Journal of Management and Public Policy

This is a case about the Arihant Education Group which was registered in the year 2006 with the approval of All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE), and Department of Higher Education Madhya Pradesh. Located in the prime educational cluster of Indore, the campus had all essential facilities. As of 2018, the group ran programs in teachers’ education, commerce, arts, management studies, and computer sciences/It was also listed as an authorized skill development center for selected government projects and was permitted by the regulators to increase its intake in most of the courses up to double or triple. In March 2016, the group was NAAC (National Assessment and Accreditation Council) accredited and a recipient of many accolades for imparting quality education. The group Chairman, Mr. Jayant Kasliwal, along with his children– Kunal Kasliwal and Dr/Kavita Kothari were involved with the group's functioning since its inception. However, as the group became more stable, he felt a need for moving on to spiritual pleasures. Therefore, he called for a meeting with the core management group members to plan the group's future strategies and discuss about who will and are they even prepared enough to manage the succession and ownership of the group?