Kwench-n:gage Leader Speak Series Issue 1 Volume 5 (August 2017) | Page 17

(n:gage): Having started your career as a Management Trainee, with the changing motivational needs of the millennials, what changes has the management trainee programs seen in the last 2 decades? Archana: I think what I have shared above clearly exemplifies the huge difference in the world of HR 27 years back to what we witness today. Yet there are many things which seem to be relatively untouched. I think there is a need to review the entire apprentice programme by industry and academia together. It is not just about Management Trainees or Graduate Engineer Trainee programmes but more about academia-industry partnership for a much more beneficial outcome. n:gage | August 2017