“Like Japan and US, why can't India have a management study model of its own?” - Rahul Karad, Founder and Deen, MIT School of Governemt.

A Harvard alumnus, Rahul is a firm believer in the systems, standards and processes as well as the research orientation of the developed western countries. He is keen of building study models based on these characteristics. "Like Japan and US, why can't India have a management study model of its own?" asks Karad, also Executive Director of MIT school of Management.

Tapping newer areas of studies and extending a thoroughly research oriented approach is his vision for the future of the Maharashtra Institute of Technology (MIT) Group, which comprises 52 institutions spread across Paud raod, Talegaon Dechade, Rajbag and Alandi in and around Pune besides places in the Marathwada region with investment of over Rs. 800 crore.

Twenty five years back, when his father Vishwanath Karad, a former teacher of the College of Engineering Pune (CoEP); set out with the task of establishing the group, the field of higher education was deep routed in the state controlled regime.

The MIT is now vying for a deemed university status and competition is the last thing on Rahul's mind. "You have to be always ready for competition, whatever the situation." he says.

"Getting into tie-ups with world class institutions and establishing a center for innovation, initially in the engineering segment which has always been MIT's USP, are the priority areas," he said. The 31-year old Rahul has the requisite platform to fulfill his dreams.