AMBA & BGA ASIA PACIFIC CONFERENCE REVIEW
I n a session helmed by Mahadeo Jaiswal, director of India’s IIM Sambalpur, delegates heard how teaching needs to develop when artificial intelligence takes on the role of a co-faculty member. The school’s proposed solution aims to facilitate peer-to-peer learning without faculty present in the class, encouraging deeper collaboration and critical thinking. Real-time, transparent feedback will be provided to students and faculty mapped against Bloom’s taxonomy and “learning outcomes will be enhanced by combining AI-driven assessment with faculty-led sessions that push students to higher levels of creativity and innovation”, noted Jaiswal. He explained that faculty would be creating and applying the assignments, while AI would be responsible for “evaluating, analysing, understanding and remembering”. This approach ensures numerous positive outcomes; these include collaboration and teamwork, critical thinking, objectivity and bias reduction in grading, empowered learning ownership – as students choose the pace and pathways – and reduced learning gaps across diverse cohorts, along with higher course engagement and retention. The IIM Sambalpur director acknowledged that there would be challenges, such as the orientation of both faculty and students and the licensing cost of cases and reading material on the AI platform, as well as issues surrounding the legalities or intellectual property rights. Despite these difficulties, Jaiswal outlined a roadmap for the future that includes the scaling up of AI-enabled tools across all programmes, including the MBA and executive education courses; collaboration with global institutes and industry partners; and the launch of a Global Capability Case Council to publish cases and innovation articles on the AI platform.
Geopolitics impacting biz-ed applications Yulia Jiang, GMAC’s head of school relations for Greater China, told delegates how, even after a “very strong 2024”, global management education applications grew by seven per cent in 2025, with growth concentrated across a smaller group of programmes. International applications moved away from the UK, Canada and the US towards Asia and continental Europe. She noted that programmes are reporting the impact of visa policies, economic changes and geopolitics on application volume. Despite this, applications are up, especially in Asia; international applications increased across all programmes, particularly from within the region. Visa policies in traditional hubs are pushing students away, while governments in Asia are “actively attracting international cohorts”, commented Jiang. Turning to MBA programmes, the GMAC executive noted that applications “grew modestly” last year, buoyed by full-time, two-year options, while nearly all business master’s gained ground except Business Analytics. Jiang then looked at employers’ expectations, noting that over the next five years, employers predict that strategy and problem-solving will continue to be important, with an increased emphasis on technology skills and the use of AI tools, as well as data analysis and interpretation. She revealed an interesting statistic: almost all (99 per cent) of employers are confident in business schools’ ability to prepare successful graduates. Case development skills & coursework Led by Steef van de Velde, professor of operations management & technology at Rotterdam School of Management and Zhongming Wang, AMBA & BGA’s international advisor for China, this session began by assessing the limitations of the traditional case method.
( Clockwise from above ) GMAC’s head of school relations for Greater China, Yulia Jiang explored how geopolitics has impacted applications; Mahadeo Jaiswal, director of IIM Sambalpur, outlined a future utilising AI‑enabled tools; the event took place at the well-appointed Grand Hyatt Bali
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