute of Global Affairs and Rajendra Pachauri of Teri heading the university’s climate and energy institute, feels that Indian leadership has lot to offer to its students hailing from 120 countries.

In fact, while India has for long been seen as a young country with its students wanting to sign up for an education at the top American University, Yale president Richard Levin, told TOI that the country must now look at allowing the private sector to build institutions that will promote excellence. “

Government funding will be biased towards access and there will be great tension between access and excellence .” Levin is the longest serving president of the Ivy League institution and his itenarary includes confering the “Legend in Leadership award” to Ratan Tata.