Vision of the Academy

The Leadership Academy will be a continually evolving organization with a dynamic set of initiatives that will help uncover in people from different walks of life - students and executives, - their inner courage & self confidence to engage with and address increasingly complex, multi- disciplinary issues with particular attention to ethics, equity and environment, - in a holistic and inclusive fashion. Centered at IIT Kharagpur, the academy will have national and global reach to develop leaders who could draw on the best of Eastern (including Buddhist, Confucius, Persian, Shinto, Sun Tzu and Vedic) and Western (including Aristotle, Plato thru John Lock, Kant, Modern business schools) philosophies, - in develop and fine tuning their problem solving skills from multiple perspectives and in leading organizations that could explore frontier challenges and opportunities in a compassionate and environmentally friendly fashion. It is our hope that the core of our vision the academy will help development of the leaders who will “dedicate their lives towards higher purpose” and draw on their inner courage to “illuminate the nature of man and the world which he lives in”.

“Our real awakening takes place when we dedicate our life to exalted ideal”

Swami Vivekananda

“There are many kind of courage – bravery under fine, courage to risk and reputation, friendship and career for convictions that are deeply held, Perhaps rarest courage of all - for the skill to pursue it is given to very few men – is the courage to wage silent battle to illuminate the nature of man and the world in which he lives”

John F Kennedy

Accordingly the Partha Ghosh Academy of Leadership will build on a fundamental belief that each individual is born with unique qualities which he /she must find ways to identify, nurture, fine tune, cultivate and apply with compassion in enabling a meaningful and enriching role in the community he/she belongs; at the most fundamental level Partha Ghosh believes:

“Perhaps the finest gift one can give others is the confidence in stretching expectations and raising benchmarks of excellence based on never ending search for their inner strengths – present and potential”

Partha S Ghosh