Why Gen Z Needs a Different Approach to Education
Gen Z did not grow up waiting for information. Education built around delivering it is solving the wrong problem. Here is what should change.
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Academic leader & Researcher & Education strategist
Rethinking education for a changing world.
Academic leader, researcher and management educator working where education, technology, leadership and the future of work meet.
- 30 publicationsJournal articles, chapters, books
- FounderBrookstone Institute of Global Studies, Dubai
- Executive Board MemberAssociation of Indian Management Schools
- Vice PresidentCEGR Maharashtra
30Publications
About Dr. Amol Gawande
Building stronger connections between education, industry and the future of work.
Dr. Amol Gawande has spent his career moving between markets, classrooms and institutions: trading US equities before he taught his first class, teaching management in Pune’s business schools, and founding a professional training institute in Dubai.
That route shapes how he thinks about education. It should be judged by what people can do when they leave: think clearly about an unfamiliar problem, apply what they know where it counts, and keep learning as their field changes.
- Academic leader
& educator - Researcher
& author - Founder
Brookstone Institute of Global Studies - Executive Board Member
Association of Indian Management Schools - Vice President
CEGR Maharashtra
What you’ll find
Perspectives on education, technology and the future of work.
Writing on what education should do when the world it prepares people for keeps moving: how a generation raised online learns, what employers now expect, and where technology helps rather than digitises old habits.
- Gen Z & EducationHow a generation that grew up online learns, and what that asks of teachers and institutions.
- Future of EducationPreparing students to learn, unlearn and relearn as their fields change.
- AI & EducationWhat changes in teaching and assessment when AI tools can complete many traditional assignments.
- Future of WorkWhat employability means when the skills employers ask for keep shifting.
- Personalised LearningChoice in pace, depth and route, while keeping the same standard.
- Global EducationLearning to work across cultures, through study abroad and well beyond it.
15Journal articles
Research & publications
Research that asks how institutions measure, improve and adapt.
Peer-reviewed work across higher education quality, finance, management, digital transformation and applied machine learning, published with Emerald, IEEE, Springer Nature and IGI Global.
- 15 peer-reviewed journal articles
- 4 IEEE conference papers
- 3 book chapters with Springer Nature, Emerald and IGI Global
- 8 books, edited volumes and proceedings
Academic leadership
From markets to classrooms to institutions.
A route that began in securities markets, moved through business schools in Pune, and now runs a professional training institute in Dubai alongside governance roles in Indian education bodies.
- Present
Founder
Brookstone Institute of Global Studies, Dubai
Founder of a KHDA-approved, licensed professional training institute in Dubai.
- 2026–27 board
Executive Board Member
Association of Indian Management Schools (AIMS)
Listed on the AIMS Executive Board for 2026–2027 (West zone).
- Present
Vice President
CEGR Maharashtra
Vice President of CEGR (Centre for Education Growth and Research) in Maharashtra.
EarlierChairman, Pune Chapter, Association of Indian Management Schools (AIMS) (Earlier)Professor, Global Business School and Research Centre (2016 – 2019)Assistant Professor, MIT School of Telecom Management (2014 – 2016)Assistant Professor, MITCON Institute of Management (2011 – 2014)Lecturer, MBA Department, Siddhant College of Engineering (2011)Manager, Trading (U.S. Equity Market), Capstone Securities Analysis Pvt. Ltd. (2009 – 2010)Manager, Commodity Advisory Services, Syscon Securities Pvt. Ltd. (2004 – 2007)
Recognition
Recognition for the institute he founded.
Brookstone Institute of Global Studies, the Dubai institute Dr. Gawande founded, received two awards in 2026 for its work in international and industry-integrated education.
25 September 2026New DelhiExcellence in International Management Education 2026
Awarded to Brookstone Institute of Global Studies, Dubai
Presented by Centre for Education Growth and Research (CEGR).
For outstanding and exemplary contribution towards education, skill development and research.
2026Excellence in Industry-Integrated Global Education Award
Awarded to Brookstone Institute of Global Studies
Award of Excellence, Maharashtra Education & Corporate Awards 2026. Presented by Maharashtra Education Think Tank.
In recognition of exceptional leadership, outstanding achievement and a lasting contribution to excellence.
Books · Proceedings · IPR
Intellectual work, in print and on record.
Textbooks, edited case-study volumes, international conference proceedings and registered utility models, alongside the peer-reviewed research.
Registered IPR
- A cloud-based secured electronic trading systemGermany (DPMA), utility model · DE 20 2022 100 308 U1
- An Intelligent MCQ Exam Management SystemGermany (DPMA), utility model · DE 20 2021 105 950 U1
- IoT powered online grocery ordering systemGermany (DPMA), utility model · DE 20 2021 105 949 U1
Conference proceedings
- Enhancing Productivity in Hybrid Mode: The Beginning of a New EraProceedings co-editor · May 2023
- Fostering Resilient Business Ecosystems and Economic Growth: Towards the Next NormalProceedings co-editor · 2022
- Embracing Change & Transformation: Breakthrough Innovation and CreativityProceedings co-editor · March 2021
Education should be judged by what people can do when they leave: think clearly about an unfamiliar problem, apply what they know where it counts, and keep learning as their field changes.
How that shapes the workIn conversation, in print and on stage.
- Interview with Dr. Amol Gawande, Director at Dr. DY Patil B-School in PuneAn interview on NBA accreditation, the Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME) and student placements.
- Principal speak: Industry leaders talk to students on topics of contemporary interestA question-and-answer interview in the Pune edition about how the business school brought industry leaders into the classroom.
Available for keynotes, panels, faculty development sessions and academic conversations on higher education, the future of education and work, management education and technology.
Let’s start a conversation.
For speaking engagements, research collaboration, academic conversations and media enquiries.
