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Cyril Shroff launches GC leadership academy with IIM Ahmedabad
Managing partner Cyril Shroff, in collaboration with IIM Ahmedabad, has launched the Cyril Shroff, IIMA GC Leadership Academy. The academy is a philanthropic initiative of Shroff and his family, aimed at developing…
The Story in Brief
Managing partner Cyril Shroff, in collaboration with IIM Ahmedabad, has launched the Cyril Shroff, IIMA GC Leadership Academy. The academy is a philanthropic initiative of Shroff and his family, aimed at developing General Counsels as enterprise leaders beyond traditional legal skills. It will cover boardroom leadership, business and finance, strategy, technology, AI, emerging risks, and global peer learning.
Shroff told Bar & Bench that the in-house legal community has been neglected, and the academy intends to impart leadership skills to make GCs more than just lawyers. Paridhi Adani, cited by NDTV, said modern legal leaders operate at the intersection of finance, capital, technology, policy, regulation, and business, yet lack formal training. The academy plans to offer at least two executive education courses in its first year, using IIM Ahmedabad's case study method.
The Indian Opinion
The narrative that a short executive course will turn lawyers into 'enterprise leaders' is overblown. Real boardroom credibility comes from handling crises, not classroom case studies. The real test of this academy will be its first batch: do the graduates land stronger roles or drive better governance in their firms? A single data point, the career trajectory of the inaugural cohort, will settle whether this is legacy-building or a philanthropic vanity project.
Sources (2): barandbench.com, ndtv.com
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Updated: this story now draws on 2 sources.
