CK Prahalad - The man who stretched the boundaries of thought!

As news twittered in that CK Prahalad is no more, my mind raced back to a short engagement that I had with him once during a seminar in mumbai. I remember coming back awe struck with his thought processess and the brilliance that shone by way of his logic. He will remain one of the most influential thinkers of our times. May God rest his soul in peace.

It also brought a question in my mind that why is it that all famous management thinkers of indian origin haill from Ivy League universities. It has to do something with the environment at these universities which fosters learning, research,collaboration and young brilliant minds thrive in such environments. The task for all of us here in India is how to build such an environment so that at least a fraction of young minds are engaged in such high quality work. It has always been noticed that new innovation, new ways of thought are always triggered in universities. Nothing is more powerfull than a mind which is free to think without  fears, prejudices and  doubts. It took one such mind to think of Bottom of Pyramid as an opportunity and it unleashed corporate energy worth thousands of crores. The resultant impact is there for all to see.
Let such thousand minds be unleashed in our learning arenas of universities and colleges !...
Time will tell if I am asking for the moon!
vir

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