(I am) Devil's Advocate

Who is devil on late evenings and on weekends in a B-School? Well the answer is simple, visiting faculty from industry. Most exciting thing about these professors is that everyone says that they are coming out of their own interests and all. But is this the sole reason? Definitely they must be having an interest in teaching otherwise no one will come and teach smart B-School students, but there is something more to it.

Some people want to continuously learn till the end of their life and when you teach, learning is two fold. You prepare for the lecture and also during the class discussions students add to your knowledge.

Some people come just to ensure some sort of engagement even after they retire.

It is well known fact that how so ever you may earn, you will (or might) end up in some crisis during your post retirement phase and no one is going to hire you without any teaching experience after you reach 60's and best way is to plan early.

Also some people have dream of starting their own teaching institute or head some institute. This stint at B-School may help them achieve that goal.

While there are some who are really interested in imparting their experience to others which they have gained after so much of hard work over the period of time.

So don't hate your visiting professor. He can become your revenue model for post retirement period till the government of India starts Social Security Scheme.