AHMEDABAD: A blog written by an IIM-A student who took sessions from the National Institute of Design (NID) faculty member of strategic design management, describes how the professor was very secretive about the content of his sessions.
Stressing on the disclaimer, the student writes, they were made to sign a Non-Disclosure Agreement that stated, "I take full responsibility of whatever happens to me physically, mentally and emotionally.
During this course, because of my own doing or doings of anyone participating in this course or any other stranger or any animal, insect, reptiles, or any other creature natural or artificial that will be used for the conduct of this course. I agree to perform anything or everything that I might be asked to, as part of this course, whether I like it or not and whether I agree to it or not. I am agreeing to all of the above out of the choice of my own free will and am doing this with full consciousness and awareness without being under the influence of any kind of drugs, force or influence."
The NID faculty, against whom a complaint has been forwarded to the institute, used to conduct workshops and was a visiting faculty even at IIM-A.
The student also writes, "Before we began, he (faculty) started out by making us write and sign our name on a disclaimer. The disclaimer eventually put us summarily responsible for anything and everything that may or may not go wrong under or above the sun. But strange as it may sound, I was more than happy to sign up, having fresh memories of my recent brushes with the IIM-A rigor and its grade factor'."
He says when they quizzed the teacher on what was in store, "To be honest, he was not very forthcoming, (with the kind of blanket agreement that he had already gotten from us, he didn't need to be)."
"Other than telling us something about taking 200 steps through thick jungles in the middle of the night and sharing drinks with ferocious wild animals and some such stuff like that. He also mentioned something about having a near death experience and all," the graduate adds.