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Cyril Shroff and IIM Ahmedabad launch GC academy
Cyril Shroff and IIM Ahmedabad signed an MoU on 8 August to establish the Cyril Shroff, IIMA GC Leadership Academy. The academy will offer executive education and research for general counsels, focusing…
The Story in Brief
Cyril Shroff and IIM Ahmedabad signed an MoU on 8 August to establish the Cyril Shroff, IIMA GC Leadership Academy. The academy will offer executive education and research for general counsels, focusing on boardroom leadership, finance, technology, and global peer learning. Shroff, founder of Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas, described it as a step towards institution-building for the legal profession. IIMA director Prof. Bharat Bhasker called it a groundbreaking initiative addressing the evolving needs of general counsels.
The academy, co-created with IIMA, will develop knowledge products and executive programmes. It targets the growing need for general counsels to combine legal expertise with strategic judgement. The four core priorities include enterprise leadership, business and finance integration, technology and AI readiness, and global peer learning.
The Indian Opinion
India’s legal profession often celebrates institutional partnerships as transformative, but the Cyril Shroff-IIMA academy’s real test will be its output. Similar initiatives in the past have struggled to move beyond networking. The academy’s focus on technology and boardroom skills is practical, but without measurable outcomes, such as GCs advancing to CEO positions, it risks being another credentialing exercise. Will the academy track the career trajectories of its alumni? That data will separate hype from impact.
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