- Include 20-30 Alums as a part of sort of advisory board for the course whose advice can be sought in terms of course structure and content.
- These 20-30 people can act as a support group for the course to answer queries and questions which students can raise during the course. The linkedin group and this blog are part of this, where all students can register.
- Support in terms of possible project ideas to be given to students. In the long run the idea would be to involve Alum in the project evaluation/presentations too and also look for live projects which the students can work on.
- Involve Alumni in guest lecturers during the course, but there is an inherent limitation in terms of number of people who can be involved and their availability. For that I have planned to document the experiences through a series of interviews.
- In the long run tie-up with a few Alumni to write cases specific to sales and distribution issues within their companies.
This is what I have thought of till now and will look forward to suggestions on improving the design as we go on...
