Welcome to The Leadership Lounge with The CEO Magazine!

In this inspiring episode, Shrikant Pandey sits down with Dr. Mayank Agarwal, the dynamic Managing Director of the IIMT Group of Colleges — a leader redefining access, quality, and industry-aligned education for India’s next generation.

Guiding a vast educational ecosystem of universities, colleges, schools, medical institutions, and even an incubation centre, Dr. Agarwal has built more than an institution — he has created a pipeline of opportunity, shaping students into industry-ready professionals with strong values and global exposure.

From expanding academic programs to forging industry partnerships, building Centers of Excellence, strengthening placements, and nurturing entrepreneurship, his leadership blends scale with substance, technology with tradition, and global vision with local impact.

In this episode, Dr. Agarwal opens up about the pressures, purpose, and philosophy behind steering an institution that educates over 20,000 students — and what it truly means to build an education brand that can stand shoulder to shoulder with the world’s best.

In this conversation, we explore:

• The journey of stepping into a legacy and making it his own
• How IIMT balances scale with quality and ethical leadership
• What he would redesign in India’s higher education system
• The unseen cost of chasing placements & results
• Industry-ready students vs. life-ready humans — what matters more
• Building an ecosystem from schools to universities, hospitals, and radio
• The “invisible ingredient” that turns classrooms into launchpads
• Entrepreneurship, innovation & the IIMT Incubation Centre
• Handling pressure while leading thousands
• What young people must understand about shortcuts
• Leadership lessons IIMT taught him — beyond any textbook
• Whether India is ready to create global education brands
• His vision, legacy, and message for future academic leaders

Join us for a deep, honest, and forward-looking conversation on education, leadership, innovation, and the future of India’s learning ecosystem.

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